09/16/2026
Meet Ray Gray:
A Man Extremely Dear To Me.
While In College, I Hand-Split Firewood For Supplemental Income. 📚
My Firewood Business Acted As Business 101.
I Learned Time Management, Logistics, Communication, And Most Importantly, That I Was Born To Be A Business Man. 🤵♂️
I Listed My Firewood On Facebook Marketplace And Ray Reached Out. 📲
Ray Wanted An Unbelievable 7 Truck Loads Of Firewood. 🤯
I Quickly Began To Enjoy Delivering To Ray Because Ray Was Different; Ray ALWAYS Helped Me Unload The Firewood. 🙌
With Each Delivery, Our Conversations Went Deeper.
We Talked Careers, Experiences, Lessons, And God. 🗣️
But Ray Didn’t Just Talk About Himself, Ray Gave An Ear.👂
Ray Was Interested In What I Had To Say; He Wanted To Know My Plans. 📝
I Told Ray I Planned To Graduate With A Bachelor’s Degree In Marketing,
Obtain My Real Estate License, And Start Selling Lake Homes. 🏠
4 Years Later, Ray Calls Me. 📲
“Hey Man, I Know That You Quit Slinging Firewood And Started Slinging Houses…
I Want You To Sell My House”.
Ray Had Quietly Been Watching Me. 👀
He Saw My Property Tours, He Witnessed The Results. 📸
Ray’s Friends And Family Laughed When He Told Them That The “Firewood Guy” Was Listing His House.
They Thought That Ray Was Joking.🤣
Ray Never Saw A Rambler,
He Saw A Visionary. 🧠
Ray Never Dismissed Me,
He Invested In Me. 📈
Ray Never Doubted Me,
He Trusted Me. 🧏♂️
Ray Made One Phone Call And It Paid Off. 💰
Ray’s Lake House Is Officially SOLD❗️
Ray, From The Bottom Of My Heart, Thank You For Trusting Me!
Garrett Pschirer
Jay Barrett Group with RealtySouth
205.471.9425
