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Specializing in the complexities of selling your current home and buying a new one, ensuring a seamless transition with Skillman Real Estate Partners. I grew up on a lake surrounded by woods and farmland outside Mankato, Minnesota. I spent summers catching turtles and irritating the neighbors on the jet ski. I attended u
ndergrad at the University of St Thomas where I met my wife, Alison. After graduation, we moved to Beaver Creek, Colorado where we spent the next several years working in resort property management. Looking to further my career in real estate, I enrolled at the University of Denver where I graduated with two Masters - an MS in Real Estate and MBA in Marketing. Soon after graduation, I landed a dream job with a group of seasoned real estate developers. It was a wild ride as our small team grew to be one of the largest commercial developers in the U.S. That is...until the market meltdown in 2008. Laid off and discouraged, I switched gears and turned my sights to entrepreneurism. I found just the thing: a 40-yr-old business that needed saving. I'll never forget walking into the conference room my first day. I cleared my throat and gave my new-boss-speech. I like to pretend we were characters in the TV sitcom The Office.
“Would I rather be feared or loved? Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me" - Michael Scott from the Office. In reality, running a small business was like going into battle every day. I woke up every day ready to fight. Two years later, my company made the Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in the US. It was anything but easy. Through this experience, I learned the value of perseverance, leadership and humility . These skills would eventually define my style as a Realtor. Eight years later, I sold the business and moved my now family of three, back to Minnesota. There was never any doubt in my mind. My son Henrik would grow up in Minnesota catching turtles, and riding jet skis just like I did as a kid. My little family spent our first months back in Minnesota in a cabin in the snowy Northwoods. In between stoking the fire to stay warm, I worked on getting my MN real estate license. I’d take my life experience and put it to work for my clients. In my first year as a licensed Realtor in Minnesota, I achieved “Rookie of the Year”. And by year three: “Top Sales”. And I made his first hire - my wife Alison with her eye for detail hopped on board. I don’t think of my role as a sales job. It’s a leadership role. Leading people through one of their life’s biggest events is a tremendous job. When I’m not negotiating deals or coaching clients, I’m spending time with family where I live in Deephaven, Minnesota. Occasionally, you’ll find me doing cannonballs off the dock into Lake Minnetonka with my 6-yr-old son, cheering on the sidelines as I watch my wife Alison coach my son’s soccer team, or daydreaming about my next adventure travel destination.
