Cassidy Jenkins

I really believe that whatever you put in, you're going to get out of it. We've been grateful to have a good sphere around us that wants to refer us business, but we also do our best to reach out to a lot of our local communities and local outreach that we can support. We try to sponsor a lot of our little leagues and golf tournaments that are just supporting people in our community. I feel like that makes a big difference when you're connected to the people around you, the people who see your business every day but also don't know you have that business and know that you support their families and friends as well. Being more involved in our community in a professional aspect has been my biggest opportunity. Just being involved in community aspects gives me a lot more experience than you would think, just because you're talking to so many different people in different industries. Staying as connected as possible has really been more beneficial than some of the education courses I took.

The biggest one is just praying about it, and when you have that answer, you go for it. That leap of faith that people talk about - I think that you can think about it forever, but until you just go out and do it, nothing's ever going to get accomplished. Also, just making it your own. You don't have to follow - you can take all the classes you want, follow all the building blocks of how other people have done it, but you can't always fall in line with everyone else. So make it yours, and just jump at it and make it something that represents what you want to represent in life too.

The construction side can be intimidating, but it shouldn't be. We're all trying to do the same thing - male, female, mama or not - we're all just trying to make money and build a future for ourselves and our family. I think just truly believing in yourself and trusting that you're going to get out of it what you put into it. I really do feel that way, whether it's real estate or construction. The harder you work, the more that you're going to succeed. You can't just rely on anyone else - rely on yourself.

Opportunities are endless, in my opinion. I feel like whatever you put in, you're going to get out of it. We've been grateful to have a good sphere around us that wants to refer us business, but we also do our best to reach out to a lot of our local communities and local outreach that we can support. We try to sponsor a lot of our little leagues and golf tournaments that are just supporting people in our community. I feel like that makes a big difference when you're connected to the people around you, the people who see your business every day but also don't know you have that business and know that you support their families and friends as well. That's been probably my biggest opportunity - just being more involved in our community in a professional aspect as well. As for challenges, there's always going to be someone else doing the job too, but just making sure that we're making things as personable and guaranteed as possible, and just putting in all the effort that we have. Of course, the market's changed - that's always challenging, but that's a never-ending issue.

Number one is my faith and family. I've been really blessed to have a great church community, but just ensuring that no matter who you're working with on our team, we are going to do our best to make things as clear and honest as possible - not only faith in Christ, but having just good faith in us as a team as well. So definitely just the true integrity of our team. But definitely having a work-life balance is really important. I have two children, two boys, and I'm pregnant with my third, a little girl. I want to be an active mama but still professional in work, because as much as all of my babies, I also really enjoy working. I want to have kind of the best of both worlds there, so being present in both.