rising stars As this month’s Rising Stars, Ryan and Amanda Haynes consider what is in the best interest of the client as the leading factor of all decisions. The Haynes Group at EXIT Real Estate Gallery, values their relationship with their clients above all else. “Building lasting relationships has also been very fulfilling. I have met and worked with so many people in our community and I get to see it all the way through,” says Amanda. They work hard and fight hard to achieve these relationships.
RYAN & AMANDA
HAYNES
By Brandon Jerrell
20 • February 2022
PARTNERED SUCCESS
Ryan has been a REALTOR® for roughly five years, with his wife, Amanda, officially joining him at the end of 2020. “As a husband-and-wife team we are able to work together in all transactions towards one common goal,” says Ryan. “That is assisting our customers and making sure that nothing is missed while keeping that personal level of care to each and every customer.” Amanda adds that “we both have very uniquely different strengths and weaknesses. It allows us to deliver a more complete experience.” AMANDA’S FULFILLMENT
Before becoming a REALTOR® in December of 2020, Amanda worked as an emergency room nurse at Baptist Health/Wolfson Children’s Hospital.
“Once Ryan got his license, I would help him where I could. I loved listening to him talk and negotiate. I would always follow up a call with, ‘I would have said this.’ He wouldn’t even know I was listening,” she explains. “He encouraged me to get my license, but change is not something I enjoy.”
It was in the heat of that change that she decided to push for her license.
“In my previous line of work, the relationship was fleeting, very short-term, and often not knowing the outcome. That change has been one of my favorite parts.” Amanda was ready to get her license in mid-2020, but due to delays related to COVID-19, she was unable to take her state exam until December. However, her involvement in the business did not start there.
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“I was extremely confident as a woman, wife, mother, and nurse but didn’t have much confidence in learning a new professional trade. When Covid emerged in March of 2020, work in the emergency department really slowed,” she continues. “I enjoyed having that time with my children as they were home doing virtual school, but I longed for professional fulfillment.”
RYAN’S REALIZATION
Ryan got his license in late 2016 and began the process of buying and selling in 2017. He explains, “Originally, I thought I wanted to own rentals and had never thought of becoming a REALTOR®. Life had different plans.” When Ryan and Amanda are not working, they enjoy spending time together with their three children.
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