May 2023~ Rising Star: Nykki Van Hof

Rising Star: Nykki Van Hof

Turning Challenges Into Opportunities

By Lorelei Ball

Nykki Van Hof is a REALTOR® at Herron Real Estate. She has been involved with real estate since November of 2020, and she lives by the quote, “I did my best, and God did the rest.”

Growing Up Nykki was born in Ohio and moved to Jacksonville, Florida’s Westside at the young age of two. As a child, she became familiar with the hardships of living in a low-income household and she works hard every day to help ensure her children have a better upbringing than she did.

As her life was starting out as a young adult, her high school sweetheart went off to military boot camp, and she ventured out to Jacksonville Beach and found her first apartment. Eventually, Nykki and her boyfriend were married and welcomed a son. Then they moved to Jacksonville, North Carolina where they were stationed and their daughter was born. Life as a military spouse gave Nykki a deep understanding of the challenges that families face when moving to new places, and this gives her an edge when working with military families.

Nykki and her children moved back to Jacksonville, FL and eventually settled in Clay County. Her family is a tight-knit group, and they enjoy spending time by the pool together, cook ing, and planning their next adventure, despite having a busy career. Nykki works to make sure she provides everything her children need or want, and she has made it her mission in life to be remembered for her independence, character, integrity, work ethic, high moral standards, and compassion. And so far, she is heading exactly where she wants to be.

Nykki enjoys spending time with her partner and their children.

CAREER CHANGES

Nykki has been blessed with the opportunity to gain the experience of having a few careers under her belt. She was first involved in the alcohol industry in sales which opened the door for her to become a national program director for a mobile marketing firm.

Unfortunately in 2020, when most of the country was shut down, and like many individuals in the service industry, her company was unable to keep her on. She saw this as her next opportunity to take the leap she had been thinking about doing, she went into real estate.

As Nykki delved into the real estate world, she quickly found her niche as a real estate agent with a unique advan tage: she came to the table with a General Contractor (GC) connection. Her partner is a GC, which gives her additional resources to offer her customers, whether it be for remodels or custom builds.

Nykki with her son and daughter.

Nykki finds it most fulfilling to help individuals and families find their home. “If we can’t find it, we can build it,” she says. As Nykki started working on the new construction side of real estate, she has learned and gained industry knowledge and understanding of all the steps that go into a new construction build. This includes finding the land, all the way through the complete building process and she notes it to be “a lot of steps, but (she) loves it.”

With her newfound experience and knowledge of new construction, it allows her to help find “anything from an investment property, all the way to walking you through every step of a custom new build” and not only that, but she can help with “selections, floor plans, you name it.” One of her favorite undertakings are the relationships she gets to build with new clients and developing new skills.

Nykki also puts special effort into helping those with low credit scores and finding them their perfect home, as she wants to help everyone succeed and rise to the top.

Nykki hopes to continue expanding her knowledge of new construction while spending lots of time with her family, traveling, and starting her own investment portfolio.

Congratulations to Nykki Van Hof on being this month’s Rising Star!