GARY DOYLE

REALTY EXECUTIVES OF SUDBURY

After over 30 years in the grocery business as a Corporate Manager, Franchise Owner, and the Owner of Doyle’s Marketplace, I was ready and looking for my next opportunity. My entrepreneurial spirit and love of real estate sparked in me a real interest to change careers in this direction. Becoming a Realtor seemed like a very good option that would allow me to learn a business while being able to transition from the grocery business. I was confident that the hard work, performance, and skill set from my other business would be a good combination.

A local college offered the necessary courses to get my license to trade in real estate. I completed the courses and then asked my golfing buddy and Realtor, Steve Caswell, which brokerage I should consider joining. He provided me his opinion on all the local brokerages and wrapped up the conversation with, “Why don’t you consider coming to Realty Executives of Sudbury? You can join our team.” have been beyond blessed that the Haley Spencer Team has grown exponentially since got in the business. In 2019, managed to talk my sister, Brooke Heuring, into getting her license and to join my team. When COVID hit in 2020, it really rocked the real estate market. Nobody knew the path forward or how long the pandemic would last. I wouldn’t have made it without my sister. We have always worked together, and we are so very lucky to continue that family bond. We truly know and understand how each of us works and what our strengths and weaknesses are. She can take ideas and run with them without any guidance from me. This is very much present on all our social media platforms since she took them over. She is a great addition to the team, and I cannot wait to see how our marketing and social media continues to grow. think the biggest reason our business has grown is because we are heavily involved in the community and people are getting to meet us in environments outside of real estate. In my opinion, it is much easier for someone to trust you when they know there are no strings attached. There is less pressure, and you can have conversations to really get to know people. When people start to trust you, the real estate conversations seem to easily flow because it gives others the opportunity to bring it up without it being forced.

I became a member of a high performing group of Realtors with the greatest respect for each other. A key to my success was learning from each of my colleagues and from our Broker of Record, Carl Young, about the best practices in the real estate business. I decided that was not going to reinvent the wheel but follow proven methods and strategies mastered by successful Realtors.

In the grocery business, the marketing and advertising was done at head office, so for me, this was not an area of expertise. I quickly realized how important it was to let people know I was open for business. Realty Executives and the wide range of support through PrimeAgent became a foundation to building my business.

I was able to develop and grow a database of clients, colleagues, friends, and family that would receive a monthly e-newsletter, a holiday greeting, birthday wishes, and home buying anniversaries. Every week I have a reminder on my calendar to update my database so that the people I met during the previous week don’t slip through the cracks. make it a point to connect with them. The ability to set up different groups in my CRM helped me grow my investor client business by providing separate communications tailored to them.

The support staff at Realty Executives has gone the extra mile over the years to work with me to maximize the tools available in PrimeAgent. They have often helped design marketing materials and provided expertise on how to best use social media to market my business. They helped set up my own personal website and then taught me how to populate it with client testimonials as they came in.

The set up and regular maintenance of your database takes time, but the system works for you 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, and frees you up to focus on the other sectors of your business. We all have heard buyers and sellers say, “I haven’t heard from my Realtor after the sale.” That is impossible with Realty Executives’ PrimeAgent!!

After was married in 2014, we moved to St. Louis. I was new to the area and was working a few different jobs. hadn’t found my place yet and was really searching for an industry I would be able to make my own, as well as make a name for myself. So, in 2016, got my real estate license. was brought to Realty Executives by a friend who was already in the industry. I was excited to get to work and start building relationships with potential clients. earned my degree in hospitality management from Southeast Missouri State and was raised with volunteering in my blood, so I knew this was the foundation I was going use to build my real estate career.

The team at Realty Executives took me under their wing and gave me the guidance I was lacking. They provided me with the best real estate resources available to truly grow my business. There are so many wonderful things about Realty Executives of St. Louis that love. They are a wealth of real estate knowledge, and always available and eager to help. They are constantly providing us with the resources to not only grow the company brand, but also my personal brand. At our office, we are set up with a library full of marketing tools, as well as an on-site videographer at no additional expense. It’s just all part of the top-notch service they offer.

Basically, if can dream it, my brokerage will come up with a way to help me make it happen. Unlike other brokerages, Realty Executives has always been big on developing relationships and molding those into friendships. It’s all about the people liking, knowing, and trusting in you and your skills as a real estate agent.

Gopi Kancherla

am Gopi Kancherla, originally from the southern part of India. I moved to the USA to pursue higher education and received my master’s in mechanical engineering. After graduation, I worked in the auto industry as a mechanical engineer for eight years before moving to Peoria, Illinois, in search of better job opportunities. I started working for a local company in September 2008 and have had a successful 14-year career in engineering (I am a dual career Realtor). In addition to my passion for learning, I have always been interested in the business side of things. This led me to pursue and earn an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in May 2014.

On a personal note, have been married to Swapna for nearly 20 years and we have two daughters, Thanvi and Pranavi. We currently live in Dunlap, Illinois, where we built a custom home in 2015. This experience sparked my passion for real estate, and I began helping friends who were going through the custombuilding process. It occurred to me that I could turn this passion into a career as a real estate agent, so obtained my license in August 2017 and joined Keller Williams of Peoria.

My first sale as a buyer’s agent was in October of that year, and sold my first listing in August 2018. Carolyn Catton, who is now my Managing Broker and mentor at Realty Executives Acclaimed, represented the buyers on the transaction. She has been in touch with me ever since. After four years with Keller Williams decided to switch to Realty Executives Acclaimed due to their more favorable compensation model.

have had a successful year with Realty Executives Acclaimed, largely thanks to Carolyn’s excellent support and my belief in empowering my clients with information. I always share both the positives and negatives of a property and let my clients make their own decisions rather than trying to influence them. Most of my business has come from referrals and word-of-mouth from past clients, friends, and family. I have not focused heavily on marketing and promoting my business. Overall, I believe that providing clients with information and allowing them to make informed decisions is key to success in real estate.