Real Guy

More often than not, when I write stories about my real estate mentor KDV, people will call, write, email, or text me something along the lines of, “Is that KDV guy a real guy?”

A lady wrote me an email, “Is this person you refer to as ‘KDV’ your alter-ego? He is quite an embellishment.”

One guy texted, “Are these stories about you and KDV sort of like ‘real estate myths?’”

I can hear KDV answering for me with one of his standards: “I’ve had a long and storied and up and down career, my friend. It’s been hit and myth all the way.”

When I obtained my real estate license, my neighbor told me, “There’s this guy, Ken DuVall, who teaches the real estate classes at Butte College. The guy is brilliant. Funny, too!”

I reached KDV by phone at his real estate office. He said, “Come on down to the classroom at the college and watch me do my schtick, babe. We’ll have some fun, my man.”

The classroom at the college was the size of a theater, a half-rotunda setup with seats rising away from a small stage in front. Ken DuVall, the teacher, needed no microphone. He had a deep, booming, actor’s voice. He interfused the technical real estate instructional material with stories of his Hollywood stuntman days in the ‘Picture Business’, his motorcycle racing in the desert, and a steady stream of jokes. At least one joke per five minutes. A percentage of his jokes were questionable for public consumption. I noticed some of the class glancing questioningly at one another, while others laughed and snickered.

When KDV finished one joke in particular, which definitely pushed the appropriateness factor, a few people in the class sat open-mouthed and wideeyed looking at each other in apparent disbelief.

I knew right then that with the level of brazen honesty, KDV was my guy.

Doug Love is Sales Manager at Century 21 in Chico. Email dougwlove@gmail.com. Call or text 530-680-0817.

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