In this episode, we discuss with Duke Dennis commercial real estate in Dallas, growing up driven to be successful, family and the love for movies and tv shows. 

Whats your Specialty? Podcast

Duke Dennis - Commercial Real Estate - Debt & Equity Placement Services

Aaron Jackson is an Associate at Advisors Commercial Real Estate. His passion for commercial real estate started at a young age. Growing up listening to his uncle, who is a commercial lender, talk to clients spurred his desire to get in the business. Aaron’s focus is on retail brokerage.  He uses hard data and experience to identify the best locations for tenants and uses extensive market knowledge to help landlords position their buildings to achieve the optimal tenant mix and highest occupancy for their properties.  He enjoys seeing the impact that retail brokerage can have for an owner and on an area when done correctly. Aaron began his commercial real estate career in 2013 focusing on office leasing in the Dallas Central Business District helping clients such as Crudefunders relocate their headquarters from Houston to Thanksgiving Tower in downtown Dallas. Later while working with Chicago’s Chicken Coop restaurant, Aaron realized he had a passion for retail real estate brokerage. Aaron believes customer experience is the key to the future of retail. It takes more than a good product to be successful in today’s retail environment as you can get virtually any product online.  What makes people come back to your store is the experience they had. Prior to entering commercial real estate, Aaron ran a freight brokerage operation where he connected shippers with drivers to get products to their destinations in a safe and efficient manner. Aaron is an avid tennis player and family man. He plays in multiple tennis leagues and tournaments year-round.

Aaron Jackson - Commercial Real Estate in Urban Dallas

Donny Churchman founded Nack Development in early 2016. After years in the home building industry as a lobbyist, land acquisition and entitlement executive and a business executive, Mr Churchman decided to take his experiences from different markets around the country and begin developing residential projects in the Dallas / Fort Worth Area.

Donny Churchman - Developing and Restoring Old Downtowns

From college football standout to pro football potential to commercial real estate.

Fred Ragsdale - The parallels between sports and business.

In this episode, Derrick talks with Matt North (President of The Good Guy Flooring) the journey from Laborer to President. How spirituality changed his perspective on life, family and more. Matt has built a multi-million dollar company in a couple years and has projected more growth in the future.

Matt North - President of The Good Guy Flooring

In this episode we talk with Rob Styacich printing entrepreneur and long time executive of many large companies about the transition to entrepreneurship and the development of his leadership skills.

Rob Styacich - Owner MetroVCS Dallas based Print Services Company

In this episode of Whats you Specialty?, Derrick Davis is joined by Randy Sullivan ( Keller Williams ) to discuss Dallas / Fort Worth real estate, bourbon, and his innovative home selling program " Pay at Close" update and repair your for market with no upfront cost. 

Randy Sullivan - Real Estate Investor and Entrepreneur

ServiceShift / BillyGo is the result of Billy Stevens more than two decades as owner and developer of one of the Dallas / Fort Worth areas leading plumbing and air conditioning companies. He bought two plumber business and grew it to more than 70 people serving thousands of loyal plumbing and air conditioning customers. He sold the business and then used all his experience and creativity to develop the streamlines " Service by appointment" business model that sets billyGo apart from the rest of the home service industry. Specialty Contractors was founded more than 35 years ago with the desire to build beautiful, sustainable architecture for diverse environments.  Podcast is hosted by Derrick Davis - Owner and President of Specialty Contractors Inc. / Specialty Lifestyle www.callspecialty.com www.specialtylifestyle.com  

Billy Stevens - Master Plumber - App Developer, Entrepreneur, Real Estate Investor

"It’s a unique experience balancing a multi-million dollar construction company along with creating an exciting media company . Each Monday, join Derrick Davis, Owner of Specialty Contractors Inc. , real estate investor, and media agency owner, as he interviews guests who are managing their own entrepreneurial and real estate ventures. If you have a business or a passion for real estate, or just want to hear some great career advice, this is the podcast for you.”

Duke Dennis - Commercial Real Estate - Debt & Equity Placeme...