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Good Neighbor Podcast: Port Saint Lucie
EP# 214: From Marketing Maven to Real Estate Royalty: Jacques Chester's Transformation into a Coldwell Banker Powerhouse
What makes Jacques Chester with Coldwell Banker Realty - Port St Lucie a good neighbor?
Ever wonder how a seasoned marketing expert transitions to ruling the real estate roost? Jacques Chester joins us on the Good Neighbor podcast to unravel his personal career metamorphosis from advertising guru to the celebrated broker at Coldwell Banker Realty in Port Saint Lucie. Jacques' tale is not just one of career change but a heartfelt quest for work-life harmony as a devoted father. Alongside, he dismantles common misconceptions about real estate professionals and passionately defends the value they add to the intricate dance of buying and selling homes.
Our chat with Jacque doesn't stop at the surface; he takes us behind the scenes of Coldwell Banker Realty's operation, highlighting the comprehensive, top-tier services that have made them a cornerstone in the community. With a battalion of 117 real estate maestros, Jacques discusses how they craft exceptional marketing packages that ensure homes sell for their worth, and more. And for those curious about the man behind the business, Jacques doesn't shy away from sharing his out-of-office pursuits that fuel his passion for both life and real estate.
To learn more about Coldwell Banker Realty - Port St Lucie go to:
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Coldwell Banker Realty - Port St Lucie
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This is the Good Neighbor podcast, the place where local businesses and neighbors come together. Here's your host, garfield Bowen.
Speaker 2:Welcome to the Good Neighbor podcast. All you need of a realtor, well, one may be close to them, you think. Today I have the pleasure of introducing Jack Chester with Caldwell Banker Realty of Portland. Lucy, jack, how you doing today?
Speaker 3:Hey, I'm doing quite well, quite well, just another beautiful day in St Lucie County.
Speaker 2:I understand you're the broker there, huh.
Speaker 3:Yes, I am the broker of Caldwell Banker Realty. I'm very proud to be the head of 117 real estate professionals in our county.
Speaker 2:We're all excited to learn all about you and your business. Tell us.
Speaker 3:So Caldwell Banker Realty. We've been established here in St Lucie County for over 20 years. We specialize in selling, buying and selling or helping consumers sell their real estate properties. We have a phenomenal group and team of agents who have their best interests in heart. They are a part of our local communities and I couldn't be more proud to call them some of the best people in real estate.
Speaker 2:So how did you get?
Speaker 3:into this business. So real estate, my initial background. After coming out of college I went into the market and advertising industry where I launched a number of products onto the market. But throughout this transition in life me personally I find myself being the father of two beautiful girls, at that time, at the ages of one and three. And within the marketing advertising industry, my mother, my children. She said hey, listen, you're traveling a lot and we're making a lot of money, but the kids, you know they're going to grow fast. I think it's time to reconsider an industry and kind of see what you can do to find yourself more time, more freedom to be home to watch your children grow up. And at that point I began to venture out to see what other industries were out there that kind of have the same skill sets. And I stumbled across real estate. And one thing led to the other and I find myself as the head of my own real estate brokerage house.
Speaker 2:Wow, that's awesome. What are some of the myths and misconceptions of the real estate industry?
Speaker 3:Wow, if you've been looking at the news lately some of the major news networks and again with this major news outlet, with the National Association for Realtors one of the headlines mentioned that real estate professionals conspire to keep commissions high and we are somewhat responsible for the high price points, you know, unfortunately, I think the buyers and sellers will eventually, you know, work things out amongst themselves, but right now, as of today, the news hasn't been favorable for many of us real estate professionals.
Speaker 2:Okay, but so what do y'all do to earn that large commission? You open that door, you know.
Speaker 3:You are absolutely right. You know, and thank you for asking me that question, because I do believe that real estate professionals do bring an astronomical amount of value to the table. Buying a cell in a real estate is not an easy thing to do and many of us we do it only a few times in our lifetime. So you know, there are some outliners and some great stories out there where a seller sold a home by themselves and kept all of their commissions and they were happy, and we understand that stories like that exist. But we have to understand that that's a perfect swing at the bat that one time, for example, if I take myself, I've probably only bought a cell in my personal home three times in my lifetime and, trust me, this is very last time.
Speaker 3:Where I recently closed on my home, I truly was looking for the help of a real estate professional because I did not want to handle the stress and the aggravation that comes with the purchase of a property. So when it comes to our real estate agents, one thing that we do and one thing that we specialize in at Portwell Banker is marketing your home. We do a very good job in creating a phenomenal marketing package for each property that we sell. We pride ourselves on selling the homes at its highest and best value, and when you're using a full-will banker agent, typically you will sell your home higher than you would sell by using any other agent.
Speaker 2:So, Jack, when you're not busy running your business, what do you like to do for fun?
Speaker 3:Man, I'm a traveler, and it all started because I'm a native here in St Lucie County and I've been born and raised here. In the early 80s, grown up here in St Lucie County, there wasn't much to do or many things to get into. So once I found myself at age 18 and a little bit after graduating college, I began to travel around the world, seeking some of the best beaches and some of the best places to go, with the intentions of calling that place home. But after going around the world and back, I can tell you that I have not found a better place than St Lucie County. So traveling is the one thing and really enjoying myself on the beautiful beaches here in St Lucie County is the next.
Speaker 2:What's your top destination outside of Florida?
Speaker 3:Man, that's a tough one. One of my most memorable is, of course, being out in the Maldives. I think anytime you travel that far to experience that type of journey, it's just absolutely amazing. But realistically, a quick weekend getaway Aruba of St Thomas would do just fine for me.
Speaker 2:Aruba sounds good, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3:St.
Speaker 2:Thomas, it is phenomenal. Both sounds really good.
Speaker 3:Again, places with beautiful beaches.
Speaker 2:Let's change gears a little bit. Life often does this curveball, so let's talk about one hardship, one struggle, something that you can look back and say you're better and stronger because of it. What comes to mind?
Speaker 3:You know that's a great question. I think every time we go through life, we go through different chapters, whether it's coming out of high school, college, or whenever we're finding ourselves striving to reach the next chapter in life, we come across these hardships. My gosh, coming out of middle school, coming out of high school, I can think of a number of different things, even in college, where we stumble. I think one of my biggest challenges that I've faced in life is losing my father to cancer. Not only losing my father to cancer, but also having a mother who's diagnosed with cancer as well. So two parents both had cancer.
Speaker 3:And that first journey, you know, and as a boy, losing his father to cancer, is very tough because you spend the rest of your life really not having that person to count on, that person to talk to, to seek advice from and, as you know, being a man in this world, having that guidance is extremely important. Throughout that journey I was able to build, find the strength and not only that, tap into myself where I knew that boy was there and find myself opening up to be able to talk to other people about it who can help fill that void. So you have to, I would say find some humility, not be too proud to ask, and pretty much trust the people that are around you when it comes to any challenge that we're coming across in life.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's tough. I lost my father to cancer too, so it's tough, I can relate to it. But you got to turn lemons into lemonade, huh.
Speaker 3:Yes, life is not going to stop. You know that part of life. It's very painful, but the one thing you and I know is, when we looked around, life got pushing forward. So we had to get up and do the best that we needed to do for not only ourselves, but for the people that depend on us.
Speaker 2:Okay, jack, I'm pushing the spot a little bit there. This may make you a little uncomfortable. I know you have a lot to say about cobalt banker realty, but I want you to narrow it down to one thing, one thing that our listeners should remember about cobalt banker realty in Port St Lucie.
Speaker 3:When working with a real estate professional at cobalt banker, you will be working with the epitome of again, I have the utmost respect for every brokerage and every brand that's out there and I recognize the value that each brokerage and brand brings to our industry as a whole. I believe that every brokerage has a different system and model and, to be perfectly honest, everyone thinks their model is the absolute best. The thing I love and pride myself the most about cobalt banker and I go around and say this all the time I work with the best people in real estate. When I say that, maybe I'm a competitor, because I quickly try to call me out and say, hey, what do you mean the best? When I tell them, we're talking about the epitome of what it is to be a good person. That's who I work with. Those people that serve day in and day out inside of our community, that work in my office, are great people. Working with the cobalt banker agent, I truly believe you will be working with some of the best people in our real estate industry.
Speaker 2:Jack, how can listeners learn more about cobalt banker realty in port St Louis?
Speaker 3:Our office. We're located right off of Gatlin, exit 98 and I-95. Our address is 1973 Southwest Savage Boulevard and that's Port St Lucie, florida, 34953. We're downstairs. A lot of people are familiar with us. There's a dentist's office and a music tutor upstairs. Every time we're designated, right next to the little NASA spaceship that's out there. Those are a few landmarks that a lot of people are familiar with If you grew up here in Port St Lucie, especially with the NASA spaceship is quite random right off of Gatlin, but they're able to stop into our office. We're servicing our community seven days a week, 24 hours a day. If you can't reach us in the office, just give us a call.
Speaker 2:Is that number you'd like to share?
Speaker 3:Yes, absolutely, that number is 772. I would say I called the office directly, I would say 772. Oh man, you got me on the spot there. I cannot recall my number right off the top of my mind. Sorry about that.
Speaker 2:We'll put it in the bottom of this recording there. But listen, Jack, I really appreciate having you on the show. I wish you and your business the very best Moving forward.
Speaker 3:Fantastic. I really appreciate your time and thank you for allowing me to share the platform to talk about not only myself, but the great agents here at Colwell Bank of Realty.
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