Arlington Agent/Realtor Making Her Own Name in Business

By Rick Mauch
Candy’s Dirt Contributor

The identify Manning is famous in the sports activities international. So is Summerall.

Dawn Sumrall has one thing in commonplace with each as she has carved out her luck in the actual property business for Keller Williams.

“My business coach of the last 10-plus years, Dr. Craig Manning, is the psychology coach for the Milwaukee Bucks. He is amazing,” she mentioned. “He’s taught me to achieve success in my private existence in addition to trade.

“Our focus is on mindset, not goals. That is unique in my industry but it works well for us.”
It’s helped Dawn, who’s based totally in Arlington, lend a hand trade the lives of many others as she places them in their dream properties.

Also, Dawn’s closing identify is just one letter excluding one of the vital all-time nice sportscasters, the past due Pat Summerall (an “e” in the center of his identify). Sometimes, if other people don’t glance shut sufficient, they have got requested whether or not the 2 are comparable.

“I used to tell the boys in high school he was my uncle, and they were such goobers they believed me,” she mentioned, chuckling.

But whether or not it’s the usage of the mental ways from Coach Manning, who performed his section in serving to the Bucks win the 2021 NBA championship, or getting amusing on behalf of “fake uncle,” whose voice graced hundreds of thousands of families as an NFL broadcaster, Dawn is hooked up to luck. And, oh, through the best way, she’s lots a success on her personal.

After working a number of a success companies, she determined to check out one thing that has all the time stuck her fancy — actual property. At the age of 51, seven years in the past, she determined to semi-retire out of the monetary making plans business and get her actual property license.

“Every single day in real estate is a tremendous challenge and I love it,” Sumrall mentioned. “Anyone in the trade will inform you we’re actual property mavens, counselors, circle of relatives trade experts, monetary planners, child and puppy sitters, and the whole thing in between.

“My assistant and good friend Jennifer (Thompson) and I always giggle about the fact we should be writing memoirs of a real estate agent because of the unique experiences we have each day.”

Sumrall’s new path in trade has additionally allowed her to paintings with Thompson, whom she has identified for a few years.

“I have known her since she was about 10 years old as her parents were special friends of mine. I have seen her grow up, get married and her daughter is now in her 20s — Leigh works with as well,” Sumrall mentioned. “We always cared for each other but never knew we would have the opportunity to work together.”
Ironically, it used to be a number of years ahead of she were given into the actual property trade that she discovered she had a keenness for it — and that she could be lovely just right.

“We went to buy a few round bales of hay and ended up purchasing the most beautiful hundred acres in Palo Pinto County,” she mentioned.

None of her ancestors had been in actual property. However, she mentioned her nice grandfather began the primary farm animals sale barn in Mississippi a few years in the past.

She is herself a horse dealer from an overly younger age. She enjoys the problem of having the fee good for all concerned.

“Win or it’s no deal,” she mentioned. “Real estate allows me to practice one of my most-favorite things that I learned from being a Rotarian in my earlier career, ‘Service before self.’ The more you give, the more comes back your way in blessings.”