John’s Story
Stories from John King: Navy veteran, husband and Hampton Roads REALTOR®.
Every Tuesday night I post a story on Facebook. They aren’t market updates or listings, just stories. Proposing with a ring in a beer bottle. The hundred-dollar dog who guarded my wife through every deployment. The four months I closed nothing, and the front yard that changed it.
I share them because the person in these stories is the person you’d be working with. I’m a solo agent. No team and no handoff. If we work together, you get me, so it seems fair you get to know me first.
This is where the stories live now, so they don’t scroll away. They’re in the order they happened, from a Kansas farm to Virginia Beach, so you can read them as one story.
The Farmer on the Bucket
A farmer sat on a five-gallon bucket in a tractor cab and changed my life.
The Turn-Around
Everything I own exists because I turned around on a sidewalk. Twice.
The Ring in the Beer Bottle
Broke, months from boot camp, and proposing with a $250 ring hidden in a beer bottle.
Her Name Was Margaret
For fifteen years I couldn't remember the name of the agent who took care of my wife in Norfolk while I was deployed.
The $100 Dog
The best $100 I ever spent chased after us across a house in 2011.
Medals and Trophies
I've won real estate awards. None of them is the proudest thing I own.
Everything Happens on Little Creek Road
One road in Hampton Roads decided a lot of my life.
The Sign Against the Tree
I lost my first listing to another agent. A week later, the seller called me back.
She Worked Two Jobs
Everybody congratulates me on my rookie year. Nobody knows my wife worked two jobs to make it possible.
It's All Gone
One morning in 2015, my wife discovered our bank account was at zero.
What These Stories Taught Me
In my own words, from the end of each story.
- Everybody kills the truck on day one. What matters is whether somebody’s willing to sit on the bucket while you learn. The Farmer on the Bucket →
- The voice behind you might be your whole future. Turn around. The Turn-Around →
- I became a Realtor partly because of what you did for mine. Her Name Was Margaret →
- Trophies tell you what somebody achieved. Medals tell you who they are. Medals and Trophies →
- You don’t always win the choosing. But if you keep showing up, you win the re-choosing. The Sign Against the Tree →
- People ask me how I built this business. I didn’t. We did. She Worked Two Jobs →
- The floor doesn’t have to be the end of your story. It’s All Gone →
You’ve read a little about my life. I’d like to hear about yours.
Whether you’re buying, selling, relocating, or facing a hard real estate decision, call or text me at (757) 270-3994.
About John
John King is a U.S. Navy veteran and a solo REALTOR® with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty in Virginia Beach, licensed since 2014. He works with buyers and sellers across Hampton Roads and specializes in military PCS moves and VA loans.
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