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VOLLEY ZONE REALTY GREENBRIER ARKANSAS Real Estate About Us
History of our Founder
History of our Founder
History of our Founder
Welcome to VOLLEY ZONE REALTY GREENBRIER ARKANSAS Real Estate, we are a small country office founded by Larry Brinkley in 2021.
Played baseball 2nd grade sponsor Eisner to freshman year high school. Our team won everything 7 8 9th a group of farm boys and a few city boys
our sponsor was McVey Trucking, we had bat girls!
Started and Coached a Ce-ed Volleyball Team '84-'87 First Place every Year Vermillion County Illinois
Started and Coached a Co-ed Softball Team '86 2nd Place
Started and Coached a Co-ed Softball Team '88 West Bloomfield Michigan 2nd place
Coached my Grandson basketball Team 5-6th grade 2nd place team every year, but won the year end tournaments by 1 point
5th grade year, one of the players told the opposing team what are plays were, I chewed all them out at practice.
One game my best guy had to go to his dad's, we got slaughtered, man I almost cried and was humiliated.
The last year I fired my assistant coach cause I looked out there and it didn't look like my team.
Championship game the opposing team had 3 guys on laptops trying to figure out my strategy, which I got offline.
One of my players got throwed out the game before Championship, I fought for him to play and got him ready for the next game.
He was critical in our win. kids
Danville Gas and Oil Danville, Illinois
Full Service Gas Staion Attendant for 1979-1981
It was a Mobil station corner of Vermilion and Fairchild.
Filled cars/trucks with gas, washed windows, checked tires, oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid, windshield washer fluid, etc.
Ran tire machine, changed oils.
Managed Red Carpet Car Wash '81-'85
Berry Bearing Danville, Illinois
Delivery '85-'87
Finding my way '87-'89
Worked at
Mildred Diedrich Realtors Farmington Hills, Michigan Secretary
Drove Limousine
Worked at grocery store Dairy dept
Pizza Hut waiter
Coldwell Banker Sales
English Gardens Landscape Division West Bloomfield, Michigan
Transportation Specialist
First day I raised the hoods on the trucks
They had me create a daily checklist for the guys
I would fix the small stuff and hire out the big stuff
I did not do brake pads/rotors then
After a couple years someone (We had Monday meetings) went to our head of Department and said you never get on to Brinkley.
So boss came to me Rick Lazzell and said, I need to jump your tail about something at the meeting, so man he did, maid up some story and let me have it.
Rick Lazzell is still around, somewhere around Bloomfield Hills, MI
He was from my hometown, Danville, Illinois
after a couple weeks working there we figured it out, that day his brother was playing golf with my dad.
When I was put in charge of store plantings
https://www.englishgardens.com/landscaping-tree-and-shrub-planting-services/
They had 3 locations then, I had to call the customers, schedule the work.
Do the work.
During my first year there they were having trouble keeping us foreman busy in the winter, others were laid off.
They came up with snow plowing, my second year there then I was of course in charge of maintaining the plows.
Maintaining the fluid levels, replacing bad hoses, pins, etc.I plowed owners driveways and store parking lots.
I was the guy, if something didn't start, I could start it, sod cutter, anything, I call it "wisdom" rained down on me.
Eventually they had me train someone else for store plantings (Sean Junglas, he;'s still around as well) and they moved me to "they called" Transportation Specialist. Assistant to the Supervisor Dan Murawski. sp?
I knew my way around. Detroit is pretty simple 5 mile road to like 32 mile road and the spoke wheel comes from downtown.
If I went there once I remembered.
I delivered equipment to jobs, plants, etc.
When crews got close to done, I showed up, helped them clean up and get back to shop. When I started their previous year was 300k, the year I left they were on track to do a mil...Why did I leave
After 4 years, raises came out, I did not get one.
I was working there 7 days a week, delivering hardgoods on Sunday
we worked half days on Saturday.
I had worked there 4 straight years, never missed a day,
showed up one day worked, had like 104 degree temperature.
Anyways, I found out I wasn't getting a raise on Thursday or Friday, it didn't set with me well.
The following Monday, I called in sick and gave them 2 weeks notice.
The regret I had, was I was 4/7 the way into getting a profit share.
My Aunt hired me at the monthly rate I had just received to work on her farm house in Cadilac, MI
https://www.cadillac-mi.net/
That was probably Sept 1993, I had bought a cbr900rr in June or so.
After I finished a month in Cadilac I rocketed, and I mean Rocketed down to my moms in Covington, IN
Chickasaw Country Club Memphis, TN
Landscape Manager
My sister lived in Memphis, I went down to visit, got a newspaper and found the job "landscape manager" at Chickasaw Country Club
https://www.chickasawcc.com/
I worked under the general manager which has since moved on.
I would be there first landscape manager, they had turf student interns handling before.
They allowed me to stay in the bunk house on the golf course.
They fed me lunch everyday, and I could get breakfast from my friends in the men's grill.
I rolled along there for awhile. Worked by myself for one year then they started giving me employees.
I had two at one time during seasonal plantings. By tilling in osmocote, Canadian peat, and other amendments,
proper watering and weekly fertilizing I was able to grow the largest flowers around.
Michael Hatcher and Associates Olive Branch, MS
Landscape Maintenance Manager
Hatcher got wind of my flowers and started to recruit me, the first try I said no. He came back the next year and we settled.
He had to give his other supervisors a raise to match my entry in. Hatcher is HUGE now, good guy!
I oversaw the properties he had under maintenance contracts, the foreman really never let go of the residential,
and Michael kept a close tab on the commercial. My problem at first was scheduling, just coming from easy street,
Learning my one crews abilities. Reviewing contracts, those were some fine well written contracts!
In order to get everything done, my crew would drop a mower off for me at the Apartment complex we had.
I asked Hatcher for another employee, but the accountant said we needed to bring in 120k for each employee.
Hatcher had a problem with everyone needing the loader in the mornings waiting to load plants, etc.
I suggested night before loading, problem solved. It worked great.
My first year there he was doing 850k when I left they were headed to break 1mil
During the Spring of 1997, Hatcher showed me profit and loss statement. I had my eyes on Heber Springs, Arkansas
https://www.arkansas.com/heber-springs as a next move.
I gave two week notice in July, I moved to Heber Springs August 97
Top Properties of Heber Springs Founder
Started advertising in local papers, asked around town to see if services I offered were needed.
Found out who was the best in town "Tom Moore" (he's still around) at the time, met with him, he said yes, but what will you do in the meantime?
He hired me to help him. I started getting side work at $7 an hour, then I got a job for $8 an hour
I started picking up some $10 an hour, then $12.
My first month in Heber Springs I brought in $200.
I got a job at Brock real estate helping the owners around town with maintaining/improving properties, helped a remodeling crew
redo the office. Landscaped around their sign then, BOOM! it got landscape of the Month!
1998 A local man Nat Horne (now deceased, I didn't know him that well, but went to his funeral, many spoke about him,an incredible man)
hired me to mow his yard, he said I'll give you my mower and trailer,
you mow mine as payment for the equipment. After it was mine, I looked and the blades were upside down, lol.
Anyways, I really started going then. My phone started ringing every day. I had shirts made, put name on back glass of truck.
Started picking up residential customers. Got a guy to help me weedeat.
Was bidding a landscape job on Eden Isle, the man said do you do irrigation??? I asked my helper guy and he said yes, he said
he had ran a crew of 15 in Texas doing irrigation. I took him to Keeling, bid the job, got it. He showed me how to do irrigation.
I have now done over 25 irrigation jobs in 2 counties. Taught irrigation to the master gardeners.
Pulled out the contracts I used at Hatcher, got a couple businesses yearly contracts.
1999 I reached out to the local Heber Springs State Bank, they said we are not going to open the safe for you, lol.
Not too long after that they decide to do a major expansion/remodel, I bid the landscaping job.
I was with Josh Green of Greens Dental Lab one day and spoke about my bid at the bank.
He called Bill Lynch on speaker phone in front of me, spoke highly about the work I did for him, the next day,
Bill called me, said the bids were close, but they decide to go with me. Boom!!! 38k, they opened the safe, lol.
That job was and still is the largest commercial landscape job in the city. Trees are a soaring 50" tall.
Beautiful, still! I maintained until I started my Real Estate Career.
I would pre treat my commercial sidewalks and customer entrances, employee walkways before predicted snowing and ice storms,
I shoveled snow off walkways and would salt (using something that would not hurt areas ie grass/plants, etc) and along steep roadways around my properties.
I maintained most all the big business in town and 20 plus residential. Bring in $157 per day under yearly contracts.
Selling stuff on ebay in the Winters.
Got up to 7 employees once, promoted a guy to Supervisor, work started going down, fired supervisor, took back over
Got another Huge Residential complex 47k. After that Natural Gas took my guys, better pay, I was paying $15 an hour
they were offered per diem plus 20-25 an hour. I got my real estate license again, phased out Top Properties.
Circling Back
Real Estate History
First licensed in 1987 West Bloomfield, Mi
Found that I was not mature enough to stay in the business.
Didn't listen to others.
Found out though that I could landscape, and liked it.
My Aunt Mildred Diedrich was the first woman in real estate in the Detroit area.
Early on, when she went to the board of Realtors Detroit, she tried to join, and they said "but you are a woman"
She never did join, but developed all the high rise buildings in Southfield and surrounding areas.
I worked in her office answering phones, drove a limousine for a neighboring office, waited tables at Pizza Hut,
got a job at a grocery store, then another, helped open the very first Sports Giant, got to cut the ribbon
for going above and beyond getting the store open. My Aunt moved a house from land off 12 mile road up to 13 mile road,
I was her landscaper she was was my boss. $12 an hour she got lunch and was paid during lunch.
After project complete she guided me to where she got her plants, English Gardens
After interview they hired me $8.50 an hour.
Arkansas 2006- present, interviewed several companies, started with United Country, I liked their magazines.
Moved to the Crye-Leike Brock office I landscaped at brought them in 2 checks at exactly $80,000
moved license to RE/MAX, market crash late 08 I moved my license to Keller Williams
rolled along there became a Broker in 2016, started my own company 2021.
1st half of 2021 brought in over $50k,
Decided to focus on my personal health, got with doctors in Texas, Hotze had blood checked and started doing hormone therapy.
They got me a little too young at first, but leveled me off. I also take vitamins and supplements to keep my blood as close to perfect to
what it should be. I found that if you go to McDonalds and get the 4 for $4 every day you will not be as healthy as you should.
I eat right, exercise, and rest in accordance with what's best for me.
All Star Construction Heber Springs, AR
Dan Hahn worked for me at Top Properties, I showed him everything I knew. (not taking credit for his success)
He did the oil and gas thing for 7 years then the company he worked for phased out.
He started his own, but at a much larger scale, he was a track hoe operator, he had supervised a 2.5 mile run of 36" natural gas pipe
(When he was a kid, his uncle had a gravel pit, he got to work with big equipment at a young age,)
I helped on that gas line until I was about killed twice, then I what they call "drug out".
He has called/calls me to help with planting trees/proper staking, shrubs, wiring irrigation systems (when available).
When safety really matters, he wants me first.
Magid Glove and Safety Romeoville, IL
My sister Brenda Campbell brought me in to cover while her daughter in law, my neice took a vacation.
She had not gone anywhere for like 5 years.
1 week before her vacation they brought me in for training.
They called me on Sunday said I needed to be in Memphis 5am tomorrow. I went, stayed at Brenda's
5am we rolled out
Hino Motors, West Memphis one of Magid's largest accounts, 13 vending machines, they showed me the ropes.
Next was Lennox in Stuttgart, AR
Lennox Stuttgart had 8 machines, my sister and I handled Hino and Lennox until that Friday
I covered Lennox by myself, my vehicle. The next Monday, I covered Lennox until the neice wanted it back,
the cost of her insurance required her to get more hours. While I was there they gave me a van cell phone credit card.
I studied and sent suggestions to the vending department, marketing, my supervisor.
Shared with them ways to be more efficient, user friendly for the employees that use the machines, easier for the ones that fill machines,
cart design ideas, marketing ideas for salespeople and other marketing ideas.
They might of hoped I'd just stayed in my lane.
I have a database of about 250, they all understand that I do other things.
Arkansas has over 15,000 agents now fighting for the same cheese.
I am not out there scrambling anymore, I help new customers, my past clients and take what comes my way and do the best with it.
The real estate market is not what it once was. I can elaborate in person.
I had several years of close to 100k, not that way any more.
Politics
Was chair of local county post "W"
Religion
Beloved Son
pet peeves
people saying "not my first rodeo"
people trying to sell me with "it's a no brainer"
I don't hunt, I do fish!
I play volleyball, softball, cornhole, pickleball, darts, pool, bowling, about any sport but not pole vaulting, soccer, rugby, equestrian, and archery
Of course I have many references
References Chuck Fisher Builder, owns several businesses
I have landscaped and sold him real estate continuously since around 2007
Edward Willis Master Mechanic
Has been a personal friend and my go to mechanic when its over my head.
Also sold him his house, mowed it until he got a mower.
Randy Mahan
Close friend, one of very few. Knows where I am spiritually
Joel Felland Felland Brothers Construction only very high end properties
I have worked for them, and help his family and friends with
several real estate transactions.
Rest well
Here to Serve.
Larry Brinkley
501.206.7445
Principal Broker
VOLLEY ZONE REALTY
80 McNew Cemetary Rd
Greenbrier, Arkansas 72058
labrinkley@gmail.com
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History of our Founder
History of our Founder
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History of our Founder
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