Pulaski People in the Spotlight
Perhaps she’s served you a drink at Birdies and Barrels. Maybe you met her while she was catering an event through a bartending company she co-owns. Or, it’s possible she helped you with a job at Commercial Printing. Chances are good you have encountered Vanessa Thompson, a go-getter who is skilled at wearing many hats.
“I have my hand in a lot of different things,” the resilient young woman said.
As if her busy world were not busy enough, Vanessa recently added another role to her growing list of skills — REALTOR®.
Vanessa became a realtor at the beginning of the year with Century 21Advantage Realty. With her “go get ’em” entrepreneurial spirit, she created and designed her own buyer-seller guide. “It kind of simplifies the buying and selling process for my clients, making it easy and fun.”
“As an entrepreneur, I feel like you have to be so hands-on with everything and you spread yourself so thin. It’s hard trying to figure out what direction to go in that’s going to be the most lucrative,” Vanessa said.
“I’m looking into some different tools to help me work smarter, not harder because I have so much going on all the time.”
Through Lifted Spirits, LLC, which Vanessa co-owns with Bethany Morgan, they’ve been serving up drinks and mocktails for the last couple of years at weddings, private parties, corporate events, and more.
Vanessa said she’s more focused these days on building her real estate business. She said she’s always been driven and that’s why she chose to enter real estate.
“My ability to make money in that field is completely dependent on how hard I am willing to work,” she said.
“I can always bank on me,” Vanessa said of her driven attitude to accomplish what she sets her mind to. Even when those around her questioned her desire to get into real estate with the market being so saturated with agents, she knew this is what she wanted to do. “You are in a competition for lead generation.”
“I always try to lead with love and stay rooted in gratitude,” Vanessa shared. “My number one core value that I stand on is you always win when you live with integrity.”
“I’m still finding my footing in this career and stepping into my identity as a realtor.”
“I know once I get started with this it’s a whole other ball game.”
“I just have this unwaivering
belief in my own success,” Vanessa said. “I know I am going to make it because I don’t have a choice.”
You can connect with Vanessa on Facebook at “Vanessa Thompson Realtor,” or give her a call at (606) 416-8370.
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