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MarshallWalker.com, Inc., a typical day

can involve anything from selling homes

to running meetings to…mowing lawns?

“It’s important to take care of details, even the

ones that you don’t normally see real estate

agents taking care of,” Walker says. “One

Sunday, a client pulled up to his new home in a

moving van and found me mowing the lawn! I

just wanted the new owner to be happy.”

Walker began serving people long before he

entered the real estate business. He was an

auto mechanic specializing in Rolls Royce and

Bentley motorcars for 18 years, until arthritis

forced him to switch careers. After being

involved with several real estate transactions,

he decided that a career in real estate might

be just what he needed. And with that thought

in mind, he started in November 2003 and

rapidly developed one of Charleston’s premier

property Web sites. He recently launched a

unique mobile phone based home search at

www.mobileMLSsearch.com. MarshallWalker.

com, Inc. incorporated in May 2006.

With the help of Keller Williams, MarshallWalker.

com has become a model of responsible growth,

a trend that Walker hopes to continue.

“Our main goal for the future is to grow, but

to do so intelligently,” he says. “We don’t just

want to hire people; we want to hire smart

people. We have a growth model, and we

want to adhere to that. Keller Williams Realty

has provided me with the business models and

plans that enable me as a business owner to

break through the ceiling of success that I had

previously reached.”

So which factor would he consider most

important to responsible growth? For Walker,

it’s the people.

“In this offi ce, our most important asset is

our teamwork,” he says. “It’s been one of

my biggest goals to be an atypical employer

– one that my employees see as a friend and

colleague as well as a boss.”

And by the easy-going rapport in the offi ce, it’s

evident that Walker has succeeded. When he

asks his assistant Kelly if there is anything else

he should say, she jokes, “That I need a raise.”

There is an unmistakable sense of camaraderie

in the offi ce.

With his years of service experience and a closeknit

team supporting him, Walker has been

able to concentrate on what really matters:

helping the client.

“We see ourselves not as real estate

salespeople, but as real estate consultants,” he

says. “The average client is already very welleducated;

they just need someone to facilitate

the process. And that’s where we exceed

expectations.”