455 - A Story About The Military, Halloween & Real Estate w/ Dianna Hornes
Welcome to Episode 455 of Your Morning Drive.
In this episode of Your Morning Drive, host Logan Lewis welcomes Dianna Hornes, a real estate powerhouse and Air Force veteran. Dianna shares her inspiring journey from a challenging childhood in Phoenix to her military service, and ultimately her successful career in real estate. The conversation delves into her personal growth, the challenges she faced in the military, her transition to civilian life, and her journey to finding love again. Dianna also highlights her passion for community engagement and advocacy, her love for Halloween, and her personal insights through rapid-fire questions.
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Logan Lewis (00:00.854)
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Everything in between is all on social media. So that is the number one place to go follow along. If you, if you want to learn more about the show and me, my guest today, everybody, are we ready? My guest today is a real estate powerhouse with grit heart and a serious caffeine habit. She's an air force veteran, a mom of three, a wife to a police sergeant and the current president of the Cherokee Association of Railers with
Logan Lewis (02:17.459)
Over a decade of experience, she's built a thriving business serving North Metro Atlanta, advocating fiercely for families, veterans, and forced responders. Known for mentoring new agents, hosting her own show, and answering client texts at all hours, she leads with purpose, humor, and hustle. Please welcome my new friend, Diane Hornes.
What up? How are you? I am fabulous. Thank you for asking. Wow, that was quite the intro. Who's that girl? I want to know her. She sounds like she's a real estate powerhouse, according to the notes. She sounds pretty cool. She is pretty cool. Hey, girl. So far, so good. Thanks for being here, my friend. Cheers. Cheers. Yes, absolutely. Good old days. Love it. old days. That's their vodka cranberry. I like porch swing. OK, I can.
sit on the porch with this swing and have this. Hell yeah. Yeah, like it. It's really good. is that it's best to enjoy a porch swing on a porch swing. Yeah. That is what they say. Similarly, it's best to enjoy the longboat on a longboat. On a longboat. Yeah. Not a shortboat. Not a shortboat. get it wrong, Diane. No. I'm so happy that you're here. This is super cool. Thank you for giving me your time. Absolutely. I'm happy to be here. So all right. Podcast stuff.
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The Longboat, which is a gin and lime drink. They also have a heater, which is a whiskey sour, and they've got their base flavor, Better Nights, get it? Good Days and Better Nights. That is basically like a vodka lime flavor. you know, Good Days has partnered with the show for a solid year and a half, two years. So they're a local company, they're local guys in Marietta that created this brand because they were tired of drinking over carbonated.
Logan Lewis (04:37.784)
And you know, fake ingredients and good days does, you know, it doesn't have that weird like aftertaste. It's very smooth. I actually like it a lot. I'm not like blowing smoke up your ass either. This is pretty good. Yeah. It doesn't have like that lingering weird like what's the sugary. It just doesn't give you that weird aftertaste. It doesn't have like the this is going to give me heartburn taste either. Agreed. Agreed. And that goes so far because I'm
getting old and I'm starting to feel the heartburn. got tums in my car right now. So, mean, that's how you know. So shout out to Good Days for supplying our beverage for the today. Thank you. And shout out to them for being dope. So if you live in Georgia, they're sold only in Georgia for now, expanding into other states here shortly. But if you are interested in trying them yourself, you can go to their website, drinkgooddays.com, where you can
Find out where they are sold near you. You'd punch in your zip code and it'll tell you all the liquor stores and the surrounding area that sell their drink. So go ahead and go check them out. Drinkgooddays.com. Of course, you must be 21 years of age to consume and to purchase. Where do we begin, my friend? So no shit, there I was. There you was. And see, that's the fun stuff there.
and had a brain fart. But to get around happened to me all the freaking time. Welcome to podcasting is you start a sentence, you forget where it's going, and then you go off on a tangent over there, and then you go over there, and then you go over there. That's my world. It's ADHD, ADD, whatever you want to call it these days. Yeah. How do you, well, no, before I even ask that, give me your origin story. mean, where are you from? Parents, siblings, born and raised where? Okay. Give me the origin.
So the year was 1980 and I'm go there. Two young kids, I'm kidding. No, I was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Loved it. It was great, nice and fricking hot. But I didn't know any better because it's all in you. Love Phoenix. Yeah, it's really nice. I mean, it's gotten a little ghetto. Has it really? yes. At least the parts where I grew up. The parts where I grew up were already ghetto. Really? Where'd you grow up?
Logan Lewis (06:59.027)
in West Phoenix, West Side. Damn. I just picked up my wife from the airport. She spent four days in Phoenix, in Scottsdale. yeah, that's a lot nicer. That's a different than Yeah, that's way different than West Phoenix and South Phoenix and Central Phoenix. of Phoenix, Good part of Phoenix. yeah, so no, born and raised Phoenix, Arizona.
I've got one, two, three, four, five, I've got six siblings, the oldest, but know, mom had her kids, dad had his kids, so I was the oldest out of both sides. Wow. Got the brunt of all of the fun stuff as being the oldest and yeah, it was an interesting ride there. Funny not funny with the ghetto part is in my high school, shout out to Trevor Brown High School. Trevor Brown? Bruins.
The first 30 days my freshman year, legit, there was a gang fight every single day to the point where the security guards were on the rooftops with the VHS video cameras and they would be looking around every period just to see where the fights would break out. And no joke, every time there was a lunch thing, people were like, where's the fight? Where's the fight? And we would go rush over and then the security guards are trying to break it up and then get everything on camera. Yeah. Wow. Very inner city.
So that was growing up, but joined the military to get as far away from home as possible to just see the world and spread my wings and- Was that, to cut you off, was that always the goal of the military? No. Did you fall into it? Did they come to the school and like you over? did that work? No, not even a little bit. I was a little shit when I was in high school. you know, my-
For freshman year, I want to say, I ditched 30 days, roughly about 30 days in one semester, not one school year. Wow. So I was taking a really, really path down, bad path down a very wrong way. I don't know. Well, I do know. So I started, my mom got into drugs and kind of changed some things around there. You know, her and I have reconciled everything's fine and she's in recovery. All the things great, you know.
Logan Lewis (09:16.41)
But she got in with a bad crowd at that time. And so I was having to watch and raise my brother and sisters and having, well, part of the missing ditching school was because I had to take care of my siblings because my mom would be gone for a few days at a time and we wouldn't know where she was. Which, mean, yeah, that sucks. I mean, I can talk about it now because I've healed a lot, but it sucked for a long time.
But that's just part of my story and it's made me who I am. It allows me to see different things and different people and understand everyone has a backstory. But it was weird because up until when I was in high school, mean, she was a great mom. We went to church on Sundays. We had to help make dinner and set the table, say prayers before dinner.
lit a fire in our ass where it scared me that if I ever brought home anything below a B or if I brought home a C, it was like, oh shoot, my mom's gonna beat my ass. But then as I got in high school, was partly me being rebellious and then partly her going into her stuff that she was going into. And then worlds collided and I was just doing wrong kid stuff. Because you're product of your environment for the most part, not for every part. So you were dabbling? Yeah.
It's okay. Doing all the fun stuff, getting into all the trouble. school? In high school. Well, least you got it out of the way. But you know what? My cousin Cindy, she had married someone who enlisted in the army and they had traveled to Germany, they had traveled to various states and she just so happened to come back and she was visiting the family. Maybe it was a holiday. I don't remember when it was.
But she was in town and she was visiting and we were hanging out. She was a cool older cousin and I was like, oh my God, I'm gonna hang out with my cousin Cindy. That is such a vibe when you're older cousins like, let's hang out. yes. Oh my God. You're like, I'm cool. I'm in. I'm one of the adults now. So Cindy, we went thrifting and she was telling me all about their time in Germany and how they were able to travel around Europe.
Logan Lewis (11:26.222)
and just how cool it was. And she just kept saying, Diana, you need to get the hell out of Phoenix. You need to get out of here. You need to just go as far join the military. And she kept telling me like it was maybe a four or five hour event that we were not event, but know, trip that we did go on thrifting and shopping and all that stuff. And so by the end of that, I was like, you know what? I am going to join the military. This she was. Yeah, you get your benefits. You get met, you know, medical, dental, you know, you get life insurance.
and you get paid and you know, travel the world, this, that and the other. She could have been a freaking recruiter, poster child recruiter for this. Cause I was like, sign me up. So, funny thing is, but she's like, whatever you do, don't join anything but the air force. I'm like, okay. She goes, think about it. You could stay at the, you know, the La Quinta. You can stay at
the Motel A, you can even stay at the Holiday Inn, but wouldn't you rather stay at the Ritz-Carlton? I'm like, fuck yeah, I would. So she's like, if you're gonna join the military, at least go to the Ritz-Carlton and join the Air Force. I'm like, okay, I'll join the Air Force, sure, sign me up. And so I wanna say maybe that was in, that must have been the summer before my senior year because my senior year, I course corrected. I got straight As.
In fact, I was talking to a recruiter and I remember my first meeting with the recruiter and I walk into his office. I'm like, hey, you know, want to talk to you about joining the military. My mom's not going to sign off on it. But, you know, when I turned 18 in July, you know, I'm all about this. And he's like, OK, well, you know, we to take the ASVAB. There are a few tests. Is that in the other? And not agility, but it was, making sure you're not going to be a liability on the battlefield. Well, the other thing.
The other thing was he goes, yeah, and then we also have these things called standard military dress standards. And I'm like, all right, cool. Yeah, whatever standards. Got it. Check. He's like, I'm going to need you to step on the scale. Mike, the fuck. What do you mean? He goes, yeah, we everybody there has to be a proportion to height and weight. I'm like, OK. And so I get on the scale and he's looking at the charts and making notes. And I even I'd already taken like a practice as that for him to kind of see where I would fall. Yeah.
Logan Lewis (13:48.483)
And then it's the, no, you had to ask me, but it's, your, I don't know the acronym. It's been forever, but it's as bad. It's, yeah, we'll look it up later, but it's the standard test for all branches where you test to see where your strengths and weaknesses are. And that's how they put you into your career field, or that's how they give you the options of what you can pick. it like, kind of like putting you in scenarios and answer you answer, like how you would.
Respond to this situation or that situation. It's everything from what's one plus one because those are for the Marines sure I know they're gonna come after me later. It's fine. Yeah, they are But it's a that that's a other thing with the military We have a fun banter where we can talk shit to each other left and right and it's still a It's a way of it's a way we're way of showing respect and camaraderie. Well, because you all share one thing. Yes, nothing else. Absolutely. Yeah
But that so it's everything is basic as addition to you geometry to word problems to you know if you were to have this weird puzzle and flip it around and unpack it What are the ways that it would lay and I'm like, no, Based on where your scars scores are it allows you to be open to certain career fields And obviously the higher the score the more opportunities you have in the better
security the more higher security clearances you have to you know jump their hoops to get jobs for and so took the practice test and then I get on the scale and he's like all right well you are five foot four and you weigh 185 pounds so when you lose 35 possibly even 40 pounds you can come talk to me again I was devastated I was like
shit, this grown ass man just told me I needed to lose weight. that's embarrassing. Lose 40 pounds. that was really embarrassing. like, yeah, I want you to take down a quarter of your weight. You're like, what? Yeah, that part sucked. But you know, I was very determined because I looked around not to take anything away from the love that my family gave me and showed me, but I looked around and I was like, I need to get out of here. This isn't for me. I need to be somewhere else. And this isn't it.
Logan Lewis (16:09.541)
So every day I would come home and I would go run four miles and then I would make like chicken and rice and vegetables and eat that for dinner. And I would go to bed super early and wake up super early. I was also working at Charles Schwab and one of the intern positions that they had out there. So I would have to take two buses to get there, two city buses after school and then come home and still work out.
And I lost the way obviously, cause I joined the military and that was pretty much my, how I got there. Wow. Because if it was me in that position and they were like, you need to lose 40 pounds to get in the military. I'd be like, I didn't want to this anyway. No, joking, but thank you for your service. Thank you for serving our country. Cause I could never.
Just because I know myself, but also because I have asthma and they won't take me probably. Oh yeah, no, they won't take you. I'm sorry. Yes. if there's another draft, no offense, but if there's a draft, sorry Trump, I'm not in, or whoever's in charge at that time. yeah, that's, yeah, I just, so what makes the Air Force the Ritz Carlton of the branches? Is it just,
Your like your quarters or the bases nicer or like everything so my husband's an army veteran as well And we have very dissimilar military experiences for instance, he called it the barracks and we called it the dorms Wow, so the army is like you're in the shit you're in the shit, but you're still above the marines But don't get me wrong. Don't get me wrong before they come and hate for me and all this stuff marines I tip my hat because I it
The branches were only one branch and it was the Marines. probably wouldn't have joined. Would have been very hesitant to join, but I still would have joined and it would have sucked even more. A lot, lot more mucho más major more. So don't get me wrong. I give a lot of I talk a lot of crap to Marines. I have a lot of Marine friends, but they have they hold my highest respect. And I didn't realize Marines had that like, I don't want to say reputation, but like that.
Logan Lewis (18:25.631)
that kind of status, like being at the bottom. yeah, they get the grunt work, the shit. They get the worst of the worst and the worst of the worst conditions. Marines and Army kind of fight for the same position on that. Army is more grunt work, but they both are the first, usually the first ones to deploy out. To me, they're the hardest working in the military. So, yeah, I was going to say in my head with with being someone who doesn't know how it works.
It sounds like that if they were to send troops on the ground, it would be either the Marines or the Army to go first. would not be the or the Air Force. Depends on the situation. well, the Marines are a branch of the Navy. That's why you always see them together. I did not know that. Wow. Yeah. So that's why Navy Marines are always together. They are separate, but they're the same, if that makes any sense. And I know I'm going to get corrected a million times on this. So they're like, the Marines is almost like the
land version of the Navy. But they're in it. It's based. They're just it's like a treaty branch. They just kind of well branch. But but either way. Okay, cool. Cool. Cool. So yeah. But yeah, they get the the shit end of the stick, so to say, and so to the army, Navy, I mean, a bunch of goofballs. Really? That's fun.
I mean, I always told myself if I joined the military, because I did consider it at one point, I did go through Air Force ROTC. I don't want to brag when I was in high school. So it was JROTC. But at that point in my life, I was like, I'm joining the military. But my only experience in like
guess window into the military was the fact that I played Call of Duty. And I was just like, this is sick. I love Call of Duty. And then the people came to my middle school and they were like, when you get to high school, you should join Air Force ROTC. And I was just like, hell yeah. I was like, you mean I get to wear that sick ass uniform at school? Little did I know that the rest of the school thought that I looked silly. Yeah. And the rest of the ROTC. But I didn't care at the time. I thought it was the shit.
Logan Lewis (20:42.084)
I got to go to the military ball. did you really? Well, I mean, at my school. We just held a, they just held like a dance for ROTC people and called it the military ball. Yeah, that, would be September 18th Air Force ball. Cause that's the anniversary. Okay. Of the Air Force. I should know that. And I do know that. Wow. you very much. Look at you go. Can I remember it? Cause it's my grandmother's birthday. Well, there you go. But yes, we have very dissimilar military experiences, my husband and I, you know, the little things like that or when
You know, when he deployed, we both have deployed. He went to Iraq and Afghanistan a few times and I went to Pakistan, Islamabad. And in my version of it being a bare base, side story, when we had flown in to Islamabad, you had to fly in at night because just security purposes.
And when we were flying in, they had to turn off all the lights everywhere because a lot of the, and again, this is right after September 11th too. So there's, it's craziness on both sides. Nobody knows what's going on, where, when, why. So you're flying in, you have to turn off all the lights. And then they're telling us that the locals are shooting, you know, whatever that they can, either bullets or whatever that they had.
at the planes and so I just remember sitting in there and thinking like, what the hell did I get myself into? Like, holy shit, this is really happening. my God, I'm here. And then all of a sudden the plane, feel it go down and you're just like, okay, this is it. We're going, we're going.
You know after you land and everything. So as we're taking all the equipment off the plane or about to start walking off the plane in the back The this one army guy comes running up. He's like yes the Air Force is here the Air Force is here I could see it clear as day and it's so funny because we brought When the airport because the Marines and army they get there they check everything they set perimeter. They make sure everything's good
Logan Lewis (22:41.962)
And then for more people. Yes. So then the Air Force comes in and we bring air conditioning, heaters, tents, you know, lifestyle, fun, lifestyle. So in with the bare minimum and then you guys come in once. It's like, OK, thumbs up. You guys can come in and you bring the shit. Yeah. OK. We all the toys. Heard. Very fun. So that was interesting. But yeah, where my husband literally had like a tent that he had to put together.
We came in and at first, the first night I stayed there, like, I got out of my, was on a cot in a tent and I put my feet down and I'm like, this is mud, this is gross. And then two days later, our civil engineer, our CE group came over and they were building platforms out of wood so we could put our beds on there, our cots on there. And then we wouldn't be stepping into mud. So it's little things like that where, and then there's also the, because they're,
Some of their bases are substandard to what the Air Force has. And so when we do go to, I'm laughing because it's funny, not funny. When we do have to stay on their bases, we get a higher pay, or at least that's how it was when I was still there. They're compensating for the fact that the bases suck ass. That is unfortunate for them. That's going back to the Ritz-Carlton reference. So yeah, can you see where that distinction is made now? For sure.
I mean, you still have to deal with all the military BS and red tape and all of that. And it takes 97 people to make a decision. yeah. Besides that joking, not joking moment of like, my God, the plane's going down. We're going to die. Was, were you ever put in a situation where you were convinced that you could die?
think there's besides like the plane coming in and landing and you're thinking like, oh, the locals are shooting stuff at our plane. We could get hit by something. Yes, I know was. This is going to sound really weird and dark and morbid. But at the same time, it was like, this is so exciting. Like, oh, my God, what's going to happen next? Oh, my God. But the realness of it doesn't really hit you until after you leave. I think for me, I got to see this was before.
Logan Lewis (24:56.33)
drones and all that came about. was in Pakistan. was telling somebody else's story, the same story the other day. And I just, we were sharing military stories and I'm like, I remember when I was brushing my teeth, cause you know, don't really go to a bathroom to brush your teeth. You stand outside your tent with the water bottle and you brush teeth. And I just remember being super early in the morning and looking off into the horizon and I see this weird plane and I'm like, what the fuck is that? my God. Like just brushing your teeth. like, what the hell is going on?
And it was a UAV. I mean, you know, but it was before they were really out because again, this is 2001. So that technology was there, but it wasn't really. mean, that's what 24 years ago. And so I'm brushing my teeth and then out of nowhere, it's like, yeah, it's still far enough away, but it's like, yeah, it just explodes. It crashed.
I don't know. it down. Maybe I don't know if it got. I don't think it got shot down. I, I this, I never thought about that actually until you said that. Cause I used to shoot down UAVs all the time in call of duty. But anyway, continue. But no, I never thought about that. I always thought it just like lost control and just crashed and whatever. I never thought that. Yeah, maybe it could have been shot down. I don't think it was, but it was far enough away. So I don't know. They didn't run that through me. I didn't approve those scenarios. So
Nobody really told me what was going on at that time, but I never really felt threatened. The only one time that I felt that it was something uncomfortable was there was at that time there was really big tension between Pakistan and India and we had to carry away. I know, right? Go figure. But this is the first time I'd ever been exposed to hearing about those countries being in turmoil and whatnot. So in my, you know, how old was I? What? Twenty.
20 year old brain, 21 year old brain. I was like, my gosh, and we had to carry our chem gear everywhere we went because we didn't know if something was gonna pop off. We're like, all right, chem gear blah blah blah. So when you put on a chem gear mask, you have to suction it to your face and there's a way to suck in. So that was the reference to that. To make sure it's secure around your face. I figured I had to explain that because it was a weird motion.
Logan Lewis (27:20.832)
was just going to go with it and be like, that's probably some military thing. I don't know. Wow. Very interesting. And so then, when did you meet your husband? Was it in the military? First husband, yes. Second husband, no. Heard. So yeah, first husband, he technically was an officer and I was enlisted. So a little fraternization going on there. Oh. know, naughty, naughty. I've seen that movie before. But you know...
Stupid. It's good movie. we got married after I got out of the military. So when I got in, my birthday was in July. And again, the whole school year had happened. I lost my weight. And I was on the delayed entry program because they could not find me.
There was the career fields that I wanted to go into with something easy like finance and admin I'm just gonna take it easy and kind of skirt my way through yeah, and he's like, you know the way that we have to time your basic training and your tech school is You know, we have to make sure that they kind of line up because it's six and a half weeks of basic training and then you go into your tech school right after he's like There's nothing available for months and I'm like, what the fuck? What do you mean months? I'm like I need to get the hell out of here and
So October of 99, I'd gotten into a car accident and I had gotten bruised from, the car had t-boned, my girlfriend was driving and we were making a left-hand turn and a Jeep had t-boned us. And so I was in the passenger seat and I was bruised from my knee to my hip bone. I couldn't walk for three days. And so that kind of, you know, messed me up a little bit. And then I finally hit a point where in fact,
Around that same time, my I had a beater car. It was an 88 Mercury Topaz baby powder blue and it was having so many mechanical issues and I was constantly having to take it to the shop. They're like, yeah, you're going to have to pay us $800 because your theme of Boppers discombobulated with the whatchamacallit. I'm like, oh my God, is that serious? I'm like, yeah, it's really serious. I'm like, oh shit. So I was taking advantage of and I was really pissed off and my dad. I mean, we weren't really close, but
Logan Lewis (29:46.061)
He showed me, I was staying at his house at that time, because stuff had hit the fan with my mom. And so was living with my dad at the time, and he's like, you know, let me show you how to change your oil. I'm like, OK, cool. And so he's like, all right, you're going to get this stick, pull it out, check it, and blah, blah, blah, and this, that, and the other. And I'm like, oh my god, is this all there is to it? I can freaking do mechanics. My recruiter's been telling me he's got mechanic jobs open all the freaking time. And so right after that, I went to my recruiter, and I'm like,
hey, me a mechanic job, I need to get the fuck out of here. So he's going, it's funny, because everything was printed off. So he's going through his book, like, all right, well, I've got this job, and then there's this job, and you can do this shit mechanic, and you can be this kind of this, but then depending on what you do, certain bases, I guess they specialize in certain things. So certain bases only have heavies, and some bases only have fight or flight,
Firefighter. can't Fighter jets. And so based on that will determine what your availability is to travel. And I was like, no, I want to be able to travel everywhere. And he's like, well, I've got the job for you. And he's like, and this one comes with an enlistment bonus. I'm like, really? He's like, what about that enlistment bonus? Yeah. If you sign up for six years, you'll get $6,000. I'm like, well, shit, where do I sign? You know? What's 10 years going to get me?
So that's how I got into mechanics. so technically my job was an aerospace ground equipment mechanic, which was age. And age. If you're an age ranger, aerospace ain't no danger to an age ranger. Wow. Whatever you have to tell yourself. I know, But it was essentially working on all of the equipment that prepped the planes for takeoff. So small diesel engines, small jet engines, bomb lifts, hydraulics, heaters, air conditioning units.
So those are all the things that would prep the planes on the flight line for taking off and make sure there's some... Yeah, very important. Huge job. If you fuck up, then that's... You're the person between a pilot and his air condition on his 22-hour flight from A to B. Yep. So that sucks. Wow. That's crazy. Okay. So you serve in the military. You served for six years and you get out of the military. You're back in America. I don't know why I hesitated there.
Logan Lewis (32:08.446)
You went back to Cambodia. No, you you got back to America. You're done. So go back to Phoenix immediately. Yes. So I actually when I got out, I was actually, you know, joined the military to get as far away from home as possible. My first base was in Las Vegas, Nellis. My second base, I got to go to Korea for a year. And then I got stationed at after Korea at Luke Air Force Base.
Phoenix, bucking Arizona.
Funny story is my girlfriend Sandy, she joined the military to get as she tried to get as close to home as possible and they sent her ass to fucking Guam. So was that just pure chance that you got sent to Phoenix or do they look at things and say, she was, you know, this is nearing the end of her time. So maybe we'll send her to Phoenix just to live out her last couple of years. Yes and no. So it's all based on you. They call it a dream sheet because it's a dream.
to have and then there's reality so you fill out your dream sheet of where you would like to go or you would like to PCS and They base it on Necessity need availability necessity all those things. Yep. So I got sent back home Wow Yeah Yeah, awesome who knew that on this Podcast we'd talk about the military for 30 minutes
Has it been 30 minutes? It's been 30 minutes. I'm sorry. All right, let's talk about something else. No, no, it's good. This is part of your story. This shapes you to who you are today. So that's all important. So you're in Phoenix. You're did you move back in with dad at this point? did for a minute. No, I'm just as soon as I came back, moved in with my dad and my stepmom. And then I got some roommates and then moved in with them. And then
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got out of the military because it was over-populated. Essentially, they were downsizing certain career fields. So unless I wanted to re-enlist in a critically manned career field, that would be the only reason why I would be allowed to re-enlist. And I didn't want to, I wasn't open to the positions that were there, and so I had to get out. That part sucked. Yeah, because you would have stayed. I want to say that I would have, but I don't know.
Hindsight 2020, you never know. Okay, so done with the military. What's your first move career wise? Well, I just a bunch of like assistant jobs. Yeah, assistant jobs. And then my ex husband's company moved us to Dallas, Texas. Okay. And then from Dallas, Texas, that's how we got to Atlanta, Georgia. Okay. And then
You know, he's a narcissist and all the things. then that's. Narcissist. that's a condition that is incurable, they say. So then we ended up getting, actually, and then his company moved us to Charlotte. That's where we had my second daughter. And then he got fired because he's an idiot. And then that for him, he ended up getting another hired with another company that brought us back to Atlanta, Georgia.
And I'm very grateful for that because that's where I ended up divorcing him and meeting my new husband. Shout out to new husband. Husband 2.0 because that's an upgrade. 2.0 is an upgrade. We love that for you and for him, not for the first husband. you know, shit happens. Shit happens. We live and we learn. Sucks to suck, guess. Don't come for me, bro.
If you me take that out, will. Nope. can leave that shit in. So you're in Atlanta divorce. have both of your children at this point. Yeah. Two kids. So I knew that I didn't want to go back to Phoenix. And also because I had a really good job, not, wasn't in real estate at the time. I had a really good job, had great benefits. and I, at the time I didn't want to be the person that took someone's kids away from them.
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So I was like, you know what, things are how they are with each other, with us. Does it mean I don't want you to have a relationship with your girls? they are the reason why I stayed in Georgia. For the most part, because again, when the narcissist is around in relationship, you don't have any family, you don't have any friends, and they're all you have, so you have no networks. I had nobody. When the girls would go to visit him on his weekends, I would load the grass and I sat around and I went grocery shopping.
Couldn't take advantage of mommyless weekends. No, no, no, especially with all the shit that he put me through, but that's for another story. So yeah, divorced him. I told myself I'm going to give it one year, one full year. I'm not going to date anyone. I'm not going to go out, not going to do anything. And then that year.
went by and I focused on the girls and being a single mom and doing all the things that I needed to do. And so finally it was like October of 2014 and I created a profile on eHarmony and Match.com. I went on a lot of first dates because a good bit of the guys were either not what they appeared to be on their profile.
or they wouldn't shut the fuck up. There was one guy in particular, in fact, the quote that I always still say to my husband, and that's where you're wrong. Because I love local business. I love supporting local business so much so where I don't care for chain restaurants because they're not very healthy and they just don't taste as good as like home cooked from like a local business. Yeah, like I'm not going to your Chili's and Red Lobster. So I had it in my profile that, you know, if you want to pop shop.
Yeah, if you want to take me on a date, do not take me to a chain restaurant. Also, if you spend your weekends watching football, playing video games or doing all these things, don't bother messaging me. I figured I was just going to be as mean and ruthless as possible. Wow. So that way, if they were interested, it's like you saw the red flags here, right? Right. So why are you here? Why are you here? Yeah. And then, yeah, I saw his picture and profile and at first he said he my husband was an intro.
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He wasn't interested with someone with kids and I saw his picture and I'm like, you know what? I'm gonna convert this man. I'm gonna send him a message. It was like hey, my name is Diane. I have two monsters at home. Check out my profile. If you're interested, let me know if not have a nice life is how I sent it. Wow. Didn't hear back from him for like two weeks. Didn't think anything of it. Whatever. Wow. And then he responded. Then he responded. He was really thinking it over. He's like do I want to get involved with someone with kids? I don't know. Damn.
Best decision ever. Yeah, you shot your shot. Yep. You shoot, you miss 100 % of the shots you don't take. My husband says that quote all the time. All the time. You miss 100 % of the shots you don't take. Yep, he says that all the time and I've been repeating it lately. So sounds like match.com and eHarmony really leveled up and elevated your life. sucked, match.com was way better. Well, you know, we love to elevate. So good for you, good for him, good for everyone involved. But can I tell you about something? Yeah, go for it.
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Where were we? I know. Well, I my husband. Yeah. Shouts to match.com. Suck it. You harmony. Yeah.
Lovely. you guys link, you go on some dates and it just works. So we met, our first date was on Black Friday of 2014. Wow. And we were married by October 15th, 2015. Wow. When you know, you know. You do know. Yes. And that man, to this day, every fucking day, he hung the moon. Like I...
I so in love with that man. don't have other than like he doesn't change out the toilet paper roll sometimes that really bothers me. But other than that, he is like perfect. Wow. If that's the one thing you're sucking at buddy, I think you're doing all right. So shout out to you my friend. What's his name? Dennis. Dennis. Dennis Hornes. Dennis the menace.
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Shouts to Dennis for not, does he at least, if he does put it on, does he at least put it on the right way? You put it next to the fucking toilet thing and it drives me crazy. that's worst. Or sometimes I'll get there after he goes to the bathroom and I'm like, where?
You knew you took the last, why couldn't you reveal it? Yeah, you're like, now I'm gonna waddle to the closet. I know, no, I just sit there and I yell, or I'll text. Yay, the fucking toilet paper. I did that in my first job out of college. I went into the bathroom and the cleaning people at the office building did not restock the toilet paper. So I had to text my boss, who I had known for...
two weeks at this point and I said, hey, can you bring me some toilet paper? And I got shit for it. No pun intended for the foreseeable future of my employment there. It was horrible. But it teaches you a lesson. When you go into that damn stall, you make sure there's toilet paper. And it's never happened to me since. But yeah, so married him and the rest was history. So I got licensed, actually.
What is October 15th? October 15th is when I got licensed. October 17th, I feel like an asshole now, is when we got married. I know. That almost never important days though. Yes, yes, yes. And they happened right after each Yeah, so I got licensed in real estate on October 10th. my god, October 15th. The porch swing is hitting, I know, it is. It's delicious, by the way. I highly recommend. and I just hit the mic. I'm so sorry. You, I'm suing you. thanks. Okay, not the first.
shit. You ain't living life unless you've been sued, right? Wow. I've never been sued before. Can you sue me just so know what it's like? You're not going to get much. You might get a couple of mics and some cocktails. I'll get some cocktails. I'll bring a four pack. That'll do. Settled. Settled out of court. Don't even have to go to court. Don't have to pay those legal fees. Okay. So why real estate? Why did you decide to jump into that pond? I've always wanted to. My stepmom was in real estate and I remember
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her learning and doing all the things. And in Arizona, we have a lot of swap meets. At least that's my family. would always go to swap meets because my grandparents would sell Native American kachinas and pottery and all that stuff. Very cool. So I remember going to the swap meets with my stepmom, passing out flyers and helping her, you know, get business. And in fact, when I was living in Arizona, after I got back from being in, you know, overseas and whatnot, I came back to Luke Air Force Base. She helped me buy my first house.
And I was, think I was pretty sure I was her first sale too. I was sick. In real estate. So that would have been 2004, three, four, four. Wow. And then, so yeah, so just ever since then, I've always liked it. My grandparents, you know, grandparents, they were always supportive. Like, oh, baby, you would be perfect at this. You're such a people person and blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, you know, I didn't have the confidence then. I tried to get my license when I was living with asshat in Texas.
That's his name, his nickname by the way. I never really said that out loud over a podcast, but we can keep that on there. fine. Wow. Love it. So I tried to get my license in Texas and I wasn't allowed to go to school really. I was only allowed to go to school because my GI bill was paying us a monthly income. But outside of that, he wasn't really helping me or trying to help me go to school or supporting me in school. Heard. And so I've always wanted to do it. I've always been curious about it. And then I actually
got fired from a job that I had. And it's funny, not funny, but because I am who I am. What'd you do? Actually, I didn't do it. So it was a personality conflict. And it was one of those where I was communications coordinator. So this is way before when social media was coming out and everybody needed a communications person. So I ended up getting that position where I was working. And we ended up getting a new boss, a new CEO.
And he didn't understand social media. He didn't understand any of it. you know, he would say something and I would not push back, but I would tell him, no, this is how we're, this is how it's done. This is how we're performing it, whatever. And he didn't quite understand it. So he always, and he was a micromanager. So he, there were things that didn't get his approval, like his approval, but they were approved. Does that make sense? Sure. So that's where the personality conflict came. And in fact, so.
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I technically still to this day do not have a college degree. And so what he did, because I did everything I was supposed to, I went above and beyond in my position that I had. So he had no other course or reason or reprimand or anything to put against me. So you know what he did to fire me? He changed my job description to include I needed a college degree. And since I didn't have a college degree, I was no longer qualified for the position. And he let me go. Wow. What a motherfucker. Yeah. Fuck you, Jim.
I love how unhinged this woman is. This is exactly what I was waiting for and what we hyped up over text that like we were going to have a great time and we're doing it. Yeah, we're doing it. So fuck you, Jim. Shout out to Jim in ass hat. But so I got to when the word got out, word on the street got out like, my God, Diana doesn't have a job. She's not there anymore. And so I had so many job offers because of how good I was at what I did that, you know, I had folks that are reaching out to me over the weekend. And by that,
Monday, Tuesday, I had landed another position. Amazing. Yes. Just because of the- Just your reputation. reputation. That's amazing. But so I tried, I had that position. I didn't really care for it. And then still trying to find my way, got another position like that because everybody wanted me. And sounds really weird. I feel like an asshole saying it like that, but I was good at what I did. but the whole time, you know, I'm with Dennis and he, you know, totally supported me and picked me up off the floor then.
And so we ended up getting married in October. And then around that time, he's like, you've always wanted to go into real estate. Why don't you go to real estate school at night and then I'll watch the girls and then you can do this real estate thing. And that's what I did. So we love a supportive king. Yes, he is very awesome. Wow. So did all of that, got into real estate and holy shit, it's been a wild ride. Yeah, it's been insane. Oh my gosh.
changing markets from 2015 all the way to the market, know, 2020 and then to now, it's just been an evolution for sure. It's been a lot. This is real estate anyway, but it's been even more like And that's usually like, it's usually like that in a day sometimes too. It can be like, oh my God, I have three listings and then fuck, just, got this contract that blew up. I've got that contract that blew up. This person's upset about whatever.
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and then my kids are wanting to punt out the deck and then I'm stuck in traffic. So it's like all the things, you know, coming at you. And that's like in an hour. And then the next minute you're like, my God, everything's fine. It's amazing. It's wonderful. I love what I do. know? Yeah. Wow. Real estate. How fun. So how alcoholics are made. Well, that's what I've heard. I have heard that before. Real estate agents, they love to party is what I've heard. Yeah. Which
We like to party. So, okay. Real estate. Real estate. For a good time. Call me. For a good time showing you homes. She's your girl. I'm your home girl. There's your advertisement. That's all you get. I'm just kidding. You get more later. You get more later. How do you, you know, I try to ask this of everybody who comes in and sits down in here that
offers a service, runs a business, et cetera. How do you convince? Cause I know real estate is a very relationship based business. How do you put yourself in a position where people want to utilize you other than all of the other amazing realtors we have out there? So everyone has their thing. And it's all about being in flow with people. And this is where I'm just going to get a little serious. So I,
Genuinely love helping people to where I feel like I pick up on their energy when I'm sitting across them at the table. And you know, I know that they're going through some hardship or whatever. I am just there to comfort them. And because I'm so genuine about it, I think they pick up on that as well. And you know, helps, like my business is my business because of my sphere. The people that we know, like and trust already.
and it's because they've referred me to their friends and family and then their friends. And once they've done business with me, then they referred me to their friends and family. So it's a lot of my business has very, very been, been, Jesus fucking shit. cannot pronounce word. Wording is difficult today. Diana sentence take two. but I, it's one of those where my business has been very passive for me.
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I have gone on listing appointments against, I was one of seven agents and I got the listing appointment very young in my business because, A, I'm not afraid to pick up the phone. I said, that's how I started my business is calling what they call expired. So when a home is listed with the one agent, it falls off the market because days on market, it's been too long or they decide to fire their agent and just fall off the market or something happens. You know, there's a list that gets sold and then people call.
It's me. Usually I'm so sorry if I called you and you cussed at me and I called you back. But it's just persistence, calling expires, and then, you know, door knocking. That's how I started. And then once I, because again, I came from a place of not having any friends, barely knowing my coworkers, and then not having any family here. So I had to rely on, this is how you do business. Boom, pick up the phone and call, pick up the phone and call.
And then I started that way. And then the broker I had at the time saw that I had potential and put me on where he was trying something out with his top 10 agents. He threw me in the mix and they're just kind of like a wild card to see how well I did. And I did very well at one point with that brokerage. had seven listings that I was able to acquire. And then my naivety, once I decided to leave, I didn't realize he was going to keep them. And so had to fight for them. And
I was able to keep one of them because my client refused to stay with that broker because that was the one that was like out of six, seven other agents, I hired you, not the fucking brokerage. Right. So he I didn't have to pay out on that one. But I mean, that was out of seven at the time. was like, my God, the sucks. I had to give up all the commission on that, too. And he just handed them to another agent. That hurt a lot. Yeah. So.
That was how I started my business is just being genuine with people and having heart to heart conversations with them at the table and then them telling their friends and then they become a past client and then they tell another friend because the other thing with that is I stay in contact with my clients, my past clients, they're my friends. And that's how I've been able to grow my friend list, list, whatever, just through that and.
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doing a lot of networking and just a lot of grassroots approach to starting and getting business. is your least? I know. So you, love real estate, obviously, cause you've been doing it. Cause I'm nosy as shit and I love going through people's houses. I don't go through like drawers or refrigerators and things like that, I will. Let me see this. I want to see this closet. Oh my God. want to see what's in here. Look at this pantry. Like, Ooh, they eat that crap. Oh, RFK'd be all over their pantry. So why are you stupid? What do you, uh,
What's your least favorite part of the home buying process? The home buying process of when I'm representing a buyer? Sure. The least favorite part of that is...
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I would say, well, it depends because there's different parts that are difficult. Like, hey, you didn't get the offer. They picked somebody else. That part is pretty rough. Having to break the news to them? Having to break the news like, hey, we didn't get the offer, what have you, they didn't tell me why, or there was like 20 other bids. Those days really sucked hard because you had people that were...
Strapped, that they couldn't even go, you know, they're like, we have to be out by this day. We can't afford an Airbnb right now. We just need to get in the house. And so those conversations sucked. I don't know, because I really enjoy the home inspection part, teaching folks about it, things that I've learned along the way. Yeah, those parts suck. And then on the selling side, think the part that sucks the most is the
conversations you have to have with sellers when their house smells or when there's things that needs to get corrected but you know they're not in a good mental state or financially they can't afford it. Those parts are hard. Because you still have to be gentle but you have to be firm with you know expectations and what you know. Setting expectations is hard. It is. It is tough. mean yeah having to tell someone like listen you guys smoke in your house. Your chances of
compared to you could have a same cookie cutter house as the neighbor. Yep. But the neighbor is going to sell because their house doesn't smell like cigarettes. Yeah. mean, deep down they know it's just they're trying to think that maybe you don't know. It's an external force besides themselves telling them. It's like when your mom yells at you to clean your room, but you're already like cleaning your room and you're just like, I know. And it's frustrating to hear it from someone else, but it's.
Yeah. It's tough shit. mean, it is, but you know what? You get paid in correlation to the tough conversations that you have. and I think because I'm able to have those tough conversations with a gentle hand and understanding. And you know, I think that's what I've been able to be, how I've been able to be well received. Don't jump down my throat at this next comment because I'm going to say a sentence, but don't fight me halfway through the sentence.
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I've always thought I've always just been fascinated honestly about real estate and the fact that it is or it can be a very selfish business, but only in the regard of I'm trying to weave this into the fact that so you're the president of this association for Cherokee County. Real estate is a business in that if, if the sale doesn't happen with you, you're not getting the commission. If the cell, if the
You know, whatever happens, you're not getting paid and you dump, you know, time and money and energy and wear and tear on your vehicle. You're dumping all this stuff into a thing. And then you could be chasing a home with someone for six months. And then they'd be like, you know what? It's, I guess it's just not the right time. And you're just like, motherfucker, I've put 10,000 miles on my car driving around the state for you. And what I'm trying to get at is how I'm always so impressed about how real estate agents really like.
bundle themselves together because at the end of the day, you guys are competition of each other, but I've always been, I've always admired how much you guys work together to better people's visibility, client communication, social media. Like you guys really band together. And I've always thought that was really cool because of the fact that at the end of the day, if you lose business to her, you're not getting paid. So like,
How do you deal with that? Is that a really shitty way of thinking? No, not at all. I mean, it's a serious thing. I've always just been so fascinated with the fact that you guys are just like, yeah, fuck yeah. If you don't like me, go to her. Yeah, no, it's a serious thing. mean, know, good days helped. But so when it comes to things like, I mean, I lost a listing recently. I had it on the market, wasn't able to sell it, and I get it.
she needed to get it sell then everything I was trying to throw at it and figure out and advertise and word of mouth and all the things didn't happen. And so she went with another realtor and you know, with everything that happens like that, I learned from it all. So I learned, okay, what did this agent do differently? And it's a good friend of mine. I was going to say, and then would you ask that person? would say acquaintance. So like we know of each other. very respectful of who each other are.
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And like I would go up to her and give her a hug, that kind of thing. Like, hey girl, what's up? It's one of those where it's like, okay, I get it. It's business. It's not personal. I know it had nothing to do with me because as a person, but business wise, yeah, she needed to go somewhere else and that's fine. Maybe she has resources that I don't. And ultimately she needs to get the house sold because I know her situation. So I was upset, but I wasn't upset, but it still stung.
And then was like, shit, she went with my friend and I didn't, and my friend didn't tell me about it. I'm like, my God, but I get it. I get it. Because there's also things where you can't coach somebody else to how to get out of a contract. But then when buyers and sellers start using terminology, you're like, bitch, I know the fuck you're talking to. I was born on a day and it wasn't yesterday. So yeah, yeah. You know, it's so always so funny to think about how the differences between like corporate world versus small businesses. Cause in like the corporate world, when you're like,
bidding against another company to get a job or a project or a contract or whatever. It's always just like motherfuckers. But like in the small business world, it's like, it's like if I'm a real estate agent and you didn't go with me, but you went with a mutual friend of mine or Diane or something, I'd be like, cool. Glad you were able to get it done. I've gone and listen, I've gone against other big agents and listing appointments. And it's one of those where it's like, if they don't pick me up, better.
God, they don't fucking pick that either because if they fucking pick them on a lose my shit and then when I found out that neither one of us got it, I'm like, oh, I don't have to be like good for you, bitch. But you know, the agent that did get it, I'm like, I don't understand. What the fuck? Yeah. Why then? Why them? Of what you had going here? Like you went there. OK, clearly you're an idiot. Well, whatever. Love that.
Love the brutal honesty on this episode of your morning drive. I really, at the moment I am not in representation of any board or any. Sure. Sure. So speaking of that, how do you, what does that entail? So I mentioned in the, in the intro that you're the president of the Cherokee association for real estate. Cherokee association for real tours. Real tours. Real tours. You don't go to a
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You don't go to a doctor. You go to a doctor. So when you need a cell house, you don't go to a realtor. You go to a realtor. That's PSA right there. I worked at a small digital marketing company and a lot of our clients were realtors. And when I got in, my boss was like, stop saying realtor because it's not the way it's spelled even. I like, I don't know why I do that. But realtor. So West Coast, you hear it all the freaking time. And I'm like, oh my God. But
East Coast, it's more, and especially in the South, it's real tour. You get corrected. Real tour. Real tour. Fun. Can I tell you about another one of my friends? Please. I love to hear about your friends. You've got awesome friends. I have a few friends. You've got great friends. I have some really cool friends. In fact, this next friend is going to be real fun. Let me tell you about my new friend. So I told you guys about
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Dude, baby shark, dude, dude, dude, dude, baby shark. me not doing that unless, you know what? I do it for charity. You do it for charity? I told somebody like 40 episodes ago. I said I have a friend named Charity. I told someone like 40 episodes ago that if I, that I was going to open some like GoFundMe that's like, Hey, if you donate a hundred thousand dollars, I'll go deep sea fishing or swimming with great white sharks.
and it's not happened yet. I have not opened up the GoFundMe and I would take all that money and of course I would donate it to a charity. I wouldn't take $100,000. I'd pay for my airfare to get wherever I need to go to dive with Great White Sharks. heard Australia. Australia and South Africa. So, wow, so you've looked into this. Yeah, I have. So I would do it for charity. I would pay for my airfare, my hotel stay, whatever I needed to get out there, but the rest of the money, the $95,000 or whatever.
I would donate to a local charity. So if someone makes that happen, I'll do it. I won't like it, but I'll do it. Plus it'd be really cool to be able to show people that Hammerhead Creations swam with sharks, because I am Hammerhead Creations. Yeah, I just advertised myself. Check that shit out. cool. Well, my son's obsessed with hammerheads. Oddly enough, I had to order him these little animal things, like the little plastic ones of sharks, because it came with a hammerhead.
and he sleeps with it in his bed. That is mega cute. Yeah, he's super cute. Very cool. Very cool. I have this really, really good question, but I forgot it. And that's a fucking bummer. hope so. hope so. So real estate. Yeah. Clients. Clients. All the things. Talk about things that you hate that clients do. They lie to you. You think that they think that we're stupid or dumb. It's it's a little things. It's like people, please just.
Be honest. If you're working with another realtor, it's not gonna hurt my feelings. I always found it really like funny because I used to work at a financial institution that is local. Yeah, that was my next thing. If you can't afford the fucking house, it's fine. You don't have to. It's I'm just showing you a house, but at least be upfront. Well, I was always going to say that I found it so funny when I was like doing loans for people, how often people lied about their income or like, hey, before I submit your thing.
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I want to know, do you have like collections or anything because I don't want to submit a credit check and it decline automatically because you've got collections and shit. I'm just trying to save you a credit poll. Yeah. And people will be like, no, I've never, no. And then you pull it up and you could see their credit report and they've got like six credit cards that have been charged off and shut down. And you're just like- Or like a bankruptcy from last year. And you're just like, motherfucker, you could, I can see everything. And it's like, why lie?
I'm not going to judge you. I'm the least judgy person. Yeah. I'm sitting across from you trying to help you get to wherever you want to go. And the truth shall set you free. no, people just lie. Yeah, people lie. That's the hardest thing. It's when they have no intentions or they're just being nosy or trying to like, you you jump through hoops to make something happen. And like for me, sadly enough, yes, I have put my family aside for business at times.
and I'll jump through hoops for certain clients and then they're just kicking tires. I'm like, just left dinner with my family and you're bullshitting me? And then you just smile because in this business, it's also something, a business where you don't want to burn bridges either. I mean, I'm sure that's a lot of other businesses too, but your reputation is everything. And there have been times where I think to
God, I didn't lose my shit and say what I wanted to say because two, three, four, five months later they come back and you're like, hi. How are you? So glad I didn't tell you to fuck off cause wow, this would have been awkward. Yeah. And you know, with day and age like today, like it's so easy to just tag your real estate agent on Facebook and just blast them. If you have any experience, I would never do that. like,
People do it all the time. You see it in all these Facebook groups and oh don't use this person They will fuck you over and it's like that's it. Yeah, you're done. Yeah, so you got to be careful Yeah, there's the entitlement phase the title an era on that people are experiencing right now and did It sucks it does it does when it there's nothing I hate more than people that think they're entitled just yes, I was raised with the mindset that my
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My dad taught me and my siblings, no one owes you shit. If you want it, go get it. And anytime someone's just like whining about shit that like, nobody cares, harder. cares. Nobody cares. Sit down and shut up. do the work. That's how I was raised. Maybe it's an asshole way of, but I will live by that and raise our future children like that. Like no one's going to give you shit if you want it, go get it. Yes, absolutely. So I'm very much in the mindset of.
This sucks. Just got to keep muscling through it. It's a grind. You just have to do it. And so much so that that's the mentality that I have with my kids. And, you know, they see how they're easy. Their friends have it. In fact, if funny, not funny. But when my girls were younger in the neighborhood, we had one of the little girls come over one day and we had this policy, no technology in the rooms, no technology in the basement.
If you're having a sleepover and you need to call your mom, you can call your mom. Your phone's right here on the island. It's not going anywhere else. Y'all are having a sleepover and you're going to hang out. I love that. And the little girl was like, Miss Diana, you know that y'all are like the strictest parents in the neighborhood. And I'm like, I will wear that as a badge of honor. Thank you, baby. Thank you, sweetheart. Yeah. Yes. Yet y'all are still here. Yeah. Yep. Very strict. My kid is cool as shit. Yeah, they're all right. No, they're great.
child with Dennis? girls are with asshat and then our son is with my husband. Okay. husband. I was wondering. My current husband, not my future husband. kidding. I've got to show him that. There's a TikTok trend just so that, you know, it's a funny thing where you're like introducing your person. You're like, this is my current girlfriend or this is my current spouse. then you're like, yeah, I've seen that. So I don't get in trouble with that one. You know, when you mentioned
speak kind of in the same vein. There's this, my TikTok right now is just all videos of people's ring cameras showing like- slipping and falling? Not even that. love those. Yeah. But, cause I'm a horrible person and I laugh at other people's pain, but I, all my videos are videos of door to door salesmen ignoring like people's no soliciting signs and knocking on the door anyway. And then the person coming out and go, there's a fucking sign.
Logan Lewis (01:11:45.447)
And you, cause the sales person is always like, Hey sir, I didn't mean to disrespect your sign, but I just wanted to, and he's like, no, no, no, no, no. You said, don't want to disrespect your sign yet. You're still disrespecting my sign by knocking on my door anyway. And then they like get into an argument and the sales person's always just like, then the owner's just like, I have a sign bro. Yeah. Now I don't give a shit about signs. so when I go, no. So when I go door knocking, unless they have like,
I have people that are like, I'm going to call the cops. I'm like, call them. Tell them I said hi, you know? But then there are signs in the beginning of the neighborhood that say no solicitation. To me, it's like, okay, whatever. I will go and door knock. Like I usually door knock for open houses to invite everybody to the open house. And the only ones I will not go into are the ones specifically that have the no soliciting. But I always leave gift bags when I do my door knocking. It's a psychological thing. If I'm giving you something and you're receiving it,
you want to in turn give something back and it's usually like they'll hear me out without closing the door. I've only been cussed out like really hard one time and I get it. It was I didn't realize there was a baby sleeping so I rang the doorbell. The dogs went ape shit and the mom came out losing her shit on me and I'm like how the fuck was I supposed to know a note on the door would have been nice but I didn't say that. I was like okay well have a nice day and I had my daughter with me too so that was fun.
People can be really nice. People can be really nice. But hey, it's it's a hard world out there. got to meet streets of Woodstock. Yeah, for real, for real. So what's next? Going to keep killing the real estate game? Are there any kinds of other business? I mean, is your husband self-employed? Does he have a full-time nine to five? He is full-time Woodstock PD. duh. I'm sorry. It's okay. It's okay, my friend. One thing I wanted to bring up a second ago, but I forgot because ADHD.
is exactly so you like when people say, I'm to call the cops. It's like, it's funny how often people threaten to call the cops, but there's those same people are the ones online that are trashing police officers. Oh yeah. It's like, Oh, if you want to defund them, then who are you going to call when shit's hitting the fan? Not the ghostbusters, not the ghostbusters. Ghostbusters will not arrest the armed robbers. Uh, but yeah, that's just a little, yeah, that's one of my things. Like if I have a client that is
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You can tell that my clients know me and my personality. So I'm not going to have someone that's very anti police majority of my because going into business again, but a majority of my clients are first responders and veterans because that's my niche. That's who I that's why I feel I connect with because I can give banter to another veteran and we all have the same like I said in the beginning the same camaraderie so I can give them shit. give me shit for.
But at the same time, when I work with our veterans and first responders, specifically what I do for them is a portion of my compensation goes back to them at the closing table. So if I'm representing a buyer, then it goes towards their closing costs. I'm representing a seller, then it's a reduction in the list compensation that's for me. And it's something that I've done since I got.
first licensed and something I feel very passionate about. And it's just helping our community folks in just a way of saying thank you. Cause I remember what it's like wearing those uniforms. I remember what the pay was like to wearing that uniform. And I know every little bit helps. And it's just a way of recognizing and saying thank you. That to me, it just feels good. And I like that. And they might hear thank you a lot, to hear or to experience your money where your mouth is like, Oh wow, this person.
actually cares. Not just a, I saw somebody in uniform at Moe's and I felt like I had to say something to him. But this is like a, it's like going and buying that guy his burrito and said, hey, thank you for your service. You did something I could never do. Your lunch is on me today. That goes so much farther. Saying thank you, I'm sure. mean, you could say, do people tell you thank you for your service like I just did? So yes and no. A lot of times when we go to veteran events, they'll
look to my husband like, thank you for your service, know, all the things. And then I'm just standing there like, my husband usually has, he'll speak up and he's like, she's a veteran too. And they're like, oh, thank you too. And I'm like, yeah, motherfucker. don't know if people just think of the military as predominantly male. Yes. Oh yes, very much so. I mean, so in the, it is absolutely. So in the shop that I was working in, I was one.
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of three women out of 150 guys. So I've heard everything. I've heard, oh yeah. You know it is really. I heard every, hey, because my last name, my maiden last name, the short end of it was Baldi, so they called me Baldi. Like, hey Baldi, what time is it? I'm like, I don't fucking know what time it is. Well, you should know, or you know what, you're not barefoot and pregnant in front of a stove, my bad. You know, that kind of stuff. Oh, it was bad.
Yeah, and they're like, what do you say the whole thing like what do you say to a woman with two black eyes? I don't know. You've already told her twice kind of thing. It's you get
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before.
One thing I wanted to bring up completely switching gears from punching women is the fact, and we talked a little bit about it before we recorded, but you're a huge Halloweeny. my God, yes. And this was the first thing, honestly, quite honestly, and I think even if I go back to my initial me sliding in your DMs on Facebook, I think it was. slid into my DMs. So slid in, but hey, to be fair, I've slid into so many DMs.
for one reason and one reason alone, your morning drive. But I slid in because I think I copied off of your profile a picture and sent it to you and I think it was one of your Halloween pics and I said, holy shit, you look fun or something like that. Yeah, yes, I remember that conversation, yes. Pretend I was like, holy shit, you guys do Halloween because you guys were dressed up as like the...
So we've done a couple, so I don't do regular family photos because fuck that I'm not standing, if you have done this photo I'm sure it was beautiful but I don't do the beach photos, I don't do the let's stand in the field photos, I don't do any of those where we're matchy matchy. I've done it once and I'm like this isn't me. You Adam's family. Yes we did the Adam's family. So my girls were Wednesday and my son was Pugsley and my husband and I were Morticia and Gomez. So sick. And then the following, the next time that we did family photos it was the twisted
Twisted Tea Party and I was the queen of hearts. My husband was the Mad Hatter. My daughter, my middle daughter was the Cheshire Cat. My oldest daughter was Alice and our son was the White Rabbit. Oh my God, it was my favorite and my good friend Sketch, he did the photos. We hired someone to do our makeup and I threw for the first couple months, I was just, I went.
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to get all the teacups and stuff and we even painted over the teacups. It was a whole thing. Because the other thing that I love is throwing a fucking awesome Halloween party. Oh my gosh, one year we had a fire show, we have bartenders, we have a photo booth, we have, it's catered, what else do we have? Oh, a psychic. So this is the whole ass thing for you guys. Oh yeah.
This was like the event to be at. Holy shit. We've had a drag show. We've had, what else have we done? DJ, all the things. And I take out the furniture in my living room and you know, it's decorated from top to bottom everywhere, which way and then some. But yeah, we throw down. It's a good time. It's a great freaking time. Yeah, I definitely want an invite to that.
because I love Halloween and I typically go above and beyond for Halloween as well. Maybe not crazy above and beyond, like y'all's pictures were fan fucking-tastic and I was like, yeah, this chick rocks. And the fact that your kids are in on it too, it's just perfect. But like, I'll show you some of my Halloween creations. Is last year, yeah it was last year. Last year I dressed up as Post Malone. Okay. And I did.
I did all of the tattoos on my hands and face. I have a little cigarette down in there and the Bud Light top boy. of that. That is awesome. You got it all. So I did country Post Malone. Oh my gosh. And then the year before that, I had my wife do my makeup and I was the Joker and it was so sick. I am looking for the picture right now.
But it was so much fun to do that. Oh yeah, here we go. Fire. Oh my god. Shaved my beard for it. People are like, why are you shaving your facial hair for? I'm like, brah. Dude, that's all in. That's all. You're all in on that Love it. I would really love to do that. I could do a really good impression of Pennywise, like his voice. Let me hear it. Oh god. I can't.
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could do it, but the camera has to be off. Okay, we'll do that after the podcast. Yeah, we'll do that. But I can do a really good impression of him, so it would work really well. But I don't know. Dude, I love Halloween. I love the scary part of it. So here's the weird, like, I love Halloween, but the one thing I won't do for Halloween is watch...
Possession movies. God this scares the shit out of me. Fuck that. Those are the ones I see the trailer for in the theater and I'm like I'm seeing that shit opening night. Nope. No. Like I'll watch Slasher. I'll watch you know all of that like classic The Freddy and all of that. I love that stuff. But when I can do gore and I can do all of that. Possession is a hard no. because that shit is fucking real. Yeah it is. Hell no. When I was in a high school I'm pretty sure I said this and told this exact story in the last episode but
When I was I was raised in the Catholic Church and That's Catholic mass for you. Yeah Catholic to you I get it. the There was a Sunday we were at church when I was in high school and they were like hey the priest at the end of the service was like hey, by the way There's this movie coming out next week and if you see it you're inviting Satan into your life and my mom was Emily Rose one. No
It was the conjuring. my mom was just like you're not seeing it So I lied to my mother and told her I was going to see spider-man or some shit and I went and saw that movie I've never seen it and I will not see is that it is still in my top ten favorite movies never fucking good No, I will not but it is terrifying. I will not do it. It is terrifying every time I watch it It's like my first time watching even though I know exactly what's gonna happen. Nope That's a whole lot of nope
Yeah, so we'll see. We'll see if I do Pennywise this year. I don't know. I kind of don't want to shave again, but I will if I need to. So for the association, my husband and I, we did, we dressed up and I was Pennywise, but in the girl costume. And then he was the, the, what was his name? Georgie. Georgie. Georgie.
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Yeah, there it is. There it is for the headphone users there. So we did, yeah, we did that one. I think one year I had like four different costumes. Oh, the one, the first Halloween party, I did a costume change. So we were, I was pretty woman and he was, oh shit, I'm forgetting names. I don't know his name, but I
Yes, so he was that and then we switched and then I was the sexy nun and he was the naughty priest It was funny cuz it was like my my Beyonce moment where I had a costume change and reveal and come downstairs But it's it's like my night. It's like I love Halloween. I love that you guys think of it so highly cuz
I also throw the Halloween party because my friends are like, none of us want to throw a Halloween party. I'm like, I'll take it. And what's funny about it is my wife does not give that much of a shit about Halloween. So every year it's always like me going above and beyond with my costume. And then she's like, like one year I was Woody from Toy Story and she was- do the thing where you fall? No, but it's a good idea. I was Woody from Toy Story and she's like, I don't want to like be like anything else. So she just, so we bought her a pizza planet shirt.
And she just wore a pizza planet shirt. And like when I was Joker, she like put like a little red riding hood, hood on and she was like little red riding hood. Like she does not give a shit. She just knows and accepts that. heart is like, know. I just love it. No. Yeah, I it. all in. I freaking love it. So my favorite thing from last year. So our neighbors, our kids are about the same age and they're in the more part of the cul-de-sac. like three houses up from the cul-de-sac.
And so we had my husband and I, did the fog machine like people will drive by our house and they'll bust out the camera to record it. And they're just like, my God, I'll have people walking the neighborhood and they're recording it. So I love it. So if you ever want to drive by my house, I'll let you know the address afterwards. But there was so we were at their house, like not pregame. And we just kind of like having some candy and stuff like that for kids, something to eat. And then adults were drinking and then we were getting ready to walk out and
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So we're walking out because we see trick-or-treaters already started. And so I had the perfect view of our house and it was so funny. She goes, my neighbor was like, Diana, that kid, the fucking kid, the poor kid took off running, stumbled, tripped and fell and was crying. was like trying to get away from my house because he was so scared because I had the creeper. So we're and then the rocking chair lady. the one creeper came out is one of those motion sensor ones where it'll come out at you.
And so when I'm watching this go down in slow motion, I'm like, yes, yes, yes, we did it. That's amazing. There was a year that I, when I was in middle school, I'm pretty sure I was like, I'm to do it different this year and I'm not going to go trick or treating. Instead I sat on my parents' front porch with a carved pumpkin on my head and like a black cloak with the bowl of candy in my lap, just like this. And when someone would come over, ah.
And then one kid's gut reaction was to punch the pumpkin. Oh, did that Oh, like that sucks. No. Yeah, it was great. The only thing that sucked was about the next like four days I smelled like pumpkin, no matter how much I scrubbed my hair and my head. It was pumpkin. Oh, I could wear a whole bottle of clone and it you could still smell pumpkin. And I personally don't love the smell of carved pumpkin or pumpkin in general. That's the especially when you're
Engulfed in it. Yeah. No, I could see how that would get stinky and smelly and the other weird thing about me for Halloween I don't like pumpkin spice. Oh my god taste but One once and I was like, I'm glad I had this so I know to never buy it again. Yeah Yeah, no, I'm good. Yeah pumpkin spice not for me. I love that you are with me on that I Dying there comes a point in every conversation that I have with my guests that I asked them a collection of questions
that have nothing to do with everything we've just talked about. We just talked about your career, your life up until this point, your love for Halloween, but now I'm gonna just kinda take you on a first date. These are very basic, fun questions. Is it like rapid fire where I gotta say like first thing that comes to my head or? Or we can discuss if needed. Okay. There's a couple deep ones in there towards the end. shit. But for the most part, they're very base level. Okay. Favorite movie, go. Mary Poppins.
Logan Lewis (01:28:10.792)
Really? Good choice. was expecting like... of sugar. Yeah, there you go. What was your first job? Actually, the other one that I think about it is, you've got mail. You've got mail Mary Poppins. Okay. Yeah. First job ever. First time you collected a paycheck. I was working at Harkins Movie Theater. Hell yeah. And so like even now the smell of popcorn when it's... like it kind of... we're... we to dump it in the trash. Yeah. Like all the... still gives me the...
I worked at Regal and my first night they were like, hey buddy, you can take this home. And it was like the eight gallon bag of popcorn. I was like, let's go. What would be your walkout song? My walkout song? Like if you were like entering the wrestling ring to like fight, like what song would be playing as you like enter the room? That one is going to be.
It's a song, Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez. Let's Get Loud. Yes. Let's Get Loud. Or that, or Suavemente by Elvis Crespo. Crespo. I don't know how to spell that. Suavemente. Besame. Perfect. Te quiero, se te entusiasma. You'll know what that means when your episode comes out. Additionally, with music, you get to organize a music festival.
You get to pick your three headliners. Okay. Who are your headliners? Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink, and you know what? If I can bring him back from the dead, I'd throw in some Biggie. okay. Love it. You know who's making waves right now? People are saying he's the new Biggie.
I mean, maybe not on the same like talent level, but he sounds like Biggie and he looks like Biggie. Okay, maybe he is big. Maybe he reincarnated. You know, I to talk is still alive to the plug. Big X, the plug. Yeah, that's his like signature. I have to look that up. didn't. Okay, big X, the plug is fire. He's he's he puts big in big X. I'll tell you that he's like 400 pounds.
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He's huge, but he, his beats, his flow, what? What did I say? You go, he was huge. He's huge. And I said, that's what he said. Yeah, well, he is a huge man. On a day that you're not working in any capacity, how do you take care of yourself? What is self-care like for you?
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Did you see that? It was like the filter. Yeah, it was like, well, hard drugs. Self-care. I'm going to go with the vanilla answer of I wash my hair and I don't know. I don't know. don't self-care. Everywhere I go, I'm like, no, that's nope, nope, nope, I guess get a massage.
I haven't gotten a massage in like fucking forever so... never gotten a massage. Never? I would love to get one. know. I know. You need to like book that shit for next week. I should. Yeah. I don't. You want to talk about self care? Guess who doesn't do any self care? This guy. No. I just don't for some reason. I need to prioritize myself. So do like getting my toes done. I don't like crusty toes and crusty feet.
And I like having my toes polished. So I guess that's self care, right? Sure. for sure. Well, that's my G rated answer. Well, now I want to know the other answer, but we'll get there one day. What's the best? What is some advice that you were given at any point in your life that kind of you still stick by and still find true to this day? I don't know if it was advice that was given to me or something that I read. I can't remember which came first or how the form came about, but it's
Be the person you needed when. That's what I always stick to. That's what I think about in my head. So be the friend that you needed when you didn't have friends. Be the person to, because again, like I said, my stepmom got me my first deal in Arizona and that was a good experience. The other deal that I had coming out here,
I didn't know what I didn't know and I was by myself and I felt, didn't feel empowered. I didn't feel educated. So be the realtor that you needed when. So that's where, that's the other part where I come from a place of I didn't like this experience that I had. So I want to make sure that it's even better for the people and the mistakes that happened. I want to make sure don't happen. So I cross those things off the list and make sure that people are taken care of. So yeah, be the person you needed when. Very good. What is your biggest fear?
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Snakes. Don't like snakes. funny, not funny. Tomorrow I'm going to have pictures taken at a new listing and is in a little bit of rough condition. as we say needs TLC and it just so happens that they have a reptile room. So there are three, four snakes, an iguana, a gecko, a bearded dragon. Yeah. have a question. Are they serial killers?
no, cylinder killers don't scare me.
I meant the people. no, they're not serial killers. I'm like serial killers don't scare me because they're not going to kill me. Like we're totally fine. I'll high five them. Like then kill somebody else, not me. True. Hey man, I'll help you with Dude, I'm your people. Like I can tell you how to get out of this shit. Like don't do that. No kidding. You see too many like true crying shit. yeah, for sure. So many. Too many documentaries. yeah. And then lastly, Diane, what's your main motivator? What pushes you? What keeps you going? What is your morning drive?
What keeps me going is I'm allergic to poverty. So I do not want to, I've been broke and I'm sure, you we all have our story of comebacks and you know, like 20 cents in the bank account kind of situation. I don't ever want to go there. I don't ever want to be there again. And so I always like it's day one.
where it's like, shit, I don't have anything, I gotta go hunt, I gotta go hunt, I gotta make money, I gotta make money, I gotta make money. And it's good and not good. It sometimes, and it drives me crazy because it's like, can't you just be happy, Dianna? And then at times it's like, no, this is a purpose, because this allows me to provide for my family, it allows us to have experiences that I didn't have growing up. So that's what drives and motivates me is just that.
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want and hunger for I know I can achieve so much more and I know I can be better and I have to do this for my future self. So working on things now that I know my future self is wouldn't take no shit on. Does that make any sense? Does it take any shit on? Not no shit. know what mean. Yeah, it makes total sense. yeah. Very good. Very good. Now, my friend, you get to...
Tell the people who you are, how to find you, what you offer, and how to get in contact with you. Okay. Well, so my name is Diana Hornes. I don't know what to do with my hands. If you're listening, you didn't get that, but whatever. Let's see. So like I mentioned before, I am very passionate about helping folks because I never, my thing is in my head is there are so many agents out there and,
They're agents and realtors and there's a difference. But there are so many folks out there that are doing this willy nilly. They're doing this half ass or they don't really care. They don't have the right intentions to help people. And they're just seeing that as paycheck because people think real estate is easy, which real estate is easy. But I mean, it's not hard, but it's not hard, but it's not easy either. That's what I was trying to say. And to me, it's just one of those where.
Realtors differentiate themselves. They separate themselves and there are people that don't really have a heart in this business and I know that I do and I Don't know I don't like waving a carrot of I'm gonna give you money and all this shit But yeah, it's what I do and it's what how I help people but there's something else in there and it's a Friendship, so I mean you can buy a fucking house, but you're not gonna get a friend buy a house with me you get friend
I'm not really good at this selling shit like this. This is weird. This is uncomfortable. A little bit president of the Cherokee Realtor Association. You gotta be able to sell yourself girl. I know it's one of homes. So yourself we're
Logan Lewis (01:37:23.866)
My name is Diana. actually give a shit and if you know folks want to work with me, I would love the opportunity to meet with them. And yeah, you can throw a rock and hit 20 different realtors in a crowd, but you you throw a rock and we're going to be fighting too. So we're going to have some fun. And when it comes to the Cherokee Association of Realtors, we advocate for private property rights for homeownership rights. We're there for the realtors to make sure that the business
is streamlined and realtors are doing what they're supposed to be doing and we are advocates for the public and for realtors. So I firmly believe in that and the behind the scenes of that. But when it comes to me selling myself, I mean, if you want to work with me, I would love the opportunity. But if you don't, that's fine. And I wish you well. mean, I'm not going to beg people to work with me. There you go. Perfect. Well done.
Thank you guys. I'll make sure to put the link to a Dan socials. yeah. Diana Atlanta on, and forgive me cause I'm trying to break out into my tick tock world. And it's so funny. My girls give me so much shit. They're like, my God, mom, I can't believe you posted that. I'm like, whatever. I can't to follow now. Diana Atlanta. Very fun. I'll put the links to those socials in the description of the episode so that if you're interested in anything that we talked about,
we can or that you can scroll down, tap the link, get in contact with her if you need to, and you can start that process with her. Diane, thank you. Thank you for doing this with me. Thank you for the opportunity. I felt like I rambled, but isn't that what a podcast is all about? That's what a podcast is all about. And you did great. Thank you again for your service and for your husband's service. I appreciate that. Thank you for my lovely drink. It was delicious. I drank the whole thing. Yes, you did.
So now we have to wait in the parking lot for a while. The tricky water. I'm playing. But yeah, I'm lucky to know you. I'm lucky to now call you a friend. Yes. And I wish you continued success. Also, if you need help with real estate, I know a girl. Guys, again, her stuff's going to be in the description. My stuff will be in the description. Shout out to Fireworks. Shout out to Good Days. Shout out to Branded and Devoted Designs and Hammerhead Creations for making all of this possible.
Logan Lewis (01:39:46.662)
We appreciate you guys tuning in and we'll see you guys next time. Bye. Bye.