Wayne Barnes – 918-645-1470
Real Estate Broker Associate with ERA John Hausam, Realtors, Tulsa, OK
Real Estate Designations:
- Senior Real Estate Specialist
- Real Estate Cyberspace Society
I was born in Covington, Kentucky and the year of that birth was 1950, which makes me a “baby boomer.”
I have been in Tulsa since I was 4 years old and grew up in a neighborhood that was nothing but girls!! (At least I learned how to get along with them to some extent…. Ha!!!) I started grade school at Sts. Peter and Paul. It wasn’t a large school so those with a modicum of ability were starters on the sports teams. I was barely okay at basketball, but I loved baseball. My mother would not allow me to play football, which turned out okay for me when I saw my best friend in a cast with a broken collar bone.
Summers, we ruled the area riding our bicycles to McClure Park to swim, or riding to the airport to have something different to do. The ball fields at Peter and Paul were ours to use as we saw fit and we almost always had a group to play several times a week. During sleep overs with my pal, we played the board game, Risk, and baked a chocolate cake mix but made the icing from scratch. (Seven Minute Frosting is still my favorite with chocolate cake and is still in the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook.)
The gang split up when there were no more grades to attend at Peter and Paul. Ninth grade was a shock when I walked into Eli Whitney middle school and I knew absolutely no one. Things were better when I got to Nathan Hale High School because I had made a new set of friends.
After high school I began the quest for a degree in Petroleum Engineering at Tulsa University. After 2 and a half years, that endeavor ended due to the pursuit of the girl of my dreams. I got married and began working at Unit Rig and Equipment Company which made HUGE off road dump trucks. (The largest was 200 tons.) I started as a forklift driver but showed some initiative so was asked to become a Materials Expediter.
Meanwhile, my wife and I decided renting was a total waste of money!! We began saving her pay check and bought 1/2 acre of “river bottom” land in Sand Springs. Soon, I took up a shovel and began digging the foundation for our new home. Through the home building process, I learned how to lay blocks, frame a house, install insulation and sheet rock, paint, tile and build cabinets. Thanks to the experts around me, I learned every phase of building a house. I was my own labor and my own sub-contractor. When we finished the carpentry rough-in (putting up the walls), the architect was amazed the house was only 1/4 inch out of square diagonally on a 30 by 70 foot building. It was a great endeavor and I was proud of the finished product.
From Unit Rig, I went to work for Amerada Hess Corporation, an oil company. (That was when oil was a major factor in the success of Tulsa, Oklahoma – “The Oil Capital of the World.”) My other corporate experience has been with Byron Jackson Pump and American Airlines.
My real estate career began when my dad became an “Area Managing Broker” for the Veteran’s Administration. I went to real estate school and got my license so I could assist him in selling foreclosed properties from HUD and the VA. It has always been a pleasure to watch people get into their own home. In those days, most of those I helped were first time home buyers. It is still amazing to watch the thrill of someone who realizes they are going to be moving into a home of their OWN!!
After having my real estate sales license for the required 3 years, my dad encouraged me to get my broker’s license which would allow me to open my own real estate office or continue with his VA work. However, the VA changed their business model and that was no longer a viable option.
After my dad had a heart attack, I worked in my own real estate agency for some time but decided selling real estate is really a team effort. I needed more training and support so I chose to move my real estate license to John Hausam, Realtors. I transferred My Real Estate License to John Hausam, Realtors on 4 October 1993 and I am proud to continue as part of this family to this date.
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