Personal Note from the Contreras Family
- Posted on Feb 16, 2020
Thank you so much for visiting this website; we appreciate it!
My husband and I started JOA Real Estate Group, LLC as a family business and we work together.
A Carpenter by trade for over 15 years, my husband loves construction, remodeling, and making things work beautifully. In his spare time, he plays “futbol” (Spanish soccer) with a team twice a week or takes our son to kiddie soccer practice. John enjoys watching the Family Guy TV show and spending time in his art studio (he paints!). We have been married since October 2011.
When we were dating, he wasn’t the type to buy me flowers or candy – instead he did things like building me a custom TV stand after I confessed I couldn’t find one that matched my preferences and the space. He took measurements while I wasn’t looking and presented me with the Custom TV stand days later!
When my father suffered a stroke and became confined to a wheelchair, John built a custom wheelchair ramp and made many disability modifications to my parents’ house that has made their quality of life so much easier. I guess you can say I fell in love with his hands!
Though I am not afraid to pick up a paintbrush here or there, my strength and joy comes from working on the people side of our business. I like connecting with our clients on their desired construction projects and making sure we understand their needs and exceed their expectations. As a part of JOA Real Estate Group, we also manage a handful of rental properties. We find and screen tenants and take care all of the maintenance issues. In my spare time, I like to write creative stories and poetry and read business, self-help, and fiction books, and cook.
We’ve been very fortunate because our strengths work great together. When we realized we had more remodeling projects than John could handle by himself due to word of mouth, we knew we had a great thing going!
It’s been fun building up a crew of like-hearted workers. It’s been an exciting journey and a blessing to our family (Amethyst our daughter, Onyx our son, and our two cats – Xena & Gabriel)
We are constantly educating ourselves and learning more ways of doing things better. We love real estate and home improvement with a passion and appreciate how much it has helped our business and personal lives.
Anyway, we just wanted to introduce ourselves and say Hello! Looking forward to working with you (again) soon!
Warmly,
~ Ebony & John Contreras
JOA Real Estate Group, LLC
