To many people, Mark Nanny was humble, kind, always cool, calm and collected, and the best mentor to a lot of REALTORS®. Paisley Kelch was honored to work alongside Mark on The Mark Nanny Team for two years. Similarly, Mark’s son-in-law, Dusty Joplin, wanted to get into real estate and join the team. Unfortunately, Dusty never got the opportunity to work alongside Mark as he got his real estate license three days before Mark’s passing. 

 

In July 2023, Dusty and Paisley created the Make Your Mark Legacy Team in Mark’s honour—a tribute to Mark’s lasting impact and also a reflection of his values of service and integrity in real estate.

Dusty and Paisley have dedicated themselves to upholding the principles that Mark embodied. As they navigate their business, they often ask themselves, “What would Mark do?” in hopes of continuing his tradition of compassionate client care. They aim to preserve Mark’s legacy and make a lasting impact on their clients and the real estate community.

Paisley knew Dusty and his wife, Alexandra, through her connection with Mark and her help purchasing investment properties. On May 27, 2023, Dusty officiated Paisley and her husband’s (Cody) wedding. At that point, they had no idea they would be a real estate team a couple of months later. 

 

Before starting the Make Your Mark Legacy Team at Coldwell Banker, Dusty led a volunteer worship team and wrote, recorded, and released original worship music with the worship team. Dusty feels a sense of loyalty to Coldwell Banker as Mark was devout to Coldwell Banker for 40 years. “He would have it no other way!” Dusty discloses. “Deron and the team were so good to him and our family over the years, so I owe them a debt of gratitude and loyalty.” 

 

Before life as a REALTOR®, Paisley graduated from Texas Tech and worked as the Assistant General Manager for a student housing apartment complex. In 2019, she decided to get back into the sales side of real estate and got her real estate license. “When I started in real estate, I was 23 years old, so I knew that having wise mentors would be a huge benefit to me in achieving my goals,” she explains. From her initial interview, she felt that Coldwell Banker’s values aligned with hers. Five years later, she credits the mentorship, coaching, and team environment at Coldwell Banker for her current success.

  

Mark made Dusty and Paisley the REALTORS® they are today. Dusty has been investing in real estate and building a rental portfolio since 2020. The influence his father-in-law had on him pushed him to get his license. “Mark Nanny was a successful REALTOR® at Coldwell Banker for the past 40 years and had asked me a few times to consider joining his team and eventually take over his business,” Dusty discloses. Mark battled with different kinds of cancer for the last 10 years of his life. In 2023, he was fighting for his life after receiving a stem cell transplant in Houston, and Dusty felt like the best thing he could do for him was to jump in and help however he could until he got better. Unfortunately, the timing didn't work out as they had hoped. 

 

Paisley worked alongside Mark on his team after being a solo agent for a few years. Paisley attributes her growth as an agent to his mentorship in those years. “He taught me so much about real estate and life,” she recalls. Paisley is now also on staff at Coldwell Banker as a trainer/coach, which she says is her way to pay it forward.

 

Serving others is extremely important to Paisley and Dusty, and The Make Your Mark Team puts people over production, relationships over revenue, and servant-centered guidance over sales volume. The team strives to honor Mark by treating people like Mark always did with kindness, honesty, professionalism, a servant's heart, and a relationship-driven approach to real estate. In the future, they hope to be agents people talk about the way they do about Mark. “I hope to be the agent who can make a mark on other people's lives the way that Mark did for so many,” Paisley says. 

 

Dusty says he is not looking too far ahead. Right now, he and Paisley are focusing on building a strong foundation and reputation to build on for the future. “We may add to the team in the future, but who knows,” Dusty verbalizes. “Paisley adds, “If I can make even a sliver of a difference in our new agents' careers as Mark did mine, I will consider that a blessing.”

 

Paisley Kelch

Coldwell Banker Trusted Advisors

806-773-1317

 

Dusty Joplin

Coldwell Banker Trusted Advisors

806-543-3814