Ashley Dean Wilson

Work Experience

Owner and Managing Broker

(Duties include: Educator-Trainer of all new Brokers and Agents)
ABBCR® is Northeast Tennessee's only Exclusive Buyer Real Estate Agency.

As Managing Broker, my duties also include the following:

• Interview new agents and clients


• Provide oversight of hiring


• Determine which customers our agency we will accept as clients


• Apply for and manage semi-annual licensing for the agency and individual licensees (National, State of TN, and Local (board) Licenses)


• Schedule and arrange showings of homes and properties throughout NE Tennessee


• Provide followup to owners and agents after all agency showings (Good Will !)


• Assist buyers who plan to finance their homes, directing clients to appropriate and reasonable lenders, educating buyers


• Provide tours of the area to ensure that potential 'relos' choose Tri-Cities as their RELO choice.

(I am the individual contacted when many employers are recruiting new employees, managers, and CEO's ... My company provides area tours, 'sells the Tri-Cities', and oversees contracts for rentals and purchases. As my company never owns a listing, we never actually 'sell' a property ... instead, we EDUCATE, we 'Show and Tell', and we Represent buyers exclusively. (*We are the only real estate company in NE TN providing this exclusive service.)

• Provide internet, computer, network and smart phone services to and for, not only my company, but for a number of area physicians and families, as I am also a computer and technical specialist.


• Interpret historical 'market data' for pricing and value ranges


• Write current real estate 'buyer' informational updates for Don Finley, Times News (Kingsport, TN), which is and has been published in the Kingsport newspaper.


• Negotiate best terms for our clients while maintaining a reasonable negotiation atmosphere. (I am a graduate of the Negotiation Specialty Certification (Multiple 2 day seminars), taught by former Fortune 500 Negotiator and owner of NEGOTIATION Experts, Inc.) CNE certification courses (Please see Certificate)


• Currently hold certifications as GRI, (Graduate Realtor Institute), ABR, (Accredited Buyer Representative), CEBA-Master (Certified Exclusive Buyer Agent - Master)


• Testified as a Real Estate Expert Witness in court on behalf of Fowler & Fowler, PLLC & remain an active Expert Witness on their list of witnesses.

Web Design, Web Admin, Logistics, Communications and Coordination Assistance

• Designed website after working with Founders, Distributors, and Educators


• Continuing with logistics and coodination with Training Director and Law Enforcement Agencies to schedule training and associated information


• Post training events, perform routine maintenance, and answer or forward general contact and/or inquiries, as needed.


• Traveled to Cinicinatti to be part of company meeting with President, Master Instructors, Distributors, and Engineer to help with company logistics and concerns

Founder, Co-Owner

My partner and I perform the services of Digital filming and recording of Video and/or audio for purposes of advertising, music performance, album production, private and community events, independent film, tv, or motion picture; As well as Post Production, Editing, and Mastering services for the same. Skills needed and used include:

• Good communication and time management skills.


• Videography.


• Audio recording.


• Video and/or Audio Engineering.


• Audio Mastering.


• Computer knowledge with Microsoft Windows PCs and Apple products.


• Network setup and usage, (wired and wireless).


• RAID array and mixed storage format installation, upgrade, and usage.


• iPhone, iPad, and General Android familiarity.


• Building and servicing single and multi-operating system machines for personal use, and use of company.


• Use of digital videography devices, and gimbles.


• Use of microphones, digital recorders, and mixers.


• Varying levels of software familiarity on both Mac and Windows platforms.


• YouTube Channel (Monetized) @AVAJourneys for certain outdoor activity and documentary style videos

(I continue online and "in-the-field" education to further my knowledge of all skills needed)



Founder, Owner, Teacher, Composer, Recording Engineer, Production Management

• I have taught over a hundred students piano keyboard, music composition and 'music appreciation' since 1992.

Some of these students have also been taught computer-based recording and engineering by me. I have never advertised my services, as my reputation precedes me.

• I have also taught students computer programming, technical and equipment usage, and computer hardware.


• My students have included 'home-schooled students' (during the day) and private and public school students from 3:00 until 8:00 PM.

Formerly, I taught 5 and 6 days/week, but transitioned when my openings were limited by my full time management of A Buyer's Best Choice Realty.

Stage Manager, 1993-1997 (resigned due to growing lesson base)

• Stage Management included the conducting of intermediary duties between the General Manager and the players.


• This position entailed the setup and breakdown of shows and rehearsals.


• In the course of my duties, I was asked to consistently make anouncements at the rehearsals, as well as to large audiences at the performances.


• Finally, because I was the manager who ran the performances, it was my duty to make sure that all shows and rehearsals ran as smoothly as possible.

By being continually aware of any situations that came up and making sure everything continued to run smoothly from the perspective of the audience, I accomplished this task.

Education

• A.A.S in Networking/IT Fall 2022 - Spring 2024
• Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
• P.A.A.T. - President's All-Academic Team (4.0 GPA)
• NDE Certification - (Network Defense Essentials) - EC-Council



• In Process - A.A.S in Systems Administration - Follow-up Fall-2024-Spring 2025

• Part-time student 1993-2002 (While Teaching and Recording)


• Full-time student 1991-1992


• Invited in September of 1994 to join Gamma Beta Phi, an honor limited only to those in the top 10% of their class, and offered only once.

• Full-time student 1989-1990


• Majoring in Keyboards and Composition.

• High School Diploma - May, 1989


• Graduated having taken many "CHALLENGE" level courses, and having worked 1-2 jobs concurrently.


• Voted "Most Talented Senior" by the Senior class. Feb., 1989

• Received the Presidential Award For Academics. May, 1986

• First Place - Highest Academic Honors Award. May, 1983

** Education listed above does not include any of my 500+ of education hours in Broker Management, Negotiations, and Real Estate.

• I was Chair of the NAEBA® (National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents) Professional Development Committee. In this capacity, I helped to rewrite and design the Certified Exclusive Buyer Agent (CEBA) national study materials, as well as questions and answers for online testing and certification.


• I currently serve as a National Association Of Exclusive Buyer Agents, (NAEBA), Board Member and serve on the Strategic Planning Board for the same organization.

Volunteer Work

• Ambassador for other visiting Ambasadors from Russia and Georgia, (country), associated with International Arts for Peace. In this capacity, (during 1989), I also went overseas to spread good will between countries, and composed and performed original compositions in the former Soviet Union, (USSR), including Moscow and Yaroslavl, Russia.


• Served on the Ethics Complaint / Grievance Committee for Northeast Tennessee Association Of Realtors (NETAR)


• Served for 3 years as an Elder for the Presbyterian Church, (Jonesborough Presbyterian Church)


• Served for 3 years as Chair of the Missions group at Presbyterian Church, (Jonesborough Presbyterian Church)


• Performed tasks for the Salvation Army


• Performed hosting and other duties for Family Promise


• Continue to serve in a capacity relative to the Shriner's Hospitals, (Free and Accepted Masons of Tennessee)


• Continue to donate to charities, as funds allow


• Served as Executor of two different family estates seperate from my personal family

Extracurricular Activities

• Writing and playing music, Keyboards and Bass - (Also, writing for other instruments)


• Occasionally playing live with other musicians, and a band which is currently in the studio, (On The Map®).


• Hiking, Camping, Snow-Skiing, Water-Skiing, Kayaking, and all related outdoor Activities


• Reading


• Writing short stories, poetry, lyrics, and possibly a novel


• Continuing to work on songs for a solo piano album release


• Occasional Video games on PC and Xbox, as time allows


• *** Most of these activities include Family and/or Friends

Other items of note:

• Composed and performed original compositions in the former Soviet Union, (USSR), including Yaroslavl, Russia, on tour with International Arts for Peace, to standing ovations.


• Served as a Recording Engineer for renowned composer, Kenton Coe's work in the James Agee Film Project, a PBS documentary, funded in a grant to Ross Spears by the National Endowment for the Arts.


• First originally composed symphony was performed by the Johnson City Symphony in 1999.


• Chosen to compose and perform original composition for the homecoming of hostage, Katie Taylor.


• Finalist, Knoxville WIMZ band/composition competition.


• Collaborated with Virginian, Lillian Drake, writing symphonic lines for her musical.


• Composed and performed original compositions and individual arrangements for schools, dances, weddings, and talent shows.


• Performed original compositions at various night clubs, including nationally renowned, "Down Home", in Johnson City, TN


• Co-composed, arranged, and engineered demo for country gospel writer, Phil Smith


• Attended East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, studied violin and cello, and studied privately (6 years) with Dr. James Stafford, former Chairman of the Department of Music, ETSU, ( Jazz Musician, Arranger, Composer, and Jazz/Classical Theorist ).


• Recorded Youth Symphony Orchestra tape for distribution and sale.


• Performed and recorded a keyboard album, Bridging The Horizon, with Co-Writer Brian Dillard, as part of WilsonDillard


• Member of ASCAP® both personally, and as a Publisher with SOUNDSCULPTURES studios.


• Co-perfomed and recorded a published piano ballad called "Listen" as WilsonDillard (Ashley D. Wilson & Brian A. Dillard)

** This song is in the process of being re-recoreded and re-mastered for an updated release.

• Co-Produced Music Video for The Dillards to accompany the song Always Gonna Be You released by Pinecastle Records

References:

Available upon request.

Links:

A Buyer's Best Choice Realty

Archetype Video and Audio, LLC

Risen Stun Dynamics

Ashley Dean Wilson, Composer

AVA Journeys YouTube Page

WilsonDillard Music Page

On The Map Band Page

NAEBA Board of Directors

LinkedIn Profile - Ashley Dean Wilson

Ashley Dean Wilson - Basic Linktree