TYLER KREIS GIVING IT AWAY

Tyler Kreis knows you can’t have a milliondollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic. He also knows that in order to be successful in real estate, he’s got to give a lot of his knowledge away.

WE WIN WHEN OUR CLIENTS WIN.

Being a manufacturer’s sales representative and helping large brands like Blackstone, Riddell, Proform, and Voxx Electronics sell products to major retailers taught Tyler Kreis the one thing that would become the foundation to his real estate career.

“Relationships are everything when it comes to sales.”

Working as a manufacturer’s sales representative also made him realize that many factors can work against you when you’re trying to work a deal. That’s when a solid relationship with a client means everything.

“Multiple manufacturers may be competing for the same shelf space. If you can’t beat them in quality, cost, or turn time, you focus on relationships. People want to work with people they enjoy talking to and trust,” Kreis said.

Growing up in Bedford, Kreis graduated from Trinity High School. He was fortunate enough to play college baseball for a year before tearing his UCL. After a year of rehab, he made the decision to get his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at UTA.

“My past taught me how to stay hungry and always grind,” Kreis said. “I am not someone that dwells on the past, because there is no changing it. All we can do is learn and move on.” That mindset served him well went he hit a dry spell at his job and had to make a tough decision.

“I didn’t get paid for three months. It left me confused and angry. I had been flipping houses on the side with my father-in-law, who was a real estate broker, and he told me to get my license,” Kreis said.

While he enjoyed flips and rehabs, Kreis wasn’t sure about being a REALTOR®. “The first few months after being licensed were hard, and I had to lean on credit cards and borrowed two mortgage payments from my mom,” he said. “However, I didn’t have the option to quit; I had to grind every day.”

In his first year, Kreis sold over $5 million. He was able to pay his mom back and make a dent in his credit card debt. “Real estate provided me an opportunity to live the life I always wanted,” he said.

While he owes his start and opportunity in real estate to his father-inlaw, who was also his broker at the Westrom Group, he began the new year by starting his own firm, TK Realty, where he focuses on what else? Relationships.

“I love the process of finding my clients the perfect house,” said Kreis. “It’s exciting to see them light up when they enter their dream house. From there, it’s my job to win them the perfect house.”

He also leverages his experience flipping houses to help them see beyond the scratches and the dents that come with almost any house purchase. “I love negotiating repairs! I love walking into a house and being able to dissect it. That allows me to not terrify the client. They may see a new paint job as a huge $20,000 cost. I can show them that it’s not that; it might be $4,000 and I can also show them how much they may have to pay per foot, because I’ve done it hundreds of times.”

Family is the reason why Kreis gets up each day to do his best. Together with his wife, Taylor, Kreis has two young boys: Tatum and Trevor. They work hard to make sure their boys are well provided for and also know the importance of family.

“I never want money to be the only reason my boys can’t receive the best education, medical treatment, play multiple sports, or do whatever hobby they are into,” Kreis said. “My wife and I met in high school and have been together ever since. We are going on 16 years of being together and have been married since 2015. We love hanging out with family and friends, going out to dinner, and traveling. Our favorite places to travel are Broken Bow, Chicago, Fort Morgan, and to a little town called Ocheyedan, Iowa, where, among the 500 people that live there, I’ve got family.”

Starting a new business and raising a young family might make other some people want to hold on to every lead, every contractor’s name, and every client with a tight grip. Instead, Kreis’s mindset is to do the exact opposite.

“I don’t teach the scarcity mindset to my clients,” he said. “There are 30,000 realtors in DFW and everyone has that special thing and no one is willing to share it. I’m willing to give it away. If something is working, like a great lead source, lender, or contractor, we’re an open book. If something can help someone else, we give it away.”

Kreis’s inspiration to share his knowledge and information came from a meeting with the founder of Kinko’s, who offered him the advice to give away best practices and contact information. “Our business is different because we believe all parties in a transaction need to win. Our goal is to create offers that work for both the seller and the buyer. The highest isn’t always the best. I teach our agents to work with other agents to create an offer that checks all the boxes. We win when our clients win,” said Kreis.

He also loves to take on challenges – like opening up his own brokerage – that scare him just a little bit.

“The reason I love to snow ski is because it terrifies me. Every time you get off a lift, you are on a completely new surface and anything can happen,” said Kreis. “That’s also why I am excited about opening a new brokerage. This is uncharted territory for me, and it’s terrifying. I want to be remembered for being a person who took his own path and never stopped trying to improve.”

Bryan joined the mortgage business in 1994

Bryan has been in the "Top 1% of all Originators" nationally every year since 2016, as listed by Mortgage Originator magazine.

The Bryan Connatser Team was voted the Silver Award winner in the Best in DFW People's Choice Awards, by The Dallas Morning News for 2022 in November.

Bryan has been named Best Mortgage Professional by D Magazine every year since 2016, and PLATINUM PRODUCER in 2020 & 2021.