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o say that Danielle David is a rising star in the central Mississippi real estate scene would come as no surprise to those who know her lineage. She is the oldest daughter of Roddy and Michele Rumbley. Danielle grew up learning real estate lingo from working in the office of the family business, Roddy Rumbley Real Estate.
After graduating from Madison Central in 2010, Danielle graduated from Ole Miss in 2014 where she met her future husband, Joe David. Joe is from Nashville and he was a member of the Ole Miss golf team. The couple married in 2017. Danielle earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Ole Miss. She then taught for two years in Mississippi before moving to Nashville where she taught middle school for an additional five years. “Teaching in Nashville was so special for me because I taught at the same school my husband attended when he was growing up.” Life was good, with Joe working for Music City Autoplex and Danielle teaching middle school. The pandemic hit Nashville hard and changed the trajectory of the couple’s careers. “Teaching middle schoolers over Zoom was incredibly challenging and made me question if I wanted to continue my career as a teacher,” says Danielle. “My parents 20 • February 2024
have always encouraged me to join our family business.” The pandemic changed a lot of things for Joe and Danielle, so in 2021 the couple moved to Madison. Danielle went to the Mississippi REALTOR® Institute classes in the Spring of 2021 and received her license in June. She immediately joined the local, state, and national associations of REALTORS®. “My parents have always instilled in me the importance of being a REALTOR® and not just a licensed agent. REALTORS® follow a strict code of ethics and are held to a higher standard”, explains Danielle. She closed on her first sale at the end of July 2021. “It was such a great feeling to put into practice everything that I had learned and I knew I had made the right decision.” Danielle closed twenty-four transactions by the end of 2022, and she was ecstatic. Because of this achievement, Danielle was eligible to earn her Accredited Buyer’s Representative designation (A.B.R.) in 2022. In February 2023, Danielle earned her Broker’s license. “I wanted to follow in my parents’ footsteps – they both have their Broker’s license. Continuing education is very important to us because my mom and I are both former teachers. Earning my Broker’s @realproducers
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