Meet Keith Leary

I was born in Stevens Point, WI.,  and I grew up in the same house until I moved away for college. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I also played football, I opened and ran my first business in the cellular phone industry. After a few years I wanted to venture out of Central Wisconsin, so I opened up a map and decided to move to Las Vegas. Seriously, this is what I did!  One of my best friends, Troy Hojnacki, co-owner of Graffiti’s Bar & Grill, in Stevens Point, WI, helped me drive a full sized U-Haul while towing my car along with two cats inside the cab!  You talk about an experience, that road trip was sure one. That was in 1997, the same year when I decided to get involved in Real Estate.  Gratefully, I was immediately introduced to some of the best real estate professionals at the time which accelerated my real estate career right from the start.  Ever since that first day when I came into the office waiving to my broker at the time, Jon Cheplak, that I had passed my exam, it’s been a wild ride in the industry.  I have been blessed to do almost every facet of this industry, from agent, to manager, to trainer and coach, recruiter, and back to simply being a real estate agent.  I have had many people help mold myself into the professional I am today in this industry of who I am grateful for; Jon Cheplak, Shari Chase, Susan Lowe, David Cobo, Ed Krafchow, Rich Casto, Spencer Cheplak, Tim Merrell, Mark Weinberg, Gail Kessler and many others.

Many thanks to all. – Keith Leary