February 7, 2012

Don McKim Joins Realtytrust Residential

Don McKim

Don McKim

Realtytrust Residential in Cool Springs, a residential real estate company made up of agents from the defunct Realty Executives franchise, has added Don McKim to their roster of 72 agents.

Don McKim has sold real estate in California for the past few years and is now returning to his hometown in Middle Tennessee.

Don McKim toured many years with the likes of Paul Mcartney, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Van Halen and others.

Don McKim is a California native, born and raised in San Jose.  He started his career in sales then decided to chase a personal goal. Based out of Nashville, TN, McKim spent 16 years in the music business. McKim was marketer at Arista Records, a tour manager, a live music cameraman and a concert video director. While in the music industry, he was fortunate enough to tour Europe with Paul McCartney and direct James Taylor’s October Road Tour. In the film industry Don McKim worked as a P.A. on the set of The Kingdom starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner, just to name a few of his accomplishments.

From Don McKim’s website:

“After spending years traveling across America and abroad, I decided Northern California was where I would like to settle down, start a new career and begin a family. In the 70′s I traveled here every summer with my family to ski Lake Shasta and eat at Jacks. I’m so thankful to be back. With the I-5 corridor leading to mountains, trails, snow & water skiing, vineyards, ocean front locales, and any number of fun outdoor activities, I knew Redding was the place for me.”

Nashville Nonstop To Panama City?

Southwest Airlines is likely to select Nashville as one of two cities to have daily nonstop flights to the new Panama City airport.  Baltimore is rumored to be the other city chosen by Southwest Airlines.

This is great news for all the people in Middle Tennessee who vacation in Destin, Seaside or Panama City Florida.  The 8 hour drive to Destin, Panama City, or Seaside FL, through swamp land, is not very exciting.  The thought of a Southwest Airlines flight less than an hour long is very appealing.

Many people in Cool Springs and Nashville own rental property or second homes and this will no doubt add value to their investment.  The difference between a 16 hour round trip drive and 2 hour round trip flight is huge, especially when just going down for the weekend.  Not to mention Southwest is usually on time and their rates are very competitive, not a bad thing.

This is excellent news for Nashville since many of the flights to Panama city will also be directed through our own Nashville International Airport.  Good exposure for Cool Springs and the surrounding areas!