Ronald Cooks

I'm a retired Army Warrant Officer that served our nation for 25 years. I was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York. Shortly after graduating high school, I found myself in basic training at FT. Sill Oklahoma, leading to a few stateside assignments and numerous tours overseas, which includes seven wartime deployments. After retiring from service in 2008, my wife and I decided Killeen, TX was where we wanted to settle. As timing would dictate, my wife and I wanted to buy another home. At the time, I didn't think any Real Estate Agent was worth 6% of my hard earned money to sell my home, so I entered the market as a FSBO (For Sale By Owner). I could write a book covering all of the mistakes I made (boy was I naïve). Cutting to the chase – I had a generic ‘For Sale' sign in the yard and one ad in the local paper, marketing at its best! Then my wife, with her infinite wisdom, approached ...