Real Estate Success and Support with Kristin Brindley Kristin Brindley

Before becoming a REALTOR®, Meg Czapiewski spent 29 years serving our nation in the Air Force. During this time, she got married, raised four children, and lived all over the world. If there’s anyone that understands the challenges of moving and balancing family life, it’s Meg.

When Meg was a Squadron Commander in England, she began a tradition of hosting a Mother’s Day brunch for the families in her unit. “Two-thirds of our squadron was deployed, so we started hosting a brunch for moms whose spouses were deployed. We gave the kids the tickets so they could treat their moms. We had activities for kids and a nice brunch for moms. The idea was to allow them to relax from the ominous responsibility of being a single mom with a deployed husband,” Meg explains.

Real Producers Success and Support Podcast

Bargain Movers, led by President and CEO Luis Cardenas Jr., continues to stand out as a company that prioritizes integrity, exceptional customer service, and family-focused culture. Five years after his first interview with Real Producers magazine, Luis shares how Bargain Movers has evolved while maintaining its commitment to providing top-notch service to clients and fostering a supportive environment for employees.

Real Producers Success and Support Podcast

During the 23 years she spent as a military spouse, Kristin Wood moved seven times, two of which were international relocations. With two boys in tow, Kristin was faced with navigating some challenging transitions. Not only did she have to pack up her home and resettle in a new city — but she was also tasked with helping her kids adjust and make new friends.

“My father encountered many situations, as a manager, where people he had trained were promoted over him due to the color of his skin,” Catina explains. “So he left that world and raised us to build our own thing that could not be taken away. He encouraged us to not become trapped by the glass ceiling in corporate America and to never let someone else dictate our worth or income.”  

Catina watched her father start multiple businesses before finding the one that really stuck — a residential and commercial security system business that he grew to become very successful. While Catina took her father’s lessons to heart, inheriting his tremendous work ethic, focus, and discipline, it took her some time to fully tap into her entrepreneurial side. 

The first business Brad Gamlin ever started was a production company, when he was just 15 years old. Brad became a manager for his band, renting out venues in Fredericksburg and putting together concerts for other bands in the local area as well.

“It taught me a lot about organization and how to get people excited about events,” says Brad. “Both of those things served me in my career and in my life.”

Amina Basic knows what it feels like to be overwhelmed and in desperate need of help to scale a business on a budget.

“As the operating principal at Keller William’s Mclean/Great Falls office, my number one goal is to make my agents’ lives easier, so that was my cue,” Amina recalls.