Name: Marty Heath Cleckler
I am from: the Greater Roscoe and Colorado City, Texas, metropolitan area (middle of nowhere West Texas).
Occupation: managing director, WestMark Commercial and owner, Heath Property Advisors, an appraisal & consulting company.
How I ended up in this business: I graduated from Texas Tech in the middle of a recession, so I went to grad school and got a master’s in real estate economics and I have loved real estate since.