General
  • Full Time Sales Associate
  • Rural Ranch Division
  • Many years of experience in sales, customer service, teaching, librarianship, and ministry
  • Lived on a 60-acre farm in Claremore, OK for 16 years
  • Currently reside in Broken Arrow, OK
  • Fluent in French
Credentials
  • 1994 summa cum laude graduate of Vince Mooney Real Estate School, Tulsa, OK
  • 1994, Licensed by Oklahoma Real Estate Commission (OREC License No. 120358)
  • B.A. summa cum laude 1977, SUNY at Albany, College of Arts & Sciences, Albany, NY
  • M.L.S. 1978, SUNY at Albany, School of Library and Information Science, Albany, NY
  • M.Div. cum laude 1997, Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX
Qualifications
  • Coursework in Horse Management, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK
  • Coursework in Golf Course and Landscape Management, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK
  • Course in Masonry, Northeast Area Vo-Tech Center, Pryor Creek, OK
  • Course in Carpentry, Northeast Area Vo-Tech Center, Pryor Creek, OK
  • Coursework in computer programming and web weaving, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK
  • Coursework in Education, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah and Broken Arrow, OK
  • Coursework in Oil & Gas Drilling and Production, High Plains Technology Center, Woodward, OK
  • Continuing real estate education classes provided by Greater Tulsa Association of Realtors (GTAR), Tulsa, OK
  • Continuing real estate education classes provided by Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI), Tulsa, OK
  • Continuing real estate education classes provided by Council of Residential Specialists (CRS)
Specialties
  • Country estates, Farm and Ranch properties; horse properties, and rural properties -- I love to go boondocking!
  • Starter homes on up
  • Most familiar with mid-town Tulsa, Broken Arrow, and Rogers County
  • Landowner Relations, i.e., helping the holders of surface rights to understand the impact and ramification of oil & gas drilling and production when they do not hold mineral rights
New Construction Homes
  • Member, Greater Tulsa Home Builders Association (HBA)
  • Member, Women's Council of Realtors (WCR)
  • Member, American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL)
  • Tulsa Association of Petroleum Landmen (TAPL)
Expertise
  • TulsaRealEstateWeb.com
  • NortheastOklahomaRealEstate.com
  • Finding pretty land with scenic views, hills, trees, good dirt, and good pasture for horses with access to riding.
  • Helping blended families and "squeezed" families. Genograms and family systems analysis.
  • Helping families care for elderly parents
  • Helping singles and families downsize after divorce, emptying the nest, widowhood, or retirement
  • Helping families adopt kids and pets.
  • Helping families launch kids and pets
  • Intergenerational relations between GI's, Silents, Boomers, 13th Genners, and Millennials
Awards
  • 1973 Valedictorian, Brewster High School, Brewster, NY
  • 1973 New York State Regents Scholarship recipient
  • 1977 Awarded a Graduate Assistantship
  • 1978 Nominated for a Library of Congress Internship
  • 1991 Awarded full-tuition Nicholson scholarship to Perkins School of Theology at SMU
  • 1993 Awarded the Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Bray Award in Hebrew for outstanding scholarship in Biblical Hebrew
  • 1993 Awarded the Charley T. and Jesse James Bible Award for outstanding academic achievement in biblical courses and overall scholastic performance
Specialty markets
  • First Time Buyers
  • Farm & Ranch
  • Lot/Land
Languages
  • French
  • Here are some links to sites that contain helpful information about buying or selling a home. I have also included sites that provide information about Tulsa and activities I'm directly involved in.

    I hope that you enjoy them and find them useful.

     

    TulsaRealEstateWeb.com

    dsolano.homesandland.com

    dsolano.cbtulsa.com