User:John T Clay/sandbox

About Me

My name is John Clay, I grew up here in Charlotte, North Carolina. Went to Brevard College for two years afterward I later transferred to UNC Wilmington to complete my schooling.

I’d never never thought of being an entrepreneur until age 46. However it had always been a profound desire of mine to create a small business which could flourish in my own home town of [|Charlotte, NC.] Like many kids I was constantly told to head to a major university and get a comfortable office job but within my heart I knew that life had considerably more to give. It was not until I heard the old saying from a relative to “find a job you love to do and you will never work a day in your life.” that I realized that maybe that was the direction I should take. However I was not yet sold on the idea of going out on your own and risking it all with a possible chance of failing. It was against everything I had been taught. After all I had a family to support.

I immediately moved back to Charlotte to work at my father’s brokerage firm. After several years of the day to day office grind, I found myself wanting out of the prospect of working every day to fund someone else’s dreams just to have the security of a weekly paycheck which we all know has its own drawbacks. So one day as I looked up at the clock ticking away I made the decision to begin investing in real estate. I’d always loved working with my hands, outdoor environment and altering other people’s lives. My father not too happy with my new found epiphany agreed to help me out. We flipped several investment properties through the 1990’s way before everyone else were doing it. We then built two large custom homes in the Mint Hill area. It helped enormously in understanding the restoration and building business. A far cry from my business major.

In 2000 my dad passed away, feeling a little shell shocked I decided to go back into the custom house building sector. I got employment with a well know local [|commercial building] firm. Although I loved the commercial field something kept pulling toward the residential side of the industry. I went on to work with an Atlanta startup track home builder in 2003 which had recently moved to the Charlotte region. Moving up the rankings quickly I finally ended up as their production and development manager. Responsible for helping construct 1600 houses in Charlotte between 2003 to 2007 over, I felt the mission of my life was on a fast track. Obviously, what goes up can come down. That became the case in 2007 in the form of the great banking and home building crash. It had been a fantastic experience, from the many ups and downs most notably the way I look at things even today being altered by an environment that is always changing.

In 2008 I decided to take a rest from the [|construction industry] to give attention to a brand new company and more significantly on my self -development. That business South Charlotte Home Theater Services is now a well respected business renovation design and [|home theater] company employing over 20 cutting edge people which I still enjoy today. By design I try to teach, help and carry out jobs that consumers have difficulty in completing themselves. Therefore I am hoping you like my website and find it both educational and entertaining. To find out more about South Charlotte Services and other “do it yourself” projects please check out our other DYI TV wall mounting page. If you still have any questions or suggestions please never hesitate to contact me directly over the phone or by our contact page. We alway enjoy talking with the consumer.

With much respect, John Travis