WESTARREALTY.COM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Broker
- Owner
- Owner / Principal Broker
Blake graduated from Texas Tech University in December 2004 obtaining a degree in Agricultural Communications, with a minor in Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management. Blake has worked in real estate the last 16 years and maintains his real estate Brokers license, specializing in commercial & residential real estate, farm & ranch properties, commercial land assemblages, commercial property management/leasing, and broker price opinions. He has an agricultural background of cotton and cattle, as he grew up on a farm in Idalou, Texas. He currently resides in Idalou with his wife, Ruth, and daughters, Auden and Isla.
Mr. Watt has been active in the brokerage business since 1979. He received CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation in 1979 and has served as President of the Texas Hi Plains CCIM Chapter (Texas Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico) four different terms. Mr. Watt was affiliated with Lubbock National Bank in brokerage and commercial lending and service. He served as Chairman of the Board of McAfee Mortgage and Investment Co., Inc. until sold in 1997 and was a past Vice President of Texas Property Exchangers. He is a graduate of the National Commercial Lending School at Oklahoma University and past Thesis Adviser at the Southwest Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Mr. Watt holds a B.B.A. from Texas Tech University where he was also a Counselor for the Department of Finance. He serves on the advisory board of the Lubbock Wells Fargo Bank and he is a board member of the Carillon Senior Life Care Community.
Jack has over 35 year of experience in the Lubbock commercial real estate market. He has designations in CCIM and SIOR. Past President of Lubbock Association of REALTORS, Salesman of the Year 1993, Leadership Lubbock Graduate 1986.
Jack is a 3rd Generation REALTOR serving Lubbock and the Surrounding area and have been a Commercial specialist serving Lubbock, TX and the South Plains Area since 1983. An avid Car Enthusiast, Jack began Drag Racing when he was 15 and has progressed from a 16-Second Plymouth to a 7-Second Roadster at 190 MPH. Grandbabies and desire to spend the weekends fishing led to the sale of the racecar. He still keeps a wrench in the drawer with a Restomod 1971 Chevelle SS. that he currently plays with.