JUSTIN HOMES
     
Supervisor Trainee
Louisville, Kentucky
1970-1971
 

Justin Homes was Kentucky's largest homebuilder/developer. My Mother, Elsie Martin, was Sales Manager for seven major subdivisions. Mother showed property, took sales credit applications, and sold 19 homes in one day from one sales office. In 1970 she was the only woman in the United States to win Home Builder Award. Bonanza actor, Lorne Green, presented her the award. Don Calvert was the owner of the business. He would fly to the subdivisions in Louisville and Lexington in a helicopter he bought from Howard Hughes. Calvert learned business by working briefly with each trade. I learned and followed this technique. The funding for the 235 finance programs ran out abruptly with the seven subdivisions under construction causing Justin Homes to go broke. Despite the loss, Justin built thousands of homes. Some of those, I would later come back and fix as a H.U.D. Contractor, because the buyers did not understand home ownership and thought they were renting. That final year we won the best float in the Kentucky Derby Parade. Calvert landed his helicopter on a semi tractor trailer and with a few Alix Adam's Models and me in the copter with a new suit we were quite impressive.

     
     
 
     

 

 

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