Tales From the Trenches

About Our Guest: Recognized by many as a real estate legend, Sharon Mason has received many awards and recognitions. Having completed almost a thousand transactions and having helped hundreds of families buy and sell, she enjoys the loyalty of her clients, who repeatedly work with her and refer their friends and family. Sharon was named "Star Salesmaster" by Realty World Canada (top 3 percent) as well as being named "Top 100" out of 18,000 realtors by Realty World International, which also awarded her the distinguished "Life Master Associate" award for consistent high production and service to her community and profession. Sharon has also achieved membership in the Silver, Gold and Diamond Clubs of HomeLife Real Estate Services Canada. Sharon has now secured her reputation as a mentor to new realtors with For the Love of Real Estate. She works with her daughter, Justine Priestley, and her husband of forty-five years, Al Mason, their administrator who is humorously known far and wide as their “chauffeur.” Sharon says, "It's part of my legacy, and I am grateful beyond words to share what I can with my readers, my community and my family, especially my children, Jason Priestley and Justine Priestley, and beloved grandchildren, Ava and Dashiell." Sharon lives in Cloverdale, British Columbia, with her husband, Al Mason. Links: To Attend the FB Book Launch Event click HERE. www.SharonMasonRealEstate.com Email: [email protected] www.facebook.com/sharonmrealestate www.instagram.com/sharonmrealtor/ About the Host: Julie Ann is the Founder of Influence Publishing Inc and a TEDx Speaker. In the last ten years she has published over 300 authors and made over 80% of those International Best Sellers. She claims to be the world only Dyslexic book publisher and her TEDx Talk on “The Gift of Dyslexia” has had almost 100,000 views. She has been featured on British and Canadian TV, The Daily Mail, International Radio and Podcasts and conducted many inspirational speeches. She has won many awards including The Golden Gavel Speech contest, International Toastmasters, Woman of Worth Success and Soul, Unlimited Woman of Creativity and The Canadian Business Excellence Awards, (Creative Book Publishing) in 2021. She is the Best-Selling author of “Around the World in Seven Years – A Life Changing Journey” that catalogues her journey around the world from 1998-2005 by sailboat, train, bus, and plane. She is a member of the New York Circumnavigators club as the slowest circumnavigator, travelling from the UK to South Africa, Tanzania, Dar es Salem, Zanzibar, Kenya, Seychelles, Maldives and the tiny remote archipelago of the uninhabited islands of Chagos (where she lived on a desert island for 3 months). She crossed the Indian Ocean by sailboat to Thailand and Malaysia where she created a backpackers remote islands tour business for 2 years. She then travelled alone to Laos and Cambodia and then flew to Vancouver Canada, to join another boat and sail the Baja of Mexico, and the Sea of Cortez. Her circumnavigation was complete when she flew the final leg from Mexico City back to the UK. She presently lives in Puerto Vallarta where she met her Mexican Fiancé who was a Salsa and Latin dance instructor. She discovered unconditional love with him and lived live to the full, dancing Salsa, Cumbia, and the Cha Cha every week along with the live Cuban band in Bodeguita Cuban club in Puerto Vallarta. He recently passed and this inspired her to start this podcast show to inspire other people to live a life on purpose and in joy and with no regrets!...