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On July 4, 1840, HMS Britannia left Liverpool, England with a
cow on board to supply fresh milk to the passengers on the
14-day transatlantic crossing.

REALTORS SELL

THIS ONE ALSO BUILDS

by Chuck N. Baker
Licensed Realtors (with or without a Capital “R”) are in the “We pretty much still build single-story homes, but we’ve also begun building
business of helping clients buy and sell homes, apartments, condominiums multi-family homes,” he said. His dad is a licensed plumber, and much of the
and commercial properties. But on occasion one can find a rare individual plumbing work in the company-built homes has been accomplished by him.
that not only sells homes, but also can pick up a hammer and saw and build
them from the ground up. With a little bit of help from his family, of course. About two years ago Mrkulic earned his real estate license to compliment his
home building experience, and hung his shingle at Ridge Realty. When asked, he
Enter Esad Mrkulic, who along with family members has immersed himself said he would encourage young people to consider going into real estate.
in the middle of sales, construction, escrow, title transfer, mortgage loans “Absolutely. It doesn’t take a whole lot of experience. You don’t have to go to
and all manner of buying and selling real property. Mrkulic and his family college for it. The thing is, there is such a big market in real estate. But realistically
started out in the business in Las Vegas about 30 years ago, but like so many if you do the work you can get so far ahead. Sometimes people don’t want to put
individuals, they decided that the very small town atmosphere of Pahrump at in the hours, they don’t want to market themselves. But after high school if you
the time was where they wanted to be. Esad was just a young boy. stick to it you can do very well for yourself.”
The building side of things was handled by Mrkulic’s father and So if you want to buy or sell a home, or have one custom built, call Esad at 702
grandfather. “As I became of age I got myself into the family business,” he 513 1226.
said. “People were starting to transition to Pahrump, and land was cheaper as
opposed to now.” There was also a lot more of it available for building.
Between then and now, the company — Mrkulic Homes — has constructed L O C A L R E A L T O R
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between 10 to 15 homes per year. He's also seen the town grow to be much & 3 G E N E R A T I O N

larger then when he moved there. It’s a fact that many old-timers would BUILDER
prefer the town stays small. “A lot of people here don’t like growth. But I like 702.513.1226
it,” he said.