In this engaging episode, we introduce John Miller III, the latest addition to our Hendersonville office. John's journey from growing up in Asheville to practicing law in North Carolina is filled with insights relevant to anyone interested in the legal profession. With a wealth of experience in real estate law, he brings valuable expertise to estate planning, underscoring the importance of protecting your assets and your loved ones.
As a seasoned attorney, John has navigated thousands of real estate transactions, gaining a profound understanding of how property ownership works and its implications for estate plans. This episode dives deep into how John's background complements the needs of our community, particularly as it relates to serving the growing retiree population in Hendersonville and surrounding areas.
Listeners will discover how building personal connections with clients has transformed John’s approach to law, moving beyond mere transactions to foster meaningful relationships. He emphasizes the importance of understanding clients’ values and goals for effective estate planning, making this episode a must-listen for anyone interested in how to safeguard their legacy.
Join us as we discuss the future of our firm and our vision for expanding our reach to provide tailored legal service to those who need it most. We invite you to connect with us for a free consultation to discuss how estate planning can protect your assets and ensure your peace of mind. Don’t miss out on this insightful discussion!
Episode Transcript
Hi, I'm Greg McIntyre.
I'm proud to introduce a newattorney with our firm Really
not so new You've been with usfor a minute but in
Hendersonville, north Carolina,in our Hendersonville office,
servicing the Hendersonville,henderson County, transylvania
County, brevard and Ashevilleand Buncombe County areas.
(00:25):
That's really where we drawclients from and beyond.
John Miller III, john, just agreat addition to our firm, an
attorney that brings a wealth ofknowledge to our firm and a
(00:45):
little bit of experience right,I would say a little experience.
John Miller, III (00:49):
Yeah, been out of law school for a while.
Greg McIntyre (00:52):
Yeah, but but you know, so have I and, and you
know, man, I've enjoyed workingwith John in our Hendersonville
office over the last month or soyes, that's right, and meeting
with clients, mutually givingthem a two for one right where
(01:14):
we both kind of sit in andadvise and, you know, learning
from John and hopefully viceversa.
But, john, tell us a little bitabout yourself.
What's your history?
John Miller, III (01:27):
Well, thank you, Greg.
I'm happy to be here.
I think Hendersonville is agreat area.
I'm excited to be part of thisoffice.
Greg McIntyre (01:35):
You're originally from this area, not
Hendersonville, but Asheville.
John Miller, III (01:41):
That's true.
I grew up in Asheville, I wentto Reynolds High School, sure,
and then kind of migrated eastand went to college.
What's the AC's thing for.
The AC is and AC Reynolds HighSchool it's.
You know, it's the two initialsof Sure somebody's name Mr
(02:01):
Reynolds, mr Reynolds.
Okay, ac, yes, ac, ac of ACReynolds.
It's funny because I went tocollege in Winston-Salem and
there was a high school there,rj Reynolds.
Greg McIntyre (02:12):
Okay, and so AC is.
That's a different Reynolds.
John Miller, III (02:15):
It's a different Reynolds.
Greg McIntyre (02:16):
I know that Reynolds it's more, yes, more
tobacco, a little more tobaccoyeah, I wonder if AC was like
his cousin or something,probably his poor cousin, but
yeah, I'm excited to be here.
John Miller, III (02:28):
Grew up in Asheville, migrated east.
I spent a long time in theTriangle practicing in mainly
the real estate area, but I'mexcited for this really new
chapter.
Greg McIntyre (02:41):
So you're a Wake Forest grad undergrad, right.
You're a demon deacon, that'sright.
What are the demon deacons?
Does that mean they're?
I don't know?
That's kind of an oxymoron tome or like a controversial term.
John Miller, III (02:53):
That was used during a radio broadcast, I
think years ago.
Greg McIntyre (02:56):
Yeah, and it stuck.
John Miller, III (02:58):
They stuck because the demon deacons were
playing so hard that one of theradio announcers made a comment
about them.
And yeah, you know I love beinga Deac.
It's a bittersweet thing beinga fan.
Greg McIntyre (03:17):
You guys have had some good teams.
John Miller, III (03:18):
They're good this year in basketball.
Greg McIntyre (03:20):
Mugsy.
John Miller, III (03:20):
Bogues back in the day was a Demon Deacon.
He was Tim Duncan.
Greg McIntyre (03:23):
Tim Duncan, who's the guard?
John Miller, III (03:23):
that back in the day was a Demon Deacon.
Greg McIntyre (03:25):
He was Tim Duncan .
Tim Duncan, who's the guardthat plays in the NBA now?
Oh, chris Paul.
Chris Paul, yeah, he has somegood players.
We've had some good ones.
John Miller, III (03:34):
I actually was in a religion class with Muggsy
Bogues back in.
Really, he was at Wake Forestat the same time, he seemed like
just a really nice guy, super,super nice guy.
Greg McIntyre (03:44):
Yeah, good ball player, great, yeah, so okay,
and then Campbell.
You were at Campbell, like me.
I was in the hottest place inthe universe Campbell University
.
John Miller, III (03:55):
In Buies Creek .
In Buies Creek, right right, itwas before the law school was
moved to Raleigh.
Me too, nothing to do there butstudy.
Greg McIntyre (04:06):
I called it boot camp for law school.
It was like law school bootcamp because it was so tough.
I mean, they put you throughyour paces there at Campbell.
They were serious.
John Miller, III (04:18):
It was no joke .
They even had the pre-basedadmission program at that point
where the PBAP, where the peoplewere there during the summer
just to try to get in.
Greg McIntyre (04:31):
To jockey for a spot to get in.
John Miller, III (04:33):
Exactly.
Greg McIntyre (04:34):
And then they'd weed out folks during their
tenure, you know, during theyears.
So your graduating class was,like you know, smaller than
significantly smaller than whatwe started.
Mine was yeah, mine too yeah,but the point was I think they
were trying to produce attorneysthat were good North Carolina
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attorneys.
I think they have a good focusthere to try to do that.
John Miller, III (04:58):
I think so.
I mean, I think the idea wasfor the school to develop
attorneys that could immediatelystart their own practice and
that could serve some of therural areas in North Carolina
and we certainly have that inthe western part of the state,
but the eastern part of thestate as well where in those
(05:21):
smaller towns attorneys can goin there and provide good legal
services.
Greg McIntyre (05:26):
Right, yeah, and I think they've done a good job
of it.
I agree, yeah, I agree, and soyou practice some different
areas in your career.
I know you have a really deeproot, or deeply rooted, in
property law, which I think isan amazing foundation for estate
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planning and elder law.
We deal with so much realestate and a lot of times that's
people's most valuable assetthat they have is their home
right, so you have a lot ofknowledge in that area.
John Miller, III (06:07):
That is true.
I've done, completed, numerous,numerous real estate
transactions over a long, longperiod in the practice of law.
Greg McIntyre (06:19):
How many closings real estate transactions have
you presided over?
John Miller, III (06:25):
You know, I've never counted.
I would say it's probably.
Well, it's certainly in thethousands.
I don't know if it would be3,000, I don't know 4,000.
I'm not sure.
Thousands.
Greg McIntyre (06:40):
Thousands.
Yes, and you did probably titlesearches in all those too,
right?
John Miller, III (06:45):
A lot of those .
A good many of them, yeah,because if you have an
institutional loan, if you havea bank lender, you're typically
going to get title insurance,which is going to require a
title search to do that?
Greg McIntyre (07:03):
require a title search to do that.
So that gives you.
You just become intimatelyfamiliar with how people own
property, the title records, theregister of deeds, how all that
works.
Claims on property, thosethings right.
John Miller, III (07:13):
Absolutely, Absolutely.
The thing about being a realestate attorney is that your
knowledge really bounces offsome of the other areas of the
law, such as litigation orestate planning If there's an
estate involved in selling theproperty.
You have to familiarizeyourself with so many different
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areas of the law with so manydifferent areas of the law.
Greg McIntyre (07:41):
That's why I think it's a great foundation.
From personally having done aton of real estate closings
almost in another life, it feelslike Right.
It's just.
I couldn't imagine coming infresh, dealing with so much
property and estate planning andnot having that underpinning my
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knowledge of what ownership isof real property and how it
changes hands and how it'shandled so well.
I'm very glad.
What is your vision for ourHendersonville office and our
clients here and our team?
John Miller, III (08:19):
Well, I definitely want to assist in the
growth of this office.
I think the Hendersonville areais such a great area for estate
planning estate planning and wehave so many retirees moving
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here a good base and foundationof people that have lived here a
long time.
So I'm excited to be part ofthis area and I'm looking for
growth.
I think we want to expand thisoffice, expand the reach, not
just in Henderson County butTransylvania County and others.
(09:03):
I think Brevard is another areathat is really ripe for good
estate planning advice.
Greg McIntyre (09:14):
Agreed, agreed and underserved.
John Miller, III (09:16):
Definitely.
Greg McIntyre (09:17):
Definitely.
So.
What is your favorite thingabout dealing with clients?
How about that?
John Miller, III (09:28):
You know that's changed over the years.
I used to be much moreleft-brained and task-oriented
when dealing with clients.
You know we just need to getthis done, and I think that
comes from doing a lot of realestate.
We just got to get thistransaction done and move along.
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Now what I find is I enjoyfinding out more about the
person.
I enjoy finding out that, hey,maybe I have a connection with
them or maybe we went to thesame high school or even enjoy
the same restaurant.
So I find that getting to knowthe people has become more
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important to me over the yearsthan just finishing off the
transaction.
Greg McIntyre (10:18):
Sure, the relationships over time Exactly
Matter it does.
And knowing somebody and I'llsay this all the time I mean
people will tell you what theywant.
People will lay out what theirestate plan should be.
They'll reveal their goals,right with what they value
whether it's their home or, youknow, it's their grandchildren
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or their children right, andtrying to come up with the
proper estate plan for somebody.
That's super important, right,it's trying to reveal what those
goals are and accomplish thoseso well.
I'm extremely glad that you'rewith our firm and I look forward
to building the Hendersonvilleoffice with you.
John Miller, III (10:58):
I look forward to it as well and I really
appreciate the opportunity.
Greg McIntyre (11:02):
Sure, Absolutely.
Yeah, I mean same.
So I would say this has been abrief intro to John Miller, whom
we're extremely happy to haveon board in our Hendersonville
office.
If you would like to talk toJohn or myself about protecting
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your assets and achieving yourgoals in estate planning
protecting assets, your home,retirement, protecting your
hard-earned money and propertyfrom the high cost of long-term
care I would offer a freeconsult to meet with us.
Give us a call at1-888-999-6600 to take advantage
of that, or you can scheduledirectly on our calendars online
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at mcelderdahlcom scheduling.
Thanks, Thank you.
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