She’s recognizable by her green polo and prominent position at the welcome center throughout the day and positioned near the exit in the cafeteria through lunch, but she’s more than just a school resource officer. Officer Andraya Kreiling spends her time outside of school flipping houses and working as a realtor.
“I was in law enforcement for about 13 years,” Kreiling said.
It was during this time she knew she enjoyed working with kids, but it wasn’t all she wanted to do.
“I bought some fixer-uppers, which is what drove me to being in real estate,” Kreiling said. “I had a passion for helping people and flipping houses.”
Her favorite part of being in real estate is doing flips, especially because it’s how she got her start.
“I do really love flips because I get to see and project like what could be of a house,” Kreiling said. “Working with clients, and seeing how they react to this monumental occasion in their life. Experiencing that with them is a feeling like no other.”
Kreiling realized that she could save some money if she got her real estate license. Realtors typically earn a 3% commission, so if she cut out the middle man, she could increase her profits.
“Once I got my [license] I just put it out there on social media, then the next thing I knew a whole bunch of friends and family that were wanting to buy houses [were contacting me],” Kreiling said. “I was full-on acting like an agent.”
It has only been about two years since she started doing real estate, and has already seen huge successes.
“I do about 20 transactions per year, which is really good, especially for only having two years under my belt,” Kreiling said.
Despite the success, she does not plan on leaving law enforcement or public school for it anytime soon.
“It would take a lot to [move my job completely over to all real estate], because of the risk you take since the market constantly changes and there is no guaranteed income.” Kreiling said. “There are a lot of factors that go into real estate, like taxes, insurance, and your emergency fund.”
As Kreling notes, there’s a lot of uncertainty when it comes to being a realtor.
“You take a lot of risk due to the market being unpredictable,” Keriling said. It would take a lot to go full-time as a realtor due to the risk you take.”
She also says she would miss out on the people aspect of her job as a school SRO. But overall she enjoys doing both jobs and plans to continue both in the meantime.
