Jon Argenbright was raised mostly in Virginia with a close, hard working family. His father started in the Methodist ministry right out of college. Seventeen years later his father entered the sales industry dealing in floor covering and his mother was a homemaker and home economist. From a young age Jon was taught,"If you don't work you don't eat". He started making money at ten years old with a newspaper route. Jon worked throughout high school in restaurants, from cleaning floors and bathrooms to being the head cook is charge of the food preparation crew.

Upon graduating High School, Jon went to work full time in Retail and took business courses at Piedmont College in Charlottesville Virginia. After getting frustrated with working harder than the next person and getting the same pay, he decided to get into commissioned sales. That way if he produced better, he would have a better income than those that didn't.

Jon has been in commissioned sales and management for over 30 years. He has worked from mom and pop businesses up to multi-billion dollar corporations. Jon has experience in most all areas of retail sales, management, scheduling, staffing, inventory, buying, advertising, budgeting, etc. All these years in working with all kinds of people he has studied business and people skills in numerous venues. Everywhere he has worked he has been one of the top producers with very high customer satisfaction ratings. He attributes that to the high priority he places on honesty and integrity in every thing he puts his hand to.

Jon and his family moved to Texas in 1994. In 1999 he and his wife built a home in Saginaw."We really like living and doing business in this area and do'nt plan on moving out of the area any time soon"

The opportunity to help promote the Eagle Mountain Lake area and its people seemed the perfect thing to do. Jon enjoys using his skills and knowledge of retail business and his ability to uplift and encourage people, to positively promote living and doing business in the Eagle Mountain Lake area.

Jon and Darwin met through a business networking organization a few years ago and have developed a good, trusting relationship. When Darwin came up with the idea of promoting living and doing business in the Eagle Mountain Lake area Jon immediately liked the idea. The idea for the publication and web site has been well received by residents, organizations and businesses in the area.

One of Jon's goals is to be able to use his skills and knowledge to help other businesses in the area to prosper through his relationship with the local business owners, and with the advertising in the EMLLiving publication and web site. In addition to publishing and marketing the EMLLiving Magazine and web site, Jon is still in commissioned sales in the Metroplex.

Darwin German II was raised in an entrepreneurial family that included real estate investing. At an early age, Darwin was initiated into the realm of real estate by working with his family rehabbing apartments and single family homes.

In 1986 Darwin began working for Options Real Estate Investments, Inc. in Covina, Ca. He assisted his father as a commercial real estate broker and manager. In 1989 Darwin received his California Real Estate Sales license. During this period Darwin started his first business, College Maintenance Company, servicing commercial real estate properties. Before moving to Texas, Darwin gave the business to his younger brother Charles.

In 1991 Darwin moved to Texas to identify and inspect properties for purchase by a California investor who was represented by his father, Darwin German Sr.

The first three years and while working at Darcorp, Darwin obtained his Texas and Arizona Real Estate Brokers Licenses. He also started and later sold, Options Real Estate Investments, Inc. (www.optionsre.com) located in Desoto, Texas, with a partner. He also completed his formal education at Northwood University, with a degree in Business Management and a minor in International Business.

In 1994, Darwin committed himself full time to the development of Darcorp Management Group, Inc. Over the next several years Darwin was responsible for the management company. Darwin developed and implemented a restructuring of Darcorp, thus increasing net income for his investors by more than 40%.

Since 1997, Darwin has been an active investor in commercial real estate, not limited to but including personal investment of office, retail, land, warehouse, apartments, condominiums, and land development. The total amount of his personal transactions exceeds $18,000,000.

In 2001 Darcorp sold the portfolio for over $220,000,000. The same year, the Dallas Morning News reported this transaction as the largest in Dallas/Fort Worth. Since 2001 Darwin has focused on his personal investments and commercial brokerage.

Darwin now operates two boutique real estate brokerage offices located in Las Colinas (Irving), Texas and Fort Worth, Texas under the name Darwin German Signature Real Estate. Darwin German Signature Real Estate strives to provide each client with an exclusive boutique experience, while offering close and personal attention through their team.