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Mayfield embracing new career role
Doug Flanagan/Post-Register
Daja Mayfield has worked at Windermere as a real estate agent since the fall of 2008.
Daja Mayfield worked for Blue Ribbon Produce from 1990 until the summer of 2008, when the company closed its Quincy office. For a brief time she was unemployed, but Debra Adams, a friend of Mayfield’s, knew that Mayfield had the potential to succeed in a new line of work.
Adams recruited Mayfield to work at Quincy’s Windermere Real Estate office, and for the past year Mayfield has learned to embrace her new role with enthusiasm.
“(Debra) ran an ad that said they were looking for a new agent, and I thought they were looking for somebody with experience,” Mayfield said. “But Deb approached me about the position. I love it. I came in at a hard time with the economy being down, but I really enjoy it. I love to work with people. I grew up in the area, so that helps out a lot.”
Mayfield said that despite the current state of the economy, things are looking better in terms of local real estate.
“It was slow last year,” she said, “until August, when we started to see a turnaround, thanks to the first-time home buyer tax incentive that was being offered. People really wanted to get in on that, so we’ve seen a lot more activity from mid-August on. It’s gotten better, and I think it will get better in the future.”
Mayfield said that her co-workers at Windermere — who include Adams, Kelly Field and Tom Parrish — have been a big help to her as she’s learned the nuances of real estate salesmanship.
“It’s been good,” she said. “I have support from all the agents. When I first came here, (the late) Don Wilson took me under his wing. He didn’t like to do much on computers, so when we lost our receptionist, he’d ask me to do a lot of the paperwork. I learned a lot from him. But everybody’s been excellent; if I have a question, I’ll get an answer.”
Adams said Mayfield has been an excellent addition to the office.
“I have known Daja for a long time,” Adams said. “She is very dedicated and hard working. I knew that I could count on her to put in the time necessary to learn the business. She is a terrific Windermere agent and I’m very glad I asked her to join our team.”
Mayfield said real estate had “been in the back of her mind” for a period of time even before she left her position at Blue Ribbon.
“Before I worked there, I worked in banks for 12 years, and I had been involved in investments and loans and some aspects of real estate,” she said. “I was familiar with what I was getting into.”
Mayfield grew up in Quincy and returned to the area after attending the University of Idaho. She has two grown daughters and a fiance, Don Reini.
“I’ve always liked it here,” she said. “I have two brothers who said they’d never come back, but to me, home, or anything else, is what you make of it.”
Reini is the governor of Quincy’s Moose Lodge, so it makes sense that Mayfield’s main pursuit outside of work is her involvement with the Women of the Moose.
“I’m the co-chair of the annual crab feed, and I’m usually involved with the Christmas family,” she said. “(Being a part of Women of the Moose) is something I really enjoy. I like to stay active and involved in the community.”
