Six Years of TYLER YORK

Six years ago, our founders opened the doors of TYLER YORK with a simple, beautiful vision: relationship-centered real estate, built on specialized expertise, that values people over profit, and collaboration over competition. We called it a “smarter” real estate experience; not a complex model, but a smarter one – built on what we believe provides the highest level of service to real estate professionals and the people we serve. 

Since then, Charlie and Tonya Peterson have stayed true to this vision, hiring for culture first, knowing that a thriving brokerage would take shape around the people that make it special. 

Today, six years later, TYLER YORK is one of the most successful brokerages in its market, consistently ranking in the Nashville Business Journals’ top residential brokerages, and proving its model of “irreplaceability” thrives in any market, growing by more than 10% in 2023 during the greatest inflationary crisis in our country’s history. “But none of that matters,” says TYLER YORK CEO, Charlie Peterson…

“Our industry is distracted by numbers; it’s obsessed with numbers. ‘How many agents…how many transactions…how much GCI…’, when what truly matters is whether you are being true to your mission, your values, and your calling to serve others. We are at that time of year where nearly every company makes an announcement about being #1 in something. Awesome. They earned it. I just want to be #1 in serving my agents, and know they are in turn #1 in serving their individual spheres. Those are metrics you can actually feel. I think that’s why we thrived when many brokerages have struggled this past year, and why we have such extraordinary retention – we know who we are, and who we aren’t.”   

We get asked all the time, Who is Tyler York? We love this question; and while we won’t tell the full story here, one thing is abundantly clear:

TYLER YORK is not the ideals of one man. Rather, it is our shared commitment to excellence; to show up for ourselves, our clients, and one another. That is who TYLER YORK is: the people that make this company unlike any other brokerage in the world: outdoing one another in showing honor, freely supporting one another without hesitation, expecting great things for ourselves, and dazzling our clients through our luxury services and specialized expertise. That is a mission worth getting up for every day; and we never tire of it.

For these past six years, we want to say Thank you. Thank you to the thousands of clients we have the privilege to serve, and the many agents and partners that have boldly aligned with our mission and are committed to a level of irreplaceability in their markets. What is abundantly clear is that brokering real estate transactions is only the outcome of our work, which is rooted in a higher calling to serve others, value people over profit, and inspire others to do the same. 

What a privilege. 

And what a beautiful thing: that we see a thriving business rise to new levels of success simply by living a life of servant-leadership – even in tough market conditions. And if that is the result of what we initially called a “smarter” real estate experience, we are here for it. It’s clear through your support you are here for it too. Thank you. 

With gratitude, 

TYLER YORK