Been in the wires
for 25 years.

I'm Janet Nowlin, Broker/Owner of NextHome Integrity Realty in Mechanicsville, Virginia. I started my career in IT, spending 25+ years in programming, relational database design, and UX management and consulting. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Business and Information Systems. From there I moved into education, teaching for 15 years and earning a Master's degree in Education and a certification in Administration, including National Board Certification in mathematics. Real estate came next, starting in 2018.

I came to real estate in 2018. I came to AI the way most people do -- curious, skeptical, and then completely convinced once I actually used it in my business. The difference is I had enough of a technical background to understand what it was actually doing, and enough of a teaching background to explain it to people who didn't.

WiredToClose started as a resource I wished had existed when I was figuring this out. Every guide I found was either written by someone who had never sold a house, or it was a vague "AI is changing everything" think piece with no actual tools in it. So I built what I wanted to read.

I also chair the NextHome Franchise Advisory Technology Committee, which gives me national-level visibility into where real estate tech is actually heading -- not just what vendors are pitching. I serve on the CVRMLS MLS Committee, teach real estate pre-licensing at Moseley Real Estate School, and host What's Happening in Hanover, a monthly networking event reaching roughly 1,000 Realtors in Central Virginia.

I've been honored as a Circle of Excellence member by the Richmond Association of REALTORS since 2019. This recognition is not about production volume -- it is awarded for community service, professional development, and a commitment to lifelong learning. I'm not listing it to brag. I'm listing it because the question I get asked most often is "why should I trust your recommendations?" That's why.