Stark Reality of a Successful
Family Business
Mother-and-daughter team work side
by side to create a real estate legacy
BY MEL W RHODES
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Photo by Steve Schillio
ledo resident Tara Stark and
her daughter, Lauren Glass of
Weatherford, work together daily,
and they wouldn’t have it any other
way.
Successful business teams often
share a common denominator — a
balance between the talent and abil-
ity of the individual team members,
a beautifully-matched “yin” and
“yang”. Stark, owner and founder
of Tara Stark Real Estate Group,
and Glass, the company’s director
of operations, are just such a team.
While the two women bear a striking
family resemblance, their personali-
ties and talents are vastly different.
But, together, they’ve created a
flourishing, innovative, company, a
place in which people look forward
to coming to work and a legacy, of
making a difference in the lives they
touch.
After following in her dad’s foot-
steps with 25 years in the cutting
horse arena, Stark took her tenacity
from competition into the world of
real estate. “In 2004, I knew it was
time to build a secure future for my
daughter and me,” Stark said. “It was
important to demonstrate that each of
us has the ability to create the future
we want, by committing to personal
growth and good old-fashioned grit.”
In just two years, Stark became
the No. 1 listing agent in the larg-
est realty office in the “Westerplex,”
working with Keller Williams Realty.
In 2015, Stark and Glass founded
Tara Stark Real Estate Group, and
tributes much of their success to
their unique partnership. “We’re
very fortunate because we have such
a great relationship,” Stark said. “I
could not be where I am without her.
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