Ashley introduces Springdale Title’s attorney Melinda Kirkham, whose path runs from old-school courthouse vaults to a nationwide title role during night law school. Melinda shares the skills she learned tracing titles back to U.S. patents, why she chose the JD while working full-time, and what brought her back to a collaborative, client-focused title environment. They also talk lifelong learning, identity beyond work, and the joy of helping families become homeowners.

Highlights:

• Welcome Melinda: Springdale Title’s newest attorney and a huge help to the team
• Outside the office: kayaking, hiking, disc golf—and a 300-album vinyl collection
• Old-school training: pulling giant deed books in a vault and tracing titles to U.S. patents
• From Missouri ranches to Nashville closings—including celebrity cash buys
• Nationwide examiner during law school: title and curative work across all 50 states
• “Why not?”: choosing night law school while working full-time
• The grind: 9–5 job, 6–10 classes, and putting life on hold for four years
• Short-term pain, long-term gain: a chat about grit vs. instant gratification
• Back to title by choice: helping people achieve homeownership in a positive culture
• “It’s never too late”: education as a solid, real-estate-like investment in yourself

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