
Missouri REALTORS® are not only real estate professionals - we're so much more. We're active in the community - serving on school boards, in elected positions and volunteering our time to make communities where we work a better place to be. We're educators – serving on panels and facilitating industry discussions. Our new series, Member Spotlight, will allow us to introduce you to the many personalities that make up Missouri REALTORS®.
This month, we are focusing our spotlight on William Gratz.
William Gratz REALTOR® at Gratz Real Estate & Auctioneering in Jefferson City, MO, has extensive experience in the real estate and auction industry. After working for a few years in the real estate industry, he created a new business and combined two of his interests: real estate and auctioneering.
An active member in his community, Gratz uses his auctioneer talents to help a variety of charities and schools,such as the YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, and the St. Stanislaus church and school. Whether it be preparing dinner or assisting in fundraising efforts, he understands the importance of each role within the organization and is eager to help in any way.
Gratz has volunteered with the Wardsville Lions Club since 1981 and currently serves as its president. He leads more than 200 members and volunteers in a variety of areas. Gratz assists in the meal preparation for dinners hosted by the club, rings bells for the Salvation Army and helps shovel snow off parking lots. In the past year, Gratz volunteered more the 160 hours, recruited more than 1,000 volunteer hours, and more than 1,225 people were served by his efforts. The Wardsville Lions club is a communal space with ballfields and meeting rooms. The club fundraises for local charities and community members in need.
Gratz also served 10 years in the Missouri General Assembly, is the current Mayor of Wardsville, Missouri, and was recently appointed to the Missouri Real Estate Commission by Governor Jay Nixon.
Gratz was a 2015 Missouri REALTOR® Good Neighbor Award nominee.
If you’re in the spotlight in your community or know someone who is - let us know, we’d love to shine our Missouri REALTORS® Spotlight on you!