Brett Heman grew up in Southwest Missouri, in a family that has always shown up for its community. His father runs a small auto glass shop; his mother has spent her career as a public school educator.

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Brett followed his mother's path first, teaching in public schools before discovering an equally strong pull toward real estate and building. Eight years ago, that pull became Heman Properties, founded on a simple premise: every family in the community deserves housing that's clean, safe, and affordable.

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What started as that premise has grown into a full portfolio spanning single-family, multi-family, commercial, and mixed-use assets. Brett Taylor Homes builds single-family homes for families to purchase, develops and holds multi-family rental properties, and invests in commercial and mixed-use projects. This includes a coworking space in downtown Monett, where the company partners with local stakeholders to strengthen the business climate. Every project, regardless of asset class, runs through the same lens: integrity and communication, quality craftsmanship, and intentional planning.

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For Brett, building community isn't a tagline, it's the standard. It means designing subdivisions that feel like neighborhoods, not just developments. It means neighbors stopping to watch a project come together because they're proud of what's going up next door. It means building and maintaining properties his own family would be happy to live in or do business in, and leading his teams with the same character and honesty he'd want modeling for his own children.

Brett believes real estate done right doesn't just put roofs over heads or storefronts on Main Street, it revitalizes neighborhoods, grows the local economy, and gives people a reason to feel proud of where they live and work. That's the standard he holds Brett Taylor Homes to, across every asset class the company touches, and it's the same standard his parents held their shop and their classroom to, long before he ever picked up a hammer or a lease agreement.