In 1968 Glen Boyd & Jim Hassell purchased the small real estate firm they worked for and changed the name to Boyd & Hassell Realtor, offering full-time residential, commercial, and property management real estate services. In 1979 Harry McComb and James Mitchell, then associates with the firm, purchased Jim Hassell’s share of the company and joined as partners with Glen Boyd. In 1980 upon Glen Boyd’s death, Harry McComb and James Mitchell purchased the remainder of the partnership. In 1981 they partnered with Paul Gadd of Byrd Realty, to provide full-service residential, commercial, and industrial real estate sales, property management and land development under the Boyd & Hassell Realtor name.