How She Built a $150M Real Estate Career - Cynde Velez | Private Access #7

So it's interesting that you got into that.

So when you got into the real estate side of it, what was the first company you worked for?

Oh, the first company that I went to work for was Coldwell Banker.

So that's a fairly well-known real estate company.

franchisor name, if you will, here in the US.

So I was with Coldwell Banker.

I was with them for about four and a half years.

And like I said, it was just a natural transition.

My daughters at the time were late elementary, early middle school, and I was working in mortgage.

I was a lot of hours ahead, a position that I had a lot of travel, a tremendous amount of responsibility for a number of people, north of 50 people.

And It was just a lot.

And I just, I felt that I wanted to do something where I could still help people and still utilize my skills, but be more present for my family.

And so I made the transition and it was, it was great, but it was literally the worst time ever to make the transition because it was right smack in the middle of the housing crisis.

So it was, it was tough times.

Yeah.

So 2007.

Yeah.

2008 ish.

And then yeah, like 2008 to 2010 was when I kind of started my career.

So about 15 years plus now.

So did you start out to get into real estate for a lifestyle business?

No, I wouldn't say that.

I mean, I definitely got into real estate from a career transition type of thing.

But I did appreciate that it gave me more flexibility than what I had with mortgage.

But it does and it doesn't, right? So maybe I was able to be a little bit more present and go to my daughter's cheerleading practices and help coach, but then I'm working on weekends and I'm working nights.

So it's interesting that you got into that.

So when you got into the real estate side of it, what was the first company you worked for?

Oh, the first company that I went to work for was Coldwell Banker.

So that's a fairly well-known real estate company.

franchisor name, if you will, here in the US.

So I was with Coldwell Banker.

I was with them for about four and a half years.

And like I said, it was just a natural transition.

My daughters at the time were late elementary, early middle school, and I was working in mortgage.

I was a lot of hours ahead, a position that I had a lot of travel, a tremendous amount of responsibility for a number of people, north of 50 people.

And It was just a lot.

And I just, I felt that I wanted to do something where I could still help people and still utilize my skills, but be more present for my family.

And so I made the transition and it was, it was great, but it was literally the worst time ever to make the transition because it was right smack in the middle of the housing crisis.

So it was, it was tough times.

Yeah.

So 2007.

Yeah.

2008 ish.

And then yeah, like 2008 to 2010 was when I kind of started my career.

So about 15 years plus now.

So did you start out to get into real estate for a lifestyle business?

No, I wouldn't say that.

I mean, I definitely got into real estate from a career transition type of thing.

But I did appreciate that it gave me more flexibility than what I had with mortgage.

But it does and it doesn't, right? So maybe I was able to be a little bit more present and go to my daughter's cheerleading practices and help coach, but then I'm working on weekends and I'm working nights.