Leslie Schupp. car, she recalls with an easy laugh. Indeed, the instantly likeable Leslie. she says. It is precisely this type of dedication

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1 Leslie Schupp

2 Leslie Schupp Even after 38 years of astonishing success in real estate in greater Pittsburgh, Leslie Schupp still firmly believes there is always more to be learned. As such, the RE/MAX Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement rerecipient can can still be found touring homes every Tuesday from 11am- 1pm in her beloved Murrysville community. You have to hit the pavement. Of course, I can view the homes online, but as a REALTOR, you must have product knowledgenot just of of your own own listings, but but of all of all inventory. inventory. You You need need to see to the see homes the homes for yourself, for yourself, to see how to see they how smell, they smell, and how and they how really they look, really she look, says. she says. It is precisely this type of dedication It to is her precisely craft that this has type made of Leslie dedication such to a uniquely her craft that successful has made REALTOR Leslie such. a Licensed uniquely since successful 1973, Leslie REALTOR and her. Licensed late husband since settled 1973, Leslie in Pittsburgh and her late after husband serving in settled the Peace in Corps, Pittsburgh and after she s serving loved in her the adopted Peace Corps, city ever and she s since. loved I got her my adopted real estate city license ever since. before I I got owned my my real own estate home. license I before pulled I out owned a map, my and own I home. learned I pulled how to out navigate a map, all and of the I learned rivers, how bridges to and navigate neighborhoods, all of the rivers, and I bridges was selling and homes neighborhoods, within a month and I was of being selling licensed, homes she within recalls. a month All of I did being the licensed, beginning she were recalls. For All Sale I By did Owners. in the beginning I had two were little For children Sale By playing Owners. on the I had floor, two and little I made children my playing calls from on the floor, kitchen, and hoping I made they my calls wouldn t from start the crying. kitchen, To hoping list a home they wouldn t in those days, start crying. we had To to list manually a home in type those up a days, form we since had there to manually were no type computers, up a form but I since did get there one were of the no computers, first big cell but phone I did get packs one for of my the first car, big she recalls cell phone with an packs easy for laugh. my car, she recalls with an easy laugh. Indeed, the instantly likeable Leslie Indeed, has always the made instantly it a point likeable to adapt Leslie to has technology always made as it evolves. it a point I m to adapt pretty to technology pro-active with as it technology. evolves. I m I spend pretty a pro-active lot of money with advertising technology. on I sites spend like a lot Trulia, of money Zillow, advertising and Realtor.com, on sites like Trulia, she says. Zillow, In many and ways, Realtor.com, she believes she helping says. buyers In many and ways, sellers she in believes today s helping market is buyers made and much sellers easier in today s thanks market to the advances is made online. much easier Service thanks can to be the provided advances so fast online. with Service options like can be docu-sign, provided she so fast says. with We options can help like docu-sign, so many more she people. says. We can help so many more people. It s undoubtedly the blend of tried It s and undoubtedly true traditional the marketing blend of tried and and business true traditional strategies, marketing coupled with and

3 business keeping her strategies, finger on coupled the pulse with of keeping her market her and finger emerging on the technology pulse of her and market trends and in real emerging estate technology which has and made trends Leslie in such real a estate stand which out in has the made competitive Leslie such Pittsburgh a stand real out in estate the competitive market for so Pittsburgh many years. real But estate to market those who for have so many had the years. pleasure But of to those working who with have her, had her the success pleasure just of working seems like with a natural her, her by-product success just of seems her innate like people-skills, a natural by-product which keep of her clients innate coming people-skills, back and which referring keep others clients to her, coming year back after and year. referring others to her, year after year. I do think every top agent has a I bit do of think a competitive every top streak, agent has she a bit acknowledges. of a competitive But I do streak, not push she acknowledges. people. I have high But standards, I do not values push people. and a positive I have attitude high and standards, I know values my job and is to a help positive people attitude through and I big, know important my job and is to often help stressful people through situations. big, To that important end, Leslie and is happy often stressful to work with situations. buyers and To sellers, that end, and Leslie in many is happy cases will to work work with with buyers both. and I am sellers, often and the in best many person cases to will sell work my own with listing. both. I m I am very often square the best and person honest with to sell buyers my own and sellers listing. when I m very I am square a dual and agent, honest and it with works buyers out and wonderfully sellers when for everyone, I am a dual she agent, says. and it works out wonderfully for everyone, That s not to she say says. that Leslie doesn t

4 That s enjoy working not to say with that her Leslie colleagues. doesn t I enjoy love working with great her colleagues. agents. Just I love like I working love buyers with and great I love agents. sellers. Just like I do I target love higher buyers end and properties, I love sellers. but I in do truth target I love higher it all. end Real properties, estate is fun but in and truth rewarding I love it and all. Real there estate is nothing is fun and like closing rewarding deals and and there keeping is nothing clients like happy, closing she deals says with and keeping a smile. clients happy, she says with a smile. Not surprisingly, with such longevity Not in the surprisingly, business, Leslie with such says longevity that she in is well-known the business, in Leslie the area, says both that she for is her well-known real estate in expertise, the area, both and for her the various real estate roles expertise, she s served and in the for the community, various roles beginning she s served years ago in the as community, the homeroom beginning mom at years the schools ago as the her homeroom two children mom attended. the But schools what her she two absolutely children refuses attended. to But be is what an she in-your-face absolutely agent, refuses she to says. be is She an in-your-face also doesn t try agent, to be she the says. agent She for also all buyers doesn t and try sellers to be the in agent all areas for all of Pittsburgh. buyers and Instead, sellers in she all focuses areas of on Pittsburgh. her immediate Instead, community she focuses of on Murrysville her immediate in the eastern community suburbs, of Murrysville where she personally in the eastern lives, suburbs, works where and plays. she personally lives, works and plays. About 90-95% of all my listings About and sales 90-95% are in of the all Murrysville my listings and community. sales are I will in work the Murrysville outside of community. this community I will to work help current outside of and this former community clients and to help their current family

5 and members former sell clients their homes and their who family have members recently purchased sell their homes with me who locally. have recently But, if my purchased client decides with to me look locally. in a But, different my part client of decides Greater to Pittsburgh, look in a different I refer them part to of agents Greater who Pittsburgh, specialize I in refer those them other to agents communities. who specialize I know in the those local other Murrysville communities. area very I know well, the so it local is my Murrysville primary area market. very When well, so clients it is need my primary help in market. an area When that I clients don t feel need I m help an in expert an area in, I that will I don t refer them feel I m to an an agent expert in in, that I area will refer who will them provide to an agent the same in that type area of who service will in provide that region. the same I want type my of service clients in working that region. with I established want my clients experts, working regardless with of where established they experts, want to buy, regardless she says of sincerely. where they want I have to buy, a real she estate says sincerely. sign on my car, consistently many listings, lots I of have for sale a sign signs on my in yards car, and with I have my a picture lot of on listings, it, and and I ve signs, been and here I ve so been long here that so people long that just people know know me, me, she but explains. I m not pushy, On the she contrary, explains. On Leslie the is contrary, proud of Leslie the fact is proud that she of the has fact actually that she turned has her actually clients turned into her competition. clients into her I turn competition. my clients I turn into agents, my clients and into then agents, I actually and then lose their actually referrals, lose their she chuckles. referrals, But she chuckles. I can t help But it. I truly can t love help it. bringing I truly love people bringing into real people estate into as real a career, estate as and a I career, love mentoring and I love newer mentoring agents. newer I ve been agents. doing I ve it a been long doing time, and it a long I just time, love and it. I just love it.

6 Though Leslie Leslie says says she stopped she stopped keepkeeping track track of her of sales her volume sales volume and trans- and transactions actions years years ago, as ago, of as press of press time, time, she had she a had whopping a whopping 38 listings, 38 listings, and and she does she does know know that that a few a few years years ago ago she she achieved achieved a personal a personal record record of of more more than than $20Million $20Million in in sales sales in in a a year. year. These These days days she she says says she she sells $10Million+/ year, and continues to add to her collection of accolades and awards. While flattering, Leslie says that the the awards aren t what matters most to to her. Instead, it it is is the joy joy she she reaps from helping buyers and sellers, that that is is truly truly gratifying. gratifying. I I could could retire, retire, but but I m I m still still doing doing so well. so well. I m not I m even not even a little a bit little burnt bit out burnt on the out business, on the business, and quite honestly and quite I honestly would be I terribly would be bored terribly if I stopped. bored if I I just stopped. enjoy I what just enjoy I do too what much I do to think too much about to leaving think about real estate. leaving real estate. Leslie Schupp, ABR, CRS Re/MAX Heritage 3920 William Penn Highway, Murrysville, Pa leslieschupp@comcast.net