From Food Stamps to $32M Listings: How Lourdes Maestres Built a Luxury Real Estate Empire

About this episode

Lourdes Maestres shares her journey from losing her banking job to building a successful luxury real estate empire.

Lourdes is raw, real, and FULL of tactical strategies you can take and run with. If you’re building a business, breaking into luxury, or just trying to keep your head above water, this one’s for you. We sat down with powerhouse real estate leader Lourdes Maestres, team lead of the MPH Team in Fort Lauderdale, to unpack her incredible story -- from losing her banking job in 2008 to becoming a dominant force in luxury real estate with multimillion-dollar listings and a high-performing team. Wha...

People in this episode

Guest: Lourdes Maestres

Topics covered

• luxury real estate
• business strategies
• entrepreneurship
• personal development

Keywords

• real estate
• multimillion-dollar listings
• MPH Team
• Fort Lauderdale

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Places: Fort Lauderdale

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