Sussy De Leon

Sussy De Leon /
Sussy De Leon /

AGE: 37
POSITION: Broker/owner, president, RE/MAX New Horizons
RESIDENCE: Cranston
LIFELONG AMBITION: To have a successful business and family
FAVORITE BOOK: “The Magic of Thinking Big,” by David J. Schwartz
GUILTY PLEASURE: Shopping for clothes, shoes, perfumes, makeup, jewelry …

Sussy De Leon got into real estate because of a newspaper story. She was writing for Presencia, a community newspaper, and when a new RE/MAX office opened in Providence, she interviewed the owner to find out how he planned to serve Latinos.
Soon he turned the tables on her, intrigued by De Leon’s ideas and eager to add her to his team. After several months, he persuaded her to give real estate a try. She got her license in early 1997, and she’s been a success in the field ever since.
Latinos, it turned out, were eager to own houses, so when they learned that a bilingual, well-informed Guatemalan immigrant was there to help them, they sought her out in droves.
Knowing that they needed more advice and education than the typical real estate client, she spent extra time explaining financial issues and everything else they’d need to understand, making herself invaluable to the community.
She won her first Million Dollar Sales Award from the Greater Providence Board of Realtors in her very first year, as well as the President’s Club Award from RE/MAX of New England. The following year, she rose into the Multi-Million Dollar Sales Award category. By 2001, she had a team of four working under her, and she was ready for her own agency.

Her employers sold her the one where she worked, making her the first minority owner of a RE/MAX franchise in New England. She bought a large Victorian house and moved the agency there, and she has grown the team to almost 20, including support personnel.
Even as the business has grown, De Leon has continued to educate people in the community, leading first-time buyer seminars, writing articles for newspapers and, for four years, hosting a radio show on a Hispanic station every Saturday.
But she’s also expanded her horizons: She now owns two real estate investment companies, New Horizons Homes and Equity Realty, and she recently incorporated Pi?ata Center, which imports handmade pi?atas from Guatemala.
Just as important, she’s building her family. Four years ago, she and her husband, Stephen, welcomed a son, Alexander, into the world. She’s expecting a second child in November, and they plan to adopt a third child from Guatemala.

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