Coffee & Closings
Coffee & Closings is a podcast where top real estate professionals share unfiltered insights, strategies, and stories—over a fresh cup of locally brewed coffee. Each episode blends real talk with real estate, brewed strong for agents who want to grow.
Coffee & Closings
#034 – Alley Buscemi – Building a $40M Business in Real Estate
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In this episode of Coffee & Closings, Ethan sits down with Alley Buscemi to talk about her journey from New York City—working in fashion, production, and corporate sales—to building a fast-growing real estate business in Raleigh. Alley shares how she went from knowing no one in the area to scaling her business toward $40M+ in volume, all through personal branding, social media, and intentional relationship building.
They dive deep into what it really takes to succeed in real estate, including the importance of personality and internal drive, how to leverage social media the right way, and the strategy behind building a referral network across the country. Alley also breaks down her approach to branding, team building, and why doing an excellent job for fewer clients beats doing an average job for more.
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