REAL ESTATE MOGULS

Ardit Dizdari, a Realtor with @Properties sits down with us on this episode of The Real Estate Moguls Podcast.

Ardit grew up in Albania during the 90s which, as he says, was a very tumultuous time “from civil war to war right next door to us.”. Leaving home at 13 to attend boarding school, he came to America in 2003 after graduating. 

Upon moving to America, Ardit found himself, like many immigrants, working in the restaurant industry. He shares how much he loved working with people spending 15 years in the industry. Along the way, he met his now-husband, Bobby.

“We worked in the evenings and we had our days ourselves. And then at one point we decided that we wanted to pivot and switch careers. We had friends that had gone into real estate. And we both knew, or at least I knew that I really still wanted to work with people and we decided to give it a try.”

They did everything together: took classes together, took the exam together, and then they signed up with @properites together as well. What they realized quickly was that they needed to find a way to work together that catered to each of their personalities. 

“We realized that he likes to have more of the organizational stuff, reaching out to people, he kind of runs the back of the house. He runs listings and he’s really detail oriented. I like to be in the car, driving around with clients and working with buyers mainly. Each aspect we've taken with the business kind of suits our personalities.” 

Despite moving into real estate shortly before the pandemic, Ardit shares how COVID didn’t actually slow them down. In fact, they had a steady stream of clients looking for a second bedroom to use as a home office or more yard space since no one was able to leave home. 

They leaned into their own personal brand as a team. According to Ardit, what sets them apart is how they are able to feed off of each other’s creativity as a team. 

“It's all about brainstorming sometimes because everyone has access to the same property, sees the same things, but at the end of the day, it's coming up with creative solutions. If there are no properties in this specific area, start throwing ideas around and you know what, I'm running out of ideas. Bobby starts coming up with ideas so you can have great and vice versa.

Tune in to this episode of The Real Estate Moguls Podcast to hear more about Ardit’s journey and how he and his husband have built up a brand inspired by their time in the hospitality industry and a whole lot of teamwork.