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Leslie Heimer: Real Estate & Lending Expert Shares Financial Advice for Students and Tips for Working Mothers

Author
Pete Newsome
Published
Fri 13 May 2022
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Don’t you wish you could achieve your career dreams overnight? Unfortunately, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication, but we promise it will be worth it! 

In episode 2 of Finding Career Zen, Leslie Heimer, a third generation lending professional joins Pete Newsome to discuss her trials and tribulations throughout her career. As an owner of a thriving mortgage chief lending office, she has been featured in multiple magazines, won the Woman with Vision Award, and is known as one of the most powerful women in banking. How did she achieve all that success?  

Leslie attributes her success to her parents and the way she was raised. From inheriting her mother’s ambition as a child to working at her family’s mortgage company, Leslie became a boss due to the influence of generations of hard-working ancestors. Do you ever feel the pressure of society? As a mother and a boss lady, Leslie talks about guilt and how she manages to push through judgment from the opinionated social media world we live in.  

Does she instill the same values she received in her children? Does this new generation have a different mindset? Leslie says that the best thing you can do is “stop cutting their waffles” and teach them responsibility.  

Did Leslie find her career zen? Tune into this episode if you are seeking career advice and inspiration! 

Career Advice:

  1. Life’s success is not only measured by the figures in your bank account. The experiences and ability to be present and have more freedom are. Find a career that aligns with your own version of success, not just the numbers. 
  2. Career success is impossible without hard work. Every individual’s definition of career success is different, but in order to reach the pinnacle of any profession that you choose, choices will have to be made. 
  3. Life is not going to hand you things, it’s not easy and it’s not always going to go your way.  You have to be willing to fight and work hard for the goals you want to achieve. It’s impossible to stay on course if failure is an option in your mind. 
  4. Success doesn’t happen overnight. It is your grit, guts, and resilience that will make you a superstar. You have to experience failure in order to enjoy success. 
  5. Relationships are so important. The people you know and the reputation you create matter. Meaningful, quality, and lasting relationships must be earned and invested in. 
  6. Build credit while you’re young. Have your parents add you as an authorized signer to their credit cards. Assuming they have good credit, your parents adding a co-authorized signer to their credit card will allow all of their history to be on your credit card. 


  • Additional Resources

Check out Leslie Heimer's social pages:

Bankings most powerful women: https://www.almorlando.com/leslie-heimer-mortgage-bankings-most-powerful-women-2018/

Women With Vision Magazine: https://wwvmag.com/issue/nov-2020-4/#Spotlight-Shines

"Luck is the residue of good planning"--- David Ignatius

Real Estate Services: https://leslieheimerrealestate.com/


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