For Laura Lulgjuraj, being raised in a family of builders and developers can mean only one thing: “I grew up in dust!” But, more importantly, it also means “I was always watching a house go up, and I learned, at a very early age, to love real estate.” Laura spent a lot of her time watching her family work on different properties, as she grew up in Michigan, allowing her a bird’s eye view into how a house becomes a home. “I love showing my clients a home’s true potential and helping them to envision themselves in the space.”

With this kind of background, it’s no surprise that in her early 20s, Laura spent her time designing dream homes for her clients, as well as flipping her own property, all while, training as an interior designer, working in the financial industry and getting her Bachelor’s degree in New York. “My parents wanted me to stay in the corporate world like my grandfather who ran a successful importing and exporting business, but that just wasn’t enough for me. I needed a greater challenge.” And, as someone who’s often called a go-getter and a self-starter, even as a little kid, she just couldn’t sit in an office all day. Her contagious energy and an insatiable thirst for overcoming the next big hurdle had something to do with that, too.