Applicant NameWhitney Yeung
TitleAssociate Broker
CompanyCompass Greater NY
2024 Individual Sales Volume$21.6 million
2024 Individual Transaction Sides19
StateNY
CityManhasset
Age29
Submission AbstractI live and breathe real estate. I’ve put in a lot of hard work and sacrificed so much to get where I am because I know how rare this opportunity is at such a young age. I’m determined to build a future for myself and my family that no one in my family has ever had before. As a first-generation child of immigrants, it’s my responsibility to show them what generational wealth really looks like.
Growing up, my mom worked really hard as a single parent to provide for me and my sister, and I saw firsthand how tough it was for her. After graduating high school in 2014, I took on three jobs to help support my family, one of which was working part-time as an unlicensed real estate assistant to a top producer on Long Island. My boss saw something in me and pushed me to get my real estate license, which I did at 19. That was the turning point—I fell in love with real estate and decided to leave my other jobs to focus on it full-time. I’ll always be grateful to my first boss for giving me the chance to build a future I never even imagined. Real estate truly changed my life. Growing up, I only knew how to survive, but through real estate and the amazing people I’ve met along the way, I’ve learned how to build wealth and thrive, which has been life-changing in ways I could never have predicted.