How a Single Mom Built a Real Estate Empire Through Consistency

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How does Harriet introduce herself and her real‑estate niche in Houston?

Harriet Morton 0:00
There's a lot of people who have, you know, done things for a really long time and that's great. But I also think it can sometimes be a hindrance. Like, okay, you've been in real estate for thirty years, like times have changed a lot. So I th I think it it also can be a great positive that you're like fresh in the industry, right? And you're coming in with all this technology and AI and like there's so much to look forward to and
Lucy Staffieri 0:21
Harriet Morton is an experienced, strategic, and client-focused real estate professional, team lead and top producer with Blair Realty Group, specializing in the Cyprus and Houston markets, with 16 years of experience in real estate.
Rudy Mawer 0:33
How do you kind of make yourself stand out in a crowded market?
Harriet Morton 0:38
I'd say our number one is consistency. We're in the neighborhood every single weekend. Uh people are seeing our signs every Saturday, every Sunday. We put out market updates, showcasing the latest businesses on social media. We're in the community, we're at all the events, like we've honed in on our specialist market area and that is
Rui Gutierrez 1:00
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Rudy Mawer 1:34
Hey, welcome back everyone to another episode of Living Your Legacy Podcast. And I'm your host again, Jay Slang. And yeah, we get the privilege to talk to some of the best entrepreneurs from around the country, uh, the disruptors and the experts from all kinds of industries. And today we have a special guest uh from our mompreneur show. And she's in the real estate game and yeah, let's get to know her. So hi, what's your name and uh where are you coming from and kind of introduce your business?
Harriet Morton 2:02
Yeah, sure.

Why does she say consistency is the number‑one strategy for standing out?

Harriet Morton 2:03
Happy to be here. Thank you so much. My name is Hattie Morton. I am the founder of the Hattie Morton team in Houston. We specifically in Cyprus, Texas. Okay, okay. Yeah.
Rudy Mawer 2:16
Yeah. So the real estate game. How is the real estate game in Houston?
Harriet Morton 2:19
Real estate is good. I can only talk about my market, right? It's very market um driven. Okay. But where I live, I'm in a master plan community called Bridgeland. It's one of the um fastest growing master plan communities in the whole of the US. Wow. Uh so yeah, real estate is really good for us. Um we deal in residential real estate, helping people buy and sell. Mm-hmm. And Elise and we do property management. So yeah, it's good.
Rudy Mawer 2:48
Yeah. Mm-hmm. How's the weather out in Houston?
Harriet Morton 2:50
It's hot.
Rudy Mawer 2:51
It's hot.
Harriet Morton 2:52
Yeah. It's hot. It's hot here too. Yeah.
Rudy Mawer 2:54
Um we used to have a you so the accent you're from London, right?
Harriet Morton 2:58
Yes. Originally from London.
Rudy Mawer 3:00
Do you know a Saturday Night Live SNL? Yes. You've been here long enough, right? Yeah. Yeah. So there used to be a skit with uh Eddie Murphy, right? And he did uh too hot for the hot tub, right? Yeah. And so we always when when it when we say, Hey, how's the weather? It's like it's too hot for the hot tub, right?
Harriet Morton 3:17
It's too hot for the hot tub, that's for sure.
Rudy Mawer 3:19
He was doing James Brown. It's so funny.
Yeah.
Rudy Mawer 3:21
But yeah, I mean, I I understand that dry heat.

How does she use time‑blocking to balance a 24/7 business with single‑mom duties?

Rudy Mawer 3:23
It's not like the weather down here in Miami. You got that humidity humidity, right? But it seems like you've kind of tamed the humidity, the hair came. You know, it wasn't all puffy like some people. Yeah. But uh yeah, that dry heat's kinda nice on the hair though, you know. Keeps it all flat, right? I I I did Vegas for a bit. So I kinda understand that.
Harriet Morton 3:43
Yeah. You got a bit of volume yourself.
Rudy Mawer 3:45
Yeah, I yeah, I know. It just I can't control it. Um so yeah, real estate. Uh America. So what what's um how long How old were you uh when you moved to America?
Harriet Morton 3:59
I was 27. So I've been here for 10 years now.
Rudy Mawer 4:02
Hey.
Harriet Morton 4:03
2016. At the end, I moved right before Harvey. So I was like, what is happening? Oh my gosh. Yeah. Yeah. We don't really have any extreme weather in London. So yeah, it was pretty eye-opening. Yeah. Yeah. Yep.
Rudy Mawer 4:17
Yep. I mean the London winters are pretty extreme, you know, but it's like cold and wet, but there's no snow.

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