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Living Your Legacy

How a Widow Turned Tragedy Into Purpose

17 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What personal tragedy inspired Colleen Marquez's journey?

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I'm not the most important person in the room. I'm not the smartest person in the room, and I'm not maybe meant to be the richest person in the world, and that's okay. I always thought that my no was just one step closer to my yes.

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13.283 - 29.937 Colleen Marquez

Colleen Marquez is a real estate leader, entrepreneur, and the founder of Home on the Rock Real Estate Team. Drawing from her background in business strategy, marketing, and client advocacy, she helps individuals and families navigate real estate with confidence while creating opportunities for long-term growth and financial security.

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I used to be in technology consulting and I use all of those technology skills to navigate this digital world to bring you the best options and to bring you the best data. So that way you're making informed decisions when you're making offers or you're pricing your home and you know that you're doing the right thing because numbers don't lie. My approach to real estate is find a way or make one.

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If the perfect house doesn't exist for you, we'll build it. We'll find the land. But moreover... It spans the globe like a super high school internet. Elvis! Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone. It's not over until I win. The Living Your Legacy podcast.

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Chapter 2: How did Colleen build resilience after loss?

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For those who live to leave a legacy. That's extraordinary. The impossible. Oh, that is sensational. Open. Chicago with the lead. Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet. You can live.

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97.973 - 119.188 Ray Gutierrez

Welcome back to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast for Inside Success. I am Ray Gutierrez, at least I think I am. This is Colleen Marquez. She's joining us fresh off her episode. She is the founder of Home on Real Estate, excuse me, Home on the Rock Real Estate. You're the founder, the CEO, the all powerful, or how does this work?

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Well, honestly, in real estate, when you're a team, you're all individual contributors, you're contractors.

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Chapter 3: What role does faith play in Colleen's life and business?

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But I am the, I guess, visionary and the glue that brings all those pieces together. And yeah, I just one day decided that I was going to do my own thing and I haven't looked back.

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143.958 - 150.27 Ray Gutierrez

So I briefly looked at your show notes because we're prepared here. It says that originally from Miami. Talk about your background.

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Yeah, yeah. So I am originally from Miami. I was born at Baptist Hospital, you know.

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I was born in Jackson Memorial.

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Okay.

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All right. Cool. Yeah. Heard.

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So my family is still here.

Chapter 4: How does Colleen leverage technology in real estate?

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We're US 1 and 136. We're by the falls. I've got family all up and down Florida. And, you know, now I'm in Tennessee. And I've been there almost a decade. Wow. Yeah. So Nashville is definitely a different vibe. Yeah.

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I love Nashville. It's such a great place. It reminds me a lot of Austin. I know the, what's his face? You know that one country singer?

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The one that threw the chair?

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Chapter 5: What mindset shifts helped Colleen overcome rejection?

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Morgan Wallen? No, the nicer one, Garth Brooks. I was in his office cutting a project. Every time I hear Nashville, I'm like, I was in his office. Did I get to meet him? No. Did I meet his manager? Yes. Nice guy.

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There you go. That counts for something.

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Absolutely. Thank you for that.

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You got through the security.

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I appreciate you patronizing me.

Chapter 6: How does Colleen define authentic leadership?

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I love it. Deserved.

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it was totally like cheers to you oh yeah no but that's solely a sly miami move um talk about what it's like being born in miami but thriving somewhere else oh man um it's definitely different you know i've lived a lot of places and one of the things i love about miami is that there's a melting pot of just different culture and one of the things i really miss is food

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So I used to get my favorite Jamaican patty ever from this gas station. Everywhere I go, they say, do you want a midnight sandwich? I'm like, what is this? I'm like, that's wrong. And that's Italian bread. Nice try.

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Yeah, that's like you were right. It's a French baguette, bro. Get out of here with that shit.

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Yes. So, you know, it's definitely different. But I appreciate all cultures and all different kinds of people.

Chapter 7: What lessons does Colleen share about motherhood and legacy?

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So it's interesting to go to new places and, you know, just discover what they have to offer.

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Cool. So let's talk about real estate and how you give it your own twist, especially with being born in Miami but operating somewhere else. Talk about how that cocktail of awesome actually leads to amazing sales.

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Honestly, I think... I do. I speak a little Spanish. It's not good, but it's enough to get me by. Typically, I'm like, I know what you're saying, but do you know what I'm saying?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right on.

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So, you know, that helps me, especially in Tennessee, because it's it's not common like it is here to be able to connect with people in that way, I think. It definitely helps me to be branded and the fact that I'm covered in tattoos. And so in Miami, that's not maybe as big a deal, but I've definitely been some places where they're like, oh, wow, that's a lot.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chapter 8: How can individuals find their purpose through adversity?

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It's crazy. So.

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if nothing else i have notoriety right on yeah yeah yeah uh it's funny because i kind of figured out early on like my second tattoo was my triforce i'm like put right on the hand i'm never gonna have a corporate job and my first corporate job was playstation so it was for some that's when i did the mammy thing again that was me doing the humble brag anyways there was a point to that

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I understood that wearing literally your emotions on your sleeve gets you through a lot of doors. And you get it. Like we understand the guff, especially as Miamians. But once you start seeing all this ink and understanding that when you sit there for a six hour session as an entrepreneur, there's a lot going on here. There's a lot going on there.

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And you're sort of talk about what it's like to literally wear your story on your body.

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Well, if nothing else, it holds you accountable to being your authentic self. There's no hiding from it. And I think, honestly, it requires a lot of commitment and forethought, not just sitting through eight hours in pain, but also saying, I want this and I'm willing to. This is what I'm willing to do to get it. And.

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what do I want what am I going to put on myself forever that I'm not going to look back and be like oh why did I do that some people will ask me you know oh I really want to get a tattoo but I'm just not sure and I'm like see if you want it wait six months if you still want it wait another six months and then pull the trigger oh for sure but at this point I mean after my first I don't know

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24 hours of tattoos, I'm pretty confident in my choices that I really have to do that waiting process. Good for you. Just starting out, you know, make sure that that's the one.

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Yeah, for sure. For sure.

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And also do your research. Yeah. I, I troll tattoo profiles. You have to. And like, I waited over a year on a wait list before to get tattooed by somebody because I'm like, this is forever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And there is such a thing as like, not an awesome tattoo in execution, you know?

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