Sissy Lappin,
Real Estate Broker,
$3/4 Billion Success Story
With over 25 years
of experience, Sissy Lappin is considered one of the most experienced residential
brokers in the business. She has successfully marketed over a 3/4 of billion
dollars (yes that is billion not million) in real estate.
Sissy began her career in the mid 80’s when real estate was in one of the worst recessions this country had seen. Sissy saw these challenging times as a time of opportunity. She joined Century Development Corporation, one of the most active real estate development firms in the country, where her marketing intuition led her to become the youngest vice president of this corporation. After leaving Century, she formed Lappin Properties which specializes in designing, developing, and executing marketing programs for large residential projects.
As a proud native Houstonian, she is recognized as a market leader and a top producer in the Houston area for over 25 years. She realized early in her career that her independent thinking and ability to always staying on the cutting edge of her industry would be critical to serving her clients' best interests. Earning the trust of clients to represent them with the purchase of one of their most expensive purchases or negotiating the sale of their most important asset is an honor for her. What defines Sissy’s success is her commitment and dedication to her clients, providing them with the highest level of one on one service. As a result of her many years of experience, knowledge and strong track record in Houston sales, she has earned the highest level of trust and respect among her peers and clients. Not to mention her excellent negotiating skills and expertise in building/refurbishing homes whch have contributed to her success as well.
She has been offered positions at the larger real estate firms and actually worked for one of the them for a short period of time. However, Sissy quickly realized that her extraordinary leadership and unique entrepreneurial skills would be put to better use as a specialty broker.
The fact is many firms offer their agents a higher commission if they sell one of their own listings. What is most important to Sissy is the satisfying her clients. As a result whereas most real estate agents have a 20% referral repeat rate, Sissy’s is at 80%. Sissy’s secret to success is striving for the best results for herself and her clients.
