How a Single Mom Built a Real Estate Empire Through Consistency
Living Your Legacy
Harriet Mourton, a single mother and top real estate agent in Houston, shares how she built a thriving business while raising her daughter.
Key takeaways
- Consistency in community presence—such as weekend signage and social media updates—is key to building trust and visibility.
- Time blocking and intentional scheduling help balance motherhood with a 24/7 business.
Main topics
- Building a real estate business as a single mother
- The power of consistency and community involvement
Notable quotes
"We're in the neighborhood every single weekend. People are seeing our signs every Saturday, every Sunday."
Conclusion
Harriet Mourton's journey demonstrates that success in real estate—and life—
Transcript preview
Speaker 1 (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 30 years, like times have changed a lot. So I think 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 Harriet Morton is an experienced, strategic and client focused real estate professional, team lead and top producer with Blair Realty Group, specializing in the Cypress and Houston markets with 16 years of experience in real estate. How do you kind of make yourself stand out in a crowded market? I say our number one is consistency. We're in the neighborhood. Speaker 1 (0:41) every single weekend. 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. We've honed in on our specialist market area and that is... Speaker 1 (1:00) It spans the globe like a super high school internet. Elvis, friends, I agree. Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone. It's not over until I win. The Living Your Legacy podcast. For those who live to leave a legacy. That's extraordinary. Speaker 1 (1:31) on the planet you can live your dreams 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 where are you coming from and kind of introduce your business. Yeah, sure. 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 Cypress, Texas. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So the real estate game, how is the real estate game in Houston? Real estate is good. I can only talk about my Speaker 1 (2:22) market, right? It's very market driven. But where I live, I'm in a master plan community called Bridgeland. It's one of the fastest growing master plan communities in the whole of the US. Wow. So yeah, real estate is really good for us. We deal in residential real estate, helping people buy and sell and lease. And we do property management. So yeah, it's good. Yeah. How's the weather out in Houston? It's hot. It's hot, right? Yeah, it's hot. But it's hot here too. Yeah. So we used to have a... So the accent, you're from London, right? Yes, originally from London. Do you know Saturday Night Live SNL? Yes. You've been here long enough, right? Yeah. So there used to be a skit with Eddie Murphy, right? And he did, too hot for the hot tub, right? Yeah. So we always went when we say, hey, how's the weather? Speaker 1 (3:14) It's like it's too hot for the hot tub. It's too hot for the hot tub. That's for sure. He was doing James Brown. It's so funny. But yeah, I mean, I understand that dry heat. It's not like the weather down here in Miami. You got that 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. But yeah, that dry heat's kind of nice on the hair, though. It keeps it all flat, right? I did Vegas for a bit. So I kind of understand that. Yeah. You got a bit of volume yourself. Yeah, I know. I can't control it. So, yeah, real estate, America. So how old were you when you moved to America? I was 27, so I've been here for 10 years now. 2016, at the end, I moved right before Harvey, so I was... Speaker 1 (4:08) 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 yep I mean the London winters are pretty extreme you know but it's like cold and wet but there's no snow that's what's right yes it's just cold it's wet you wake up and it's dark you go to sleep and it's dark yeah yeah I lived in London for a while and I was like oh man this is intense right um So yeah, did you look into any of the real estate here compared to your real estate at home? Because like the Miami, South Beach real estate or any Miami real estate is just like insane. Yeah, it's so cool. I love whenever I go anywhere, I'm always like driving by the real estate shops and looking in. Very, very different. Yeah, the market, like the apartments and the houses, it's like that's all cool. But the pricing is like... Speaker 1 (5:03) Not cool. Pricing is off the chain. It's off the charts. Yeah. It's insane. Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, how's the market down there? Like, it's reasonably priced. You got a lot of first-time homebuyers over there? Yeah. So my