1352: How Staying Calm in Chaos Can Make or Break Your Real Estate Career with Jill Preschel

Real Estate Rockstars Podcast

Aaron Amuchastegui

Investing, Careers, Business

4.6 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Are you ready to transform your real estate game by mastering the art of calm in chaos? In this episode, Jill Preschel, a top NYC broker with over a decade of experience, reveals how staying centered — even when deals go sideways — can unlock your true potential. Jill shares her journey in real estate, starting from her early days during the 2008 financial crisis to her current strategies for building a successful business. She emphasizes the importance of networking, emotional resilience, and optimizing systems for efficiency. Jill discusses the unique dynamics of working on the buy side and the significance of managing surprises in real estate transactions. She also highlights the role of technology in prospecting and finding one's niche in the market, offering valuable advice for new agents looking to thrive in the industry. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by surprises or struggled to stay cool under pressure, this episode is your antidote to stress and burnout! Links: Follow Jill Preschel on Instagram Follow Sara Denig on Instagram Follow Christina Leavenworth on Instagram Follow Aaron Amuchastegui on Instagram Get Hundreds of FREE Real Estate Tools From the Toolbox Join the 2026 Mastermind: Get your tickets HERE!

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0:00.0	Hey, Real Estate Rockstars. This is Aaron Mucostegi. I'm back today for an exciting episode. I hope it's going to be exciting. I've been chatting with Jill now for a few minutes. And I think we're going to have a bunch of fun and a bunch of good stuff for you today. Jill, where, where are you living? Where are you calling in from? I sell real estate in New York City. Cool. How long have you been in New York? I've been licensed since
0:40.1	2010, but in real estate since 2007. Okay. Did you grow up around there? New Jersey.
0:47.4	Okay. So you've just been there. And then so 2007, you started doing real estate, 2010. You got your
0:53.9	license.
0:54.6	2010 was an interesting time because it was, at least on the West Coast where I was,
0:59.2	it was mostly like foreclosure flips at that time that was selling.
1:02.8	Was it the same in New York?
1:04.2	I mean, I just remember the news with just, you know, what was happening financially in New York
1:10.6	in the financial center, you know, it was happening financially in New York in the financial center,
1:12.1	you know, it was a lot of tough conversations and it was similar to what you were experiencing
1:18.2	on New York Coast. Yeah. Yeah. And like so 2007, 2008 was kind of the peak of real estate
1:24.8	or maybe the end of the peak where stuff was still a normal market
1:28.0	where houses were selling it started to slowdown in 0708 in 2009 and 2010 you know 90% of the
1:35.8	sales were a previous foreclosure that had been fixed and flipped or a bank-owned REO so it's an
1:43.6	interesting time to get your license.
1:44.8	Why did you get your license?
1:45.8	Why did you decide to get in real estate at that time?
1:49.5	I really liked what I was doing, and I wanted to immerse myself more into that world.
1:55.9	And I guess sort of my nature is I'm not easily scared of things. So even though the news was, you know,
2:04.8	people leaving financial centers in New York City with their stuff in boxes and loading up
2:10.5	town cars with their belongings and fleeing the city, people were walking away from deposits.
2:16.1	I was still really excited and I thought, what a bet,
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