From Rock Bottom to Real Estate Powerhouse | Melissa Horne’s Journey of Grit & Growth
The Mike Litton Experience
Mike Litton
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful episode of The Mike Litton Experience, we sit down with Melissa Horne — a real estate broker, single mom, and true comeback story. From starting college with a 0.25 GPA to graduating valedictorian, navigating grief, raising a sick child, rebuilding her life multiple times, and becoming a top-producing agent in Florida — Melissa’s story is a masterclass in resilience, reinvention, and leadership.
You’ll learn:
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What it takes to succeed in real estate from zero sales to 13 homes in 13 weeks
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How to overcome life’s toughest setbacks without losing your ambition
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The truth about today’s real estate market — from pricing strategies to buyer education
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Why emotional intelligence is key to working with both buyers and sellers
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The real meaning behind “give to get” — Melissa’s philosophy that’s powered her success
Whether you’re a real estate professional, an entrepreneur, or someone looking for inspiration to restart — this episode will hit home.
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| 0:00.0 | I moved. I bought a house in Philadelphia and I was driving from Philly to Staten Island for my |
| 0:05.1 | classes with my then three-year-old son who also got sick. Anything that could happen in the |
| 0:12.3 | middle of my five years, it took five years to get this. My son got sick after he was born and |
| 0:18.3 | we were in a hospital for two and a half months for surgeries |
| 0:21.5 | that he needed. So I was living in the hospital, but I couldn't not go to school because I'd lose |
| 0:25.2 | my scholarship. So I met this guy at a table trying to bid a woman-owned business construction |
| 0:33.1 | company. And he's like, oh, I'm a real estate agent. |
| 0:38.1 | I'm like, oh, so what are you sold? |
| 0:40.8 | And I'm like, nothing yet. |
| 0:42.1 | And he was like, well, what do you know, how are you getting business? |
| 0:46.3 | And I whipped out my little computer and I was like, well, I made this CRM and I made this |
| 0:51.6 | website and I did all these beautiful flyers and he's like how many contracts |
| 0:57.1 | have you signed and I'm like none and he's like well you know zero percent of zero is still zero right |
| 1:03.4 | I got sick when I first moved here uh it turns out my second pregnancy was not friends with my |
| 1:10.3 | heart um so the first year I got here I really couldn't It turns out my second pregnancy was not friends with my heart. |
| 1:15.2 | So the first year I got here, I really couldn't work. |
| 1:16.6 | I was trying to work. |
| 1:17.7 | I didn't know I was sick. |
| 1:19.6 | I couldn't under, I didn't know my market. |
| 1:20.7 | I didn't know any people. |
| 1:21.6 | I came. |
| 1:23.7 | I have to say this about myself. |
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