A-List Highlights: Long Doan

Real estate isn’t just a business, it’s truly a lifestyle. When you look at the daily routines of the top producers – they mirror the lifestyles and routines of other supersuccessful professionals. It’s all about the craft. And for Long Doan, real estate is a lifestyle that motivates him to lead one of the top real estate firms in the country. In fact, real estate is such a lifestyle choice for Long that he even works alongside his wife, Michelle, at his real estate firm, Realty Group, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Together, Long and Michelle have been able to create one of the leading, most productive real estate teams in the country with a heavy emphasis on work-life balance. It’s no wonder that there are over 20 husband and wife teams at his company, making up over 10% of those he oversees. Real estate is 24/7, and it can become exhausting and even consume so much that families have fallen apart as a result of the demand that it places on our lives. This is why for Long, balance is such a high priority and value. For every agent that joins Long’s business, they are trained on the importance of balance in the workplace and at home. With over 400 agents, his firm is the fastest growing real estate company in Minnesota and responsible for 1 out of every 26 closings in the state. Today, Long’s real estate practice has become the number one independent real estate firm in his home state and 118th in the entire country.

Long’s business serves a vibrant and diverse community that makes the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul so unique. The Twin Cities are home to many different ethnic groups and minorities, that Long holds a deep conviction to pay it forward. If you’ve ever read anything about Long’s story, you’ll know the devastating hardships he witnessed as a child in communist Vietnam. He tells us that real estate is a means for him to serve his community and help people. For so many agents, a transaction is just part of the job – but for so many families that we so easily forget, helping them buy a home is one of the most important and intimidating moments in their lives. When asked about his passion for real estate and why Long still continues to give back to his community, he explained, “I never want anyone to feel the way I did when I was a refugee sitting on that beach as a kid when I was leaving Vietnam”.