What is your name?
Sylvia Sarkisyan
What is your occupation?
Real Estate Broker/Owner
What is your business name?
How long have you been a Boston Business Women’s Member?
2+ years
What is your Instagram handle?
@ebbandflowrealtycompany
What is your LinkedIn URL?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylviasarkisyan/
Were you born and raised in Boston? If not, what brought you here?
I came here at 18 years old with 3 suitcases to start college at BU.
Tell us more about your job or company and what led you to your career?
Real estate has changed my life. It is a wealth-building tool that I feel should be shared with everyone. I love the numbers. I come from an IT background and enjoy applying what I’ve learned in data analysis to the real estate market.
What would your clients say about you and your company?
Here are direct quotes from them:
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“It is rare to interact with a professional like Sylvia that is so keenly attentive to your needs.”
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“Sylvia is the ultimate professional. She guided me through three separate real estate transactions in the Boston area with her extensive knowledge of the market, warmth, and integrity. The process felt less like a transaction and more like a partnership and consultancy.”
What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Do not get so caught up making a living that you forget to make a life.
What is your favorite book?
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani
What is your secret weapon? (An app, a tool, or method—personal or professional)
Hiring the right people that help create growth.
What is your most recent WIN? How are you slaying it in your career or business?
Making more women business relationships in my local market. We can do more together when we support each other. There is no better time than now to band together.
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Create balance in your life. Always make time for self-care.
How do you enjoy your free time?
Long walks with my two mini-golden doodles, Leo & Zoe ❤️
What is something that not many people know about you?
I played music growing up, including clarinet, tuba, saxophone, drums, and string bass.