I grew up in Lohr am Main, a small Bavarian town on the river Main, a chocolate-box setting, complete with a snow-white castle. Raised in a working-class home, my parents worked extremely hard and made sacrifices to provide for me and my four siblings.

My mum realised early on that I was a free spirit, full of energy and at action stations every minute. She nicknamed me ‘Hansa’ as in the German airline, Lufthansa, as I was always taking off somewhere.

A real terror, I often pushed the boundaries, getting into trouble with injuring myself, my siblings, and my cousins. Everyone still wears the scars of my misadventures.

My book, ‘Confessions of a Woman in Real Estate – The soft touch is more powerful than the push’, encompasses those early adventures and my time in Australia as a newcomer, then delves into what it takes to do well in real estate (and in business in general).

“To become a successful real estate agent, it takes grit, off-the-chart work ethics, boundless energy, a love for people, and an aptitude for listening. I was confident I had all those skills and thought ‘I would love to do that; I would be good at it’.”

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