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October 2023 ~ Jacksonville Real Producers - Top Producer, Tanya Cosmini of Realty ONE Group Elevate
October 2023 - Top Producer, Tanya Cosmini of Realty ONE Group Elevate
By Ruth Gnirk
Photos by Renee Parenteau
Positive and encouraging Broker- Owner Tanya Cosmini works hard and finds joy in elevating others. Last year she opened her own brokerage, Realty ONE Group Elevate, and closed nearly $40M in real estate sales. By helping others achieve their personal and professional goals and reach their greatest potential, Tanya is rising to new heights, too.
Tanya’s heritage is a source of inspiration. Her paternal grandfather’s family had been displaced from their ancestral home during the Armenian Massacre and made a new home for themselves in Syria. Her father immigrated to the US with his guitar and one suitcase, put himself through engineering school, and became a successful executive at General Electric. While on vacation in Europe, he met a beautiful woman from Denmark. They married and started their life in New York.
Tanya was born in Queens and raised in Connecticut. Growing up as a first-generation American, she treasured her family and understood the importance of connection. She also developed a deep appreciation for people’s stories. Tanya enjoyed helping people learn about each other so they could find ways to improve themselves and their community.
“By the time I was a teen, I was very involved in educating others about the Armenian Genocide. I hoped that the US would recognize this tragedy and set aside a day of remembrance,” she explains.
Tanya did not plan to pursue a political career. She wanted to become a veterinarian and open her own practice. She applied herself diligently, completing her pre-vet classes and earning a degree in animal science in 2001.
ELEVATING PURPOSE
Before pursuing graduate school, Tanya spent the summer as a
substitute teacher. She worked with students in several grades, but felt the greatest connection and enjoyment as she interacted with high school students. Helping them elevate their understanding of who they were and what they were capable of accomplishing inspired her to re-evaluate her own life plan.
“I knew that I wanted to be a mother,” Tanya smiles, “and realized that I would not have much time to invest in a family of my own if I was spending most of my time and energy building a successful veterinary practice.”
Tanya enjoyed learning and took a job as a researcher at Yale. The following year she decided to earn a master’s degree in education, and in 2002 Tanya started teaching high school biology. Two years later she married a serviceman who was stationed in Virginia. He was soon deployed and Tanya kept herself busy with school projects and volunteer work.
In 2005, Tanya’s beloved father had a stroke. The experience deepened her determination to help others see potential rather than problems.
ELEVATING EXPECTATIONS
Tanya was involved in a car accident in 2007 and was released from work for 30 days so she could heal. She took the opportunity to do some soul-searching. Even though she enjoyed teaching, Tanya wanted to help even more people elevate their lives.
She heard that teachers make great real estate agents, and she did a little research. Tanya knew she had found her calling and became a licensed REALTOR®.
“I started ‘at the bottom’ by working open houses and expired listings,” shares Tanya.
“I am a problem-solver by nature, and I genuinely enjoyed the challenge of advising and strategizing with my customers. I was on a mission to elevate hope, and found immense fulfillment in collaborating to help my customers fulfill their goals.”
The energetic entrepreneur learned the importance of work-life harmony when she became a mother. Dylan (born in 2008) and Trevor (born
in 2010) filled her life with adventure. In 2012, professionals told Tanya that one of her sons was on the autism spectrum. Although she understood experts’ recommendation to place him in a special education program, Tanya thought about her experiences as a former teacher, a female entrepreneur, and a mother. She believed in her son’s potential and did not want him to “live down” to a label.
Tanya advocated for her son to be in a regular classroom with a one-on-one assistant. She believed that having her son exposed to traditional students would raise her son’s expectations of himself, and provide opportunities for his classmates to elevate their level of compassion. And she was right.
It is an honor to assist agents in creating a unique road map for their personal and professional success and then help them stay accountable to work their plan
The next decade flew by quickly. Tanya and the boys moved to Florida. Life had gotten complex; Tanya was granted a divorce before she had even gotten her Florida real estate license. Despite the challenges, she never stopped dreaming big for herself, her sons, or those she was ready to serve. Tanya poured herself into her new community and collaborated with agents in her new city.
ELEVATING DREAMS
Tanya Cosmini became a licensed real estate broker in January 2022. By the summer, she was selected to be the broker to represent Realty ONE Group franchises throughout northeast Florida. Inspired by a desire to lift people higher, the new branches were named Realty ONE Group Elevate.
To help agents skyrocket in life and in their careers, the focus of the Elevate team is three-fold: increasing net income by allowing agents to keep more of their commission, building wealth through investments, and earning passive income through recruiting efforts.
Tanya and Realty ONE Group Elevate team continue to work smarter to live better lives with the people they love.
Tanya is proud of the Realty ONE Group (R1G) core values. It is no surprise that the fastest-growing brokerage in Florida is also in the top 1% in the nation with 465 locations and over 19,000 agents. R1G has the best paid agents regardless of production (allowing agents to keep an average of 90% of their commission or more), unlimited use of
tech tools valued at over $1K each month, affordable health care options, and opportunities for earning passive income. She is proud of these advantages, but Tanya is even more thrilled about the way that R1G empowers her to help elevate agents.
“R1G prizes collaboration,” Tanya notes. “They taught me to listen to people and help them create blueprints to reach their own goals. At R1G Elevate, agents can choose from seven training sessions each week It is an honor to assist agents in creating a unique road map for their personal and professional success and then help them stay accountable to work their plan.”
ELEVATING LIFE
Tanya, Dylan, and Trevor enjoy traveling and have a shared goal of visiting every state before Trevor graduates. They love spending time with friends and family, and playing with their dog Louie. Tanya enjoys horses as well.
She is passionate about the generational freedom that comes from real estate. Tanya co-owns two commercial buildings and an Airbnb.
“In life, there’s always a reason to cry,” Tanya observes, “but I look for the reason to keep going with a smile and I share that with others! My parents taught me to work hard without being afraid to fail and to never give up. That is how I live my life, and how I encourage others to live theirs. If that resonates with you or someone you know, I would love to talk!”
