Beyond the Resume Summer Series featuring Marie Murphy (Building a Real Estate Empire from Scratch)

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Beyond the Resume

Chris Papa and Lisa Flicker

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Co-hosted by industry veterans, Chris Papa and Lisa Flicker, the weekly Beyond the Resume Podcast features interviews with some of the best known real estate experts in the U.S. By exploring how they built their successful careers and the impact they have made to the communities around them we hope to educate and inspire anyone building or thinking of building a career in real estate. Join us as we go Beyond the Resume.

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Beyond the Resume Summer Series featuring Marie Murphy (Building a Real Estate Empire from Scratch)

Beyond the Resume

27 minutes 50 seconds

4 months ago

Beyond the Resume Summer Series featuring Marie Murphy (Building a Real Estate Empire from Scratch)

In this Summer Series throwback of Beyond the Resume, we revisit a powerful conversation with Marie Murphy, Principal and CEO of MJD Capital Partners, a full-service development and management firm based in San Francisco.

Marie opens up about her untraditional path into real estate—starting in pharmaceutical sales, pivoting into residential brokerage, and eventually founding her own investment firm. She now oversees a 50+ person team and manages a portfolio focused on value-add multifamily housing in key West Coast markets.

If you're exploring how to scale in real estate, break into institutional deals, or lead with purpose in a male-dominated field, this episode is essential listening.

Chapters:

[0:03:47] From Pharma Sales to Real Estate

Marie shares how a background in sales prepared her for a successful leap into residential real estate.

[0:09:34] Learning by Doing (and Failing)

After being turned away from brokerage firms, Marie found opportunity in a family office and used it to build her investment acumen.

[0:11:41] Starting Her Own Firm from Scratch

With no outside backing, Marie bootstrapped her first deals, learned every role in the business, and slowly scaled MJD Capital Partners.

[0:14:12] Investment Strategy: Value-Add Multifamily

Marie explains her focus on workforce housing in markets like Sacramento and Reno—and why timing and local insight are critical.

[0:18:29] Breaking into New Markets

Strategic hiring, partnerships, and on-the-ground credibility helped Marie gain traction in tight-knit markets like Reno.

[0:22:02] Balancing Motherhood and Leadership

Marie reflects on the real sacrifices of being a single mom and CEO—and how she wants her daughters to see her journey.

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