Leanna Tillman's Profile

"The Singing Realtor" - I didn't pick the name. Other people did.

I have a musical theatre background and have been singing since I was a kid — Broadway shows were my thing growing up, and somewhere along the way I figured out I could parody almost any well-known song on the spot. I started doing it for my own kids to catch their attention, and it worked so well it stuck.

When I got into real estate, I realized parody songs could do for a home what they did for my kids: pull people in, make them pay attention, and humanize whatever they're looking at. A house listing scrolls past in 1.2 seconds. A custom parody about that house — sung by the realtor — does not.

The nickname came because my last name is hard for people to remember, so clients and other agents started introducing me as "the singing realtor" instead. I leaned into it. Now it's how I work: differently, creatively, and — yes — with the occasional jingle.