19-Year-Old Black Teen Real Estate Mogul From Louisiana Already Making Six Figures

Shakira Scott, a 19-year-old Black entrepreneur from Plaquemine, Louisiana, is already earning six figures in real estate while attending college.

Scott earned her real estate license at just 18 years old during her freshman year at Louisiana State University, where she studies marketing. Inspired by her mother, a real estate broker, she decided to enter the industry with the goal of building generational wealth. While success did not come immediately, Scott remained determined to make it work.

The first two months after getting licensed produced no sales. Rather than becoming discouraged, she focused on creating and refining a lead-generation system. Her persistence paid off in her third month when she earned a $9,000 commission. Within her first year in the business, she had surpassed six figures in earnings and now generates approximately $10,000 per month. She has also built a strong online presence, attracting more than 125,000 followers on TikTok.

Scott has been candid about the challenges she faced in the beginning. “When I first started, I was kind of like a ghost,” she said. “I wasn’t doing any type of advertisement, I wasn’t talking to anyone. I just kind of had my license, and no one really knew. But once I came up with a good lead generation formula and stuck to it, things really changed for me.”

Balancing college and a growing real estate career was a deliberate choice. “I know what I want from life,” she told Fortune. “I kind of felt like, why wait when the resources are here, and I can do both.” After receiving her first commission checks, Scott celebrated briefly before turning her attention toward saving and investing for the future.

Today, she hopes her story will inspire other young people to pursue their goals without letting age hold them back. “I want to be successful, I want to inspire other people, so they can see that age has nothing to do with your level of success,” she said. Looking ahead, Scott plans to develop properties in her hometown of Plaquemine while continuing to share her knowledge through social media and e-books designed to help others achieve success in real estate.