I graduated from NTU in 2001 with a degree in Electronic Engineering, and started my career the way most fresh grads do — solving problems, watching ideas take shape into working projects.
In 2006, my husband Mark and I had our first child. The travel and stress of engineering work meant I couldn’t be the mother I wanted to be — present, available, home for the small things that don’t feel small when you’re the one missing them. So I made a decision most people around me didn’t understand: I quit. I went looking for work that could hold both financial success and a more fulfilling family life. In the process, I found a career that was more fulfilling than I could ever imagine.
I wasn’t a natural salesperson. I was an engineer with zero clients and experience in sales when I joined ERA in 2009. If you’re reading this thinking ‘that’s not me either’ — it wasn’t me either.
Seventeen years, 117 awards, and one Group Division Director title later, I’ve been with Preeminent Group the entire way. My husband Mark also left his own career to build this with me, and together it gave us the flexibility to actually show up — school events, dinners, ordinary weeknights included.
My team today is built the same way I was — from people who weren’t “born to sell.” Former engineers, teachers, flight attendants, sales executives. What holds us together isn’t the industry. It’s respect, trust, and care for each other, and I bring the same thing to everyone who walks through this door.
Kelly Yu · Executive Group Division Director, Kelly Yu Divisions, Preeminent Group
“Till today, she is still the same achiever of her league, always seeking the RIGHT ways to be more effective and value-add to her customers and associates.”
“As a mom myself, I was looking for a working mother role model and Kelly has fit in pretty well.”
Seventeen years of trial and error, compressed into a structured system — from your first deal to building your own team. The package I wish someone had handed me on day one.
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No. Many in KYD came from F&B, finance, teaching, design, retail management. The bootcamp programme is built to accommodate career switchers.
New RES agents typically close their first deal within 8–14 weeks. The ones who turn up to every training and execute rapidly see results faster.
Beyond the RES course and exam fees (for new agents), and some minor onboarding fees, there is no cost to joining Kelly Yu Divisions, as New and experienced agents will benefit from ERA’s recruitment packages featuring subsidies for CEA fees, professional indemnity insurance, and marketing support packages. These recruitment packages are worth $4,600 to $7,300.
The KYD Blueprint, developed by Kelly after training and leading agents for more than a decade and direct mentorship from Kelly, to help you find success at KYD and ERA.
Yes, you can. But the more committed you are, the easier it is to find success. I closed my own first deal within 2 weeks of starting, and left my engineering job soon after. You can also start part-time while keeping your job, use that window to execute and iterate, then make the full leap once you’ve found real traction.
No. I wasn’t either. If you’re reading this thinking “that’s not me,” it wasn’t me either. My team is full of former engineers, teachers, flight attendants, and sales executives who thought the same thing. What actually matters is being good at solving problems for people and understanding what they need — which, funnily enough, is the real definition of selling. In real estate, your success is proportional to how well you solve problems for your clients.
It’s the reason I’m in this industry. I left engineering after my first child because the travel and stress meant I wasn’t the mother I wanted to be. My husband Mark eventually left his own career to build this with me, and together it gave us the flexibility to show up for our kids.