Kelly Yu mentors new agents through ERA’s Preeminent Group — the training, the network, and a direct line to someone who has done this climb.
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 a spreadsheet mindset and zero clients when I joined ERA in 2009. If you’re reading this thinking ‘that’s not me either’ — it wasn’t me either. That’s not a disqualifying thought. It’s just the starting point.
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
“We engaged Kelly to sell our condo. A previous agent could not sell the unit after six months, so we didn’t expect much. We still can’t believe she sold it in 30 days. We engaged one agent but got two instead. Kelly and Mark’s professionalism raised the bar on customer experience.”
“Kelly is outstanding in supporting our requirements. She is exceptionally professional and her service is fantastic.”
“Kelly is very professional and committed towards the work. She really understands our requirement and helped us find our dream house. I strongly recommend her to my friends and family.”
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.
See The Blueprint →No. Most of KYD came from F&B, finance, teaching, design, retail management. The bootcamp programme is built for career switchers — we start from zero, fast.
New RES agents typically close their first deal within 8–14 weeks. The ones who turn up to every training and execute move faster.
Beyond the CEA exam and standard ERA onboarding fees (roughly S$1,800 all-in), there is no cost to joining my team. Training, coaching and resources are included.
The KYD Blueprint — a structured system, and direct mentorship from Kelly, and a clear path from your first deal to building your own team.
Yes, you can. But the more committed you are, the easier it is to find success — agents who go all-in tend to close their first deal faster than the ones easing in part-time. Kelly closed her own first deal within 2 weeks of starting, and left her 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.
Yes. I joined ERA in 2009 as an engineer without having worked a sales job before, and with no client base at all. Everything I built came after that starting point, not before it.
No. I wasn’t either. If you’re reading this thinking “that’s not me,” it wasn’t me either — it’s not a disqualifying thought, it’s just the starting point. 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 actually show up — school events, dinners, ordinary weeknights included.