Michelle Risi

Michelle Risi Business mind. Creative heart. www.alignedagentacademy.com

Unapologetically both.
✍️ novel & 🎵 album in progress

Top 50 Women in Canadian Real Estate 🇨🇦 | Executive VP RE/MAX Connect & Your Community Realty | Real Estate Academy Founder | Forbes Published| Speaker

didn’t expect this.Writing my novel has somehow turned into one of the most reflective things I’ve ever done.The more I ...
04/20/2026

didn’t expect this.
Writing my novel has somehow turned into one of the most reflective things I’ve ever done.
The more I develop my characters — their quirks, their fears, how they love, how they shut down — the more I see myself in them.
 
Sometimes uncomfortably so. 😅
 
It’s made me more curious about people in general. What shapes us. Why we respond the way we do. What we have in common even when it appears like we’re nothing alike.
 
It reminded me that when you follow what’s calling you, you often learn things about yourself you didn’t even know to look for.
-M🤍

04/17/2026

Don’t even get me started! 😅 🥵 🍕 🤪 😭 🤬

Using only emoji’s, tell me how your younger self would react if you told her what it’s really like? 😂

A few questions my younger self would have wanted answered. And the honest truth about where we ended up. Spoiler: it’s ...
04/15/2026

A few questions my younger self would have wanted answered.
And the honest truth about where we ended up.
 
Spoiler: it’s better than we planned. And we’re nowhere near done.
— M 🤍
 

04/13/2026

I’ve grown more from being a beginner again…
than from everything I’ve already mastered.

Because when you try something new, there’s nowhere to hide.

The insecurity, the doubt, the fear—it all shows up.
And honestly, that’s where the real growth happens.

04/10/2026

What overthinking looks like in real time.

More agents are making the move - and there’s a reason. We’re excited for what’s ahead. Welcome to the family. REMAX You...
04/10/2026

More agents are making the move - and there’s a reason.

We’re excited for what’s ahead.

Welcome to the family.

REMAX Your Community Realty
REMAX Connect Realty

👉www.LoveWhereYouWork.ca

Slow markets don’t just strain your business. They expose who you are and the gaps in how you operate. That’s why this ...
04/08/2026

Slow markets don’t just strain your business. They expose who you are and the gaps in how you operate.

That’s why this phase feels so uncomfortable for so many people. Not because they don’t know what to do, but because they don’t know who they are without the results they had.

The agents who come out stronger aren’t scrambling to fix everything. They’re getting honest and more aware of what actually needs to change.

If you’re not refocusing back on the fundamentals of your business, you’re letting the market decide who you are.

-M

Want to read the full article? Head over to my Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-down-markets-reveal-michelle-risi-mz2kc/?trackingId=eZ9t8dwwQhCEZUr%2FndDC5w%3D%3D


04/07/2026

Most of what I’ve written over the years has been practical. 🧠
Content that’s been based off experience and logic.
In fact, I just submitted another article to a magazine for publication (fingers crossed). 🤞
 
But over the last two years, something shifted.
I started writing creatively… first through music.
(Truth be told, I’ve written four songs already… now I just need to make time to record them all.)
 
And somewhere along the way, a story showed up too.
One I never planned to write… but couldn’t ignore.
 
Now I’m standing at the edge of draft two, realizing that writing it was the easy part.
 
Turning it into something worth sharing is the real work, and the real question is:
Do I suffer through the editing myself…
or sell feet pics to pay for an editor? 😅
( )
 
If you’re curious… you can follow along while I figure it out 
-M🤍
 

04/02/2026

Now you’re speaking my language!
Who’s with me on this?

Availability is not a business model. But in our business, it often becomes one. Agents promise they’re always available...
04/01/2026

Availability is not a business model.
 
But in our business, it often becomes one.
 
Agents promise they’re always available.
Clients are told they can call anytime.
 
And over time, that can start to feel like the definition of good service.
 
But the agents who build lasting careers usually rely on something else entirely.
 
Structure. Preparation. And anticipating their clients’ needs before problems arise.
 
When those things are in place, responsiveness becomes part of great service — not the entire strategy.
 
And just as importantly, it’s what allows you to maintain that level of service and keep your business strong.

A thread weaving through space and time.That lyric was the starting point for my song, ‘The Signature of You’. I was try...
03/30/2026

A thread weaving through space and time.
That lyric was the starting point for my song, ‘The Signature of You’.
 
I was trying to capture the quiet ways we’re connected, especially between mothers and daughters.
 
When I really sat with it, I could see the thread.
 
How my great-grandmother’s life shaped my grandmother.
That same thread finding its way to my mom…
then to me…
and now, to my daughter.
 
We think our lives are just our own.
But they’re not.
 
They’re part of something bigger. Something that moves through us.
 
How we live.
How we love.
What we carry (both the hard and the beautiful).
It all leaves a mark.
 
The signature of our lives becomes the invisible thread that weaves itself into the next.
—M 🤍
 
🎶 The Signature of You is out on all streaming platforms.
 

03/27/2026

I swear, I went over it in my head at least five times. 😅
Share this with someone who you know gets it.

-M🤍

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