Getting married and moving in with the parents? Risk.

Buying land to build a house from the ground up? Risk.

Playing casino slots and putting hard-earned money on the line? Gamble, for obvious reasons.

For rising star Samantha Celentano, there is no reward in life without risk – and that has put her

on the fast track to success in Connecticut’s real estate market.

Perhaps the biggest of those risks in her life so far has been the decision to pursue a commission- based job at the end of high school. Going after a career in real estate at eighteen years old, during the first semester of college, is another major gamble that has worked out for her. As she took her first steps into adulthood, Celentano realized her passion for working on the road in this industry – and threw caution to the wind by getting her real estate license at eighteen. Like a winning turn on the slots, her boldness and determination have proven to be a gamble that has considerably paid off.

The earliest phase of her career found her splitting her time three ways – she spent Mondays and Wednesdays taking college courses online, Fridays working a twelve-hour shift at a day care center, and the rest of her time making opportunities for herself in real estate. She changed schools, transferring from Southern Connecticut State University to Middlesex Community College, to put more energy into her passion. By doubling down on her budding career, she was able to fulfill a promise to her parents to finish school while jumpstarting her professional life.

Outside of work, Celentano spends time traveling with her husband – Florida, Las Vegas, and the Caribbean are among her preferred destinations. She loves cooking and experimenting in the kitchen every chance she gets… and has some fun every now and then on those slot machines. Adjacent to her real estate work, she is perhaps most excited to continue advancing her home- building project in Madison as she and her husband construct the next chapter of their lives together.

Celentano prides herself on the relationships she has built in her young career. She says almost all her business comes from referrals – she says she has found constant growth in her base as each client refers her to several new ones. With each potential buyer or seller, Celentano dives in with all her energy, providing a personal experience in a sometimes-impersonal world. She says that even though that can lead to being stretched too thin, the reward of matching someone with their dream home is an unmatched feeling – and one she wants to keep experiencing moving forward.

She aspires to work with a buyer’s agent to help with showings, to hone that part of her craft, but emphasizes her dedication to each client by saying negotiations and contracts will always be in her hands. There is no end in sight for Samantha Celentano – selling ten million dollars in

property a year in her mid-twenties is simply not enough for her. She says she is not even

halfway to where she wants to be in her career and is willing to take more risks to maximize

reward.

It has worked out pretty well so far.