I Lost My Home As a Teenager... Slept On a Friends Couch For Months. | Eleonora Srugo

Eleonora Srugo is one of New York City’s top luxury real estate brokers and the star of Netflix’s Selling the City, who opens up about her upbringing, sleeping on a friend’s couch, and building a career from survival mode to selling some of Manhattan’s most expensive homes.

Born in Israel and raised in downtown New York by a single mother, Eleonora grew up in the West Village and SoHo before those neighborhoods became some of the most expensive real estate markets in the world.

Her mother worked endlessly to provide, often relying on a small village of people around them to make life work.

After studying at Boston University, Eleonora entered adulthood with heavy student debt, a low-paying marketing job, and no clear safety net.

At one point, she ended up sleeping on a friend’s couch for six months, keeping all of her belongings in bags while trying to figure out how to build a real future for herself.

With no wealthy parents, no powerful network, and no easy way in, she eventually found her way into New York real estate.

From there, years of relentless work slowly turned into major deals, a career at Douglas Elliman, a $75 million sale, and eventually an unexpected call from Netflix that led to Selling the City.

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