There’s a point in every real estate career where success creates a new kind of challenge. The volume of deals goes up, and the money improves. But so does the exhaustion.
For Paige Steckling, known as “Utah Real Estate Paige” on Instagram, that moment came when she realized she was pulling off million-dollar deals while barely seeing her kids.
During a recent BAMx Office Hours with Krys Benyamein, Paige opened up about how she scaled her business, why she embraced partnerships, and how she learned that growth is about more than numbers; it’s about sustainability.
When Success Feels Like Burnout
Paige hit the goals she once thought would define her career, but the reality behind the highlight reel looked different.
“I was working from when I wake up super early in the morning to like 12:00 at night. My friends were taking their kids to the park, or their kids in a pool, or going away for the weekend. I was like, there’s no way I could do that.”
Paige was exhausted, doing everything herself, and constantly worried about missing opportunities if she slowed down. The moment she compared her schedule to her friends’ family lives, she realized the path she was on was not sustainable.
Success had brought her volume, but it also stripped away the freedom she wanted as a mom.
That realization forced her to rethink what growth meant. She did not want to trade her family life for real estate closings. Instead, she chose a path of work-life integration, building a business that could thrive without requiring her to do it all alone.
Why Partnerships Beat Scarcity
The turning point came when Paige decided to start bringing other agents into her listings.
At first, the arrangement was simple: if someone helped with an open house, they got 10%. Over time, it evolved into bigger splits.
“Now I’ll bring on agents. A lot of times I’ll do the video, you run everything else and we’ll split 50/50. I’m just like, how can I go out there and just get more deals and get more stuff flowing to me.”
Plenty of people told her she was being too generous, but Paige saw generosity as a growth engine. More agents involved meant more listings managed, more visibility in the market, and ultimately more deals.
Rather than obsessing over keeping every dollar, she focused on creating abundance.
As she put it bluntly in the conversation, she didn’t want to overcomplicate it. She wanted deals. She wanted money. And sharing opportunities helped her get both.
Delegating Without Guilt
Paige is clear about what she loves: creativity, content, and big-picture strategy.
What she doesn’t love? Daily admin, endless scripts, and the grind of micromanaging.
“I didn’t want to start a systemized team that I was providing all this value and doing meetings every day and running scripts. I didn’t really want to do that. That didn’t excite me.”
She admitted that some people might see that as lazy, but she reframed it as smart.
Her goal was to build a team that reflected what she wanted her life to look like. That meant delegating the work that drained her energy and keeping the parts that fueled her creativity.
By leaning on partnerships and team members, she built a structure that kept her engaged and made the business sustainable.
Finding the Right People
Not every agent has the same strengths, and Paige believes the smartest partnerships come from pairing complementary skill sets.
As Krys pointed out:
“If anybody feels like they’re creative and they need somebody analytical, go find that agent in your market. If you’re the analytical person and you need a Paige, then go find the Paige.”
Paige herself put this into practice by teaming up with agents in other markets, like San Diego and Park City, so her clients always had local support.
She explained that she would rather share a deal and give her clients the best service than try to cover everything herself and risk burnout. This philosophy made her brand stronger and gave her clients confidence that they were always taken care of.
Redefining Success
For Paige, success stopped being about how many deals she could handle on her own and became about how much freedom she could create.
Delegating wasn’t about doing less. It was about doing more of the right things.
“I trust myself that I can get enough business to make it work and grow maybe a little bit more slowly, but over time. I’m enjoying my life a little bit more now. I’m not freaking just killing myself from when I wake up in the morning to when I go to bed at night.”
She admitted that when she was younger in her career, she felt like she had to grind nonstop to prove herself. But with time, she realized that growth did not have to mean burnout. By trusting herself and leaning on others, she created a business that supports both her professional ambitions and her family life.
That shift allowed her to keep scaling without losing sight of her kids. It’s not a story about work-life balance but about work-life integration. It’s about building a career that complements life rather than competing with it.
Paige’s story is a reminder that growth isn’t just about production volume or follower counts. It’s about designing a business model that lets you thrive personally and professionally.
Sharing opportunities, delegating with intention, and leaning on partnerships are often the difference between burning out and building something that lasts.
