Roberta Hoskie
Roberta Hoskie | |
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| Born | New Haven, Connecticut, US |
| Alma mater | Quinnipiac University |
Roberta Hoskie is an American real estate broker and media personality based in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the author of the autobiographical book Poverty Curse Broken, president and CEO of Outreach Realty Servicing, Outreach School of Real Estate, and the 1000 Black Families National Homeownership Program. She is also the founder and Chieftain of the International Millionaire Mindset Sisterhood.
Early life and education
[edit]Hoskie was born and raised in New Haven. When she was 8 years old her parents divorced. She and her three siblings stayed with her mother. Her family had financial problems. When she was 17, she became pregnant while living on welfare and experienced homelessness.[1][2]
After obtaining her associate degree in office administration at Gateway Community College, she worked at Yale University having obtained an internship in the Department of Pediatrics. In 2002, she left Yale University and accepted a position in Bronx, New York as a departmental administrator at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She later studied business management at Quinnipiac University.[3] In 2012, she was inducted into Gateway Community College's Hall of Fame.[4]
Career
[edit]Hoskie took an internship at Yale University when she was 20 and several months later bought a home through Yale's home buying program. She bought a four-family home and rented out some space in it. Four years later, the house's price quadrupled and she sold the house. She bought a new house in 2004 and opened Outreach Property Management.[5]
In 2006, she founded Outreach Foundation, a non-profit organization to help in providing affordable housing for low and moderate income families. Through Outreach Foundation, she coordinates the H.O.P.E. Community Festival & Housing Summit.[6] In August 2011, Hoskie established Outreach Realty Servicing a full service real estate brokerage and also established Outreach Realty School, a real estate school.[7][8] In 2015, she launched Ms. Millionaire Mindset Academy and Training Seminars.[9]
Hoskie is a co-host of the WYBC 94.3FM talk show, Electric Drum Round Table.[10][11] In 2015, she launched a reality TV show called CT Money Makers. The program revolves around the process of real estate investment.[12]
In November 2017, Elmer Alvarez, a homeless man in New Haven, Connecticut, found a $10,000 check belonging to Hoskie. After he returned the check, Hoskie decided to assist Alvarez, providing him with housing, and career counseling. This resulted in Alvarez joining the Board of Hoskie's Outreach Foundation.[13][14]
Actor and real estate developer Malik Yoba featured Hoskie and the Millionaire Mindset Sisterhood in a segment of his "I Build New York" series on real estate development. In April 2022, they collaborated on a series of promotional events, including a gala and workshop on entering the real estate business.[15]
Personal life
[edit]Hoskie has three children and married her husband, Christopher Watts, in 2015.[9]
Works
[edit]- Hoskie, Roberta (2019). Poverty Curse Broken: The Roberta Hoskie Story. Trilogy Christian Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64088-255-3.
References
[edit]- ^ Stewart, Doug (August 16, 2014). "The Stan Simpson Show – Creating Wealth Via Real Estate Investing". FOX61. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Hartman, Steve (2019-01-04). "Real estate broker and man who returned $10,000 check help the homeless - CBS Evening News". CBS News. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Yasir, Aja (September 15, 2015). "Real Estate Queenpin, Roberta Hoskie on Maintaining a Wealthy Mindstate". Glamour and Brains. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22.
- ^ McLoughlin, Pam (2020-01-20). "New Haven woman's book credits 'mindset' for lifting her from welfare to wealth". New Haven Register. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Frazer, Jason (December 23, 2014). "New Haven mother uses real estate to become millionaire". WFSB.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-25.
- ^ Saunders, Natascha F. (April–June 2015). "Ethnic Online commends Roberta and Bobby for paving a legacy that will last for generations to come!". Ethnic Online. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28.
- ^ Simpson, Stan (September 8, 2014). "Single, teen mom turned realty broker spawns lucrative business". Hartford Business. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ McDonough, Cara (October 4, 2013). "The New College Try". Daily Nutmeg. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ a b "Roberta Hoskie is Register's 2015 'Person of the Year'". New Haven Register. December 26, 2015. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Chinapen, Rachel (April 23, 2013). "New Haven real estate pro owes success to her son". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Gellman, Lucy (November 11, 2015). "What's Hot Today On WNHH Radio". New Haven Independent. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ "New Haven real estate pro to launch reality TV show, call for open casting". New Haven Register. August 16, 2014. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ FOX61 Staff (November 14, 2018). "Update on former homeless New Haven man who returned $10K check last year". FOX61. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ WTNH Staff (November 14, 2018). "New Haven homeless man who returned missing $10,000 check now sitting on board of directors". WTNH. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
- ^ McLoughlin, Pam (2022-04-18). "Actor Malik Yoba to visit New Haven to talk financial literacy". New Haven Register. Archived from the original on 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2025-03-06.