PAUL MACAPAGAL PRUDENTIAL DOUGLAS ELLIMAN Paul Macapagal’s real estate philosophy has proven to be not only simple, but extremely influential in his success. That is, “A measure of my success is not in the amount of money I make, but in the number of customers for whom I’ve turned dreams into reality. By these standards, I consider myself to be a very successful agent.”

It wasn’t surprising then that Paul brought to contract more than $5 million in sales in just his first four months in the business. Ever since, he’s earned a...