Leo Desselle

I grew up in New Orleans and learned at a young age what hard work entailed. I learned a lot from my mother who started her own successful and still thriving tourism business 39 years ago. At the age of 10, I started my first job by cleaning her tour vans every day. This was after a full day of school, then either: football, baseball, track, or Karate practice. During this time, I also earned a second-degree black belt in Taekwondo. Just a few years later, I acquired a brown belt in Judo and Jujitsu and later won a gold medal in the junior Olympics in Judo. This work habit continued all the way through my college athletic and academic career. After graduating from Archbishop Shaw High School in 2002, I attended LSU and played football for the Tigers for the next 5 years. In 2003 we won the National Championship! In 2007, I graduated from LSU and pursued a real estate profession. I continued working hard for the next 8 years continuing to grow a very prospering real estate career. I then attained my Broker's license and founded Pennant Real Estate. In the last 4 years, we have grown to just over 30 Realtors. We currently rank in the top 2% of all real estate companies in Baton Rouge. I have built strong relationships with local banks, loan officers, appraisers, and inspectors in order to offer our clients the best experience and foresight to proactively address details before they become a problem. We work hard for our clients to inspect, maintain, and communicate every detail of the transaction, from the first phone call, all the way to the closing table. My wonderful wife and 3 amazing kids are the reason why I do what I do. They are my "WHY" and what pushes me every day to get up before everyone else and go to bed later than everyone else. Our Mission Statement sums everything up: Heart of a Champion, Soul of a Servant, Real Estate Professionals Putting the Client First!