Teen Mom Leah Messer officially hired by real estate agency as she sells her first home in West Virginia for $165k

TEEN Mom star Leah Messer has landed a new real estate job after struggling with her career in recent years, as she has even sold her first home. 

Leah, 32, stars on Teen Mom: The Next Chapter with the series following her life in West Virginia with her daughters Ali and Aleeah, both 15, and Adalynn, 11. 

The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal Leah now works at West Virginia real estate agency Property Elite, LLC, according to her license. 

The company announced the new hire in April 2024, as a Facebook post read, “We are very excited to welcome Leah Messer to our wonderful real estate family. 

“Leah Messer is a real estate agent, television personality and author born and raised in West Virginia. Millions watched her navigate motherhood at a young age and overcome the trials she faced on the MTV series, 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom 2.

“Leah plays an active role as a leader in her local community and has a deep passion for helping others and she uses her platform to provide resources and information. She is an advocate for children with unique differences and their parents.”

The announcement continued, “Messer is a determined businesswoman, however, her job as a mother is always her number one priority. She takes pride in being a single mother of three beautiful and individually unique daughters Aliannah, Aleeah, and Adalynn.

“Please help welcome Leah to our family!”

According to real estate records, Leah sold her first home with the agency on August 23, 2024, as she represented the buyer. 

The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home sold for $165,900. 

Leah is about to close on her second home, as her listing currently has a pending offer. 

If the sale goes through, Leah will sell the three-bedroom, one-bathroom home for $180,000. 

TAX TROUBLES

Despite success at the company, Leah continues to struggle with tax issues. 

The U.S. Sun previously reported Leah was hit with a state tax lien for $32,913 on September 16, 2024 and a federal tax lien for $32,646 on July 30, 2024, according to a West Virginia court. 

The clerk of court also confirmed Leah’s previous liens remain open and unpaid. 

This includes a February 26, 2024 state tax lien for $31,349 and a February 12, 2024 federal tax lien for $163,804. 

The clerk of court also confirmed Leah still owes tax debt filed in 2023, including a May 25, 2023 state tax lien for $31,349 and a May 8, 2023 federal tax lien for $290,297. 

Leah has unpaid liens filed on June 27, 2020 for a state tax lien for $9,238 and July 8, 2019 for a federal tax lien for $123,841. 

In total, Leah owes $715,437 in state and federal tax liens. 

A rep for Leah did not respond to The U.S. Sun’s request for comment.

REAL ESTATE CAREER

Leah has struggled with her career in recent years. 

Leah first posted about working toward obtaining her real estate license in 2020. 

On a 2022 episode of Teen Mom 2, Leah was filmed studying for the exam.

She said in the clip, “Last year I started an online course to get my real estate license. In a few weeks, I’m taking the exam.”

Leah announced she passed her exams on September 20 by captioning a professional headshot on Instagram, “Real Estate Salesperson.”

The MTV star officially obtained her real estate license on September 25, 2023. 

She scored a job at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Central in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. 

But was let go from the company in October 2023 of that year.

Leah said over Instagram, “I wasn’t prepared when I walked into my current sponsoring broker’s office a couple of weeks ago that I would be told that because of unforeseen circumstances, it wouldn’t be a great fit for me at their company.

“So I redirected and started this interview journey with new potential sponsoring brokers. Wish me good luck during the rest of my interviews this week.”

Then Leah revealed she got a job as a server in 2023, as she said on Instagram that she “loves it.”