From The Ground Up

Jaden Hanson, Principal agent of Mile High Lifestyles at Compass joins the gang in studio and talks about his ascent to the top of the rankings in the state of Colorado, not just at compass but as one of the Top Large Teams throughout the Denver Metro Association of Realtors! Jaden and Sean co-founded Mile High Lifestyles in 2018 at Your Castle Real Estate. They reminisce about their bumpy beginni...

Chad Nash, aka The Real Estate Doc is a Broker Owner of Nash and Company in Denver Colorado.  Chad tells his story of his upbringing in a neighborhood where he didn't have the most positive of influences around him. He talks about his mother, and her consistent messaging and support that gave him a mindset to overcome the shortcomings that so many who grew up in his neighborhood have fallen t...

Lindsay Alfano is an agent that has made an insane amount of production happen in a very short time frame. She went from 0 to over a dozen  closed transactions in just 90 days!  Lindsay breaks down her "Special Sauce" for converting a high volume of clients in a short amount of time, and how she is able to balance it all while still dedicating time to training, roll playing, and filling...

Tony Ficarra is one of those people that just gets you excited to get up and be the best version of yourself. Tony worked as a lineman doing back breaking work for 17 years before taking the hard work approach to the sales world in the financial industry.  Tony has been an immediate success, surpassing an entire office of seasoned vets in production in less than a year. He takes a blue collar appr...

Hilary Walsh joins us in studio today and makes everyone cry! Hilary tells her story of how she grew up, dealing with obstacles, trials, and how she has been able to overcome all of that and become one of Denver's top Realtors in under 4 years!  Hilary is exceptional at connecting with her people, she provides so much value and has a blast by throwing events, raising money for charity, and ma...

Shay Jenkins and Sarah Alberts, AKA the S&S Mortgage Team  get the tables turned on them as they go from Co-Host to Guests. Shay and Sarah teamed up a few years back and really play well off of each others strengths which has helped them build an incredible mortgage business and branch with no slowing down in sight. They go in depth about their backgrounds, past lives, and struggles they have...

Steven Sumey is a 27 year old Realtor who has created himself a side business of Fix and Flips, taking down several projects at a time. Steven breaks down his process of evaluating properties, coming up with a budget, and stresses the importance of having other key players on his team to make each project work.  Steven partners with others on his flips, but also takes on solo projects depending on...

Melissa Farrar and Karlye Pokorney, AKA Dream Life Denver at Compass join Sean, Sarah and Shay in Studio for one of the best podcasts to date. Although newer agents (roughly 3 years), they are seeing a massive amount of success by teaming up and putting action into everything they do! Melissa and Karlye start off by talking about the importance of doing what they love as a means of gaining busines...

Lauren Valinoti is one of the hardest working, intelligent and systems oriented real estate agents we have ever had the pleasure of having on the podcast. Lauren was recently named the number 2 agent at Your Castle Real Estate for Quarter 1 in 2023. Your Castle is the largest independent brokerage in the state of Colorado, home to over 650 real estate agents. Lauren and her team, Envision Real Est...

Lori Abbey is one of the TOP PRODUCING Solo agents in the Denver, Colorado Market! Amassing over $78Million in sales volume and 76 total sides in 2022, many of which in the Luxury and Ultra Luxury space. Lori opens up about her beginning, being a single mom that transitioned from a sales position in the Golf industry where she was THRIVING and making the full time jump into real estate. Lori posit...

Melissa Connor is a brokerage owner and producing real estate agent based in Windsor, Colorado. She has been licensed for 13 years and started out by hustling open houses to get her first handful of closings. Melissa has created a business where she provides service to her clients at a level that is out of this world, and as a result she is blown up with referrals. Melissa closed 13 transactions i...

Kris Caldwell, co-founder of the Be 1 Team at Compass comes into the studio with some energy! Kris goes in depth about his upbringing as an athlete and how that helped him become one of the most successful team owners in the State of Colorado. Kris has a goal of being a $1billion dollar team, the first of its kind in the Colorado Market! With a massive vision and a business partner, Alex Chapman,...

Rico Leon from HGTV's Rico To The Rescue joined us in the podcast room! Rico specializes in new constructions and restoration. Learn how he started his business form the ground up and how he now has his own show on HGTV! Make sure to subscribe and like today! Follow me on Instagram Subscribe on YouTube Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and set up alerts! Shay Jenkins  & Sarah Alberts are the...

This week we're joined in the studio by Jordan Terrell, Team lead and visionary of the Jordan Terrell Group at REAL Brokerage.  Jordan goes into depth about how he created a massive team and incredible business using systems, automation and leverage.  Jordan has a way of leading people through empowerment, and puts people in positions to lead to their strength which has allowed a collaborativ...

Brooke VanHavermaat joins us to give her secret on how she has been able to build a MONSTER business working by referral. Brooke utilizes a small but mighty database of A people and shares her methods and systems to constantly stay top of mind by providing items of value and providing tasteful touch points which translates into droves of referrals!  Subscribe and follow on YouTube - https://www.yo...