Icons of Real Estate Podcast

🎙️Episode 258: Conversation With Co-Founder of Big Block Realty Oliver Graf: Starting, Challenges And More 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Oliver Graf is the Co-Founder of Big Block Realty and Real Estate Investor.  He is an industry-leading marketing and fulfillment expert. His ability to build scalable systems is key to Big Block’s growth and to their agent's success. Oliver is responsible for developing h...

🎙️Episode 257: Raphael Collazo: From Career In Software to Full-Time Commercial Real Estate Agent 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Raphael Collazo is a licensed commercial real estate agent specializing in income-producing property. Transitioning from a career in software, Raphael brings a strong technical background and a love for dissecting complex problems to his client interactions. Along with being a full-tim...

🎙️Episode 256: "Real Estate Is... Everybody Needs a Home" - Marcy Javor On How to Make Money In Real Estate 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Marcy F. Javor has specialized in Luxury Residential homes, Commercial Property & and Investment Property for over 15 years, is now in the top One-Half Percent (1/2%) of Real Estate Professionals in the nation, and has closed over $1 Billion Dollars in Sales.  Marcy...

🎙️Episode 255: "My Daily Goal - Find Great Agents To Team With" - Randy Dyck About Real Estate Team Recruiting 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Randy Dyck is a Team leader of eXimus Real Estate Team and Inspiration agent/owner at eXp Realty. He is a speaker, teacher, mentor, and coach. Randy has been a top-producing realtor for over 27 years in the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board and has lead and developed eXimus...

🎙️Episode 254: Michael Hellickson's Real Estate Career: "We closed 120-180 transactions every single month" 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Michael Hellickson sold real estate for over 20 years, listing and selling over 100 homes/month and at one point carrying over 750 active and pending listings. He began his real estate career in 1991 and was among the top 1% of all agents nationally before graduating from hig...

🎙️Episode 253: Real Estate Investments & Marketing With Icon Jason Miller 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Jason Miller Is the Icon Of eXp Realty. He is an Experienced Realtor with a demonstrated history of working in the real estate industry. Jason loves coaching and mentoring agents. Skilled in Negotiation, Analytical Skills, Microsoft Word, Banking, and Coaching. #IconsOfRealEstate #JoinTheIconsMovement 🗣️N...

🎙️Episode 252: From Full-Time Actor To Real Estate Ninja - Mark Raumaker's Inspiring Story 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Mark is enjoying his second career in Real Estate after a very successful career on the stage. Now Mark is the team leader of The Home Squad. He began his real estate career in 2017 and sold 23 homes in his first year. He now is in the top 1% of Realtors in the greater Orlando area and the te...

🎙️Episode 251: Lee Goldberg: From Piggy Bank's Money to Success In Real Estate, Great Coach And Speaker  👨‍💼Guest Bio: Lee Goldberg is a realtor, coach, and TV/radio personality. Lee runs the #1 Real Estate Group at Coldwell Banker Realty out of Winter Park, Florida. You can find “The Gold Rush” Group of Realtors in Orlando, Port St. Lucie, Charlotte, and Las Vegas (Winning Realty). Through...

🎙️Episode 250: Michael Blank's Way to Success: "I Lost Years of Life And Millions Dollars In the Process" 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Michael Blank is a leading authority on apartment building investing in the United States. He’s passionate about helping others become financially free in 1-3 years by investing in apartment building deals with a special focus on raising money. Through his investment company, h...

🎙️Episode 249: Morad Fiki: From the U.S. Navy to #1 Texas Realtor on Social Media 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Upon honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy in 2013, Morad Fiki tackled the high-end luxury Houston residential real estate market. Morad has always strived to use Innovative and unorthodox marketing strategies for high-end Luxury Residential Properties. Constantly thinking "outside of the box," Morad...

🎙️Episode 248: "I've Closed Deals On FB Messenger" - Solo Real Estate Agent Jordan Dennis' Experience 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Jordan Dennis is a real estate investment buying and selling expert. As a Century 21 Blue Marlin Pelican agent on the emerald coast, he is familiar with each beach community and neighborhood, North and South of the Bay. As a 17+ year Air Force and Marine Corps Veteran, he is a mili...

🎙️Episode 247: "People Don't Like the Hard Feedback From Mentors and Coaches" - Motivation Speaker Kurt Uhlir 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Kurt Uhlir is a globally-recognized marketer, operator, and speaker. He’s built and runs businesses from start-up to over $500M annual revenue, assembled teams across six continents, been part of the small team leading an IPO ($880M), and participated in dozens of acquisiti...

🎙️Episode 246: Luxury Realtor Blake Jones About His Lifestyle & Financial Planning, Experience & Future 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Blake is a real estate professional who has been in and around the real estate industry most of his life. His family’s background in building and developing gave him an early start in the industry, which he entered at the age of 14 with a shovel in his hand. He put his de...

🎙️Episode 245: "Where Does Money Come From?" How Alejandro Szita Became a Mortgage Broker 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Alejandro Szita worked for over 10 years as a real estate agent under a prominent commercial and luxury real estate broker, where he became familiar with many different financial scenarios. He then started his own business, focusing on real estate loans for business owners and creative entrepr...

🎙️Episode 244: Success In Short-Term Rentals: Uncovering Airbnb Business Secrets by Michael Elefante  👨‍💼Guest Bio: Michael Elefante is a Founder of BNB Investor Academy & Co-Founder of Home Team Vacation Rentals.  Investing in short-term vacation rental properties is the fast path to financial freedom. The cash flow and earnings potential are substantially higher than most traditi...

🎙️Episode 243: From Police Sergeant To Standup Comedian to Real Estate Team Leader ft. Charles Gollop 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Charles Gollop is a police sergeant with 25 years of experience and a "retired" standup comedian. He finds that his professional experience in these divergent arenas helps his clients immensely.  Charles helps first-time homebuyers, long-time homeowners, and anyone in-between...

🎙️Episode 242: "I Work 95% Offer Referrals" - Katie Herrick About How to Get Clients In Real Estate 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Katie has been a licensed real estate agent since 2007; with a diverse and successful track record including the sales of multi-family properties and single-family homes. She has extensive knowledge of the metro area rental rates as well as San Diego sales values. A brilliant negotia...

🎙️Episode 241: Kim Agemy About eXp Realty: "Best Business Decision I Ever Made For Myself" 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Kim Agemy is a Real Estate Expert. She and her husband, Jim are proud to own and operate Realty Consultants, an eXp Realty powered brokerage growing with serious agents. Prior to this venture, Jim was VP of Sales & Marketing for a national home builder where he specialized in market trend...

🎙️Episode 240: Everything About Land Investing And How to Work With It with Brad Warren 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Bradley K. Warren is a widely known domestic and international trainer and seminar leader. Brad has taught to audiences across the United States and in 18 foreign countries over the last 30 years, reaching over 40,000 people during that time. Widely known as an “edutainer,” he combines education...

🎙️Episode 239: "People Can Smell True Fake And Fake Marketing". About Real Estate Marketing With Brad Eaton 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Our guest is Brad Eaton. Brad with his wife, Michele, have been in the real estate industry for over 20 years in The Great Northwest. They are top performers in their company and industry. Of the 120 agents within their company, they are second in total sales and in the top 3...

🎙️Episode 238: How Chip Barkel Finds And Works With Clients And His Marketing Plan - All In This Episode 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Chip Barkel is a REALTORⓇ in Toronto, Ontario Canada. He holds several real estate designations that help him serve his clients: Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES), and Real Estate Digital Marketer (REDM). Chip also runs a r...

🎙️Episode 237: Shane Burgman's Experience of Moving From the U.S. Navy to the Real Estate World 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Shane Burgman has earned a reputation as an invaluable real estate asset based on his honesty, professionalism, and expertise. He is well known for his undeterred drive, tenacious work ethic, and warm, compassionate personality with an unwavering commitment to meeting his clients' goals....

🎙️Episode 236: From Theater to Success With Daily Real Estate Agent Duties - Jill Leberknight's Story 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Today’s guest is Jill Leberknight: an energetic Artist, educator, and public servant. Starting on the magic of theater Jill is now shining in her success in real estate. Jill is the founder of The Austin Holistic Real Estate Group, merging intentional real estate coaching with holi...

🎙️Episode 235: Pasha Esfandiary: "I Always Knew That My End-Game Was Real Estate" 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Starting his career in real estate in 2011, flipping homes found at auctions, Pasha has since been involved in over $250 million in transactions across multiple asset types. These include residential homes, boutique motels, the purchasing and management of large multifamily properties, and working wit...

🎙️Episode 234: Need a Capital Advisor to Invest In Real Estate? Better Call Michael Coffee 👨‍💼Guest Bio: Michael has been involved in commercial real estate for almost 20 years in various capacities. He started as an analyst being responsible for reviewing transactions and coordinating with the lender to package and document the loan file. Over a 10-year period, Michael applied his problem-solvi...