eXp Media
Leo Pareja Unfiltered
Welcome to Pareja Unfiltered, where host Leo Pareja explores what it takes to lead, grow, and win. Leo built companies and led tens of thousands of agents as CEO of eXp Realty (NASDAQ: EXPI). He's learned the difference between good and great isn't what you know—it's how you think, adapt, and inspire others. Real strategies for real leaders, featuring CEOs, founders, and game-changers who've been in the trenches. This is podcast for leaders ready to stop playing small and start playing to win.
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Episodes
Your Best Marketing Strategy Is Giving Everything Away for Free 23.06.2026 13:22
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Leo breaks down why everyone's BS meter is higher than ever and why generic marketing is dead on arrival — most people literally open their mail over the trash can. He explains why he open sourced all of eXp's forms during one of the most confusing moments in real estat...
Barbara Corcoran: Couldn't Read Until 7th Grade, Became the Queen of New York Real Estate 06.06.2026 29:41
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Barbara Corcoran borrowed $1,000 from her boyfriend to start a real estate company. He owned 51% of it. Seven years later, he left her to marry her secretary. She was 30, broke, and convinced she'd never make it without him. Leo sits down with the woman who turned that...
You Only Get One Life: Stop Wasting It on Things That Don't Matter 26.05.2026 13:14
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Most people say they know life is short, but they live like they have unlimited time. Leo gets personal about the moments he traded for work and can't get back, the stat that changed how he parents (90-95% of the time you spend with your kids happens before they turn 18...
Glennda Baker: Embrace What Makes You Different and Build From There 12.05.2026 31:37
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Glennda Baker didn't become the most recognized face in real estate by following the playbook. She barely graduated high school, never went to college, and started her career parked outside the top agent's office just to eavesdrop on how deals got done. Leo sits down wi...
Elena Cardone: Find the One You Trust and Build an Empire 21.04.2026 37:57
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Elena Cardone didn't build an empire by playing the independent woman card the culture keeps selling. She built it by doing the exact opposite, and the backlash almost buried her. Leo sits down with the force behind a multi-billion dollar organization to break down why...
Byron Lazine: He Went Bankrupt, Couldn't Buy an Ad, and Built Real Estate's Biggest Media Company 03.03.2026 44:52
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Byron Lazine built a media empire starting from bankruptcy — no budget, no audience, no choice but to figure out what everyone else was ignoring. Leo sits down with the co-founder of BAM to break down why distribution beats skill, what 15 years of building in public act...
Neil Patel: SEO Is Dead — Here's What's Actually Driving Revenue Now 20.02.2026 39:45
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Most marketers are spending money on SEO that was never going to drive revenue anyway and Neil Patel is the first to admit it. Leo sits down with one of the most recognized names in digital marketing to break down why informational SEO is collapsing, how LLMs are rewrit...
Focus Is a Superpower: How to Know When to Quit or Keep Going 13.02.2026 11:08
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Most entrepreneurs don't fail because their product is bad—they fail because they try to do everything and slowly become forgettable. Leo breaks down why hyper-focus is a superpower, how to audit where your marketing dollars actually go, and the hardest question in entr...
Why 99% of Businesses Fail (The Revenue Trap) 06.02.2026 6:26
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Profit should always be the key metric that keeps your company afloat—but the last decade of entrepreneurship glorified valuations, funding rounds, and revenue while quietly burying the one number that actually matters. Leo breaks down why the real superpower in busines...
Why You Should Master Every Role Before You Hire For It 30.01.2026 8:33
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Most founders rush to hire for roles they've never done themselves—then can't figure out why they can't hold people accountable or spot real talent. The mistake: filling seats before understanding what success actually looks like in that position. I break down the hirin...
Why Most Profitable Businesses Die (The Unit Economics Trap) 23.01.2026 10:22
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Most founders confuse growth with success—but growth without unit economics just scales your losses. The difference between Casper burning cash and Uber's land-and-expand play isn't luck—it's understanding what business you're in. I break down why good opportunities kil...
Delegation vs Abdication: Why Great Founders Know When NOT To Do Something 18.01.2026 14:12
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Most founders confuse delegation with abdication—and it's costing them scale. Delegation is strategically giving a task to someone else. Abdication is deciding not to do something at all. The difference determines whether you're building leverage or just creating chaos....
$500M, 5 Exits, 0 Failures: Jody Glidden's Playbook No One Talks About 10.01.2026 28:22
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Jody Glidden dropped out of computer science after one year, joined a startup as employee #5, and sold his first company for $1 million at 19—a deal he now calls one of his biggest mistakes because he "didn't know anything about multiples." The five-time exited founder...
How Tommy Mello Built a Billion Dollar Empire From $50 (The System) 19.12.2025 28:22
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Tommy Mello started with $50, a borrowed truck, and a garage door business everyone thought was a dead end—now he's built an $800 million empire and decoded the exact playbook that separates $1 million operators from $100 million machines. The A1 Garage Door Service fou...
From Reality TV Housewife to 24.2M Monthly Views & Top Realtor | Gina Kirschenheiter - RHOC Star 31.10.2025 31:18
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Gina Kirschenheiter was a bored housewife from New York who stumbled onto Real Housewives of Orange County by accident, watched her marriage fall apart on national television, then leveraged 866K Instagram followers and 24.2 million monthly views to build a real estate...
How to Systematize Recovery and Turn Failure Into Growth 18.10.2025 11:17
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Failure isn’t final—it’s feedback. In this powerful episode, learn how elite entrepreneurs recover faster, build systems that turn setbacks into success, and master the mental frameworks behind resilience. Discover why systematizing recovery beats talent or luck, how to...
From Failing Club to 4,000+ Locations & $100m Exit | Peter Taunton - Snap Fitness Founder 10.10.2025 32:21
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Peter Taunton spent 20 years turning around a single failing health club on a $16k/year salary before selling it for $3M and thinking he was done. Then a loyal employee changed everything—asking Peter to build just one more gym led to Snap Fitness, a 4,000+ location emp...
From Family Painting Business to Coaching 3M+ Agents | Dermot Buffini - Buffini & Company CEORetry 02.10.2025 41:38
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Dermot Buffini turned a family painting business into Buffini & Company—North America's largest real estate coaching firm, training 3+ million professionals across 45 countries. Known as "The Leader's Leader," Dermot shares how his brother Brian started with $0 and...
How to Bootstrap From Real Estate Agent to $80M+ Tech Exit | Tyler Smith - SkySlope Founder & HealthTech Pioneer 26.09.2025 37:15
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Tyler Smith got a $330,000 loan at 19 and built SkySlope into a company managing two-thirds of all North American real estate transactions—without raising a dime of outside capital. After selling for $80M+ to Fidelity, a biological age test showing 47 when he was 39 (hi...
How to Turn Your Mistakes Into $235 Million | Kim Parell - Serial Entrepreneur & 150x Angel Investor 17.09.2025 38:41
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Kim Perell sold companies for $235 million—but started with a $10,000 loan from her grandmother who didn't even know what the internet was. From getting fired in the dot-com crash to building billion-dollar businesses, she reveals why execution beats ideas and why your...
How to Turn Being a Rookie Into Your Superpower | Chris Heller - Led Keller Williams as CEO 12.09.2025 19:12
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Chris Heller role-played for a week before his first listing appointment—and still got rejected. From college sophomore to Keller Williams CEO, he reveals the counterintuitive truth: stop faking experience and own what you are. His first listing came from calling a for-...
Owning the Crisis: Randall Miles on Wall Street Survival, US Debt & AI Manipulation 04.09.2025 32:47
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Randall Miles knew at 12 years old exactly what he wanted: CEO of a public company, Wall Street executive, college football player—and achieved all three. From his defining moment at First Boston when his boss got violently ill and he had to present to 100 bank CEOs wit...
Entrepreneurship Tips: John Lee Dumas on Niching Down & Content Creation 28.08.2025 39:26
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja John Lee Dumas went from failing at everything for 6 years—law school dropout, corporate finance washout, struggling realtor—to launching the world's first daily podcast with zero experience and turning it into a 7-figure empire with 170 million downloads. The Iraq war...
Amplify Your Influence: Rene Rodriguez on Leadership & Neuroscience 20.08.2025 33:52
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Rene Rodriguez went from feeling utterly insignificant in corporate meetings to training 100,000+ leaders at Fortune 500 companies and building a behavioral neuroscience empire—but not before discovering the neural patterns that make influence a learnable skill, not a g...
From Rock Bottom to Multi-million Dollar Brand: Tarek El Moussa’s Journey of Grit and Success 14.08.2025 32:14
➡️ Access ALL FREE business resources, episode blueprints, and exclusive content from past episodes: https://stan.store/leopareja Tarek El Moussa went from sleeping in his mom's garage at 20 to flipping 1000+ homes and building a $15 million empire—but not before losing everything in 2008, surviving two cancers, and pitching HGTV through a Gmail contact form. The Flip or Flop star reveals the brut...
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