Simon Gates

Opening The Gates To More Listings

Opening The Gates To More Listings with Simon Gates is a podcast designed to help estate agents find more listings and increase the profitability of their business. There will be a variety of different guests across the industry being interviewed to share their knowledge on how to achieve this.

Author

Simon Gates

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Education

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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 137: Tom Kirk 17.10.2024

Today's guest is Chief Executive Officer at Preston Baker and also a Football League Referee. He has significant experience in both a variety of Estate Agency models and PropTech since starting in the property industry at the start of 2009. In this no holds bar conversation we discuss Purple Bricks, instant gratification, the pressures of being a referee and so much more. Don't miss this e...

Episode 136: Heather Staff 10.10.2024

Today's guest is the Co-Founder of the multi-award winning Street and Spectre. The CRM platform (Street) streamlines operations, empowers agents to work more efficiently, and ultimately helps deliver better results for their clients and Spectre is the market-leading prospecting tool for estate and letting agents. Street is transforming the way estate agents manage customer relationships and th...

Episode 135: Rowan Waller 03.10.2024

Today's guest is Sales Director at College and County. He has been in the industry for 20 years and has worked in the corporate world, independent estate agency, and ran his own business for just under 10 years. Not only, that he's also an Amazon UK best selling author and is fluent in Spanish! Take a listen to episode to hear a raw and authentic conversation where todays guest is very hon...

Episode 134: Ian Preston 26.09.2024

Today's guest wheres many hats, some of which are as Chairman of Preston Baker, and as director of Greenhouse OS. He supports the CEO of Preston Baker in the national growth of their associate model and hopes to change the lives of hundreds of agents across the UK who will in turn help clients move home with a better level of service from their agent and for a better price. Having converted hi...

Episode 133: Perry Power & Royston Guest 19.09.2024

Today's returning guests need no introduction and are about to run the seventh instalment of their 'Built To Grow Bootcamp' on 20th & 21st November at 'Hilton Heathrow' for agents on how to build a more resilient, revenue-generating and profitable estate agency business. The bootcamp has been attended over the years by some of the top minds across the industry and having ma...

Episode 132: Paul Jamieson 12.09.2024

Today's guest is Sales Director at TwentyEA/Twenty Convey, using data to help estate agents, Prop-Tech suppliers, and conveyancing firms grow. He is a very experienced Senior Manager with extensive knowledge of the UK property industry having spent many years working for brands such as Fine & Country, The Guild of Property Professionals, and Digital Munkey and. His knowledge and expertise...

Episode 131: David Mintz 05.09.2024

Today's guest has worked in North Manchester’s property market for 20+ years and wears several hats across the industry, such as working for Normie & Co, Kerfuffle, and is a trustee for Propertymark Trust. He has a very unique perspective on the industry, seeing it from both the agent and supplier side. He is also one of the most well connected people I know and has a vast amount of experi...

Episode 130: Sanjay Gandhi 29.08.2024

Today's guest is an estate agent owner and mentor to estate agents. He owns Moss Properties and Moss Mentors, plus he runs Fine & Country York. In this rare interview, we discuss how he came to be where he is today and what it takes to be a high-performing agent. There is loads of incredible advice in our conversation that can be easily implemented into your business immediately after list...

Episode 129: Sherko Zen-Aloush 22.08.2024

Today's guest is a property partner with Avocado, covering Headington, Cowley, Wheatley, and Central Oxford. He joined the industry five years ago and experienced working for a large independent, the biggest corporate estate agent in the country and also being a self-employed estate agent. We had a really honest and authentic conversation about all things estate agency, mindset and lots more....

Episode 128: Matt Lahood 15.08.2024

Today's guest is The Agency Founder & Real Estate CEO. He lives by his motto "great leaders are those that empower and inspire others" and you definitely get that feeling when hearing him speak. He's synonymous with Australian real estate, during more than two decades at the forefront of the industry, he’s honed his expertise in everything from property sales to auctioneering...

Episode 127: Lisa Novak 08.08.2024

Today's guest is ranked Top 100 Agents in the Country '22 & '24, ranked Top 50 Women Agents in the Country '22 & '24, and #1 Agent for Sales in Northern Beaches. She has also been awarded by REB in the Top 50 Women in Real Estate together with the Top 100 agents country wide. Her accolades also include the Most Innovative Person in Real Estate & one of Australia&#39...

Episode 126: Jamie Minors 01.08.2024

Today's guest is the Co-Founder of Minors & Brady Estate Agents. Not only that, but he is also founder of 360 Growth Coach LTD, Co-Owner of Norfolk Mortgages, and founder of The Growth Cast. He's an experienced business leader, having set up his own estate agency back in 2014 at just 22, without an investor and co-grown Minors & Brady to Norfolk’s most chosen agent. As mentoring is...

Episode 125: David Adams 25.07.2024

Today's guest is Managing Director of Cavendish Estate Agents and has been working in the industry since starting as a tea boy in 2002. He is also a mentor with Agents Together and Vice Chairman of Chester Association of Property Professionals (CAPP). If you're looking to start or grow your lettings business, this is definitely a conversation you do not want to miss. You will be hearing fr...

Episode 124: Two Year Anniversary Special With Richard Donnell 23.07.2024

Today's guest is the Executive Director at Houseful. As the Executive Director at Houseful, he delivers data-driven, commercially focused, thought leadership and strategic advisory on the housing and mortgages sector to investors, boards, and regulators. He has over 30 years of experience in residential real estate consultancy, technology, and advanced data and analytics, and is a Fellow of th...

Episode 123: Paul Long 18.07.2024

Today's guest is the Managing Director of Drewery Estate Agents and has been in the business since 1999. He is probably most well known for being a Facebook marketing expert for property professionals, having been mastering this craft since 2014. Having helped 2,000+ UK agents grow, scale, and increase valuations through social media advertising, there is so much learn from this conversation....

Episode 122: Kieran Slinger 11.07.2024

Today's guest is the Co-Founder of Propalt and is passionate about driving change through the moving process. Having access to an incredible amount of data, we have a very informed conversation on how to leverage this information to help estate and letting agents more efficient and effective with their prospecting. From landlord lead generation, the probate market, direct mail, and VIP buyer c...

Episode 121: Jack Durkin 04.07.2024

Today's guest is the Co-Founder of The Avenue and is helping some of the best estate agents build 6 figure businesses through selling the finest homes in their area. Having worked in the corporate world, hybrid space, and having successfully launched a self-employed business in the past few years, there is so much to be taken from this conversation. If you're wanting to get more out of you...

Episode 120: John Paul 27.06.2024

Today's guest is an entrepreneur, coach, author, podcast host, and SaaS Co-founder. He's been in business since 2008, where he quickly grew the business to 10 branches, 60 staff and over 2300 properties under management and was selling over 400 properties a year as well. I would recommend checking out his Facebook group 'Agency Growth Strategies' which is for estate and letting age...

Episode 119: Richard Palfreeman 20.06.2024

Today's guest recently sold Northfields Estate Agents to Leaders Romans Group having originally bought the business in 1988. He is now on the board of trusted advisors at the Property Academy having been the very first member to join in 2008. In our conversation, we discuss his decades of experience and cover everything from fees, lettings, new builds, selling a business, and so much more. If...

Episode 118: David Warburton 13.06.2024

Today's guest is owner of the multi-award winning WeLocate Estate Agents and Burton James Unique & Prestige Homes. Having been involved with the buying, selling and management of property for most of his working life, he decided to move into estate agency in 2009. He started at the bottom as a sales negotiator and quickly climbed the ladder to Associate Director in just a few years. He alw...

Episode 117: Jonathan Morgan 06.06.2024

Today's guest is director of the multi award-winning Peter Morgan Group and has 20 years of experience in the property industry. With a Sales, Lettings and Exclusive brand, the property group sells and manages hundreds of properties across South Wales each year. His role in the company has involved transforming it from a traditional estate agency to a modern, forward-thinking brand by identify...

Episode 116: Marc Lansdell 30.05.2024

Today's guest is the Managing Director of Evolve Law and has been involved in conveyancing since 2006. He has a range of legal knowledge from standard property sale and purchase transactions to specialist area's such as shared ownership, new build properties, Help to Buy and repossessions matters. He has advised clients on transactions from all locations over England and Wales, gaining a k...

Episode 115: Lee O'Brien 23.05.2024

Today's guest is the Managing Director at iad UK, empowering self-employed estate agents to build profitable teams, take charge of their success, and unlock substantial earning potential across the UK. With a rich background as one of the founders at David Lee, he has a deep-rooted passion for all things property and over the past 20 years, he built a nationwide business. His passion is proven...

Episode 114: Marie Fritz 16.05.2024

Today's guest is MD of By Design Northamptonshire and is a luxury property & country homes specialist. She has a decade of experience in the property industry to share and describes herself as a proactive property professional. You will learn from her how she is achieving 2%+ fees at the higher end of the market and in a very competitive male dominated space, plus so much more. She is some...

Episode 113: Matt Nicol 09.05.2024

Today's guest started his career in estate agency in 2004, swiftly climbing from junior negotiator to leading the Worcester office within three years of working for his former employer. Undaunted by the 2007/8 banking crash, he founded Nicol & Co in 2009, successfully navigating its growth during the market’s recovery, starting out as a one-man band in Droitwich. With two decades of proper...

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