Realtor180 | Real Estate Podcast for Agents Who Want to Grow with Shawn Kunkler

Send us Fan Mail Most VA relationships in real estate last three to six months. Jennifer Anderson's has lasted over two years. She didn't get lucky. She built a system, and then she did something most agents never do. When she found out how little her VA Charles was actually taking home through the third-party platform, she bought him out of the contract herself. That one decision change...

Send us Fan Mail Most agents build teams the wrong way. They hire fast, skip the support infrastructure, and wonder why people keep leaving. Bianca Colasuonno did it differently. She's a Queens, New York-based team leader with over two decades in the business, 100+ transactions a year, and one of the lowest turnover rates you'll find in real estate. Her secret? Build the foundation befor...

Send us Fan Mail 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭. Most agents are tired of being busy but not productive. 𝘈𝘤𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘺 is the 52-card deck that turns professional chaos into 15-minute sprints. Draw a card. Do the thing. Build the business you know you are capable of. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭: 👉 www.fifteenminutemomentum.com Phil Ganz generates 1,500 leads a month, with...

Send us Fan Mail 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭. Most agents are tired of being busy but not productive. 𝘈𝘤𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘺 is the 52-card deck that turns professional chaos into 15-minute sprints. Draw a card. Do the thing. Build the business you know you are capable of. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭: 👉 www.fifteenminutemomentum.com Christopher Watters' lowest performing l...

Send us Fan Mail 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭. Most agents are tired of being busy but not productive. 𝘈𝘤𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘺 is the 52-card deck that turns professional chaos into 15-minute sprints. Draw a card. Do the thing. Build the business you know you are capable of. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭: 👉 www.fifteenminutemomentum.com Michael Abraham didn't come into real es...

Send us Fan Mail Most real estate agents have tried meditation at least once. And most of them quit, because nobody told them they were doing it completely wrong. Audrey Jacob is a former lawyer, turned real estate agent, turned meditation teacher. She's been practicing since 2013, deepened her practice during the pandemic while simultaneously serving clients on the front lines as an essentia...

Send us Fan Mail 13 years in real estate, and Aaron Hendon's first six-figure quarter came from managing his vibration. What Aaron is talking about sits at the intersection of neuroscience and performance, and the science is flat-out undeniable. 3,000 studies over 50 years. 10 minutes a day. A measurable, physical change in your brain that makes you more responsive, less reactive, and genuine...

Send us Fan Mail Most agents are chasing the next tool, the next platform, the next shortcut. Aaron Buchbinder is doing $100 million a year, and this is what he had to say about AI. "I don't want to fix something that's not broken." 15 years in real estate, $100M annually, and the thing that built it all was just showing up in rooms, finding his tribe, and building friendships...

Send us Fan Mail 1.7 million real estate agents did zero transactions last year. Not because the market was bad. Not because they weren't trying. Because nobody taught them how to actually run a business. Kathleen Metcalf has spent over two decades in real estate and more than a decade coaching some of the top 1% of agents in the country, and she's watched brilliant, hardworking people s...

Send us Fan Mail Most agents never stop long enough to ask the question. They just keep going, more transactions, more markets, more hustle, until something forces them to sit down and reckon with why they do it the way they do it and where that came from in the first place. Rachel Hausman Masse sat down. And what she found stopped her cold. She spent nearly two decades building one of Chicago&apo...

Send us Fan Mail No one could point to and say, "That's where it went wrong." They just quietly stop working. Two people doing the same thing, covering the same ground, slowly running out of reasons to stay in business together. And by the time either partner figures out what happened, the business they built is already half of what it could have been. Dena Zarra has watched it happ...

Send us Fan Mail Something is happening inside the real estate industry right now. And the agents who don't see it coming are about to get left behind. While the industry obsesses over AI tools, automated funnels, and digital marketing strategies, a quiet shift is happening among the highest-producing agents in the country. They're going the other direction. And it's working. Skye M...

Send us Fan Mail Most people lose the room before they say a single word. And they have no idea it's happening. Precious Williams has spent 31 years studying exactly why, and she's here to fix it. Precious is a 5-time number one bestselling author, Shark Tank veteran, former attorney, and one of the most in-demand pitch coaches in the world. She didn't get there by following the rul...

Send us Fan Mail Most agents hire a VA and expect magic. When it doesn't work out, they blame the VA, move on, and repeat the same mistake with the next one. Tanya Jones did it differently. After two VAs that didn't stick, she stopped pointing the finger and looked in the mirror. The problem wasn't them. It was her. And the moment she owned that, everything changed. In this episode,...

Send us Fan Mail What if every question your client asks is actually a fear in disguise?  This time the tables are turned. Alyssa Curran sits down with me, Shawn Kunkler, Founder of Homeward Associates out of San Francisco. We had one of the most honest conversations on the show yet. No script, no polish, just the two of us who've seen enough deals go sideways to stop pretending this business...

Send us Fan Mail What does it actually take to build a real estate business that runs entirely on referrals, sells 30% of its inventory off-market, and consistently closes at 106% of list price? Jillian Adler of Compass Boston has figured it out, and in this episode, she holds nothing back. Shawn and Jillian dig into the philosophy, the systems, and the real-world war stories behind one of Boston&...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Elizabeth https://www.elizabethconvery.com/meet Elizabeth Convery built a million-dollar real estate business. Then she walked away from team leadership to focus on coaching and solo sales. But this isn't a burnout story. It's a story about recognizing that success looks different at every stage of your life, and having the courage to define it yourself. In this int...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a 35-year real estate powerhouse decides to write a book? You get a universal framework for transformation that applies to divorce, empty nest, career changes, marathons, and everything in between. In Part 3 of our Debbi DiMaggio series, we're joined by entrepreneur, author, and all-around achiever Debbi DiMaggio as she shares the story behind her upcoming b...

Send us Fan Mail What does it actually take to build a real estate business from zero in a brand-new city, with a newborn at home, during a global pandemic? Alley Buscemi did exactly that. She's now a principal at AlleyCo Homes at Compass in Raleigh, NC, and her path to getting there is unlike anything you've heard before. We're talking Grateful Dead stickers in Whole Foods parking...

Send us Fan Mail What does it actually take to build a real estate team that does $2.5 billion in lifetime sales across 6 markets with 44 people? Andy Bovender has the answer, and it fits in a notebook. In this episode, Andy pulls back the curtain on the GSD Book, the structured daily system his team uses to stay focused, track performance, and generate consistent business year after year. GSD sta...

Send us Fan Mail Artificial intelligence is already changing how real estate agents communicate, market, and serve clients, whether they’re ready or not. In this episode of Realtor180, Shawn Kunkler, Founder of the Homeward Associates Group out of San Francisco, sits down with Ryan Garson to break down how top-producing agents are actually using AI in their day-to-day business without losing authe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Realtor180 podcast, Shawn Kunkler, Founder of the Homeward Associates Group out of San Francisco, sits down with communication expert and author Antoinette Perez to explore how short, intentional communication can create outsized results in business, leadership, and sales. Drawing from her book Tiny Talks Big Impact , Antoinette breaks down what makes commun...

Send us Fan Mail People can tell. And in this conversation, Julie Grace Burke explains exactly why. In this episode of Realtor180, Shawn Kunkler, Founder of the Homeward Associates Group out of San Francisco, sits down with Julie Grace Burke, a top-producing agent in Greenwich, Connecticut, for a candid, no-fluff conversation about trust, reputation, and what actually works in real estate long ter...

Send us Fan Mail New agents are told to start with their sphere. Call your friends. Reach out to family. Let everyone know you're in real estate. But here's the problem: What if you don't feel ready? What if the thought of calling people you know makes your stomach turn because you're still figuring it all out? Linda Bale, a North Texas agent, remembers that feeling well. And s...

Send us Fan Mail What if the secret to scaling your real estate business isn't about working harder, but about building deeper connections? Jennifer Vick has spent nearly 18 years turning relationships into a thriving business. She's figured out how to make business come to her instead of constantly chasing it. In this conversation, Shawn Kunkler, Founder of the Homeward Associates Group...