So You Want to be a Real Estate Agent

Our episode today is titled “identifying your ideal client.” We’re hoping that this episode will give you some new skills that will help you find success in this contracting market. We are going to give you a couple of exercises that should present you with new ideas and strategies you can put to use today to begin to realize the success you are after - with ideas inspired by two of our favorite a...

In today's episode we discuss why geofarming is a strategy for success and career longevity, help you discover whether geofarming is right for your, how to prepare, cultivate, grow, and protect market share including 5 tips for becoming a local expert, the one thing all successful farmers do, 7 systems for keeping your farm flourishing, the top 3 most effective strategies geofarmers are using...

Today we are sharing some of the ideas our team is utilizing to fill our pipeline for the spring market. To put it in farming terms, we are giving you what you need to plant the seeds that will result in a full crop of transaction in 2023. What are we doing now that’s working? We are going to share our ideas with you.  So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate...

Special guest Janine Sasso joins us today to discuss the importance of being a hyperlocal agent, to share her innovative ideas, and to bring us the resources she offers to other agents who want to grow their businesses. So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right career for you, get tips and tools for real estate success, find out what is most impor...

Why is knowing exactly what to say in every real estate situation crucial to your success - and how can you learn to say exactly the right thing in almost every situation? That's what this episode is all about.  Today we explore the scripts and tool we use (inspired by the masterful Phil Jones) to ensure we know what to say in the moment we need to say it.  So you want to be a real estate age...

Every successful agent knows that holding client events is a great way to thank clients for their business and a fantastic way to bring the people together who sing your praises and are most likely to refer you.  It's also a great way to get in front of your SOI at scale. In today's episode top producer, Angie Jacobs, shares the secrets to holding a successful client event, the lessons s...

Special guest, "The Financial Fisherman" Peter Yanni of Home Team Mortgage, tell us how he turns combines his passion for professional fishing with his mortgage expertise to fish for leads and land more clients - with tips you can use in your own business!  So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right career for you, get tips and tools for...

We conclude our two-part series inspired by the iconic Dale Carnegie book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People," by sharing insights, tips, and actionable ideas. Learn how to use the eight steps outlined in this classic text to improve your business (and all of your interactions) today. So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right care...

If you’ve been listening you know that this season we are helping you find inspiration. And if you’ve been listening you know that as a team we have a reading curriculum and we all read the same books and share the insights we gain from these books during our meetings.  Today we share some of the insights we gleaned from the most recent book in our reading curriculum with you. The book we read is...

Today we have special guest, Erica Gillis, here to share inspiration with you around making a drastic career change and how she’s leveraging some of the ideas and tools we’ve worked on together to launch into quick success.  So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right career for you, get tips and tools for real estate success, find out what is most...

Today we have special guest, Erica Gillis, here to share inspiration with you around making a drastic career change and how she’s leveraging some of the ideas and tools we’ve worked on together to launch into quick success.  So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right career for you, get tips and tools for real estate success, find out what is most...

Without a doubt, we are experiencing a shifting market. Tens of thousands of real estate agents jumped into the market over the last few years and the very strong market we saw. Over then next several years as the market shifts, ten of thousand will get out. So if real estate is really what you want to do, instead of fear when facing a shifting market, you’ll need to find opportunity. How to find...

Welcome to Season 3 of one of the country's most popular real estate podcasts! In this season, you'll find tips and secrets for continued success by maintaining focus, learning from top producers, and finding inspiration - sometimes in unlikely places. Today Erica Day and I share some of the business and mindset improvement books we've found most inspiring and from which we've...

Today we have special guest, top-producer and Founder of Reside Real Estate Fort Worth Texas, Brady Bridges, here to share his success formula. Though there are a few essential elements to success, there’s no single “right way” to find success in real estate. Brady tells us how he started, how he grew his team, and the elements he feels are most important in the success he has achieved - and gives...

Today we are giving you the dos and don’t’s of interacting with other agents. Dealing with other agents can be one of the toughest parts of being in real estate. The way to communicate with other agents in the business can be crucial to your success in the business.  First impressions are important and reputation is critical - but some of the advice in today's episode might surprise you. List...

Do you have questions about how to get the message out to your geofarm that you are the expert residents should choose when they are ready to buy or sell?  Today, special guest, James Tiernan and I discuss geofarm marketing best practices, tips, and secrets - and build a geofarm marketing blueprint you can start using today. So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real...

Today we have special guest, James Tiernan, here with us to talk about a subject we haven’t covered but have certainly mentioned during our previous episodes – coaching.  Most of you know that I am coached by the Tom Ferry organization and I’ve spoken about what a transformational difference that coaching has made in my career. If you’ve looked into coaching, you know it’s a commitment in terms of...

Today I am going to give you the opportunity to learn from my co-host, who has overcome some challenges to transition from a listing assistant to a full-time, successful real estate agent. We are going to find out exactly how she did it, what her challengers were and how show overcame them, and her best advice for making that leap from wherever you are in your career (maybe even in an entirely dif...

Whether you've been licensed for a few years or a few decades, listen and learn (or brush off) the skills you need to help your clients buy and sell successfully in this shifting market. Remember ARMs ?  They're back! Special guests, the stellar lending team of Bill and Nick Rozek, are here to help us navigate the new lending climate and create a sense of calm and confidence in this adju...

Today we are discussing how to succeed in a shifting market.  Whether you are a newer agent for whom this is all new or an experienced agent who needs to dust off the skills and scripts we used before the market caught fire, this is the episode you need to hear. So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right career for you, get tips and tools for real...

Our newest episode features Erica Day tossing out her TikTok followers' most-asked real estate questions - ones we didn't get to last week. Can Meredith handle the fastballs being thrown her way? Listen to find out. It's an unscripted episode - and some of the answers might surprise you! So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right car...

In this new episode, Erica Day is back again co-hosting and tossing out her TikTok followers' most-asked real estate questions. Can Meredith handle the fastballs being thrown her way? Listen to find out. It's an unscripted episode - and some of the answers might surprise you! So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right career for you, get...

Today, successful agent, podcast host, and investor, Chace Fraser joins us to talk about Househacking – what it is, how to get started, and how it can lead to incredible success and wealth when done correctly. So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right career for you, get tips and tools for real estate success, find out what is most important in yo...

If you’ve ever considered teaming up with your spouse to take your real estate business to the next level, today’s guests, Tom and Laurie Dick, successful spouse real estate partners (and leaders of a successful real estate team) are going to give us all the tips we need to make it work – and things to consider when bringing your spouse into the real estate business.  So you want to be a real esta...

This week, fellow geofarmer and real estate top producer, Eric Peterson joins us to talk about how he approaches farming and the fresh approach he takes that has made him a top producer in the Austin area and dominant in his chosen geofarm. So you want to be a real estate agent?  Learn how to decide whether real estate is the right career for you, get tips and tools for real estate success, find o...