The Agent Podcast

Meet Arturo Castaneda. A Peruvian immigrant who had no choice but to succeed. Arturo and his family came to the USA in the early 2000’s and built a life for themselves, which he almost lost during the beginning of COVID-19. Starting his career in engineering, he ended up losing his job after buying a new car, securing an apartment and having a handful of obligations. A friend sponsored him to get...

Meet Brandon Bernstein. His journey takes him from running Michelin rated restaurants in Italy to building a hospitality experience for his real estate clients in Austin, Texas. Not just anywhere in Austin, but out of the actual office that Gary Keller started KW from...How cool is that?!?!?! Brandon and I talk about burnout, beginning again and making a new plan when life gives you a detour. We d...

Meet the #NYTattooedRealtor, Dickie Baxter. From custom cars, to bounce houses, to graphics, Dickie has taken client services to the next level. Focused on maximizing client service FIRST, Dickie puts his money where his mouth is by building community and utilizing community building to help his team grow and develop. Dickie has a philosophy to build time and trust. If someone says "Grenade"...

Friends: This episode is long, highly explicit and DEEP. It starts out a little slow and then…Lou and I take a detour from real estate and end up discussing our childhood’s, mindset, the importance of your why and having influential people in your life. As I was editing this episode, thinking about my journey and hearing Lou’s journey, I literally had tears in my eyes. If you want to know more abo...

Meet Jacob Helmrick. He opted in to join Tarek El Moussa with the Agentcy and jump in with eXp. Aa a newer agent, Jacob has successfully found his path to success fast.  Jacob started out in the restaurant industry, transitioned to sales, ended up in factory making batteries and landed in real estate. Jacob and I dive into why he chose eXp, how his relationship with Tarek developed and what h...

Meet Walter Key. A man dedicated to service his entire life. 20 years of serving his country, years of serving his real estate clients, an entire lifetime serving his community. Walter and I discuss building a business that works for YOU and your family needs, never paying for leads, his contribution to free coaching and real estate resources along with leveraging discipline and the power of habit...

Meet Thommy Sandvick. Thommy with an H has taken a different path based off the book by Michael J. Maher, The Seven Levels of Communication. The whole premise of this book is building relationships for referrals in a real estate business, yet so applicable to any business and life in general. We discuss the basic question we should be asking ourselves everyday: “What can we do to generate business...

Meet Kevin Breitner… restaurateur to full service real estate expert. Kevin and his team run a real estate company with the acronym of: CRESI - Complete Real Estate Solutions & Investments. They Buy/Sell, Invest & Property Manage and do it ALL in house! Kevin and I dive into catering to a niche, building support systems, focusing on your strengths and scaling over time. Than...

Who goes from the NSA to Real Estate??? Meet Joe Rosen, party dude to military man to serious real estate agent.  Joe and I dissect his amazing path to success. We dive into serving yourself, serving others, opening communication and SO much more. Joe tells us how he built a database BEFORE he was even licensed! SO good!  We talk about leveraging social media, building community and the...

Remember the empty chair…you know, the one with your client in it listening to your conversations, your plans and your intentions. Meet Joel Holland, a real estate professional based in Chicago. Driven by clients first, Joel brings a standard of client service with zero deviation.   Surrounded by a solid brand built from scratch, a well built team and mentors that have taught him how to build...

Adam knew what he wanted as he entered his professional life. He wanted freedom, flexibility and a good return on investment for his time. Adam also wanted to use his creative skillset to generate leads, facilitate transactions and close deals to grow his business year over year. Meet Adam Sheets. Part of a family office with over 100+ agents doing an excess of $700 million in transactions. We dis...

Meet “Chicagoland’s Real Estate Agent”, Sammy Lubeck.  He’s the teacher that hates homework. Sammy taught middle school math, transitioned to Sports information to crunch numbers and landed in Chicagoland Real Estate. We dissect creating confidence, designing your business, working towards progress and the importance of branding. If you want to elevate your real estate game and start doing bi...

Who reads rich dad poor dad at 13 years old??? Meet Brian Stearns. Focused on creating a powerful mindset from a young age, Brian and I dive into reevaluating your vision, entrepreneurship being a roller coaster and the impact of the real life application of what you learn in books, podcasts or coaching programs. That’s not it… How about creating $ out of nothing, getting out of a dark place, desi...

A real estate entrepreneur at heart with thousands of transactions under his belt, multiple businesses built in dedicated niche's, a proven path to real estate success and paying it forward with his Club Wealth mission, meet Michael Hellickson. 30+ years of real estate life. Michael and I discuss the real estate roadmap, lead generation tactics, goal setting, how Club Wealth started and so much mo...

Meet Nicole Brekelbaum. A true inspiration in rebuilding yourself after chaos. What do you do when your brokerage is open one day and literally closed and gone the next? What about this happening in the middle of a divorce? How about the epiphany of “Oh Sh*t, being a Real Estate Agent is a business!” In this episode, Nicole and I dig into starting over, building your mindset, being a business owne...

Let’s talk to an engineer with a six-figure salary who  jumped out of corporate life to become an entrepreneur with eXp real estate. Meet Joel Johnson. 8 months in, 35+ transactions, cold calling master. Listen up to these golden nuggets covering surrounding yourself with the right people, focusing on doing the work and how to serve your clients. Meet Joel:  Connect with Joel

Hey friends. Meet Brandon SIlverman. Brandon is JUST getting started in Real Estate. He is transitioning from retail to real estate. Brandon shares his story, struggles and tactics he’s using to figure it out as he goes. Like rest of us, he has been failing forward to build his business.  Brandon, thanks for the chat and keep PUSHING forward my friend. It's the only way. 😊 Connect with Brand...

Amy Scruggs. Real Estate professional. Singer. Songwriter. TV show host. Media coach. Author. The list goes on for Amy…   Amy recently released a  book, "LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION" , Media Coaching for Any Professional in Today's Digital World ,  Amy wrote this book, as a way to help her clients become more confident in front of the camera. After interviewing hundreds of professionals...

On this episode of The Agent Podcast, I speak with Jessica Robidou. A Realtor and Appraiser who has worked with HGTV on Flipping Showdown and Rock the Block. Jessica gets straight to the point of what being an appraiser has helped her with in her Real Estate journey. Thanks for the education Jessica! Listen in as Jessica drops some knowledge!

Meet Michael DiSchiavi. A s ellers agent ready to list and liquidate your property in New York City. Michael is the FIRST charitable RE specialist in NYC supporting the cause founded by Cami Baker, The Real Agents of Change. A completely different way of approaching real estate transactions.  Make money while making a difference. Michael and I talk about networking, building your sphere,...

How about an awesome story of guy who built a successful trading career in a few years, made a ton of cash, then lost it all and decided to go all in Real Estate… Meet Derek Simonsen, a young, hungry real estate pro in Florida. We talk about how he’s grown his real estate business, built a media company to service his clients and support his business and how he’s done it in under two years… Listen...

Adversity can be tough. Changing who you are at the CORE is tough. What do you do when your life is falling apart and you don't know what to do? Meet Ryan Tompot. Ryan dives deep into reinventing yourself, recovering from an addiction and starting over again, and again and again.  Ryan is a full-time residential and commercial real estate agent, investor, sales trainer and coach. We cover per...

Let's talk about being 30 years old and learning how to walk, read & write again. Meet Jordan Wheeler. Based in Utah, Jordan has overcome some SERIOUS obstacles on his path and is an inspiration to anyone starting at zero. With a career that started in Insurance and later converted into real estate, Jordan is just getting started making his mark in this world and doing an incredible job buildi...

Based in Las Vegas, Anabel Carrilo is a real estate agent, investor, teacher, hustler and professional rat chaser (get the inside story when you listen...). We had an awesome conversation talking about her path and some real life stories about being a property owner and starting your real estate business as an agent. We dive into the effort it takes to start and run your business, being an informe...

Heather "The Hurricane" Corrigan. Planner, starter, get sh*t done and all around awesome real estate agent! Heather and I discuss being a salesperson, making the decision to GO and serving your clients. Meet Heather here:  Hi Heather!