The Nerdy Agent Podcast

In today's audio showing we'll be talking through flooring! We'll provide an overview of the different types of floors you'll find as you tour homes, some tricks for determining what floors you have in the home you're showing, and how to speak confidently with clients about the pros and cons of each flooring type! Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisory...

In today’s segment we'll be providing you with our thoughts on why it may make sense for some of your prospective seller clients to rent their home instead of sell and why being open to that possibility is beneficial to you as an agent. We'll provide our expertise on when it might make more sense for a seller to become a landlord and how to broach the subject with them. Finally, we'll...

In today's audio showing we'll be talking through sewer lines! We'll provide an overview of how they function within the house and talk in depth about why it's so important to have them inspected for your clients! Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisorymn Luke Pettersen - @pettyhomes Josh Pettersen - @joshpettersen   Check out our YouTube channel! https://w...

In today’s business segment we'll be providing you with a historical overview of how interest rates have moved during historically similar periods to the one we are in today. From there, we'll provide our crystal ball view of where things are going and even give our prognostication on where rates will be a year from now.  Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisorymn L...

In today’s business segment we'll be providing you with an understanding of where pending sales are in today's market vs historical levels (most notably both the peak during COVID and the crash of 2008), as well as discuss where we believe things will be moving in the future. We'll also walk you through key things you can do to survive during this difficult time in the market and what...

In today's audio showing we'll be walking through sump pumps! We'll talk through what they are, how you can find one in a home, and how they work. We'll also be providing you with additional things that are important to know as an agent when trying to ensure your clients keep water out of their basements! Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisorymn Luke Pette...

In today’s economic segment we'll be providing you with an overview of the June CPI (Consumer Price Index) & PPI (Producer Price Index) data and going over what we learned from it and how it is impacting interest rates. We'll also leave you with our predictions on how interest rates will move throughout the remainder of 2023 and provide easy scripts you can use when speaking to your cl...

This week we discuss the most recent jobs report. We talk through what you should look for in each report, how affects the market, and how you can properly talk to your clients and sphere about it to be viewed as an xpert real estate agent. Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisorymn Luke Pettersen - @pettyhomes Josh Pettersen - @joshpettersen Check out our YouTube channel!...

In today’s economic segment we'll be talking through all things market cycles! We'll walk through the different types of markets agents find themselves in and key things to do to have success in each of them. We'll also go over seasonality and how important it is to understand natural yearly fluctuations that occur within your market!  Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group...

Today we sat down with our in house stager, Mel. She owns Staged2Sell, a local company here in the Twin Cities area. We discuss her business, the value that she can provide to agents, and all things staging! Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisorymn Luke Pettersen - @pettyhomes Josh Pettersen - @joshpettersen Melanie Joas - @melaniejoas Check out our YouTube channel! https...

In today’s economic segment we'll be talking through how the CPI numbers came in for June and our key takeaways from their communication following the meeting. We'll simplify the numbers down for you and help you understand what the forward looking projections will mean for interest rates and your business moving forward. As always, we'll leave you with talking points for your clients,...

On this business tip learn how to efficiently farm your sphere of influence. From CRMs, to past client retention and follow up, take a listen and implement this tomorrow!

Today the nerds discussed a few current real estate events and their thoughts on them. They range from inflation numbers to publicly traded real estate companies! If you want insights into any other current events comment below or message us and will be sure to keep you up to date. Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisorymn Luke Pettersen - @pettyhomes Josh Pettersen - @jos...

In today’s economic segment we'll be talking through how we manage our rental properties and more specifically, the turnover process we recently went through with our own single family residential rentals. We'll give you an overview of what we do and also tie that into how you can use your knowledge of rental property management to support investor clients!  Follow us on Instagram! The Adv...

For today's business tip, we're bringing producer Hayley to the stage to talk through what our team does for listing videos for our clients and why they matter both on the marketing/branding side of the business, but also for seller clients!   Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisorymn Luke Pettersen - @pettyhomes Josh Pettersen - @joshpettersen

In today’s economic segment we'll be providing an update on both the affordability index and the new home mortgage application index. We'll be discussing why tracking both is important for you to be doing and talk through the ways in which they are correlated and predictive for the future market outlook. As always, we'll leave you with a script that you can use to be an expert in the r...

For today's business tip, we'll give you a more in depth script for how to answer the most common question we get as real estate professionals, "how's the market?" We'll walk you through our current response to clients, as well as provide context around how we tailor our response depending on the client we're talking to!  Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Gr...

In today’s podcast we'll be doing a refresher on the Builder Confidence Index and providing insight around what it is and how you can use it to understand both what your clients' options look like when it comes to new construction and how it impacts supply across your market. As always, we'll leave you with a script that you can use to be the expert in the room the next time your clien...

In today’s podcast we'll be talking about the recent quarterly earnings releases within both the brokerage (eXp, Compass, RE/MAX) and the core business (Zillow, Opendoor, Offerpad) segments of the real estate market. We'll walk you through what happened in Q1 at each company, why it matters to you, and what key bullet points you can takeaway to be the expert in the room in your next conver...

Today we sat down with Dave and Amanda, founders of House Novel. An exciting new company that is creating a platform for homeowners to save and track the history of their property. Their website can be of huge value to homeowners but also Realtors. If you want to learn more about them visit them on social media @HouseNovel or their website! Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @thea...

For this week's business tip we're going to be talking about escalation clauses and provide you with our insights on when and when not to use them, how to structure the verbiage within them, and how you should be adjusting the amounts for them based on the specific client you're supporting! Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisorymn Luke Pettersen - @pettyhomes...

In today’s primary segment we'll be talking about the new loan level adjustments that have come out and how you can best summarize the impact to your clients. We'll help you wade through what is true and false in the recent reporting on the topic and provide our insights on key things you should be learning about to ensure you can best support your clients on the financing side. As always,...

Today we talk about different outcomes of the real estate inventory crisis. Mainly our opinions around what homeowners will do instead of moving. We discuss full house renovations and additions. We also give helpful advice on how to speak with clients about these and how to add value so you are viewed as the expert. Follow us on Instagram! The Advisory Realty Group - @theadvisorymn Luke Pettersen...

For today’s business tip we'll talk through how we plug into the data provided by your local MLS and Zillow to support your seller clients. We'll walk through the different pieces of information we use, how it helps us get as many buyers through a listing as possible, and how each helps us understand how to properly tailor our communication to the seller.   Follow us on Instagram! The Advi...

In today’s primary segment we'll be talking about the commission lawsuit that has been ongoing since 2019 and recently made waves for being approved as a class action lawsuit. We'll talk about how the lawsuit has progressed over the years, provide some insights into how it could impact real estate agents in the future, and what you can be doing to ensure you're having success in a futu...