Think Bigger Real Estate

Mike Michalowicz and real estate agents are a match made in heaven. With so many balls in the air, it becomes difficult for real estate agents to also track and best manage their finances. Traditional accounting says that Revenue - Expenses = Profit. What Mike Michalowicz teaches in his book, Profit First, turns that equation on its head. He teaches Revenue - Profit = Expenses. In this episode, Mi...

Culture for real estate agents. Everything starts in our homes. If we want great culture on our teams and in our offices, then it behooves us to be intentional about creating great culture at home. It’s been said that readers are leaders and if we truly believe that then now is the time for us to create the kind of culture at home that inspires and helps us to be learners as well as our children. ...

Diana McCredie has been a top-producing real estate agent for 34 years. In that time she has developed the ability to lead her clients in a way that few others have and can. The secret to her success includes some of the following: Self-leadership- Diana talk about the power of her morning journaling routine and how that grounds her physically and emotionally. This routine also causes her to ask t...

How to be a better homeschool mom is in a question that is on the minds of many of my clients. That feeling is the same for dads. While the work-life balance equation of a real estate agent can often be challenging, unexpectedly adding in being a homeschool teacher only adds to the challenge. While many are struggling with these new responsibilities, my conversation today with the president of the...

Real estate update in Portland Oregon. As we move through the weathering phase of COVID-19 and into the recovery and accelerate phases of the economic recovery, speaking with Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist of Windermere was enlightening. Matthew is recognized across the country as one the foremost experts on the economy and how it impacts the housing industry.    Some of the topics that we discu...

Real estate agent nutrition. It’s such an often overlooked element of the fast-paced and busy life of a real estate agent. We’ve all been given the gift of a reset on many areas of our lives, to see what’s serving us and what is not serving us. This episode with Frankie Leigh, who overcame two cancer diagnosis’ at the age of 27 and has gone on to be a nutritionist, offers so much value and wisdom...

Take Better Care of Your Clients. Kim Gellatly, who closed over 180 transactions in just 2 years has redefined what it means to take care of your clients. Some may think that if I’m going to do a lot of volume, then I couldn’t possibly take care of people at a high level. It’s got to be quality or quantity. Kim proves the fact that you can do both.  In this interview we discuss three categories of...

Be Well Amid Covid-19. How do you stay well mentally, emotionally and physically when we are in a stay at home situation? We ask Sarita Dua who has a passion for wellness and adding genuine concern to her community while being a top producing real estate agent, MIT prospective MBA 2020 graduate, and a devoted wife and mother.    Sarita Dua, one of the top producing real estate agents in the Portla...

In 2019, not including some builder business with which she has some additional help, Marie sold 51 homes in 2019 and has a lot of business in the pipeline and still moving forward.  Now, enter COVID-19 and in addition to her already heavy demands she is also a homeschool teacher of three young boys.    The big question I posed to Marie is, “How are you managing?”   Schedule- I used to be up at 4:...

Referrals without asking. That is exactly what author and coach Stacey Brown Randall teaches her followers and clients how to do. With real estate agents facing what may be the largest challenge of their career, Stacey’s advice on how to fill your pipeline in a comfortable and genuine way is needed now more than ever. Stacey defines referrals in two parts. The first is that when someone personally...

Right now the world is being forced to slow down and stay home. Most activities that used to occupy our time have been canceled. Most of our business activities have had to adapt and change to this new reality. In addition to the inconveniences  of this new reality, we are also finding some silver linings. We are finding more time to be with those we love. We’re finding more time to do activities...

During these unprecedented times that we are experiencing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, not only has the health of many experienced trauma and even death, our economy has suffered some traumatic blows as well.  Fortunately, we have a government and an economy that is strong enough to help businesses and individuals for a period of time. However, the only goes to those that qualify for the help. Wh...

Justin Bosak is out of Wall Township, New Jersey, which is considered a suburb of New York City. NYC, as many know, is considered the US epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. New York City has  banned all real estate showings and new listings, causing the real estate market to slam on its brakes. With the NYC and NJ economies being deeply connected, there is no doubt that Justin Bosak finds himself...

The first main point is why being in front of and in contact with your database right now is so important. John Maxwell teaches that leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. To which I would add, sales is leadership nothing more nothing less. Those that are good at sales are good at leading others. Period.  During times of crisis, leadership is needed more than ever. At the time of thi...

The COVID-19 pandemic is the lead generation opportunity of a lifetime. You may think that whoever said that in this environment must be a total shark. I assure you that today’s guest is the total opposite of a shark. He is one of the most genuine human beings I’ve ever met and for this reason he is a nationally known and recognized lead conversion coach. He teaches people to convert leads through...

Productive Real Estate Agent from home. This is exactly what you’re going to become by listening and applying lessons from today’s episode. This episode was unique because I had the good fortune of interviewing my personal productivity coach, Jay Puppo, to learn what he’s doing and teaching his big thinking, high achieving clients in order to keep them highly productive during this COVID-19 pandem...

Justin Stoddart   When Aaron Heard agreed to come on the show, I knew it was going to be good. I had no idea just how good it was going to be. The topic that we discuss here is all about critical choices that you need to make during uncertain times. This gentleman, again, has done some phenomenal things, including helping sell over 1000 homes across the country in one single year. He's a coach to...

Justin Stoddart   At a time when the industry and the world is really going through uncharted territory, there has never been a better time for those of us that are in sales roles and or in leadership roles to truly do just that, which is to step up and lead. However, we can't lead other people unless we're properly leading ourselves. Today's episode with Bev Blume goes into exactly that. What do...

Justin Stoddart   Anytime there is uncertainty, leadership is needed more than ever. Right now with the Cova 19 pandemic, running its course through our nation through our economy and throughout the world, there is a need for leaders to step up. The reality is, however, is that you as a leader won't be able to fulfill your potential and offer the help that you otherwise could. If you don't have a...

Justin Stoddart   Super excited. Welcome back everybody to The Think Bigger Real Estate Show. I am your host Justin Stoddard. And I am thrilled and honored to have a conversation today at a time where there's a lot of uncertainty, where people are wanting more than ever to know how they can help how they can serve. I think that humanity's heart is on full display today. And you know, at this time,...

Justin Stoddart   Welcome back to The Think Bigger Real Estate Show. I am your host Justin Stoddart, here during uncertain times to give you some certainty, I have with me a very good friend who's going to talk about what you should be seen as a real estate agent right now. Let me just begin, before I introduce this amazing friend, gentlemen, let me describe to you something very important about t...

Justin Stoddart   Right, very good. Addison Nett. Welcome to the Think Bigger Real Estate Show. Super excited to have you here, man. Addison Nett   Yeah, thank you, Justin. Good morning to you. Justin Stoddart   Good morning, my friend. Again, this is Justin Stoddart, host of the Think Bigger Real Estate Show my mission and my passion is to do the following to wake you up to the potential that's i...

Justin Stoddart   Hey, welcome back to the Think Bigger Real Estate Show. I'm your host, Justin Stoddard. Today's episode, we're gonna cover three points. Why did rates go down? Why did they spike back up? And now what can we expect with the recent fed changes of moving the rates from zero to 0.25? I have with me today an amazing individual that's going to help us with that. Here's what I want you...

Justin Stoddart   Hey, welcome back to the Think Bigger Real Estate Show. I'm your host Justin Stoddart and I'm thrilled about today's episode, we're going to break down some barriers that are keeping you from getting to where you want to go. We're gonna be talking all about recruiting, how, regardless of what you do for a living, regardless of what you do in your personal life, you're always recr...

Justin Stoddart   Welcome back to The Think Bigger Real Estate Show. I'm your host Justin Stoddart, very excited about today for any of you that have aspired to be a real estate investor, and or you've aspired even to work with real estate investors. I know a lot of this audience is residential real estate agents wanting to serve people and help them not just buy and sell homes, but to really buil...