Top Real Estate Agents Tell How They Do It: Jere Metcalf Podcast

Today, as voted by you, our loyal listeners, The Best of 2020 on the Jere Metcalf Podcast, where top real estate agents tell how they do it. These agents are the best of the best; the top real estate agents in the country. Selling from over one hundred million a year to hundreds of millions a year, they are breaking records year after year in the industry at large and in luxury real estate ... Mic...

Today I'm talking to Amanda Field Jordan and Nikki Field(mother and daughter), Real Estate Agents running The Field Team. Ranked as the number one sales team at Sotheby's International Realty for 16 years and counting. Consistently ranked by The Wall Street Journal, Real trends annual report, is one of America's top 250 real estate professionals and consistently ranked as one of the...

Today we flip the script. A partner and select one of 4 agents on my team, JMPartners of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty, Chad Carrodus interviews me.  Almost 20 years ago, Determined to carve my own path within the real estate industry, I  started with no car, a minimal wardrobe, and little to no connections.   I  was relentless in pursuing success.  My circumstances drove me to...

Today, back on the show,  I'm talking to Dan Encell of Montecito and Santa Barbara ranked number one in sales in his local MLS for the last 15 years, and ranked as one of the top 10 brokers worldwide at Berkshire Hathaway. In our first interview, we spoke about how to gain clarity as you grow. Dan’s client reviews over and over are that he is a great negotiator.  He also happens to be a great...

For Thanksgiving of 2020, this is a re-release of the interview with Jenny Pruitt on the Jere Metcalf Podcast.  Jenny is the founder of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty and an industry icon.   This interview is shared in gratitude to Jenny, our current CEO David Boehmig, Senior Managing Broker Nancy See, and all leadership at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty,...

Today I’m talking to Lexi Corretti, Sierra Sotheby's International Realty’s top producer since 2012 with over 15 years in the real estate business in  Lake Tahoe. With a Master’s of Science degree, she worked in land planning and permitting, web marketing, as well as completing several residential construction projects with her husband, a licensed Nevada General Contractor. This experience is...

Today, I'm talking to Dan Encell of Montecito and Santa Barbara, California. Dan is ranked number one in sales, in his local MLS. And for the last 15 years, he has ranked as one of the top 10 brokers worldwide at Berkshire Hathaway. After completing his law degree with training and contracts, tax, real estate law, and estate planning and passing the bar exam. Dan started his first career as a...

Today I’m talking to Michael Dreyfus in Silicon Valley As well as being an active sales agent, Michael is an industry though leader and President and a principal for Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty.  With over 25 wars of repeated success in residential real estate, Michael currently ranks as a leading agent in the Silicon Valley/ Peninsula area and has regular appearances on the Wall St...

Today I'm talking to Moira Holley, Co-Founder / Senior Global Real Estate Advisor of Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty.  She is consistently ranked among the top 1% of the Northwest’s most successful luxury real estate specialist and has broken the record twice for selling the most expensive condo in Downtown Seattle. Not to mention, her sales of private islands and waterfront properti...

Today, I'm talking to Jessica canning of Carmel and Pebble Beach, California with Sotheby's International Realty. About 10 years ago, Jessica joined her team Canning Property Group that was founded by her father over 30 years ago, with nearly 10 years of experience as a global research director of venture capital and private equity for Dow Jones. Jessica brought what she learned from glo...

Today I’m talking to Jeremy Stein. Known as one of the top real estate professionals at Sotheby’s International Realty, he is a co-founder of The Stein Team which continually ranks within the top 1% of Sotheby’s International Realty brokers nationwide and consistently sells over of $100,000,000 annually. Throughout his career, Jeremy and his team have been repeatedly recognized as the #1 Producing...

Today I’m talking Scott Payne,  with more than 20 years of experience in home building and real estate.   He served as the vice president of new home sales at his previous brokerage, national vice president of sales operations for a Fortune 500 builder, and Charlotte division president for a major regional builder.  Scott learned the business and was leading national companies through the Great Re...

Today I’m talking to AJ Powers with Powers Premier in San Diego California. In real estate since 2007, AJ began his career doing BPO’s for an REO team. After that from 2013 to 2018, he was a member of the team ranked #1 in San Diego by the Wall Street Journal and #5 in the state of California.  Today, he runs a highly successful brokerage firm, Powers Premier and leads agents through RestructureTe...

Today I’m talking to Gregg Metcalf of JLL. Gregg is based in Atlanta and Not a broker who sells homes.  He is a commercial broker in representing companies leasing office space.  Gregg is on the show today to share with us, opportunities for residential agents through commercial agents. A broker for over 20 years, Gregg started by representing landlords, first of residential multifamily, and soon...

Today I’m talking to Walter Bering of Houston Texas Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty. At the pinnacle of a real estate career that spans 38 years, so far, Walter has been a consistent top producer with Martha Turner Sotheby's International Realty. He has been the #1 agent in his company in 2007, 2011, 2013, and 2017. He also is a consistent Circle of Excellence Award winner and a...

Today I’m talking to Chad Carrodus, with Jere Metcalf Partners of AFHSIR, better known, only at JMPartners, as Big Chaddy Daddy Carrodus. At just 22 years old, Chad is a top real estate agent in Atlanta. He hit hard times before he was a teenager and turned those hardships into successes.  From the non-profit, Atlanta Children’s Charities, he launched at 16 years old with 300 members and still run...

Today, I'm talking to Michael Valdes, the Executive Vice President of International Expansion at EXP Realty. Michael's main role at EXP is building on the current footprint of Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom and growing exponentially into other international markets. Before EXP, Michael was a senior vice president of Global Servicing for Realogy Corporation, where he oversaw th...

Today, I'm talking to Beth Dickerson, owner and partner at Gibson Sotheby's International Realty. Beth is ranked a top agent in the country and in all of Sotheby's International Realty. She has listed and sold more than 2,500 properties. Totally more than $1 billion in sales. Among these sales. she has represented numerous notable clients. A few that can be named are Manny Ramirez,...

Today, I'm talking to Andrew Ernemann with Snowmass Sotheby's International Realty. Formerly an internationally competitive ski racer, he is now what the Wikipedia entry references as retired to real estate. Since then, he's been named Realtor of the year and has been president of Aspen board of realtors. And not to mention the media where he is often quoted. And just to name a few,...

Today I'm talking to Kendra Connolly with Sotheby’s International Realty Canada in Toronto. She's back for a second interview. If you listened to Episode 181 last week with Kendra, she and I talked about her humble beginnings to bartender to top real estate agent at Saturday's International Realty, about removing your doubts and going for it. After that interview, when we stopped re...

Today, I'm talking to Kendra Connelly with Sotheby's International Realty in Toronto. From humble beginnings to bartender, to top real estate agent at Sotheby's International Realty, Kendra shares, why she loves the business and her challenges, including how one client shook her confidence and her business and how she ever came in. We talk about removing your doubts and going for it...

Today I’m talking to Shawn Woof of SIR Canada in Muskoka, a second home market and what he reminds me is to Toronto what the Hamptons is to New York. 10 years ago, Shawn was investing in real estate and decided to get his license because he didn’t see the value in having to pay an agent Since then, he has discovered that there are great real estate agents, and great real estate agents don’t just o...

Today, I'm talking to Christa Frosch, a founding agent of Sotheby's International Realty Canada with real estate sales experience at British Columbia, Canada and Germany and expanding. For more than 15 years, Chris has been selling residential properties in downtown Vancouver, West Vancouver, and the Oakenoggen. In all of these years, it was during the great recession that she discovered...

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” This one of the many great quotes and reminders by Martin Luther King Jr.  Today’s episode is a conversation about color in our industry. The conversation is with Bill Rawlings, a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Realtors and the Executive Strategist and Senior VP for Atlanta Fine Homes Soth...

Today, long over-due, I'm talking to Bridgett Posey, the one and only my partner with Jere Metcalf Partners at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty. I cannot even express how proud I am to call this woman, Girl Power, by the way, serious Girl Power, my partner and the top producing agent for our team. Bridget has more than doubled her business with 20 million close last year...