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

Today I’m talking to Leslie Mcelwreath, of SIR in Greenwich, CT. Leslie is  #1 Realtor in  Greenwich and #1 Sotheby’s International Realty agent in the state of Connecticut.  Her career sales volume exceeds $650 million and her annual production makes her one of the top Sotheby’s International Realty agents in the country. Leslie has represented three historic Greenwich estates; Rockfield's,...

Today I’m talking to Brian Fairweather, Director Of Business Development for The Spears Group of Scenic SIR on 30A in the panhandle of Florida From founding 2 brokerages in South Florida including helping recruit agents for the Agency. Brian has not only been a top agent, he is and has been the leader and connector of top agents nationwide. Today, he leads the Spears group team founded by Jonathan...

Today I’m talking to Daniel Heider of TTR Sotheby's International Realty. Daniel is the Washington Capital Region’s wunderkind of real estate and is the youngest Vice President in the firm’s history. For the past five years, Daniel has been recognized as a Top Producer Platinum, and for the last two years has achieved the coveted peer-voted designation of Washingtonian magazine’s 100 Best Age...

Today, I'm talking to Eric Lavey with Sotheby's International Realty and Beverly Hills. Selling over 90 million a year, Eric has been named by the Los Angeles business journal as one of the top 75 residential real estate agents. He is also recognized frequently by the wall street journal and the Hollywood reporter. Talking to Eric. It becomes clear that he has an approach that is authent...

Today I’m talking to Nikki Field, with Sotheby’s International Realty since 1998.  She has over $3 billion in sales and annually ranked as the #1 Sales Team at Sotheby’s International Realty. Nikki is consistently ranked by The Wall Street Journal/Real Trends annual report as one of America’s Top 250 Real Estate Professionals and consistently one of the Top 20 real estate professionals in New York...

Today. I'm talking to Staci Donegan with Seabolt Real Estate, Christie’s` affiliate of Savannah, Georgia. A member of the invitational Christie’s International Real Estate Masters Circle, Staci is the number one residential agent for Savannah's national historic landmark district. In 2019, Staci secured the highest residential sales price in Savannah's landmark district and on skidw...

Today is three top interviews from the Jere Metcalf Podcast. With three top, but very different real estate agents on winning listings. We start with Matt Breitenbach representing billion-dollar clients in the Hamptons. Then  Caroline Bean, a top agent in Houston, who has doubled her business year over year for the last five years. And last but not least, Seth O' Byrne, not just a renowned re...

Today, I’m talking to Jonathan Spears of SCdenic SIR in the panhandle of Floridan known by most of us the 30A corridor or Destin. It goes without saying, there aren't many agents selling over 100m  With the exception of Jonathan, there may not be any agents in their 20’s selling over 100m.  Graduate of FSU at 19 breaking into real estate at the agent of 18, in 2015 at 23 he sold 48 million. i...

Today I'm talking to Andy Taylor, Senior Vice President of Sales for Sotheby's International Realty Canada and one of the founding brokers and top producers of the Toronto office. Growing up in a family of successful builders and developers, his affinity for real estate began as a child. This gave him exposure and insight into the business early on.  In our interview, it becomes clear th...

Today I’m talking to Jessica Adams with One SIR of South Florida. Jessica started her career in the bottom of the recession learning through short sales. At the time and even now,  hearing short sale, it sounds like a terrible time.  Her timing since has proven it probably couldn’t have been better. From the start, She joined a strong team with a strong leader who showed her the ropes, in the Grea...

Today I'm talking to Tye Stockton of LIV SIR in Vail Colorado. He is  #1 individual broker with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty and ranked as a top Individual Agent in the country by The Wall Street Journal REAL Trends. In 1991, Tye decided to trade his financial career as an equity options trader on Wall Street with Bear Stearns in Manhattan,  for a new life in Vail, a place he had grown...

Today I’m talking to Mayi de la Vega. She is a Cuban-American real estate powerhouse and the Chief Executive Officer of ONE Sotheby’s International Realty (ONE SIR), a Sotheby’s International Realty affiliate and the leading luxury brokerage firm in South Florida. As a true visionary, de la Vega founded the firm back in 2008 during the depths of the country’s worst economic recession. Under her le...

Today I'm talking to Ann Hance in Manhasset, New York, with Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty of Long Island and the Hamptons. Both a resident of Manhasset, since 1995, a buyer and renovator of five homes in recent years, she has a sincere passion for all things real estate. Ann has been a consistent member of Daniel Gale's Gold Circle of Excellence and is often quoted in T...

Today I'm talking to Brad Webb of Douglas Elliman in New York City. With 19 years in the business and a real estate agent who ranks in the top .0001% of real estate brokers nationally, he has received many awards including the Prestigious Chairman's Circle Gold Award. Often cited in The New York Times and Curbed.com, Brad is best known for and attributes his success to consistently break...

Today I'm talking to Nancy Tassone, Jamison Sotheby's International Realty in Chicago. 19 years into the business, she has almost 1 billion in close sales and has been named Chicago Association of Realtors top producer every year since 2005. Most recently, she has been named the number one agent in the city. Nancy began her career with JDL brokerage as a Founder and Managing broker where...

Today I'm talking to Kevin Brown with Sotheby's International Realty in New York City. Kevin is a top agent in the city and on the field team who has a track record of being the top team in Sotheby's International Realty as well as in the city. Kevin represents buyers and sellers and has an average sales price between 4 and 6 million. His sales along with the teams include record-br...

Today I'm talking to Jody Lovell with Highland Sotheby's International Realty of Highlands North Carolina. She has been ranked two years in a row, the Top Producing agent in the state of North Carolina. She has also been named one of America's most productive sales associates by real trends, America's best real estate professionals. This group of highly successful sales agents...

Today I'm talking to Michelle Schuler, a founding member of Realogics Sotheby's International Realty in Seattle, Washington renowned for being the best in relocation. A real estate agent for 15 years, Michelle has received numerous awards and accolades for sales successes, and client satisfaction, including recently being ranked the number one agent in the state of Washington. We talk ab...

Today I'm talking to Steve Halpern, the first real estate agent on commission at compass and the first real estate agent to lease a property for over six figures in New York City. Steve is best known for his ambitious approach to doing whatever it takes for his listings to stand out from the competition. This has led him to mini record-breaking successes often or others have failed. Today we...

Today I'm talking to Dale Boutiette of Compass, San Francisco. With over 30 years of real estate experience, he and his wife Alla are the dynamic duo of San Francisco real estate. Dale is consistently ranked in the top 1% of San Francisco realtors, the top 100 team in the Bay Area and honored in the Wall Street Journal is a top California realtor. We talk about how to find the solution no mat...

Today I'm talking to Zach Zeldner of Compass Boulder, the number one Top Producing compass agent in all of Denver and Boulder, Colorado. Prior to Compass, Zach earned multiple top producer accolades at Re/Max Alliance on Walnut, where his team was responsible for over $450 million in sales between 2012 and 2018. His group was repeatedly named the top team in the state and among the top five t...

Today I'm talking to Ari Afshar, with Compass Los Angeles. Doing over $130 million in transactions a year, Ari runs a large successful team. A master of real estate and systems a little over 10 years ago, in 2008, Ari founded Lexington Realty and became one of eight real estate agents nationwide selected for Bank of America's Realtor Roundtable. As a member of this exclusive group, he he...

Today, I'm talking to Michael Carucci of Gibson Sotheby's International Realty in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the exclusive sales agent for the St. Regis Residences, Boston and an Ambassador for The Four Seasons Private Residences at One Dalton. Michael is ranked 25th of all Sotheby's International Realty agents nationally. And he is ranked in the top nine for the highest volume in...

Today, I'm talking to Janie Coffey out of Northeast Florida and the Jacksonville and St Augustine market of Compass. Janie ranks, and the top 250 agents in Florida as currently identified by real estate trends and the Wall Street Journal. She has been named among the top 100 most influential people in real estate by Inman News and was ranked as a top 10 agent in Northeast Florida by the Jacks...

Today, I'm talking to Steven Shane of Compass in Aspen, Colorado. Ranked the second-highest producing broker in Aspen. He is consistently ranked among the top residential real estate agents in the country. In short, he began his career on a trip to Aspen and never left. We talk about becoming and being a top real estate agent for the high net worth client. Jere interviews the world’s most ren...