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RealTrending

The RealTrending podcast features conversations with the brightest minds in real estate. Every Monday, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts join us to share their secrets to success, trends, and the lessons they’ve learned. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by the HousingWire Content Studio.
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Episodes

EmpowerHome CEO on the lead pillars that drive her team's success

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Sarah Reynolds, CEO of EmpowerHome, a real estate industry solutions provider supporting Realtors, mega teams, and core services companies. Sarah talks about her unique business model and the lead pillars that drive her success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 19, 202232 min

Spencer Rascoff on real estate tech and threats to the traditional brokerage model

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Spencer Rascoff, founder of Pacaso, Hotwire and Zillow among other companies. Rascoff is also the CEO of 75 & Sunny, an investment company. Rascoff discusses the next wave of real estate technology as well as the challenges ahead for the traditional brokerage model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 12, 202233 min

The Agency's Rainy Hake Austin on brand consistency as they grow

Today’s RealTrending podcast features Rainy Hake Austin, president of The Agency. Rainy discusses how their boutique-feel brokerage is able to scale that model using brand consistency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 06, 202230 min

House Buyers of America CEO on the buy, renovate, sell business model

Today's RealTrending podcast features Nick Ron, CEO of House Buyers of America, which buys renovates and resells homes. Ron discusses the difference between his company and an iBuyer and how important it is to have a personal touch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 22, 202227 min

Milestones CEO says agents must move away from transactional mindset to a relational one

Today’s RealTrending features features Rivers Pearce, chief marketing officer, and Dustin Gray, founder and CEO of Milestones, a homeowner portal that just raised 10.3 million in Series A funding. They discuss how real estate agents can move away from being transactional and move to being more intentional in building relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 15, 202243 min

Find fortune working with entry-level real estate investors

Today’s RealTrending features Michael Scanlon and Jake Fugeman, team leaders for Axon Group, powered by eXp Realty and based in Chicago. After investing in real estate themselves, the duo decided to start a real estate practice working with investors. While they've expanded their niche to all buyers and sellers, they still work heavily with smaller investors. Here's who they did it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 08, 202232 min

ShowingTime's Mike Lane talks data privacy and market trends

Today’s RealTrending features Mike Lane, president of ShowingTime. Mike shares the latest on ShowingTime's evolving platform post-Zillow acquisition and offers some market trend on which real estate markets are still hot based on their data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 01, 202238 min

Homeward's Tim Heyl on real estate industry innovation

Today’s RealTrending features Tim Heyl, founder of Homeward and of The Heyl Group of Keller Williams Realty in Austin. The Heyl Group is ranked number two large team by transaction sides and number five by sales volume in the 2022 RealTrends, The Thousand rankings. Heyl discusses the new financing options for consumers, why teams aren't competition for brokers and the innovation in the real estate industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 27, 202237 min

Pacaso's Marnie Blanco on co-ownership trends and success strategies

Today’s RealTrending features Marnie Blanco, vice president of industry for Pacaso. Marnie shares how the company is tweaking its strategy, trends in co-ownership and what brokers and agents can do to compete in today's market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 18, 202222 min

ERA King leader does one thing every year to increase agent productivity

Today’s RealTrending features Anna-Marie Ellison, managing partner of ERA King Real Estate in Alabama, and a RealTrends GameChanger. Anna-Marie talks about how she's investing in boosting agent productivity and the tactics she's using to do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 11, 202227 min

Offerpad's Brian Bair on the future of iBuying

Today’s RealTrending features Brian Bair, founder and CEO of Offerpad. Brian talks about the future of iBuying, if the company strategy may change due to the market shift and what they are doing to streamline the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 27, 202228 min

Flat-fee, fast-growing firm leader on lessons learned from Great Recession

Today’s RealTrending features Long Doan, CEO of Realty Group LLC in Minneapolis. Doan was named a 2022 RealTrends GameChanger for achieving 292% growth by transaction side percentage over the past five years. Coming to the U.S. as a 13-year-old refugee during the Vietnam War, Doan had an aha moment. "The first night I was at the refugee camp, it hit me. I found a spot on the beach and I remember crying all night. I was a 13 year old boy, alone. I thought to myself, 'Wait a minute. Am I lucky, or...

Jun 21, 202233 min

Steve Murray analyzes the secrets to 10-year high growth brokerages

Today’s RealTrending features Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends and a partner with RTC Consulting. Murray recently research more than 730 real estate firms to find out the leaders in growth over the past 10 years. The report, The Secrets of Top-Growth Firms, is available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 13, 202244 min

Ex-NFL football player turned real estate broker on training and agent productivity

Today’s RealTrending features Corey Hasting, broker/owner of Engel & Völkers in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. His firm was a top mover in the 2022 RealTrends Nation's Best rankings, doubling transaction sides to 1,488 between 2021 and 2022. Hasting was a defensive starter for Ohio State University and the Cinncinatti Bengals before becoming the youngest brokerage owner in Engel & Völkers history at age 27. Hasting talks about running a brokerage and how his focus on training has resulted ...

Jun 06, 202229 min

Aston Rose founders on sports, commitment and real estate expansion

Today’s RealTrending features Rod Watson and Rob Hite, both former professional basketball players and founders of the sports and entertainment real estate firm Aston Rose, powered by SIDE. They talk about how athletics prepared them for real estate, the expansion of their real estate firm and the systematic and highly focused way they go about serving customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 31, 202229 min

Spokane brokers halt recruiting, get surprising results

Today's RealTrending features 2022 RealTrends GameChangers, JW Webb, Founder, and CEO, and John Anderson, President, of Professional Realty Services International in Spokane, Washington. Their brokerage grew 217% over the past five years by transaction side percentage based on RealTrends 500 data. JW and John talk about how they did the unthinkable — halted recruiting — last year to ensure the agents they already had were getting the service and tools they needed. Learn more about your ad choice...

May 24, 202243 min

RE/MAX broker Traci Nicodemus on partnering with an independent mortgage broker

Today’s RealTrending is a United Wholesale Mortgage-sponsored episode discussing partnering with an independent mortgage broker. Traci Nicodemus, owner of RE/MAX Cross Country Advantage Legacy and Trinity in Texas discusses mortgage brokerage partnership dynamic, how it's working for her firm and the importance of partnering with someone who shares you values. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 23, 202218 min

Flat-fee LoKation execs on competition for market share

Today’s RealTrending features Nathan Klutznick, CEO, and Jonathan Lickstein, Managing Broker for LoKation Real Estate in Pompano Beach, Florida. The executives talk how they believe the flat-fee model is the future, competition for market share and the importance of transparency and availability to retain agent. The brokerage is ranked No. 47 by transaction sides, and No. 77 by sales volume in the 2022 RealTrends 500 ranking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 16, 202236 min

KW Go Network's Smokey Garrett on how to prepare for a market shift

Today’s RealTrending features Smokey Garrett, operating partner for Keller Williams Go Network, ranked No. 11 by transaction size, and No. 15 by sales volume in the 2020 RealTrends 500 rankings. Smokey talks about the upcoming market change, what brokerage leaders can do to prepare and the actions he took during the Great Recession to help his network through industry challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 09, 202233 min

Rob Hahn on lawsuits, commissions and the future of the brokerage industry

Today’s RealTrending features Rob Hahn, better known as Notorious ROB. Rob is managing partner of 7DS Associates, which is a Las Vegas based real estate strategy and consulting firm. Hahn offers his straight-shooter take on commission lawsuits, the future of the industry and what real estate leaders should be doing today to prepare for possible industry changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 02, 202247 min

Cairn's Rick Davidson on building a top-notch real estate services company

Today’s RealTrending features Rick Davidson, CEO of Cairn Real Estate Holdings. Davidson's real estate services company acquired JPAR, has plans to acquire title and mortgage. Davidson talks how his business model works and plans for future growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 25, 202243 min

Realty Executive's Justin Bailey on growing by making the 'big feel small'

Today’s RealTrending features Justin Bailey, CEO of Realty Executives Associates in Knoxville, Tennessee. Bailey changed his internal messaging and made several key moves to scale his real estate brokerage growth. Find out how he strengthened his culture when he grew to 750 agents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 19, 202236 min

Lessons learned building a RealTrends The Thousand real estate team

Today’s RealTrending features Khrista Jarvis, founder of the Khrista Jarvis team of Coldwell Banker Realty in California. Her team is ranked nationally as the No. 5 medium-sized team by volume in the 2021 RealTrends The Thousand. The 2022 rankings will be released this summer. Khrista's 11-person team is small but mighty. She discusses lessons learned building her team and offers advice for agents and team leaders on hiring, firing and growing a business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

Apr 11, 202227 min

Steve Murray on brokerage consolidation, RealTrends 500 rankings analysis

Today’s RealTrending features Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends and Tracey Velt, editorial director of RealTrends talk about the future of independent brokerages and offer an analysis of the RealTrends 500 and Nation's Best rankings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 04, 202236 min

Bob Corcoran on the secrets of high-performing and high-value real estate teams

Today's RealTrending podcast features an exclusive interview with Bob Corcoran of Bob Corcoran & Associates in Florida. Bob's been coaching high performance real estate teams for over 30 years and has helped multiple team leaders sell their businesses. Bob discusses how real estate teams and independent agents can build viable exit strategies when they are ready to move on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 28, 202230 min

Corcoran's Gary Malin on hiring a successful recruiting team

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Gary Malin, chief operating officer with Corcoran Group in New York City. Gary leads Corcoran's senior sales executives and the recruiting and nurturing of top talent and builds alliances with key real estate entities and professionals. He shares key insights into successful brokerage recruiting and building a recruiting team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 21, 202244 min

Keller Williams Mega Team Leader Kristan Cole on scaling growth

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Kristan Cole, founder and CEO of the Kristan Cole Real Estate Network of Keller Williams Realty. Cole's team is ranked No. 27 mega teams by volume and No. 18 by transaction sides in 2021 The Thousand top agents and team nationwide. The 2022 rankings will be out this summer. Cole talks about the challenges growing a multi-state expansion team, how she approaches her business and the impact Business Coach John Maxwell has had on her persona...

Mar 14, 202240 min

Simplifying crypto, NFT and the blockchain's impact on real estate

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Adam Brown, vice president of business development for Propy.com. Brown removes the mystery and confusion surrounding crypto, NFTs and the blockchain and its potential impact on real estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 07, 202246 min

Team leader Ryan O'Neill on what changed the game for his team's profitability

Today’s RealTrending features an exclusive interview with Ryan O'Neill, team leader of the 170-agent mega team, the Minnesota Real Estate Team of RE/MAX Advantage Plus. Ryan's team is ranked No. 14 mega teams by transaction sides in 2021 The Thousand top agents and team nationwide. Ryan talks about the steps he took to grow his team, what action made the biggest difference and how he's been able to scale the team for greater growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 22, 202233 min
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