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You Own It | Real Estate | Property | Real Estate Agents | Realtor | Broker In Charge

Carla Higgins, Experienced Realtor, Community Building, Mentor, Negotiatoryouownit.me
Host, Carla Higgins takes you on a journey through every aspect of building your real estate business. Carla is an experienced Realtor with 17 years experience, a single mother of 3 young daughters, a volunteer, a community builder, a negotiator, a consensus builder and creative businesswoman, an international marathoner, a mentor who loves to live and to laugh. She's respected by both colleagues and clients alike. She works creatively, collaboratively and above all else, diligently. Join us to begin your journey to the life you love!
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Agnes Vivarelli

Agnes was born in the South of France, immigrated to Canada when she was young, 16 years later her family immigrated to Australia. These days she goes between London England where her partner & heart is, Sydney Australia where home & her mother are and France were her roots and extended family is. She injured her back in 2015 and took a year off to heal, during this time she started her YouTube channel on manifesting your desires around meaningful work, attracting a specific person and g...

Dec 23, 20191 hr 1 min

27: Ryan Enk

Ryan Enk is the Founder of Columbia Real Estate Investment Club, the author of Rolling Real Estate Formula and owner of an RV rental fleet. He’s also built two million dollar indoor sports arenas in the New Orleans area. Ryan started his investing journey as a “corporate drone”; selling copiers at Icon Copy Solutions. He left that job in 2007 and today has helped over 100 people live their dreams by earning passive income with real estate. People come to Ryan because he’s already helped multiple...

Apr 13, 201928 min

26: Isabella Guajardo

Isabella Guajardo is a San Francisco Bay Area professional organizer & residential move manager, and a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO). When you call on Bella to organize your space, she is committed to making your home comfortable and functional in ways that compliment your personal style. She creatively incorporates minimalist principles while reducing, recycling and re-purposing. Through move management services Bella assists those going through divorc...

Mar 29, 201942 min

25: Scott Carson

Scott Carson (aka “the Note Guy) has been an active real estate investor since 2002 and solely focused on the distressed mortgage and note industry since 2008 where he buys and sells non-performing mortgages directly from banks and hedge funds on properties all across the country. Scott is the CEO of WeCloseNotes.com, an Austin, Texas based real estate firm. He has purchased over half a billion dollars in distressed debt for his own portfolio and purchases assets in over 30 states across the Uni...

Feb 22, 201945 min

24: Adam Betta

After receiving his real estate license in 1987, this fourth generation San Francisco native worked with buyers and sellers of residential properties in San Francisco. In 1998, Adam created and managed a property management and leasing company called The Highland Group, which partnered with The Grubb Company. Two years later in 2000, he became fully associated with The Grubb Company as a broker associate representing both buyers and sellers. Adam stepped over to the mortgage side of the business...

Feb 02, 201940 min

23: Jane Strauch

Jane Strauch is a top producing San Francisco East Bay realtor specializing in Piedmont, Oakland, Berkeley and beyond. Leveraging her innovative marketing skills, negotiating prowess and unyielding determination, Jane is able to get her buyers and sellers more of what they want. She is single-minded in the pursuit of her clients’ goals, represents their interests exclusively, and she never leaves their corner. With nearly all of her listings selling in multiple offers, Jane draws upon her associ...

Jan 24, 201939 min

22: Debbi DiMaggio

Debbi DiMaggio is to real estate as Joe DiMaggio is to baseball, a charismatic winner with an exuberant style all her own. Debbi's reputation has spread from her native Piedmont throughout the Bay Area and the country, as a real estate professional in a class by herself. Her buyers love her tireless efforts to find them the right home and negotiate the best terms in any market, and her sellers couldn't imagine the process without her circumspect management of the entire process. While Debbi make...

Dec 01, 201844 min

21: Anton Danilovich

Anton Danilovich, a Bay Area native, delivers an unsurpassed level of service and marketing expertise as the premier luxury real estate agent for buyers and sellers in the high-end residential market of the greater Bay Area. Anton's wealth of experience with the specific characteristics of this market sector and his peerless work ethic raise the bar for others in the industry, setting a new standard for representation in luxury real estate. Follow him on Facebook @: https://www.facebook.com/Anto...

Nov 14, 201841 min

20: Debbie Hoffman

Debbie works closely with entrepreneurs and network marketers who are struggling to get clients because they don’t have a reliable follow-up system in place. She helps them create a step-by-step blueprint for their business and convert more prospects into long-term clients without being salesy. Debbie was a successful investment banker with 20-years experience as Managing Director for Wall Street firms. Her extraordinary ability to connect with people on a deep level has always been instrumental...

Oct 19, 201835 min

19: Andrea Gordon

I was born and raised in Berkeley to a father who was a concert pianist and taught at UC and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. My mother was an opera singer of Icelandic heritage who sang all over the world with the San Francisco Opera. When she wasn’t singing opera, my mother was in musicals. Frequently she got my sister and I into the shows (like “The Sound of Music”) and we toured the whole country. We moved to Manhattan where I attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the New L...

Sep 27, 201833 min

18: Kim Cole

Kim Cole Real Estate brings more than 25 years of expertise in local residential sales, marketing, and escrow management to each client relationship. In-depth knowledge, strategic insight, and broad range experience are the strengths valued consistently by her clientele. Those strong business characteristics coupled with Kim’s warm intuitive nature and playful sense of humor establish Kim’s reputation as a leader in Oakland’s exciting urban residential housing market. At every step, Kim Cole Rea...

Sep 12, 201830 min

17: John Karnay

In the brokerage of residential real estate, it takes at least 10 years to build a reputation but only one day to lose it. That is why it is important to establish a mutual sense of trust with each person the moment they walk in your door. Prior to becoming a principal, the CFO, and the Broker of The Grubb Company in 1999, I had already spent twelve years in residential sales and worked in real estate development, restaurant services and marine biology. This broad range of experience has helped ...

Aug 24, 201828 min

16: Mitch Merin

Mitchell M. Merin Mitch spent the majority of his career on Wall Street, holding senior management positions at securities and asset management firms that ranked among the world’s largest. At the time of his retirement in 2005, Mitch led Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), one of the world's top 20 investment management businesses. He also served on the Management Committee of Morgan Stanley. During his tenure as Head of MSIM, Mitch led the combination of a variety of disparate business...

Aug 15, 201840 min

15: Brian Copeland

Brian Copeland runs his own real estate team in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the 2017 President of Tennessee REALTORS and will serve as Vice President for NAR next year. Brian is one of a handful of Community Leadership Circle leaders globally for Facebook and has spent significant time speaking for the company and working at their headquarters in 2017, serving as one of their consultants for their 2018 Hackathon. Brian was recognized this year as one of the top Social Influencers in the T3 Repo...

Aug 02, 201831 min

14: Julie Reisler

Life Designer®, author, speaker and podcast host, Julie Reisler, MA, ACC is the founder & CEO of Empowered Living, LLC | www.juliereisler.com |a coaching and personal development training company. Julie's book, Get a PhD in YOU, is all about learning to master your inner world so you can master your outer world. Get your free bonus chapter at www.juliereisler.com. While she got her Master's in coaching, it could have been in crappy self-esteem, not feeling 'good enough' and emotional overeat...

Jul 25, 201831 min

13: Karen Briscoe

Karen Briscoe is the author of "Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agent Revealed", which currently tracks in the top 1% of real estate books on Amazon. She is the principal owner of the Huckaby Briscoe Conroy Group (HBC) with Keller Williams. The HBC Group has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the 250 Top Realtor® teams in the United States. Further, the team has ranked in the top 100 teams with Keller Williams International every year since 2009, the ye...

Jul 12, 201840 min

12: Katie Macks

Katie is known for her heart centered and powerful commitment to her clients. She sees what’s unseen and hears what’s not being said. Katie offers a bright light and new language to identify and reveal the blind spots that trip us up and keep us in familiar cycles of pain and dysfunction. After 30 years in the human potential movement Katie has cracked the code for living an Extraordinary and Glow-full life. She has learned from, and trained with the masters, and has now developed tools, tactics...

Jul 09, 201855 min

11: Robert Graham

Robert Graham is the secret weapon of CEOs, executive teams and high-level presenters worldwide. He is also the President of GrahamComm, LLC, a professional development company he founded in 1999. He and his team deliver powerful Presentation, Sales and Communication Skills programs with an emphasis on the Technology and Financial Services sectors. As a speaker coach, he helps global companies prepare for product launches, coaches executives on management presentations and prepares speakers for ...

May 25, 201835 min

10: Stacey Clark

Stacey Clark is a Registered Nurse, working on the Hematology/Oncology inpatient unit at Stanford HealthCare. As a second generation Oaklander, she grew up on the Eastside of the city. She attended catholic elementary school, which set a strong foundation for her faith and a public high school experience, revealing world’s multifaceted reality. After graduating high school, she became a Certified Nursing Assistant, working in the healthcare field for 10 years and later, served as a Licensed Voca...

May 13, 201829 min

09: Sam Wegert

Over the past 10 years, Sam has devoted his life to martial arts, leadership, and personal development. He is passionate about changing the lives of those around him and using the benefits of martial arts training to make a difference on a world scale. After graduating high school at the age of 15, he dove headfirst into his first entrepreneurial and leadership venture by purchasing and operating Super Kicks Karate in Amherst, VA. Over the next 3 years, he grew his school in Amherst to record nu...

May 02, 201837 min

08: Rebecca Amato

Rebecca is one of the best architects in the Bay Area. She has won many awards and is up for The Best of Oakland this year. She has been practicing for over 30 years and has applied her extensive design experience, creative thinking, and problem solving skills to a wide variety of projects from simple home remodeling to new restaurant designs. Before starting her own architectural firm in 2001, she held positions at lead architectural firms, international architectural firms, as well as small bo...

Mar 21, 201835 min

07: Jeff Sokol

Jeff is a loan officer with over 30 years of experience and is currently the Area Sales Manager and Bay Equity Home Loans. He has been ranked as high as 50 in the nation in funded loan volume and has previously owned First Western Home Loans, which was one of the largest loan brokerage companies in the country. The housing and mortgage markets are constantly changing. Jeff can help you navigate the many options to find the right loan for you and your family. Whether you are buying or refinancing...

Mar 15, 201833 min

06: Learn to CHARGE with Gary Wilbers

Gary has been an entrepreneur and owner of multiple businesses in Missouri since 1990. He created an acronym that has shaped his life's foundation: CHARGE (Create Habits Around Real Goals Everyday). He studied entrepreneurs such as Sam Walton, Brendon Burchard, Brian Tracy, and Charles Red Scott and learned their principles. Then he built his roadmap for personal success. Gary created a framework, The High Achiever Mindset, using his success as the foundation. He now shares his message as a keyn...

Feb 22, 201830 min

05: Why You Need to Stage the Homes You Are Selling

What does theater set design and staging a home to sell have in common? A lot actually! This week, Carla sits down with her own home designer Cora Sue Anthony to talk about the powerful, but a subtle art of home staging. Taking elements from her background in drama and design, Cora Sue looks at home design as a way to shape the emotions you feel when you walk into a house. Cora Sue knows that it takes a special touch to stage a house. Listen this week as she shares her creative approach to busin...

Aug 15, 201724 min

04: Making the Sacrifices on Your Real Estate Journey Worthwhile

Considering joining the many driven individuals in the world of Real Estate? Have you been in the business for years, but find yourself losing steam? Have you reached that moment where you can sit back and watch generations of hard work play out before your eyes? There is a story here for each of you! Julie has been writing articles for “The Perspective” since she first began as a Real Estate Agent. From Jazz dancer to house flipper, Julie knows a thing or two about working hard to make a career...

Aug 09, 201721 min

03: Tribute to a Lasting Impression with Vijay Mehrota

Today's episode is a tribute by Carla's guest, Vijay Mehrota, to a Real Estate agent who was very near and dear to his heart. On today's show, he tells her story. Vijay Mehrota, from Oakland, is a scientist, teacher, writer, jogger, sports fan and an excellent storyteller. His day job is as a Business and Analytics Professor at the University of San Francisco. He holds a Liberal Arts Degree from St Olaf's College, a Ph.D from the Engineering School at Stanford University and very few grudges! To...

May 25, 201730 min

02: Women Can Be Real Estate Power Players Too with Anne Feste

Today's great, go-getter guest is Anne Feste, a mom of two grown children, who has been practicing Real Estate for eighteen years... and she's Carla's best friend. Anne grew up in rural Washington in a town that was known for fishing and lumber. Her biggest issue, while growing up, was being told that women could only be teachers, nurses or housewives- with the ultimate goal being to marry someone and have him be successful. This looked like a losing game to Anne, so she became fierce about lear...

May 17, 201724 min

01: How a Rookie Starts, Goes Bust and Ends Up On Top with Aaron Brown

Today's guest, Aaron Brown, has really been an inspiration to Carla. She has watched how much growth he's done in his business, in a very short amount of time. Aaron has a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. After graduating, he worked at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco. While working there, found a mentor, in the sales department. The wife of his mentor started up a Real Estate Brokerage in 2007 and she wanted to recruit agents who had no experience in Real Estate, as she didn't want t...

May 17, 201733 min
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