Think Bigger Real Estate

Here are some things that I want you to understand about learning, growing and pursuing happiness.You know, for the longest time, I believed that I was learning thoroughly, deeply by listening to audiobooks by listening to podcasts. This type of learning stimulates the brain to entertainment, and to spark some new ideas. But it's not enough to change you to the level that you need to change.Just upon beginning to work from home as a result of the COVID-19 I found that I had less time in the car and more time to focus on sitting and reading, I now read 10 pages a day. That was given to me by a mentor of mine, Jeff Olson, who said, if you'll just read 10 pages a day, every day, you'll be amazed at how quickly you learn and how quickly you get ahead and the compound the effect that this will have upon your life. So I took up the challenge, and I now read 10 pages a day every day. In a book, I have finished multiple books since I heard that. It's had a really interesting impact upon me. My surface learning has been replaced with deep learning. Deep Learning has allowed me not just to flirt with the information, but to date it, to marry it, to build a relationship with the information that I'm getting from these books. Here's why; in order for you to change you've got to actually create When we create something when we speak, when we teach, when we draw, when we write, it takesdeeper levels of our cognitive capacity to create than it does to consume.When we are listening to audiobooks, for example, or podcasts, it's more difficult to create with it unless we have the discipline of stopping pausing, writing down what we're learning, if we just simply consume, again, it's a surface level communication. But if we stop and actually underline and write in the margins, And teach that to somebody else. Now all of a sudden, we've gone from being a consumer to being a creator. The moment that we turn into a creator, we gain power. We are given the ability to change ourselves and to change other people.I would encourage you to consider your own morning routine. My guess is that for many of my listeners, you, like me, have less time in the car. If this is true, if you're spending less time in the car, whether it be getting to or from work or two are from appointments, then I want you to find the time create the time to actually read. You will start to see the world differently. So that's what education really does. It's not just that you're taking information from someone else's book and putting it into your brain. You start to recognize the world around you at a deeper level, because you're a deeper person. Things that we've put into our brain, create a filter or a lens through which we see the world around us. So the takeaway from this is, you need to read and create. Now you might say, I don't read. Okay, listen and create, write and share what you have learned. Because in a knowledge economy, surface level thinking is not going to get you what you want.

Is the year 2020 going to be the year that you decide to be a better spouse, partner, parent, worker, business owner, athlete - the list goes on and on. We have a unique opportunity to hit reset on all of it and rebuild or improve upon where we are now. Ask yourself these three things:1. Am I living the life I want to live in the following areas: Family/RelationshipsSpirituallyYour mindset Your body, health and fitnessWorkFinances2. Of those areas which is the one that could benefit my life the most dramatically if I improved it?3. What is the one thing I can do to have the greatest impact on that area of my life?Now go do it!

It becomes a bit of a badge of honor saying I haven't had a vacation in 20 years. I hear real estate agents say that. And I never am impressed by that. Or they say I work through any vacation. Another one is I've never taken the day off. I really think that your body and your mind, your business, your relationships, your health and your everything will be better if you take vacations. Let me explain why. Your body is designed, not be running a marathon from when you are born to when you die. Your body is designed to run a series of sprints. We do not go days on end with no sleep, right? We get up. We are awake anywhere from what 16 to 18 hours a day, right? And then we sleep and our body is out cold for a period of time. Okay, and then with meals as well, we eat right, we fill our bodies with food. And then we go for a time without food. We're designed to be sprinters, not marathoners. It's cliche to say life's a marathon, not a sprint, right. Life is not designed for us to never take a break our bodies are designed to turn off and turn on.So if you're not taking vacations, you're actually sabotaging your own success and your own happiness. Now, what do we mean by a vacation? I mean, you actually have systems in place to where you can turn it off. I know that's really hard for some of you, I know it's hard for me. Yet, I would encourage you to go somewhere where you don't have cell service at least once a year. Maybe that's on a cruise ship. Maybe it's way up in the mountains. Right now I'm headed right now over to Central Oregon, where my oldest four children I will be hiking, we're definitely going off the grid.There will be no cell service and I'm going to turn off my phone. I'll have autoresponders on and people in place to catch urgent matters that come up. I know that when I come back, I'm going to be better, I'm going to be stronger, I'm going to be invigorated. There's no shortage of people who give their all literally their all to their career. Under the guise of I'm doing this for my family but if they lose their family in the process then they're left to be alone. Or those people that do it all to get the life that they want. What if then they don't have the health to actually enjoy it? I want you to take a vacation, even if it's vacation at night. Ricky Carruth one of my mentors talks about how he turns it off five o'clock every night. The only reason he doesn't is if he has a very important listing or showing appointment, but his office work all the other stuff, he turns off. Find a way to take time off so you don't give up those things in life that matter more than business like health, your relationships, your spirituality, your purpose in life. It could even be having your evenings be free from work, or a weekend now and again free from work. These practices will make you better and your business will be stronger. Of course there are urgent times where you have to be on and you have to take care of clients who may be coming in from out of town. The takeaway that I want you to have from this is for you to schedule your next vacation right now, if it's not already on the books, then you need to schedule it. You need to schedule your vacation so that you become your best self, so you don't miss out on those things in life, that you work so hard for.

Day One Dollar Zero Podcasts hosts Eli Schmidt and Will Grimes brought tremendous value to anyone that wants to build a great business without having to buy leads or constantly ask their sphere for referrals. They do this through the way in which they market. Their marketing includes attraction-based principles of documenting their life in things both personal and business. By being on and sharing our own improvement journey, not only do we help people in more things than just real estate, we also keep top of mind outside of the real estate transaction and end up attracting more people like us. Follow us on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dayonedollarzero/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/day-one-dollar-zero/id1471479022Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB4JJm3ArJwqhrnmvIkJ-Q

The luxury home market update for Portland, Oregon that Emile Bonfiglio gave to us wasn’t even the main topic of the show, but it was deeply insightful. What was even more valuable for your business was Emile’s perspective on the definition of good marketing, a case for print, a case for telling powerful stories in your marketing, and how he’s really gotten ahead in life and business. As the Publisher and Owner of Luxury Home Magazine for Oregon and SW Washington he’s got a lot to offer on all of these topics. Some of the most valuable takeaways from my conversation with Emile were:His favorite part about being a dadIs print marketing deadLuxury home market update for Portland, OregonWhere people are moving and whyWhat he does to think bigger and expand his possibilities: put in the work even when it’s not fun and others want to quit. You have to have the staying power to stay with it and you will get ahead. Additional Resources:Follow me on:Instagram: @LuxuryHomeMagPDXFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LHMOregon/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilebonfiglio/

In her own words, here is Gogo’s story:“I came to the US in 2003 to build my American Dream. By process of elimination; after trying to work in data entry in a warehouse, a sales rep in a jewelry store, restaurant food safety auditor to stay at home mom, to waitress; my neighbor recommended I’ll be a Realtor. She referred me to a local brokerage. They offered me a job if I pass my test. I did and I was so excited to be a Realtor! Reality kicked me in the a** very quickly. Realized over 80% of the Realtors give up in the 1st year. I was not about to be a statistic. But I was also broke, no SOI, no experience, barely speaking english with $6 to my name. So that left me with nothing else but Facebook at the time. That’s where I started. I created Gogo’s Real Estate and my real estate career started! It took me a few years to get the rhythm of things but I’m proud to say with the power of social media I’ve sold over $56M in residential real estate transactions. I share the good, the bad, and the ugly side of real estate, and my honest snippets into my every day got me tens of thousands of followers and in the real estate community I earned the nickname “the social media Queen”. More and more I got asked to talk at different real estate events teaching Realtors how to build a brand and become their own lead generating magnet. I also built a social media bootcamp for Realtors so I can help thousands of agents at the same time. You can find it at www.gogosbootcamp.com.Throughout my career I’ve been with 3 brokerages. Real Estate One was my 1st one and stayed with them for 6.5 years. I got recruited all the time but I had it so good at REO, I really had no reason to switch. Then because my Instagram and Facebook following took off, most followers being agents, Keller Williams got to me with their “profit share” model. So February 2018 I switched to KW. But profit share opened my eyes to “revenue share” and in Nov 2018, I switched to Exp Realty. It was a great business decision, maybe the best in my career. Today I have a team of 160+ agents and are growing nationwide. My goal is to help as many agents as I possibly can to make a name for themselves in this cut-throat industry. If I can do it, this girl from Transylvania, Romania with no US education, no SOI, no money, no experience, and an accent then THEY can definitely do it.” Some of the most valuable takeaways from my conversation with Gogo were:How she has her Instagram and Facebook accounts set up and whyHow she has her team structured and why she chose eXpHow often she posts and for what purpose only does she use paid advertisingWhat she does to think bigger and expand her possibilities: daily visualization of her biggest goals as a current realityAdditional Resources: Follow me on:Instagram: @gogosrealestateFacebook: facebook.com/gogosrealestateLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gogobethke/Bootcamp: Www.gogosbootcamp.com

When you hear the word branding, what comes to mind? Do you think of logos and colors? If that’s true for you, then you’re in for a real treat by hearing all about branding from a brand specialist, Brandon Gaston. Not only is this guy the best dressed man in the PNW, he understands and teaches branding at a deep and fundamental level, including ensuring that it aligns with your legacy and deeper purpose. Some of the most valuable takeaways from my conversation with Brandon were:Branding is less about the external and more about the internal, about how you show up and your confidence levelPeople are buying your confidence to solve their problems.As a real estate agent, having people be able to affirm that ‘yes, you look like you could buy the house that you’re selling’The differentiation that wardrobe offers you, especially in the PNWClarify your avatar and everything else gets easierAnd so much more...Additional Resources: Follow me on:Instagram: @thelifestylistFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandon.gaston.547LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandongaston/Website: theconnectorsway.com

Many of the best real estate agents and mortgage loan officers in the industry have built their business by being face to face in coffee meetings, lunches, business mixers, client events and through in-person pop-bys. So, in times of a global pandemic, when it may not be as welcomed or safe to be face to face with others, should an agent develop a new gameplan in getting business? Best-selling author of The Connector’s Way shares very important do’s and don’ts when it comes to times such as these. He teaches the art of empathy as well as the need to show up to give, not to get. Additionally he shared three very simple R’s of making an impact now:Reviews- give online reviews of those businesses that need your support.Recommendations- connect with all of your clients and referral partners on LinkedIn and go give recommendations to Referrals- give referrals and introduce two people within your network to each other that would find benefit from knowing each other. Additional Resources: (please add these)Follow me on:Instagram: @patrickgalvinFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrick.s.galvinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickgalvin/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/thegalvanizingroup/Website: theconnectorsway.com

Eric Sachs of Breakthrough Broker not only created one of the most valuable resources known to the real estate industry, but on this episode goes into teaching how to implement, how to get rid of the “I should do xyz” that we all live with. Some of the topics that we discuss include:How self-determination and will power is like a reservoir461,000 real estate agents are on the serviceIt is a free to use service, monetized by others that advertise on the platformEric shares a productivity hack for overcoming the ineffective task listsJustin shares an analogy of the last 100 meters of a race being amazing for the fans in the stands, but difficult for the person on the track and how that applies to getting things doneEric shares what he does to continue to be a big thinker and expand his possibilities Additional Resources: (please add these)Follow me on:Instagram: @eric.sachsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/eric.sachs.96LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esachs/Website: https://www.breakthroughbroker.com/

Relaunch Your Business with Wayne Salmans. Whether COVID-19 or some other challenging situation has dealt your business a setback, understanding the principles of relaunching your business is one of the most important skills that a business owner must face. Author, Coach, and Founder of Hero Nation, Wayne Salmans goes into detail as to how to relaunch your business. Coach Wayne has created a company and a movement helping others to become the hero of their own lives. In our interview, he not only shares valuable mindset training, but he also shares the four principles that allow business owners to recover from any setback they experience in their business. Additional Resources: Follow me on:Instagram: @waynesalmansFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/waynes.salmans/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynesalmans/

Unlock your potential with Design Hacker Kathryn Jones. In one of my all-time favorite episodes, Kathryn shares hers and my shared passion for helping people to wake up to recognize the potential within them. In fact, when I heard her say this on another podcast, it resonated deep within me and I knew that those were the words that I was looking for to describe the impact that I wanted to make in the world. You can only imagine how excited I was to interview her on this very topic. Kathryn has created a movement of fellow design-hackers which exists to help her people create messages that convert. Far beyond teaching people to fix their ugly funnels and websites, her greatest impact has been in helping people to awaken to the potential within them. Three key areas that Kathryn calls “doctrines of her movement” include: We exist to have joy, and lots of it. If you’re not pursuing a course that is giving you great joy, then you need to rethink your course. We must awaken to our own potential. The significance of the acronym ‘awaken’ and how to go about pursuing significance in all areas of life.Changing your story so that your life path aligns with the outcome you really want. I mean this when I say it, internalizing what Kathryn teaches will change your life. Additional Resources: Follow me on:Instagram: @mskathrynjonesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mskathrynjonesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mskathrynjones/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/designhackersofficial/

All too often, we as business professionals don’t answer the question in advance, “What is the life I’m actually trying to build?” Instead, we put our heads down and go to work. When you have a strong and smart leader, one like Katie Hardman, you are asked to answer questions like: Fast forward to the end of 2020 and imagine that this year has been a total success. What has to happen in order for you to say that in the form of quality of life and income generated? How much time off did I take? Why was that important to me and how did that make me feel?What vacations did I go on? Why was that important to me and how did that make me feel?How much money did I save, or debt did I pay down? Why was that important to me and how did that make me feel?With this in mind, how much business do I need to close and how much time off do I need to take? What is the best business structure in order for me to accomplish this? To build that business, who are the best people for me to follow and learn from in order to accomplish this? Additional Resources: Follow me on:Instagram: @katiehardman_Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katiedahlheimLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-hardman-2a68a470/

Great Real Estate Marketers. With buyer demand spiking and seller inventory approaching all-time lows, the ability for a real estate agent to get listings is critical in order for an agent to be able to thrive both in business and in their quality of life. To accomplish that, it’s no longer good enough for an agent to just be good at real estate. They must also be great at marketing. Chris Smith and Jimmy Mackin, co-founders of Curaytor are some of the greatest marketers of our time. Together, we talk through philosophies, frameworks, strategies, tactics and hacks that top agents are employing now in order to get more listings in 2020. In this episode, we discuss: The peril of not outsourcing your marketing to people that specialize in itThe real cost of marketing is the opportunity cost of not doing it right and/or trying to do it yourselfMarketing not just for cold market but for your sphereThe definition of LTV, lifetime value of a customer and how much that is for the average real estate customer (11:30)Omni-channel approach to staying in touch with your clientsWhen was the last time you sat down and created content for your sphere? Our monthly marketing plan for a month includes:Sellers, sellers, buyers, and past clients and sphereWhy Zillow being better at following up with your is better at following up with your past clients right nowWhat sellers are concerned with now and how to get their attentionAdditional Resources: (please add these)Follow me on:Instagram: @chrissmth @jimmymackinFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CuraytorDotCom/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmymackin/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissmithcuraytor/Website: https://curaytor.com/demo

Summer 2020 Real Estate Market. Twenty-twenty may go down as the year we never would have expected. Amidst all of the uncertainty, the real estate market has continued it’s run with more home sales and higher prices than ever before. Mike Simonsen, CEO and Founder of Altos Research goes into a number of different topics including: What the data is telling us now and the story behind why that is the case.What we can expect for the remaining months of 2020Why data is so important to separate and differentiate yourself as a real estate agentHow to establish yourself as the local expert and how to differentiate yourself through the use of dataWhat data you should be keeping your eye onTips and tricks that agents are doing, using Altos Reports, to fill the top of their funnel with new opportunities and secured client relationships Tips and tricks to close more listing appointments from the data that is the Altos Reports. A sneak preview of Mike’s upcoming book, Hacking Happiness and how Thinking Bigger is scientifically proven to help make you happier. Additional Resources: (please add these)Follow me on:Instagram: @mikesimonsenFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/michaelsimonsenLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonsen/Website: https://altosresearch.com

The biggest problem that most entrepreneurs have isn't creating an amazing product or service; it's getting their future customers to discover that they even exist. Every year, tens of thousands of businesses start and fail because the entrepreneurs don't understand this one essential skill: the art and science of getting tra­ffic (or people) to find you.And that is a tragedy.Traffic Secrets was written to help you get your message out to the world about your products and services. I strongly believe that entrepreneurs are the only people on earth who can actually change the world. It won't happen in government, and I don't think it will happen in schools.It'll happen because of entrepreneurs like you, who are crazy enough to build products and services that will actually change the world. It'll happen because we are crazy enough to risk everything to try and make that dream become a reality.To all the entrepreneurs who fail in their first year of business, what a tragedy it is when the one thing they risked everything for never fully gets to see the light of day.Waiting for people to come to you is not a strategy.Understanding exactly WHO your dream customer is, discovering where they're congregating, and throwing out the hooks that will grab their attention to pull them into your funnels (where you can tell them a story and make them an offer) is the strategy. That's the big secret.Traffic is just people. This book will help you find YOUR people, so you can focus on changing their world with the products and services that you sell.

The biggest problem that most entrepreneurs have isn't creating an amazing product or service; it's getting their future customers to discover that they even exist. Every year, tens of thousands of businesses start and fail because the entrepreneurs don't understand this one essential skill: the art and science of getting tra­ffic (or people) to find you.And that is a tragedy.Traffic Secrets was written to help you get your message out to the world about your products and services. I strongly believe that entrepreneurs are the only people on earth who can actually change the world. It won't happen in government, and I don't think it will happen in schools.It'll happen because of entrepreneurs like you, who are crazy enough to build products and services that will actually change the world. It'll happen because we are crazy enough to risk everything to try and make that dream become a reality.To all the entrepreneurs who fail in their first year of business, what a tragedy it is when the one thing they risked everything for never fully gets to see the light of day.Waiting for people to come to you is not a strategy.Understanding exactly WHO your dream customer is, discovering where they're congregating, and throwing out the hooks that will grab their attention to pull them into your funnels (where you can tell them a story and make them an offer) is the strategy. That's the big secret.Traffic is just people. This book will help you find YOUR people, so you can focus on changing their world with the products and services that you sell.

Overcoming adversity as a real estate agent can be challenging. Terry Lajoie, a real estate agent out of New Hampshire was plugging along in her business, selling $3M/yr when everything changed. While sitting stopped at an intersection, she was rear-ended by a car going 45 miles per hour. The impact causes her head to separate from her spine, leaving her skull resting on top of C3 as opposed to aligned with it. Not knowing that this misaligned skull was the problem for over 9 months she suffered through the inability to hold a water bottle, walking with one leg dragging behind her, not being able to turn her head, and suffering severe migraines every day. Fast forward to now, she closed over $10M this past year and is set to double that in our current year, even amidst a global pandemic and social unrest. How does one do this? Terry gives specific examples that teach these three principles that she now fully embraces:1) I never give up, even when the odds are stacked against me2) I focus on finding solutions rather than dwelling on the problem3) I'm learning based and focused on implementing what I learnFrom an unfortunate comment that she overheard her mom say about her, Terry and I discussed how one person’s opinion of us is more a reflection of themselves than it our own reality and how to get to that conclusion.We also discussed how one mistake or tragic or unfortunate event does not have to define us and our future. We are the captains of our own ships and we get to choose our own destiny. Additional Resources:Article Highlighting Terry’s Story: https://outfront.kw.com/agents/from-broken-to-bold-a-story-that-proves-anything-is-possible/Follow me on:Instagram: @lajoiehometeamFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LajoieHomeTeamLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lajoiehometeam/Website: https://www.lajoiehometeam.com/

Think Bigger Real Estate. When you have a deeper purpose, something bigger than you, something that lights you up, you start to see real estate through a different lens. Rather than just seeing it as a way to provide an income and your basic necessities of life, you start to see it as a vehicle that can fund this deeper purpose. In today’s episode I interview Darren Jacklin who at the young age of 47 has done the following:rang the closing bell at Nasdaq in New York City 2 times. served on the Board of Directors of a company that I helped to take from a private start up to a Billion Dollar Company and is now publicly traded on Nasdaq. created his own Private Family Foundation called LYNK Foundation where his vision is a capital target of a $100 Million Dollar Pledge for Global Philanthropy Projects.has personally trained and developed over 1 million people in 50 countries on 4 continents including 157 Fortune 500 Companies in the past 25 years. On this episode, Darren goes through some of the fundamental principles of thinking bigger that have helped him to amass the success that he has. Specifically, we discussed:His habit of spending time every day thinkingThe two questions that will change everything in your life:In what area of my life am I not making enough of or the right requests?What would happen to my life if I started to make the right requests?How without integrity, nothing worksHis definition of integrity and how it encapsulates everything from being on time to every appointmentHow we are just a network of conversations and how to leverage that understanding to begin having different conversations with different people that bring you into an entirely new stratosphere of opportunities and successIn life you don't get what you want, you get what you make requests forNetworking is all about building Relationship Equity with othersNever Assume You Aren't Being ObservedAnd so much more….I can’t wait for you to to tune in and listen to this episode. There’s so much value here, I think you’ll want to listen to it again and again. I know that’s how I feel. Additional Resources: Follow me on:Instagram: @darrenjacklin1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darrenleejacklinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenleejacklin/Website: https://darrenjacklin.com

Instagram Real Estate Agent. Shannon Gillette, a top 1% real estate agent out of Arizona closed 70 deals last year as a solo agent. Her only leverage is her videographer and her transaction coordinator. “How does she do that?” you ask. She works hard, and she leverages the power of Instagram.When I asked Shannon how many of those 70 deals would not have come without her presence on Instagram, she said, “I think all of them were influenced by my IG presence. My own friends wouldn’t even know that I’m a real estate agent if I wasn’t consistently showing up there. One of the key things that Shannon says real estate agents do wrong when it comes to their Instagram presence is that they treat it like a commercial rather than a TV show. She recommended rarely talking about your closings and listings and all of the stuff that you would say or do to advertise your business. She even recommended that you not put photos of homes with the words “Sold” or “Just Listed” over the top. The key instead, is to just give the play-by-play of your life both inside and outside of work. She recommended at least 10 story segments each day and then to use the posted pictures, or tiles for more highlight pictures. . She said one of the biggest things that holds people up is that they don’t feel comfortable right away doing video or speaking on Instagram to a small audience. As a result, they don’t ever start. She recommended that with anything in life, we have anxiety about starting something new and that in order to stay relevant in the world in which we live, we must overcome these anxieties and get comfortable doing it. Additional Resources: Follow me on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shannon_gillette/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannon.gillette.7/timeline?lst=558898596%3A1422960549%3A1591729201LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-gillette-75260b9/Website: https://www.gillettegroupaz.com/

Think Bigger in Real Estate. When we get around people that are doing significantly more business than we ever dreamed of doing, something inside of us changes. Our perspective on what’s possible for us also changes. The goals that once seemed like a stretch at the beginning of the year, those same goals that now seemed impossible with our current global pandemic and social unrest, all of a sudden seem much more possible. Here are some of the topics that we discussed: What if you spent 90% of your time on these three primary activities: lead generation, lead follow-up and lead conversion? What different results would you be able to accomplish. What people, systems and tools would you need to have in place in order to make that happen?How to spot and capitalize on a short-sale marketWhat the primary role of a leader should beWhy a coach should do more business than the one being coachedAdditional Resources: Text the words clubwealth to: 727-287-5993 and you’ll get 17 lead generation tacticsFollow me on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.hellicksonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhellickson/Website: https://clubwealth.com

Optimism and real estate. Emerging from a global pandemic while right in the throes of social unrest, we are living in unique times. Like maybe never before are we in need of optimistic leaders who will step up and help us to see the good in the world and the opportunities that continue to abound. Terry Sprague is one of those leaders who will inspire you to be want to be one as well. Some of the topics that we discussed were:Terry’s story of going from financial advisor professional to a sailor and artist in the Caribbean to starting a real estate company with a different culture and focus. Why he chose to align with the Christie’s brand. The conversations he’s having with active buyers and sellers, including helping even those on the other side of the transaction to think outside of the box to seize opportunities like a spread in stock market trading vs projected future valuesHow he sees the co-op agent and that relationship and ways he improves that relationshipWhat he’s doing to insulate himself against industry disruption. Why he’s optimistic and specific things he does to remain that wayWhat he does to continue to think bigger and expand his own possibilities. Additional Resources: Follow me on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Luxe.ChristiesInternationalRealty/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terryspraguebrokerowner/Website: https://luxecir.com

Fit real estate agent. That’s what every professional in the industry aspires to be. Yet, with urgent timelines, non-traditional working hours and a myriad of client and family demands, finding time to be fit can be challenging. I was honored today to bring on to the show, a friend and the owner and founder of Muscles in Motion, Diana Del Garbino, to teach us how to proceed. For those that don’t know Diana, she worked as a police officer on the SWAT team in Southern California prior to founding Muscles in Motion and so she understands the need to be healthy and strong more than most. Additionally, Diana recently had a major surgery that didn’t go well and doctors said that had she not been as strong and healthy as she is, she would not have survived. Along those same lines, with COVID-19 wreaking havoc on the health of millions of people around the world, being healthy or unhealthy is no longer just something that may catch up to us at some point down the road. It may very well be a life or death situation for any one of us at any time. Some of the topics that we discussed were:Why being healthy is so important.The things that we are missing out on by not having the strength and energy to engage in them. Just how great life can be when we are healthy and fit. A change of paradigm around exercise. We can workout at a more intense pace fewer days and for less time than we think. If done right, moving every day and then focused workouts for 2 days a week for just 30 minutes can help us progress towards being healthy and fit. Nutrition- eat healthy food that you like, but don’t go back for seconds. Sleep- go to bed without electronics at the same time. You can’t underestimate the value of sleep on your ability to think, have good judgment, reason, process, and eat in proper proportions. The late Jim Rohn once said: “If you don’t take care of our body, where are you going to live? To which I would add, if you don’t take care of your body, how are you ever going to live the life that you actually want to live? Additional Resources: Follow me on:Facebook: LinkedIn: Website: mymusclesinmotion.com

Real estate agent closing gift ideas. Mark Lukes and his company Silent Marketing Solution solve at least three problems for agents when it comes to closing gifts. The first, what do I get my clients that they actually want. Second, how do I do it in a way that is memorable and keeps reminding them of me. Third, how do I do it affordably and in a way that is easy for an agent to get prior to closing.Some of the topics that we discussed were:A metaphor for gaining “mindshare”Why closing gifts are the perfect opportunityWhere agents often go wrong in getting closing giftsThe customer retention rate of most real estate agentsHow closing gifts can be a solution for real estate agents to retain their customersAdditional Resources:Follow me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-lukes/Website: https://www.silentmarketingsolution.com/

Stacy Bahrenfuss, the Limitless Agent. At the young age of 19 Stacy entered the real estate industry. Since then she’s purchased a development where she built 11 custom homes, been a solo agent, built a team, built a brokerage, and now inspires agents in her brokerage and through her Limitless Realtor Circle coaching group. In this episode we dig into what a limitless mindset is and how you get it. We discuss what to do when we’re not feeling confident and what we can do to inspire others to be more confident. Some of the topics that we discussed were:Mindset is the foundation. Many know the tactics and strategies but don’t use them. Why? Because they’re missing the mindset piece. They’re missing the confidence. There are people listening today that have a time but are finding their teammates uninspired. There are two things to which you should pay attention:Your own mood and how you show up around them. Are you inspiring them? Your direct conversations with them. Are you telling them how you really feel about their potential and their performance? What to do when you’ve outgrown your leadership and the agents around you and still want to keep thinking bigger. Find Stacy on:https://limitlessrealtorcircle.com/https://www.catalystidaho.com/facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatalystGroupIDLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacybahrenfuss/Instagram: @stacybahrenfuss

Consistent and Predictable Income for Real Estate Agents. Dan Rochon, author of Real Estate Evolution - The 10 Step Guide to C.P.I (Consistent and Predictable Income) shares how to reprogram your subconscious mind so that you actually believe that you can and deserve to be very successful, simple hacks that he utilizes to keep his calendar full of listing appointments, and how lead generation for your next client is one of the critical ways that you take care of your existing clients. Some of the topics that we discussed were:The difference between your vision and affirmationsThe thing that sabotages your affirmationsHow to actually believe that your affirmations will work and what to do when you don’t believe. Hint, you actually have to do them and then you have to actually believe them once you do them. What your calendar should look like in order to have 3 listing appointments each week. Three hours of lead generation *with the intent of filling at least 3 of your 5 listing appointments.What are things that get in the way of you consistently generating new leads and what to do about it. Hint- you own the business so you get to control your own schedule. The worst thing you can do for your current clients is to not have any additional clients in the pipeline. You end up making decisions that benefit you instead of them. Additional Resources:Follow me on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dfrochonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danrochon/Website: https://therealestateevolution.comBook: Real Estate Evolution - The 10 Step Guide to C.P.I (Consistent and Predictable Income)

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, Mike walks through some of the psychological magic that happens when we do this, the processes that support it and then the end result, which is true and lasting success. Some of the topics that we discussed were:83% of small businesses are not profitableBusiness owners get in business for themselves for time freedom and financial freedom while most never achieve eitherWhat traditional accounting teaches and how that is not the best way to ensure your own financial successThe book ‘Profit First’ teaches you to change the accounting equation of Revenue - Expenses = Profit to instead, Revenue - Profit = ExpensesWhat must happen at your bank to accommodate this new flow of incomeWhat happens to the way that you look at your expenses when you do thisThe correlation between those in a Poker game that bluff and those that don’t track their expensesAdditional Resources:Follow me on:Twitter: @mikemichalowiczLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemichalowicz/Website: https://mikemichalowicz.com/Books:The Toilet Paper EntrepreneurSurgeProfit FirstThe Pumpkin PlanClock WorkFix This Next

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. It is common for real estate professional/parents, now heavily laden by their new role of being homeschool teachers as well, to want to grit their teeth and get through the rest of this school year. Before we do that, I’d encourage you to think carefully about the opportunity we have to really shape within ourselves and within our children these two principles:The skill of knowing how to learnA love of learningWhen our kids are equipped with these two things, then they are inspired and empowered to see education not as a means to an end but as a journey in and of itself. Today’s episode gives some great strategies and tactics of how to do this as well as how to manage kids’ expectations of allowing you some freedom and space to get your work done. Additional Resources:Follow me on:Instagram: @jessica_poepoeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jes.poeRecent article: Working from Home with Kids--Staying Sane and Productive Let's Take a Deep Breath and Help Kids Cope with COVID-19 Restrictions

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 the question of what is going to be her primary focus that day and why. She also shares that she avoids the traditional news because of the political nature of those sources and focuses more on medical and financial data that she can then run through her own filters. Real estate leadership- “Real estate happens at the corner of life and change.” With change now being commonplace, Diana shared how her monthly emails have now become weekly emails. Additionally, these emails include much more than they used to include. Specifically, she includes in the past 7 days, how many homes went pending vs listed. This paints a picture as to what’s happening in the market. Client leadership- Beyond just real estate data, Diana is sharing lifestyles tools and tips that are giving her client base help on everything from homeschooling tips to health and wellness tips. Network leadership- Diana set the intention two years ago to build a network of influential women in the financial and professional sectors. This is not only good for her own business, but it allows her to add value to her clients far beyond what one would expect from their real estate agent. Diana is leading by example what it looks like to lead through a crisis.What you’ll get by tuning in:A specific journal that has brought great strength and grounding to Diana Key elements that should be a part of your morning routineThe one real estate market stat Diana believes tells the tale of the marketHow often to communicate with clients nowWays to build your outside networkAdditional Resources:Link to Diana’s journal: https://5secondjournal.com/

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 board of the home school association for the state of Oregon will not only give you tremendous hope that you’re probably doing better than you think, but it will also give you some great ideas as to how to better mesh what you’re already doing with helping to give your children a great education.How many times have we said to ourselves or to others: “I wish they would have taught me those things when I was in school.” Or, “Kids grow up so fast. I’d love to just capture more of those moments while they’re young. Or, “I’m tired of running around like a taxi-cab driver and wish that we’d just have more time together as a family.” Or, “I wish the school system would focus more on _________.” As we recognize that the goal and vision of our kids’ education is to turn them into functional, productive and good adults, then we can start to think differently about education. While school systems and online resources offer a number of resources to lend help to parents, now is the chance for us to say: “What are the things that I want my children to be able to do and what would be fun for me and fun for them to teach them that thing?”What you’ll get by tuning in:Realign your priorities of homeschooling your kids with a bigger vision of what education is all about. Recognizing that your children need as much perspective and emotional support as they do learning math and science. Recognizing that you don’t have to have a book open or be working on assigned work in order to be educating your children. Additional Resources:Facebook group - Homeschooling in Oregon : Talk with OHENFree instructional videos, all ages, all subjects - khanacademy.orgFree downloadable curriculum by grade level - coreknowledge.orgFree online classes, all grade levels, many subjects - delphian.org

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 discussed were:With 30,000 businesses across our country currently closed we’re all asking the question as to how this will impact the real estate market. The major industries that will be impacted are bars and restaurants and then retail. Many of these employees have been furloughed or let go and many will not be brought back. It is expected that 30% of these industries will not be coming back to work. The impact on commercial real estate, that there will be a definite impact on everything from, again, bars, restaurants and retail. Matthew has predicted that 50% of our malls would be gone in 10 years and now maybe that means they’ll be gone in just a few years.How this downturn is far different than the previous in the sense that the housing industry was a large part of the previous. This time, the housing industry is likely to be the industry that pulls us through.The reason for that is just how important the home has become to everyone. We all want to get it right because we’re spending so much time there now.Millennials are house shopping at levels never seen before. Those that want to adapt to these times will continue learning, stay deeply connected to their sphere, and get good at working with Millennials. Additional Resources:Follow me on:Instagram: @matthewgardnereconFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MJDGardnerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjdgardner/ Podcast: Sound Conversations https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matthew-gardner-chief-economist-at-windermere-real-estate/id1347518770?i=1000418304757

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 for those who want to look, feel, and live better than they do now. In this episode we discuss sleep. Specifically, the common myths about sleep, about how much sleep we need, about how to get our bodies ready for sleep, and why hours of sleep before midnight matter more than anything else. We also talk about what keeps us from sleeping well.We also discuss nutrition. We talk about how soon you should eat after you wake up, what you should be eating and how much of it you should be eating. Frankie also shares some great insight about the way in which you drink your water, that warm water opens your digestive system while cold water closes it. We also discuss caffeine and what the implications of over-indulging in it may mean for what our body is actually needing. Additional Resources:Follow me on:Instagram: @radiateyourwellnessFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/radiateyourwellnessLinkTree: https://linktr.ee/radiateyourwellnessRight now, Radiate Wellness is giving away the 5 Step Guidebook Mapping Overwhelm into Action as a little taster for our online course, The Pivot Project. There are still a few open client seats as well. Curious? Book a Q&A session with Frankie Leigh! All sessions are 100% virtual and open to anyone living in the USA.

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 care:Taking care of your clients during the transaction- Kim has the practice of reaching out to all of her active buyers and sellers 6 days a week. Although to some it may seem like overkill, she’s realized that it really is her job to tell her clients what is going to happen next, not for the next week, but in the next day. Her clients have concerns and questions and curiosities now and by her having such open and regular dialog, it empowers them to ask the questions as opposed to thinking that they are too small of a concern. I learned this firsthand as a high-end homebuilder. If I wasn’t in contact with my clients, then, they were in contact with me and by that point they were assuming that they needed to do my job because without the communication, they assumed that I wasn’t doing my job. By me being in regular contact with my clients, it freed them up to know that they didn’t need to manage the project. I was already doing it. Taking care of your clients outside of the transaction- A key to Kim’s success is the fact that she recognizes that she doesn’t have past clients. Instead, she just has clients. Some need her now and others will need her later. By looking at it this way she can really pour into her clients and solve problems that they have related to real estate and problems they have that are not related to real estate. Kim shared that one of her favorite resources is Keeping Matters Current, which has recently given some insight as to the fact that not all recessions result in a housing crisis. This is one example of her taking on the role of advisor and leader as opposed to just someone in sales.Taking care of your clients during a global pandemic- Of course extra care is being taken now to keep people physically safe from the effects of COVID-19, she is also having free dinner for pickup to her friends and clients to get some relief of cooking at home. She also just set up a Zoom call with each of her sellers so that she could have a more face-to-face that would allow them to get their questions answered.

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 Portland Metro area for the past 14 years is here to help us answer that question.Mental Wellness- Be careful of the news, which are more politically motivated than anything else. Take this time to decide what is going to stay in your life and what is not.Emotional Wellness- Go serve other people. Reach out to those that are in need. Enjoy the time with your loved ones while leaning into reaching out via phone with those that may need support.Physical Wellness- accountability is critical. Find people with whom you can be really authentic and really accountable.

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 4:30 to be at Orange Theory Fitness by 5 am. Now I’m up to get in 2-3 hours of work before everyone wakes up. Then I have breakfast with the family. My workout has shifted to the evening hours. Mindset- I find myself at times feeling guilty about all of the things I’d like to be improving upon during this special time and I’m not finding that I actually have extra time. From this, I have to find mentors that help me to fix my mindset and stay positive. For Marie, this is Rachael and Dave Hollis. Health- I go crazy if I don’t workout and so again, I’ve shifted my workouts to the evening. Homeschool teacher- My oldest two have curriculum from school but I’m finding my oldest gets his done earlier. Both he and I need him to be busy for longer than a couple of hours and so I’ve asked his teacher for more work for him. My second oldest has to be supervised more because he loses focus quickly. My three year-old, on the other hand, is very active and I’ve got to keep my eme on him. Business- Things have slowed a little bit, but not enough to really feel it. I’m taking additional precautions for my clients and have found that my sphere really appreciates pop-bys in the form of things for their kids during this time. Marriage and relationships- I don’t see my husband a lot right now because it’s tax season. Now that this has been extended, it’s as if more miles were just added to the end of our marathon. I’m having to be intentional to spend time with him. Additionally, I’m having to be intentional with my kids that I’m not just their teacher but that I also have good experiences with them. From all of these categories we recognize the need for intentionality, the need for self-awareness when we really are doing all that we can do and to not let guilt step in and rob us of our limited resource of time and energy.

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 recommends you and trust in you is transferred from the referral source to the referral. The second part is that the person being referred has an actual need that your business can fulfill. Stacey shared that within all of the different types of business inflow, none are wrong, but some are more valuable than others. Referrals, as defined above, are the most valuable form of business in flow into your business. This then begs the question of how do you go about getting more referrals? Stacey outlines a 5-step process for doing this:Go back 2-3 years, if possible, and look at your sources of business. Identify who those sources of business actually are. Every time you get a referral, send them a handwritten thank you card. Give those people real value roughly six times per year… not value for you disguised as value for them.Language differently what they mean to you. They are not a means to your end. Systematize staying in contact with them while remaining genuine. Towards the end of the episode, Stacey shares that right now, she recommends that agents go to step one to start to identify who these people are. Then, start reaching out to them asking how you can help them with some idea in advance of how you might help them. At this time, people need leadership more than ever. The reality is that real estate agents know their customers on a more intimate level than most all other professions. You know where they live, where they work, everything about their home, roughly how much money they make, how many kids they have, what are their short, mid, and long term goals, what networks they’re a part of or would like to be a part of. Attimes like these you can use this information in order to provide real value to them to help them in whatever way they might be needing help. To help all agents get a better understanding of where they’re at along the getting referrals without asking continuum, Stacey has put together a simple quiz at: https://referralquiz.com.You can also find her book: Generating Referrals Without Asking on all of the major publishing platforms.

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 together for which before we’d all been too busy. The same is true in our businesses. We now have the time and added need to reach out and connect with people to genuinely see if they are okay, if they need anything, and what it is that we can do to help me. The questions that Ben and I answer are: What is happening in our lives, in our homes, in our businesses, and in our communities that we love because of all of these new changes? What can we do now to start to re-engineer our lives so that once this is behind us, we keep the good changes that we’ve made?

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. While many of these programs are forgivable, meaning that they require no repayment, many are passing because they don’t think they need it or because some other reason tells them they shouldn’t access it.Another big question mark that everyone has right now is the difference between mortgage forbearance and mortgage deferral. While forbearance means that it all comes due as soon as the forbearance period has passed, deferral technically means that the life of the loan is extended out the same amount of time as the deferral and there is no lump sum payment due at the end of the deferral period. Keep in mind that different mortgage lenders have different definitions and interpretations for these distinctions and so it behooves each person who is interested in qualifying for one of these programs to call their lender to get clarity on what that means to their specific lender. We also discussed the general sentiment amongst buyers and sellers at this time. While many buyers and sellers are still moving forward, there’s no doubt that our economy has been wounded. While 10M in the US applied for unemployment in the past few weeks, we must recognize the trouble that this signifies trouble for both the employee and the employer. It behooves real estate agents to bulletproof their transactions by ensuring that those with whom they are working are employed and that there is a high probability that they will stay that way. Tony shared that the silver lining in all of this is the return to humanity in our business. He sees this as being a real shock to the iBuyer movement because people will realize that they appreciate and need the human side of the business. He recommended reaching out to all of your clients to check in and see how you might serve them in their time of need. Tony’s answer to the Signature Question of how he continues to think bigger and expand his own possibilities is to get outside himself and be concerned about the needs of others. He finds that as he does this, he immediately finds space and opportunity to grow.

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 and his family in a difficult situation.In challenging times, we have to manage our mind and do what the great leaders and success stories have always done. We have to maintain a strong mindset and do everything that does lie within our powers now. That is exactly what Justin Bosak is doing and it's giving him the confidence to realize that once this storm passes, he is going to be positioned for massive success. While many are using this time to hibernate or spend endless hours following the tragic news stories of our world today, others like Justin are going out and doing everything they can now to prepare for brighter days ahead. Some of the things that Justin is doing now include:Embracing and leading with technology. He recognizes that the more visibility he can give his listings now, the higher the likelihood that they’ll sell and the more people will see him as the right resource when it comes time for them to sell. While others are avoiding this new world or slowly dipping their toe in the water, Justin is sprinting forward. He’s up, dressed, and in the office working. He’s respecting social distancing of course, but also putting in the work now that his teammates, clients, and community need. He’s getting essential information out to his clients, including details of the government stimulus package. He’s cutting expenses and renegotiating contracts. Zillow is offering leads for half price and so he’s looking at all of his expenditures to see what needs to go, what needs to be renegotiated and what should stay. How Justin continues to Think Bigger and expand his possibilities, even amidst perceived shrinking possibilities, Justin is looking to other leaders to see what they are doing. He is listening to podcasts and finding others that are winning in this environment and immediately implementing their activities.

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 this recording, we are right in the middle of the COVID-19 global pandemic that is wreaking havoc on the health, wealth and overall well-being of people, communities and nations. The second main point is why agents don’t do this. At a time such as this many are concerned about reaching out to their database for fear that it is bad-timing to be making sales calls. Here are a couple of things to realize: Cody and I outline three questions that would be well received by any of your clients, especially now: How are you?How is your family?Is there anything I can do to help you right now? These questions will be easy for you to ask and well-received by your clients. Additionally, if you’re genuine, patient, and curious in your approach, you’ll be able to peel the onion to find out ways that you can serve them that may or may not have anything to do with real estate. I shared the story of a client, Kip Craglow who, out of genuine concern for his hair stylist reached out to see how she was doing. He got a call a few days later from the hair stylist's brother who needed to sell a townhome. That won’t happen every time, but it will happen. Even when it doesn’t happen, you’ll still be adding value to yourself and to others by reaching out in care and concern. The other part of why agents don’t reach out isn’t just because they don’t know what to say. It’s also because many don’t have a database. Or, it may be because many don’t have an organized database or a systematic way to communicate regularly.The third main point is how to overcome what keeps us from staying in front of our people. Stay in your area of brilliance. You get paid as a real estate agent to build relationships of trust, to know the market well, and then to interpret the market for your clients in a way that is customized to their specific situations and goals. You do not get paid well when you try to be the web developer and the one turning all of the gears and levers. Yes, during this time you should absolutely get your systems in place. And when I say you should get them in place, that doesn’t mean that it should actually be YOU that does it for you.You should also find someone else who is expert at that to do it for you as opposed to you taking this time to learn a skill that isn’t as valuable as is the time you could be spending with your clients. For a great solution to this, be sure and go to luminaryagent.com or contact Cody directly at cody@luminary agent.com.

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 the mindset and skill set of actually caring about them enough to get them talking. There are so many nuggets of wisdom shared by Robby T on exactly how to take advantage of this opportunity by serving people at a time that they need more leadership than possibly they’ve ever needed before.

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 pandemic. Just because there’s a recession doesn’t mean that you need to participate in it. Real estate agents that use the technology available and implement the principles of productivity, will empower their business to rise above what’s happening in our current world. You’ll be able to step up into being the leader that your clients need you to be now.

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 some of the best and top agents in the entire country. He is truly a leader's leader. And the wisdom that he shares today is going to help you do really kind of three key things. Number one, it's going to help you grow your business during uncertain times. It's going to help you grow your relationships during these uncertain times. And it's really going to help you grow your mindset. Those three things are absolutely critical for anybody wanting to be a big thinker, high achiever. And Aaron Heard absolutely delivers I can't wait for you to hear it. It's a phenomenal episode. And it's really going to change the way you see this time right now. It's going to be the opportunity of a lifetime. Can't wait for you to hear it. Enjoy.Justin Stoddart All right, and I believe my friend. We are live. We'll see how many people join in this time. We're going to see the hunger of the real estate industry to get amazing content because this is when Aaron Heard is going to deliver it. Welcome everybody to The Think Bigger Real Estate Show. Bright and early. You can tell that there's not a whole lot of natural sunlight coming in. Nevertheless, ballers like Aaron Heard are up and add it and making things happen. So, Aaron Heard for those that don't know him, and kind of what maybe more importantly, we're going to get from this episode are critical choices that you need to make right now, as a business owner coming into a downturn coming into some really uncertain times, there are some things that you can be certain about, despite the uncertainty, there's some things that you can absolutely choose to do that will, that will guarantee that you're going to have a better outcome than if you don't do them. And that's the guarantee that we can have even in uncertain times. So Aaron Heard this gentleman is a MAPS coach, coaches, literally some of the top real estate professionals in the country. He's phenomenal. In addition to that, he has his own very successful team here in Portland, Oregon. And this is really cool. He was a big part of helping sell 1000 homes in less than a year, so expanded across the country. Just very much a visionary, very much somebody who understands business. I mean to do that you have to really understand business and so I'm thrilled Today, Aaron Heard, thank you for coming on to the think bigger real estate show and sharing with us some key wisdom we all need right now.Aaron Heard The pleasure is absolutely mine, Justin, and you are a brave man, when you invited me to come on the show and you said, Hey, can we come on board? I said, Sure. 6am You didn't blink an eye. You got six little ones upstairs sleeping. Causing disruption in your household? Hmm. Justin Stoddart You know, absolutely. There's a, you know, there's absolutely some a little bit of risk of going live during the day. There's also a little bit of risk in going live early in the morning, right? Because it's a little less certain. Yep. And you know, and obviously, this whole topic is all about how do we gain certainty in an uncertain time and so probably actually going live at 6am is probably more certain than not. It was everyone's quiet around here. Aaron Heard All my East Coast friends are going to be joining us. What's up everybody? Justin Stoddart Yeah. Very funny, man. What Um Let's let's jump into this again for you know for for those that are again maybe just tuning in now, let me just say this what you're going to get from this episode is that you are going to walk away with some absolute certain things that you can do in uncertain times coming from a guy who again has hold sold over 1000 homes in less than a year across the country. And coaches some of the brightest of the bright so excited again to have you here, Aaron, let's go ahead jump in what are you know, what's maybe the first thing that comes to mind that you can do to make a critical choice in an uncertain time?Aaron Heard Justin, I think the first thing is just simply face reality. Right? We got to identify what is really happening in our in our worlds in our businesses in our in our economies locally, nationally and understand what impact is being made for what we have to control like there's things that you just can't control. Get over it. Yesterday is yesterday. Yeah, a year ago was a year ago, you ain't getting it back. It's gone. Right? So understand. Here's your reality today and ask yourself, who do I choose to be tomorrow? Based on what I know is to be true right now, who do I choose to be and have show up in my world tomorrow or the next day, based on the decisions that

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 we need to be doing right now on a mindset level and on a tactical level that will allow us to be the leaders that we need to be that our clients that our fellow teammates that our brokerages that our industry, that our community leaders need us to be enjoy this episode. You're gonna get a lot from it. And we're live. Welcome back to The Think Bigger Real Estate Show. I'm your host, Justin Stoddard. So excited to be here today with Bev Blume. Let me get back really quick about introducing her more fully because those that know her love her, see her has a highly respected leader. In our industry, so let me give you a full bio on on her here just a minute, here's what you're gonna get by listening to this episode. We are in unprecedented times economically, and our industry and industry wide. And it's now's the time for leaders to step up. Now's the time for and I'll add this that anyone and all of us are leaders. Even if you just lead your clients, you are still a leader. So I would encourage you to think through the through the kind of those years as you listen to this episode that you are a leader and we need you to step up. And that's exactly why we've had a true leaders leader step up today. Her name is Bev Blume. She actually got into the business in 2007. What an ideal time to get into the real estate industry, learn to work hard and experience success despite what was happening in the industry. She now has a very successful real estate team and also leads a brokerage of Keller Williams office out of Clackamas Oregon. So Bev, thank you so much for coming on The Think Bigger Real Estate Show I am thrilled to have you on today. Bev Blume Good morning, Justin, I am thrilled to be here this morning. And I always enjoy my conversations with you. And, you know, we are in really crazy times right now. And, you know, I'm just kind of hoping to come to people on their level. And, you know, just try to give them some hope and, you know, some, you know, go to work, and you know, just how we're gonna, you know, get through this together. So that's kind of the goal for today. Justin Stoddart You know, it's, all of us are now being forced to really work from home, aren't we? Like, we're being forced to do things very differently than what we, you know, then maybe what we're used to doing. Let's talk a little bit about keeping some normalcy, some very kind of initial tips at the beginning of this episode. How do we get it to where our life feels somewhat normal to where we can still be productive and be in the right mindset. What tips would you have for us? Bev Blume Sure, well, I feel like you know, a lot of people need to go to the office to have that need to go to work and so this is a really abrupt change to their habit, which, you know, people that are realtors, anybody, anybody in our industry, you know, gets up every day has the same routine and they've worked years on, you know, creating that schedule and perfecting it. They get up in the morning at 5 or 5:30. They go to the gym, they come home, they eat breakfast, they shower, they get ready to go to work, and they drive to the office and they arrive at eight o'clock and they go to work. Well, now that we can't go to work, and we can't, we have to go to work inside of our house. So one of the things that I hear and, you know, over the course of this week, I've just talked to a lot of people, a lot of agents a ot of leaders. I've attended a lot of live training in streaming. And what I hear a lot is that people they've lost that vibe, they've watched that habit abruptly got broken and they just can't find it inside themselves to create a new normal. And we hear that we hear that phrase a lot creating a new normal. So my biggest tip, you know for that is keep your same schedule. Get up at 5:30. Yes, you can't go to the gym. But there's plenty of, you know, apps. I see plenty of people doing short workout videos, friends that own cascade Athletic Clubs, they have livestream videos for short workouts. One of my PT friends has a short workout on her Facebook page. So you know, get your gym workout in, go take a shower, get dressed, do your hair, put your lipstick on and go to your desk and go to work. You might actually be a little more productive, but it's creating that new habit that a lot of people struggle with. But if you you know, if you set your mind to it, you know, you're kind of unstoppable.Justin Stoddart You know, I love that Bev. Just because you're working at home doesn't mean you need to treat it like a Lazy Sunday. Morning, right? That you can get up early,

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 strong mindset, this episode is going to give you three key principles that you're going to need to embody and improve upon. In order to be that leader that we need you to be. I can't wait for you to hear this episode. It's going to be a great one for you to listen to and for you to share with others. All right, welcome back to The Think Bigger Real Estate Show. I'm your host Justin Stoddard. Very excited about today's episode of a very good friend of mine on and we're going to give you three tips to having a strong mindset amidst a volatile market. Let me just remind you, my mission and my passion are to do the following are to help you to wake up and recognize the potential inside of you and then to inspire you and help you to live a life in pursuit of that potential. And I can't think of anybody better today to help me inspire you and help you to live in pursuit of your potential than Trevor Hammond. Trevor, before I give a full intro of you, thanks for coming on the show today, man.Trevor Hammond Good morning. Happy to be here.Justin Stoddart As always, as always, I love our conversations. You know, they probably started five years ago, Trevor and I scheduled a 30 minute sit down coffee meeting, oh, two and a half hours later, and we're like, Man, this is one of my buddies, like this guy thinks like, I think we've just had a great time ever since helping build each other's businesses. It's been awesome. So thanks for all you do. For those that don't know, Trevor. He is a branch manager of the top Sierra Pacific mortgage loan officer branch in the country. Currently, they are absolutely killing it. And a lot of that I believe, is under Trevor's leadership, both in attracting great talent, and then helping that great talent really, really thrive. So he's also a mortgage coach, so he should say a coach to mortgage loan officers and IT consultant to the end consumer. So anyway, and all of that even more importantly, is the way that he dotes on his family, which I absolutely love. Yeah, that's what it's all about, right? Is it we have a quality of life. And I know you and i right now are having more time at home, much like our audience than ever before, because of the Covid19 outbreak, which, of course, is causing some of the volatility of volatility. So, to really quick, again, thank you for coming on. And I want to begin with this question. You're a dad and a husband, somebody who thrives and having a great work life balance. Give all of us a quick tip, before we get into the three tips for having a strong mindset of being productive at home. What does that look like for you?Trevor Hammond You know, I think I was already fairly groomed for this. It's a great question. Everybody's trying to figure that out right now. Right? And it was forced upon a lot of us. I was one of those people that I was already more productive at home than I was at the office. You know, I think the perspective there is, and some people maybe don't have the freedom to figure that out. Right? Because You do need to be at the office. But at the office, there's a lot of, Hey, you got a minutes right at home, you don't have that or you can at least shield yourself from it more, you know, you can choose to, you know, turn turn the phone over right or silence it. And I have a home office here, you know, I just set it up the same way my office at work was months ago, and I'm upstairs and we turned the movie room into my, my home office so that I could so I could read feed this bad boy here. Just have my quiet space, you know, and then when, when the kiddos do come up now like they do because it's spring break, right. Sometimes it's a welcome interruption just to just to be here with them. Justin Stoddart And I totally agree. Like in the background, I heard a little chirping from my two year old so yeah, given strong orders to not come down during the broadcast but you never know we might have a little more fun than people expect.Unknown Speaker So I was working yesterday and my my nine year old 10 year old in a few days was vacuuming around my feet. Like, last time you vacuum buddy. Like this is awesome. House has never been so clean and organized ever.Justin Stoddart You know, it really is. It's interesting. I thought this would be like the least productive place in the world. I'll tell you what, just the joy and satisfaction of being around family more often. I think it's making me like, really productive. Actually, I have kind of rethinking my setup kind of moving forward after this all passes. So let's get into these three points Trevor, obvious

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, people wanting to give back in new and bigger, better ways. So just in case you're wondering why I'm recording this in March, I'm wearing a red tie. My company Old Republic title is celebrating social distancing spirit week. And so today is Christmas in March and I didn't have the ugly sweater that my friends had. So this is what I have to show for it. So anyway, excited to be here with you and more excited even to discuss today's topic. Bring today's guest who has actually created a template in the format to which real estate agents can live the five laws of the book, The Go Giver, written by Bob Berg, which is I know, it's a classic and a favorite from almost everybody that I talked to. So, anyway, that's we're going to get into today as we get by listening today, and very excited to be here with Brian Weiss. Brian, thanks for coming on the show today.Brian Weiss I appreciate you having me, Justin. Thanks a lot to privileged to be here.Justin Stoddart For those who don't know, Brian, excuse me, Brian is he has actually done some really cool things. He is the VP of Sales with view, blurred design group and partner with the faces of so what that specifically is we're going to get into more detail, but it really gives a good real estate effect. Why don't I do this? Brian, tell us just in a quick nutshell, what is the Faces Of, we'll then dive into the five principles of the go give her and maybe circle back on how this all ties together.Brian Weiss It was started, thank you. It was started by a real estate agent. His name Brad Abernathy back in 2015. It was inspired by the book, The Go Giver and the five laws of stratospheric success that are laid out in the book. And the reality is, as a real estate agent that depends on their local community for their livelihood, right? What can I do practically to serve my community in a meaningful way and garner the intention of an entire community as a way of creating a positive brand and building influence within the community. and so we've spent the last two years as a result of this project modeling out how to help coach, partner with a real estate agent and communities all over the country and show them how to do their very own faces of project and tell their community story and celebrate the people that live there and grow their sphere of influence in their community influence in the meantime, it's it's pretty special. It's a fun thing to be a part of for sure.Justin Stoddart I love it. If you're curious and can't watch the entire episode. Be sure to go to the Faces Of.com Is that right? Is it TheFacesOf.comUnknown Speaker TheFacesOf.com Yeah, that the is very important. If you go to just faces of, you'll find lots of different stuff.Justin Stoddart So be sure and go take a look at that. Now let's get into again, we're gonna circle back and give you more details on that again, but it's a systematic way for real estate agents to live the five laws of the go giver. So let's talk about what are those laws of the go giver? I think anybody who's read that book, loved it, it resonated with him. In fact, especially I think real estate agents, you know, the real estate agents with whom I get the good pleasure of working and serving really have a big heart if you ask them why did you get into this business? It most often is because I really like helping people I love helping people with the biggest buying decision of their life like I get a thrill I get this gratification out of helping people make real estate moves that have a big impact upon their, upon their wealth situation like it, they have the heart to want to go give it so I think this book probably resonated more with this industry that maybe with any other and I think you know these laws, you'll see why here if you haven't read the book or haven't read it in a while. So let's talk about law number one, Brian, the lot of value. The law of value says your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment. I love that. What are your thoughts on that? Brian Weiss Yeah, I couldn't agree more. You know, prior to leading the charge of Veugeler I did a lot of sales consulting for years. And this was the riddle that every sales leader was trying to solve for his team is how do we go out and understand what I think's fascinating about value Justin is we don't get to decide what's valuable for the person we're talking to. The value is determined by the person we're trying to help and serve. And so we've got to understand and ask questions and get to know and, and have a disposition to want to learn

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 the purpose why I do this show. And it's really even, especially in uncertain times is to help you recognize your own potential to wake you up to that potential, and then to inspire you and help you to live in pursuit of that potential. That is my mission. That's why this show exists. And I'm thrilled to have with me today, someone who's not only a friend, but someone who's who's a very trusted mortgage advisor, this industry, David Chandler, David, you've been in business for 15 years. You've owned businesses, you've been a business consultant, you've owned marketing companies, you understand business as good as any, thank you so much for coming on the show today to share your wisdom.David Chandler I appreciate it. Thanks for having me, man. And I appreciate you. You know, I don't I don't watch the show every single time you're doing it, but you know, I think every guest should should give a shout out and a pat on the back to you for what you're doing in our industry, for realtors for title companies for mortgage lenders, you are a valued voice in the Portland market for sure. And I think soon to be probably nationally. So anyway, I appreciate you my friend.Justin Stoddart Yeah, you bet. You bet. I appreciate that as well. All right. Let's get into this. First of all, right now, you know, there's plenty of news telling us what's not going well, right? You can turn any time of day and we hear more illnesses. We see more economic halts, we hear more deaths. Like we're not gonna talk about that today. Because the reality is billions of people right now. Billions are not infected with Covid. You know, like most people are going about their life probably actually having a better quality of life than maybe they've had in a long time. Right. So there's tons going well, and I'm a firm believer, as I know you are as well, that what you focus on expands. And yes. If you look around at all the opportunities, if you look around about everything that's going well, you'll start to realize, hey, the sky is not falling. Yes, we need to adapt. Yes, there are some people going through some hard times. However, a lot of that is because people are buying into the media and causing this herd like frenzy. Yes, we need to take precautions. Yes, yes, yes. And yes, we need to be safe. And yes, we need to pray for those that are that are that are suffering. But I'm a firm believer that a lot of the suffering that's going on is unnecessary. Would you agree with that?David Chandler Ah, I think unnecessary, necessary. I think it really comes down to a matter of perspective. And do we appreciate the fact that we still live in the greatest country on earth? Do we appreciate that the inconveniences that have been thrust upon us to a certain extent, not have our own doing, still present us with some opportunities, whether it's time to reconnect with family, whether it's time to get some yard work done, be out in nature? You know, there's, it really just comes down to, again, like you said, what you focus on is what expands. We didn't ask for this. But can we find things to take out of it that we can appreciate and learn from and grow from? I know that in our industry, I can tell you that this will force innovation, it will force change. There were already I think, at the end of this quarter, you know, Finance of America. You know, we're going to push the button on E-signing for everything except the things that have to be wet signed. So that when you come into the closing, the majority of everything's already been signed with the exception of the things that probably have to be recorded with the county and, and a few other things. So will this industry or business interruption accelerate those things? Will that force realtors to look at innovation in technology, doing Facebook live videos or video presentations, or things that maybe people have resisted that now go, you know, I think that's gonna have to be a part of my business moving forward. And the thing I was afraid of doing now is not as intimidating as it was maybe a month ago. So I think if we look at this as an opportunity to grow and expand and push ourselves out of our comfort zones, even though we're probably all sitting at home in our pajamas right now. You know, it's a good opportunity. Justin Stoddart Yeah. Great stuff, man. It's a great perspective. So let's talk about right now, when it comes to the real estate industry. Let's start off by, before we get into and I know this is why a lot of people are tuning in, is to hear like what you should be saying to buyers, what you should be

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 inside of you, and then to inspire you and help you to live in pursuit of that potential. So, Addison, I'm grateful to have you here. Folks, today, we're going to be talking about three things we're talking about, first and foremost, being good outside of the value that you typically bring, okay? Secondly, we're going to be talking about technology, how it's created more time and what that means for you and your partnerships. And number three, partnership, redefined, some examples of what you can and should be doing in order to maximize your partnerships. So with that being said, Addison net, he is a Top Producing lender with Finance of America here out of Portland, Oregon, and the guy does some really fantastic things. You'll notice that his his background here, just a minute is, is pretty fantastic. It looks like he's sitting like on a canoe right now in downtown Portland. And he's a video master to take some of his partnerships the next level. So Addison want to thank you for coming on to think bigger real estate show. Super excited to have you here.Addison Nett I'm excited to be here as well. Thanks so much for having me.Justin Stoddart Yeah, my pleasure, man. So, um, let's get into effect. Let me ask this question. Addison since we are on the Think Bigger Real Estate Show, right over my shoulder here you see the TV. Let's talk a little bit about life outside of real estate. Right. Obviously, we do this one because we love it. But secondly, we do it because it's to fund even more important things. Talk to us a little bit about what what's super important to Addison, you've got a beautiful bride. Tell me what's your kind of favorite part about life outside of the real estate industry?Addison Nett Yeah, appreciate you asking and definitely enjoy Central Oregon, all of my in laws live in Bend. One we're able we love visiting out there and just spending time in Central Oregon and that's one of my favorite parts over the last few years. When work isn't super demanding I enjoy getting out on the golf course and teeing it up. So I grew up just as a local caddy here. Oswego Lake Country Club right in Lake Oswego. So when I can tee it up. That's what I prefer doing.Justin Stoddart And you're known as a guy who likes to have a lot of fun at work, and you've shared a number of videos with the world about even though you're in maybe what might consider a little bit of a steel industry, especially not this week, right? But one that's, you know, very number crunching, you seem to have a lot of fun with it. Talk a little bit about how you again, we're going off track here, but that's the beauty of being in the house. To do it. I want to talk to me a little bit about how you keep the workplace fun, and maybe even the benefit that is for you.Unknown Speaker Yeah, you know, I'd say probably a year and a half ago, when we were last together meeting, I was really pushing to try to create just a culture of positive energy, which then, you know, distilled down to the customer service factor of it. At the time, we were getting really aggressive with some fun videos around the office. And that really escalated into a new skill set that was able to really help some of my agent partners develop and leverage for their own marketing and business development.Justin Stoddart Awesome, man. I love that it's been inspiring to see that again that you know, even though you're in the workplace, in a number crunching industry, you can have a lot of fun so awesome stuff. Let me let me let's dive into today's topic again about partnership redefined, right. So obviously, you and I are both a proponent of maybe some of the downfalls of our industry, right? We have people in our industry who have grown a business simply by, in my industry anyway dropping off tchotchkes, right thinking that simply by having a chummy relationship with your lender, or with your realtor that, you know, showing up chopping off some notepads and some pens, some calendars, and maybe taking people to lunch, that that's going to be enough in order to secure a long term relationship and maybe in days past, that absolutely was true, right. But that's all you needed to do. I'm a strong proponent that especially with the way the industry is going and how technology is getting better and better all the time. But it's actually keeping people I should say technology starting to to advance on what people get and get paid. And it behooves I believe, people to not just have somebody who can be chummy with them and drop off tchotchkes but something that can really come in and drive real value. Jus

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 to know is that the purpose of this show, again, is to help you to think bigger. My personal mission is to inspire you actually to wake you up to the potential that's inside of you, and then to inspire you and help you to live in pursuit of that potential. Today's guest again, his name is Mark Aalto. He's been a loan officer for over 27 years, been in the industry for over 29 years. And during that timeframe, he's done between 4,500 & 5,000 loans. Needless to say, he's been a student of the market he's been a student of patterns and what causes rates to go up what causes rates to go down, and we are happened to be in very uncertain times right now and that we are trying To figure out what the Fed is going on with rates, Mark, you, thank you for coming on. Mark, thank you for coming on the show today.Mark Aalto It's my pleasure, man. It's always nice to well, you always inspire me, man. So it's good to be part of this. And I hope that I can shed some light and help a little bit with what's going on and why and all that other good stuff. YouJustin Stoddart know, I appreciate you mark, because you really hand selected to kind of be the spokesperson today because you're very much a kind of a giving soul. You know, you're constantly reaching out educating the marketplace, helping people to really understand, hey, here's the changes, here's what you can expect. So because of your kind of outward reach constantly educating all of us, I thought, you know, you're the, you're a perfect person to bring on to really help us understand kind of first question, which is, you know, rates dropped all the way down to 3.29%. Can you give us just an understanding as maybe what caused that and and kind of what causes rates to go down like that?Mark Aalto Well, and just to kind of start this off, so uncertainty is nothing new, right. And the bond market is ultimately, what rates are tied to. So I don't know that I'm necessarily the most technical loan officer out there in terms of explaining all this stuff. But hopefully this will be in a way that folks will understand. So if you want to rewind a little bit, so we rewind back to November of 2016. So the night before, it was, a lot of people thought that Hillary was going to be elected. And this is not political on my part, I want to make sure that everybody knows that you saw the stock futures, which is how people are looking to see what the stock market's gonna do. The next day was literally way down. And so a lot of us as loan officers thought, Hey, you know, rates are going to go from three and a quarter, which is around where they were, at the time, even lower. And what ended up happening instead is that Trump got elected, which is something that the market didn't expect. That's the important piece is not so much that a person got elected. Instead, it was a person that people didn't expect to get elected. And so over the course of just three days, we had rates go up about three quarters of a percent. In other words, volatility is nothing new to this industry. And basically from that point, In November of 2016, until about November 8 2018, rates were on a gradual climb. And so as loan officers, we would just basically take an application and lock it as soon as we could, because we knew that rates were going to get worse. And so what's happened basically, since November of 2018, is rates have been gradually going down. And the reason why that's important is because it has been gradual, it's not been sudden, it's been something where, when it comes to the markets in general, they don't like a lot of volatility. And so so here's something that I think everybody should know, that can help you out. So when there are periods of times when there's volatility, people that invest in the stock market, we're talking about people that have a lot of money or even might be mutual funds, hedge funds, all that other good stuff. What they end up doing is they were looking for a safer place to put their money. They're worried that basically by investing in the stock market, it's not the right place to put their money. They're looking for something safer. The safest thing is treasuries, right. So if you're looking for something that's a guaranteed investment, treasuries are the most safe thing that there Is the next the next rung up, something that's going to pay you a little bit higher rate of return, but still is considered safe are mortgage backed securities. So that's just a very broad background and a way of saying, okay, when when the markets are crazy when there's a lot of tumultuous stuff go

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 recruiting whether you know it or not. And today's episode is going to help you get better at that. I'm excited to introduce to you today's guest, but let me just remind you, that my personal mission is to wake you up, and help you realize the potential that's inside of you. So that then you can go on and I can help inspire and help you to be live in pursuit of that potential. That's my goal. That's the aim of this show. And I'm able to associate as a result of the show with amazing people like Adam Roach, so it's little bit about him. He is a master recruiter, he has recruited over 70,000 people to a specific real estate company. He's now going into other industries and is taking his expertise in recruiting to the world because the reality is the world deeply misunderstands the need for recruiting and what it really is all about. Adam, I'm thrilled to have you here on the show today. your accomplishments are huge. You're a big thinker. And I'm excited to have this conversation with you.Adam Roach Thanks, Justin. Super excited to be here. I love that intro, man, waking people up, that's super strong.Justin Stoddart You know, I really believe Adam that the greatest untapped natural resource in the world is human potential. And that's my mission is to wake people up to help them to see that, that they can be more, do more, have more impact more, and then to inspire and help them to live in pursuit of that. So you're an extension of that what you're going to teach us today is going to help wake people up. So thanks again for coming on. excited to have you.Adam Roach let's let's let's no more snooze button. Let's get up and go.Justin Stoddart Let's roll. I love it. Man. Tell us a bit about your story. You became a recruiter. When you were in kindergarten. Did you say I want to recruit people for a living? I will teach people how to recruit. How did this all begin?Adam Roach That's a funny question. No, when I was in kindergarten, I want to be the fastest kid in the class. Right? Right. No, we'll catch up with where I stopped playing professional tennis, right? So I was a tennis pro in Beverly Hills, California. I played collegiate tennis and then found out real quick on the tour that I was an American, not a European was getting my butt kicked all the time. And so I got into the tennis business, and the tennis business was myself and two other guys. We owned what was called the concession rights from the city of Beverly Hills to all their public tennis courts. And so you asked it I recruit in kindergarten? No, but I will say that I watched my coaches throughout my tennis career recruit, and I loved it. I love being around certain people that they were building their teams around. And when I started running that tennis club, I realized that the fastest way for us to grow and the fastest way for us to gain new members was to have incredible tennis pros. So I went went out in the city of Los Angeles and just recruited as many tennis pros as I could. And when I left that company, we had nearly 32 tennis pros. And I think when we started we had like, five,Justin Stoddart Did you have an aha at that point of like any organization out there can get a lot better by recruiting the right talent to that organization?Adam Roach Yeah, that's a great question. I think at the end of the day what I realized was recruiting solves everything, right? So if you want to get more if you want to get more tennis clients, right, we had to go get more tennis pros, because again, we only have a finite amount of time. However, if you leverage yourself and there's more than one of you, if there's two of you, there's three of you, you can go get more clients that way. So I knew we had to expand that expansion was through tennis pros, to recruit I recruited from other places, it's kind of fun.Justin Stoddart You know, you and I had this conversation before that not everybody has a warm fuzzy when they hear the word recruit, I was similar to you, I was an athlete growing up. And so the greatest compliment that I could have is that, like a college team was recruiting me. And it was brought to my attention by a business coach that I had if like, hey, not everybody wants to be recruited, like sometimes that like people have these sentiments of being like recruited into the military. It's somewhere where you don't want to go and it's your conversation that you don't want to have. Talk to me about maybe that paradigm shift that people need to have when it comes to not having a negative connotation when it comes to the word recruit or for recruiting.Adam Roach W

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 build wealth through real estate. Today's episode is going to be ideal for you because you're going to learn more about the commercial lending space from someonr that truly is an expert. Before I get into introducing him, I want to remind you that my mission is to wake you up to help you recognize the potential that's within you, and then to inspire and help you to live a life in pursuit of that potential. And I'm grateful for the guests that come on because they are hand selected because people that can help us think bigger. So again, I want to welcome today's guest Robert Barthelmess with BGI Capital. Truly an inspirational story, as well as now hehas built a small little company and brand that is helping a lot of people be real estate investors or better real estate investor. So Robert, I want to thank you for coming on to the show today. Very, very happy to have you here with us.Robert Barthelmess Justin, thank you for having me on your show. I'm a huge fan of your show. And I want to start by thanking you work for everything that you do for the industry, or the material that you put out there. It's phenomenal. Justin Stoddart Awesome. Thank you, Robert. Really appreciate that. You know, Robert, I found that we have some things in common that we both have a love of family. I think that's probably true of most people, but we probably take it to the next level. Robert has five children. I have six. Robert tell us really quickly. What is your favorite part about being a dad?Robert Barthelmess You know, jumping into the whole experience, right? It's a very family oriented person, otherwise I wouldn't have five kids. So it's a really the whole the whole pie. Yes. Being able to give to them to be with them to guide them to form part of their lives.Justin Stoddart Powerful. You know, I'm a fan again, part of the thing, that the mission I have on the Think Bigger Real Estate Show it's not just all about business. It's about actually having business, either to an ideal life to a better life. And I think you probably feel that way as well as your career is a vehicle to help you with and serve the people that you love the most. So, you know, always fun being around people like you that all love family.That's kind of your core value. Let's get into your story a little bit, right? You came here from Peru, and have had phenomenal success. I oftentimes, envy and please don't take this wrong, because I know that there's many, many benefits of being actually born here in the US, but it's so I'm always so impressed by people who migrate here. And they come and they have amazing success as you have had. And I think there's something about leaving a country that maybe doesn't have the same fertile soil fora business standpoint as the US does and you come here with a different perspective. And you maybe you don't take it for granted like, you know, like maybe someone that they like myself would because I've always been that's all I've ever known right? Would you say that moving here from somewhere else puts you in a in a unique position to be able to recognize how much opportunity there is here in the US?Robert Barthelmess Definitely, Justin, I am the biggest us fan that you will find. I am I consider myself an American. I moved to this country in 1982. So I am all I am everything USA one of the things that you find when when you come into this country is that it really is the greatest country in the world. Right, by different by different measures. It is the greatest country in the world for entrepreneurs. It really provides you with the with a full open platform where limitations really does exist. When you come from a country that is phenomenal. I love my I love my country as well. But when you come into the US, it's like a blank canvas. Right? Being able to start a company, you log into the internet, you open an LLC in less than 10 minutes. You know, there's there's very little regulation, there's very little limitations that keep you from being able to do what you want to do. If you're looking for financial structure, if this is the capital center or across the world, so really, you know,when you're coming from outside from another country and you come into the US, you find that there's such an incentive to explore and do, you know, do whatever it is that you want to get done. Again, I always say that I'm the biggest fan of this country, I think that it is the land of opportunity. If you're in the US and you think of it you can create it.Justin Stoddart Boy that's inspiring, Robert, just that in, in and of itself, you know, is worth