By Jane Bond
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The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.
Our special guest shares with us the Reality of Real Estate.
He walks us through his humble beginnings starting out in real estate and the challenges he went through of finding his true passion and love for the industry. He also shares with us the harsh reality of not being allowed to play at the next level because the good old boys club would not let him in. But with perseverance and the strength of God, he breaks out! @jeremy_realtor @normanliving.atlanta
Now he owns the largest black-owned luxury brokerage in Atlanta in just 3 short years with 170 agents strong. His goal is to help more minority agents transition into the luxury market. Understanding what it takes to become successful in our industry is something Jeremy is no stranger to, therefore, his agents are in good hands
Jeremy Norman is one of the most experienced and passionate real estate agents in the US. Jeremy attended Jacksonville State University and pursued a bachelor’s degree in Finance along with a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He currently holds licenses in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida and specializes in both Commercial and Luxury Residential Real Estate.
Jeremy is not only recognized as an expert in the investment, commercial, traditional sales, and the luxury real estate industry but was also the youngest African American to be inducted into the Commercial Club of Excellence in 2011. In 2014, Jeremy became a member of the Institute of Luxury Home Marketing and has been nominated by Real Treads, the leading source for data on the residential brokerage and housing industry, for having closed over 100 homes in 2015. He also won an award from Top 40 Under 40 and has recently won “Minority Entrepreneur of the Year” in the city of Birmingham. Most recently, Jeremy has opened a brokerage, Norman & Associates, and has grown his agency to over 160 agents with over 150 million sales volume within the first 3 years.
Follow Jeremy on IG: @jeremy_realtor
website: www.normanliving.com
Michael shares with us the trials and tribulations he and his family endured growing up in Danbury Connecticut. With his mother being in a horrific car accident, six surgeries later and bound to a wheel-chair, through the grace God she was able to walk again with a slight limp. Unfortunately, the family was devastated mentally and financially and ended up losing their family home. Forcing Michael to leave home at sixteen ending up in Naples, FL. with his family following him some months later. Then tragedy strikes again and he loses his young father at forty-six to heart disease. After packing on the pounds through tragedy and stress Michael found himself weighing in at an incredible 400LBs along with that came the realization that he needed to live for his own family. Therefore being faced with his weight or his life at the same age as his dad forty-six. Irony at its best.
Michael Giusto is a Business Development Officer & VP for First Horizon Bank. FHB recently acquired Iberiabank Michael has over twenty years of experience in the financial industry. At First Horizon Bank, Mr. Giusto is responsible for Private Banking Operations and compliance, including depository management, account services, cash management, and all types of consumer & commercial lending services. Mr. Giusto was successful in growing his branch deposits 300% in his last three years there. He previously worked for First National Bank of Florida for several years.
Growing Associates in Naples and is on the Naples Advisory Committee for FGCU. He served on planning committees for the Naples Zoo. He is also a classroom volunteer with Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida and has served as a volunteer coach for youth and High School Basketball with the Florida Future. Lastly, Mr. Giusto is very involved in the community and the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce and Chaired the Recruitment Committee for Youth Leadership Collier. He also is a Leadership Collier Graduate in the Class of 2015.
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Earl Barrett shares with us his journey from the start of his career as 16 years old at the 1st Division Manchester City Football Club. Where he was an apprentice soccer player and played for the 2nd and third team while learning his trade. He started to make a name for himself as a professional soccer player while at Oldham Athletic under Manager Joe Royle. Barrett's greatest moment at the club was being part of the Oldham Athletic side that won the Division 2 title in 1991 and promotion to Division 1 (which became the FA Premier League a year later).
Towards the end of his Oldham career, he was catching the eye of England’s coaching staff and was drafted into an England U21 Team for a Tournament in Toulon, France. Where they won the Tournament!
After all of the accolades, Earl Barrett had no idea what was in store for him down the road after a horrible injury that ended his career, in the sport he had loved and adored for 16yrs. "I was not prepared or ready for the end of my career I had lost my confidence and way in the world", Being shown the door with no preparation for the real world was not was expected Barrett shares with us. "My career was over in what seemed like 16 seconds!
He exclaims 6-8 months of darkness can be mentally debilitating and scary. However, being the athlete of his time Barrett was able to pick himself up and decided to go back to school to study.
He studied for 5 years in between getting involved in coaching then eventually gaining a BSC in Sports Coaching and Exercise Science. Another proud moment in his life!
From there he began to believe in himself again and directed himself down the coaching pathway, which led him to coach at several football clubs such as Manchester City FC, Bury FC, Salford College, Oldham Athletic FC, and Stoke City Academy.
After 7 years at Stoke City FC Academy, he decided that it was the time to come to America! Now Earl Barrett lives in Houston Texas and is a Director and coach for Rise Soccer Club.
Follow Earl Barrett on IG @earlbarrett2
Dawn-Noel was born and raised in a traditional Italian family in South Philadelphia. At a very early age she was drawn to the dance world not only for the arts but the diverse culture and cross-culture of people. She knew she could not go the traditional route her parents had in mind for her catholic school, college, and marriage. Instead she took a chance and betted on herself and life. After a successful career in Philly she set her sights on the big time and never looked back.
Dawn Noel attended the prestigious High School for the Performing Arts and graduated with a BFA from the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia. Dawn subsequently made her mark on Broadway in acclaimed productions, The Lion King, In The Heights, and Fame. As a featured dancer, she has toured globally with Madonna and Jennifer Lopez. Dawn's acting resume includes numerous commercials, as well as lead roles in the indie films Life, Is Too Short, Devatha, Salsa Lessons, To The New Girl, Grand Slammed, and My Normal. On television, Dawn can be seen on All My Children, NCIS, NCIS-LA, and Glee; along with many award-winning short films and web series.
Dawn Noel is an award-winning actress and producer. She has produced the award-winning short film Shattered Pitch starring Chad Coleman (The Wire & The Walking Dead) and the award-winning short film 22 Years, both having multiple distribution deals. Dawn is the recipient of The Imagen Awards (Golden Globes for Latinos), Manhattan Film Festival, LA Movie Awards (Best Actress), AM Egypt Film Festival, Philadelphia Independent Film Awards, International New York Film Festival (Best Actress), Charlotte Black Film Festival (Best Actress), Las Vegas Black Film Festival, Viva Latino Film Festival, Sutter Creek International Film Festival (Best Actress), The Women's International Film Festival (Best Actress) and the San Diego Black Film Festival.
Make sure to follow Dawn on IG @dawnnoelactor
website: www.dawn-noel.com
David Diamond was raised primarily in San Diego California. David Diamond speaks with Jane about his rough upbringing riddled with abuse and neglect. He also touches on his mother acknowledging the fact that he faced serious issues and took the initiative and bused him out of the neighborhood to a different environment and school. David Diamond’s entrepreneurial journey began at 17 when he ran google ads to sell financial literacy products. After being left to fend for himself at 19. David was constantly forced to take on odd sales jobs, ranging from door to door sales to telemarketing to survive. At 23, David was educated on how the top tier university system works and saw college as a way out. David took this extremely seriously, even while losing his sister in the middle of his educational journey he ended up graduating from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California with a degree in finance in 2014. After graduation, David worked for quite some time in Corporate America in the finance sector and found it "racist and filled with “micro-aggression”. For these reasons David decided enough was enough and he must take a stance and forge his own path sooner rather than later, by making the conscious decision to sink or swim on his own merit. He had a dream of an image of an arrow through a diamond and scribbled it in a notebook, trained more on marketing, and went into personal isolation of 9 months. With no contact whatsoever, and started “David Diamond Media,” initially telemarketing to offer advertising services. He had always been afraid to put himself on social media, he had always been afraid to learn to edit video. David forced himself into these fears and began his journey to grow the business on Instagram and use his talent for understanding what people want to see, think, hear, and feel. He changed the name to Diamond Cut Media, and soon made an edit that launched the brand into the public eye, never looking back ever since. Initially, the brand offered only marketing and advertising services, but has morphed more into a six-figure brand offering financial products to help people build their business; restructure credit and raise funds.
Follow David Diamond: @DiamondCutMedia
YouTube: Diamond Cut Media
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Aaron shares with us his trials and tribulations that he experienced growing up in California being exposed to gang life and having strict and caring parents that steered him in the other direction. He also tell of his time in NYC, working and trying get through the everyday life of the concrete jungle. Where he lives today with his wife and two kids as a top Real Estate Agent/Broker and a Certified Negotiator!
Top producer Aaron Seawood has passionate fans and an impeccable reputation as an advocate, partner, and confidant.
Aaron founded Team Carte Blanche with one mission in mind: to make people feel safe when buying and selling property. For many, it’s a common theme to be in the dark and armed with only general information when trying to navigate the jungle that is NYC real estate. Aaron solves that problem by synthesizing the information and surrounding clients with the most talented team members who aid in mapping their sales journey, holding their hand as needed, and operating as educators and advisors.
Being a Certified Negotiation Expert, Aaron delivers top value for his clients and makes the process pleasant for all. A lifetime of wide-ranging experiences from Officer Candidate School to running 50-member sales teams across the country for a Direct Sales company to 15 years in the Music Industry as an Artist Manager, A&R, and Executive Producer, has given him an inordinate amount of resources and strategies to draw upon to problem solve and find amicable solutions.
Aaron prides himself on helping people find the right place, be it a physical space or emotional state. His celebrity, athlete, and private clients trust his opinion and value his discretion while his What Up Family! community (10,000+ strong) appreciates his inspirational talks and the safe platform he created for them to wake up their dreams and recharge their battery.
Originally from San Diego, Aaron has called New York home for 25+ years and lives in Brooklyn Heights with his wife, two children, and rescue puppy Knox. He loves cycling, angel investing, and the occasional cigar.
Make sure to follow his Instagram stories @AaronSeawood for a slice of family life, negotiation techniques, and much needed motivation.
Take aways: When dealing with customers.
1. Set the table at introduction
2. Know when the Buyer is in the house
3. Frame the negotiation
4. Converse and be candid with other agent
5. Get the deal done
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Tamika Moses is a Real Estate Broker, with over fourteen years of experience working in the mortgage and real estate industries. She holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Florida Atlantic University and a Master of Science in International Real Estate degree from Florida International University.
Before starting Robin Bird Realty Inc., Tamika began her career path into the real estate industry in 2004 as a Mortgage Branch Manager for a local Mortgage Company. After spending several years working in the mortgage industry, she transitioned into becoming a full-time real estate agent in 2011 after the real estate market was recovering from one of the worst market crashes in history.
In 2014 after closing on a difficult multi-million-dollar short real estate transaction that several other top real estate companies could not close, she made the decision to further her knowledge in Real Estate and apply to FIU’s Master of Science in International Real Estate ten-month program. The degree program made a huge impact on her career and helped her make the decision to obtain her Real Estate Broker’s license in 2015 and in the Summer of 2018 she founded, Robin Bird Realty Inc
Tamika has worked for several major real estate brokerages throughout South Florida including Keller Williams, and The Keyes Company.
Tamika serves on several Real Estate boards including NAREB, which stands for National Association of Real Estate Brokers the oldest minority real estate organization in the United States, The Women’s Council of NAREB as the 3rd Vice President, The Broward Days Housing Impact Team, that is working to implement and develop workforce housing projects, in the tri-county area.
Tamika is also the only African American woman on the Miami Association of Realtors Commercial Board for 2020, which is the largest realtor association in the United States and number two in the world.
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Chris Elliot, better known on the music front as DJ Mobeatz has worked and toured with artist such as Rihanna, Sean Paul, and Big Sean, who he also collaborated with on his last music project. He shares with us what it was like growing up in the inner city of Detroit. He talks about recognizing his love for the arts at an early age and becoming passionately obsessed with mixing and scratching music turntable style. Before sharing his new, found love with anyone Mobeatz decided to hone his craft for a year. After a year his strategy seemed to have paid off by receiving an opportunity to spin in front of a few DJays and one particularly that he listened to and emulated. This chance meeting later landed him a job at the local radio station WJLB in Detroit and later a full-time slot as a Djay and, as they say, the rest was history. Mobeatz has never looked back. While traveling all over the world spinning behind some musical giants Mobeatz shares with us his mind shift "I don't want to just make memories I want to make investments" and understand what financial literacy means and start creating generational wealth. Listen as he tells his story!
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The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.