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Join Daniel and Mike as they dive into the turbulent world of open houses in this revealing episode of Punch Your Agent. Fresh from a series of open houses, they share their hilarious tales of hits, misses, and even a rogue smoke alarm.

From the highs of a well-attended event to the lows of sitting alone in an empty house, they’ve seen it all. And they’re not holding back - you’ll hear the unfiltered truth about what really goes down at these events.

Is an open house really worth the time and effort? Do they actually help sell homes? Or are they just an exercise in frustration? Daniel and Mike debate these questions and more, drawing on their recent in-the-trenches experiences.

Whether you’re a seasoned agent, a hopeful home seller, or just curious about the realities of the real estate world, this episode is packed with insights and laughs you won’t want to miss. Tune in for a front-row seat to the open house experience, Punch Your Agent style!

Victoria Kelderman got into real estate this past February — and just a few months later, she fell 5 feet through a hole in a garage floor during a showing, with no warning at all. In this episode of Punch Your Agent, Victoria tells the full story: the fall itself, her injuries, and having her own client pull her back out of the hole. Her story blew up online, racking up 1.6 million views and even catching the attention of Newsweek. We dig into how she’s handling the sudden spotlight, whether she plans to turn the viral moment into brand growth, and what every new agent should know about showing safety before it’s too late.

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Bryan Casella came on Punch Your Agent and did not hold back.

From pro athlete to real estate success, from California to Miami, from social media controversy to team-building lessons, Bryan tells the kind of stories most agents would never say out loud.

We also get into a possibly haunted house, a fraudulent deal involving fake paperwork, Lamborghinis, AI, ChatGPT, and why real agents still matter more than people think.

If you like real talk, wild stories, and zero BS, this episode is for you.

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Michael Hamilton isn’t in real estate — but he’s lived more of it than a lot agents. Over 10 years, Daniel helped him buy his first home during a booming market, sell it to move into Houston’s Woodland Heights before getting engaged, and eventually upgrade to a new construction home in the Greater Heights as his family grew. Then came the twist: selling the Woodland Heights house wasn’t as simple as the first house — leading to a full year as an accidental landlord before finally selling the home to his own renter.

Michael brings the laughs and the honesty in this one — from first-time buyer nerves to landlord life to the wild moment two identical townhomes in the same tiny community listed below an already-agreed price.

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s actually like to move through different homes for different life stages — this episode is for you.

Ty Smith joins Punch Your Agent this week, and things get wild fast. Ty’s a 20+ year lending veteran and Branch Manager at New American Funding — and he’s got the stories to prove it, starting with the time he actually got into a fistfight at an open house.

We cover a lot of ground in this one: what really moves the Fed’s interest rate decisions, current housing market conditions, whether we’re actually headed for another 2008-style crash, US soccer vs. the rest of the world, and even Mike’s incredible story of being told he’d never walk again — and walking again anyway.

Fair warning: this episode bounces between hilarious and genuinely insightful, sometimes in the same sentence. If you’re a buyer, seller, or agent trying to figure out where the market’s really headed, Ty’s 20 years of experience make this one worth your full attention.

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Matt Loftin and Daniel have been friends for over 30 years — so when he’s back in town, we usually end up hanging out and talking for hours. This time we got it on the podcast.

Matt’s well-traveled, well-educated, and always good for a conversation, and this one’s a good one. We talked about what originally made him want to leave Texas and try living in different places around the world, how he ended up in Japan, and what eventually led him to settle in Turkey, where he’s lived for the last 16 years.

We get into the food, the culture, the day-to-day differences, and what it’s really like living outside the United States compared to life back home in Texas. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s actually like to pick up and live somewhere completely different, this one’s for you.

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Ever tell yourself you rent because you like the flexibility? Because you can just leave if you get a bad neighbor? Yeah — we’ve heard that one before.

In this episode, Daniel and Mike sit down with Josh, a lifelong renter who is finally considering buying his first home. Josh comes in with every excuse in the book, and we break down every single one of them in real time.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

∙ Why “I can always just move” is costing you more than you think

∙ The real math behind renting vs. owning

∙ What first-time buyers actually need to know before they start looking

∙ Why bad neighbors aren’t a good enough reason to keep renting

If you’ve been on the fence about buying your first home, this episode was made for you.

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ChatGPT ranked all 50 states on the best place to live right now — and it put Texas at number one. So naturally, we had to talk about it.

In this episode, Daniel and Mike break down why an AI finally got something right. No state income tax, a booming job market, housing costs 17% below the national average, and enough cultural range that pretty much anybody can find their lane here. The robot did its homework.

But we didn’t stop there. We also dug into some of the wildest laws still technically on the books in Texas — including why you can be fined for milking someone else’s cow, why you can drive without a windshield but NOT without windshield wipers, and why a proposed law once required criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice before committing a crime. Yes, really.

And because we’re fair, we took a look at how some other states are doing. Spoiler: California earned the lowest desirability score in the country. New York got a zero out of 100 on taxes. And New Mexico came in dead last overall. Meanwhile Texas is sitting at number one according to an AI, and we’re not going to argue with that.

If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home in the Houston area — or you’re one of the thousands of people moving to Texas right now — this one’s for you.

We didn’t say Texas was the best. A robot did. We’re just the messengers.

The real estate stories your agent will never tell you — until now.

This week we sit down with Chris Boyles, Broker and Team Leader of CB Realty, and he did not hold back. Squatters who showed up with a fake lease and took over a listing before it even hit the market. A multimillion-dollar mansion taken over by squatters who shot music videos inside, put rifle clips in the windows to warn off competition, stayed six months under squatters’ rights, and walked away with zero arrests. A 250-acre cash land deal that turned out to be 20 acres short — and nobody caught it. Why most agents aren’t actually working in your best interest. Why so many new builds are falling apart. And how Chris keeps winning business in one of the toughest markets in years with nothing but a positive mindset and 15+ years of experience.

This is the side of real estate nobody talks about. We do.

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He was supposed to be closing on his house today. Instead, he’s here.

In Episode 25 of Punch Your Agent, Daniel sits down with one of his best friends and former bandmates — Ryan Haislip, a financial advisor and two-time client. Daniel sold him his first home. His second one? Still waiting.

Ryan gives us the real buyer experience — what it actually feels like to sit in a delayed closing with a stressed spouse, two anxious little kids. What happens when the process stalls and there is nothing you can do but wait.

And if that wasn’t enough — Ryan got sued by his current HOA. We get into the full story, what happened, and why he’d rather burn money than live under another one.

This is the episode your agent doesn’t want you to hear.

⏱ What we cover:

∙ Why closing day is a target, not a guarantee

∙ Managing family anxiety when the lender goes quiet

∙ Ryan’s HOA lawsuit — the full story

∙ Why real estate is still worth it despite all of this

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