Real Chat With Annie and Chad

In this final episode of REal Chat with Annie and Chad, we are sad that it's over but happy because we are on to bigger and better things! We hope you all will join us for our new podcast, "Waking Up To Win", where we will use our daily Waking Up To Win huddle that we have in the office to influence the topics on the podcast.

We couldn't be more excited to shift gears and do what we were truly meant to do, and that is to coach and teach realtors to help them learn and grow in their businesses.

Thank you to everyone who has been with us for the last year or so! We appreciate every listener so much!

We hope you will follow us to our new podcast, launching late July or early August 2025. More details to come!

In this special crossover episode, Annie was a guest on The Corporate Burnouts Podcast talking about her time in corporate and how it has made her a better entrepreneur and Realtor/Broker.

This episode is all about how your coporate career isn't a waste. There are so many skills and processes and experiences that you can take with you into your future endeavors, whether it's starting a business or working for a smaller company or becoming a Realtor!Annie loved collaborating on this podcast with The Corporate Burnouts! Mandy Holt and Mandy Alt, the co-hosts of The Corporate Burnouts Podcast, also have a corporate past and their journeys were very similar to hers. We loved the conversation in this episode about how a corporate background can help all Realtors. But if you don't have that kind of background, no problem - we will help you with that training.If you liked this crossover episode and want to see more from The Mandys and their podcast, use the links below to follow them and listen anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NhFHkfpm16oGRXNJoqzCk?si=NNY1qipWTj67av_kbBpu8Q

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-corporate-burnouts-podcast/id1798103479

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thecorporateburnoutspodcast?si=rQpvxfHAASVuYiCX

Website: https://www.thecorporateburnouts.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecorporateburnoutspodcast/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@corporateburnouts

In this episode we talk about Rev Up, a course with 10 modules that we teach at Realty One Group Trifecta. We love this because it's perfect for new agents, or agents who need to refocus. This is so valuable because to become a Realtor, you just have to pass a test and get licensed. No one teaches you how to actually run your business and as a Real Estate Agent, you are a business owner.

From mindset and time management to goals and marketing, there are so many soft skills to learn about being a Realtor that have nothing to do with selling houses (and some that do).

If you are interested in doing our Rev Up course, send us a message!

This week, we are celebrating 30 episodes of REal Chat! It’s been so fun and we are so grateful to our listeners who keep us motivated to continue talking about real shit loosely related to the real estate industry!

We talk all about AI this week, and it brought up the bigquestion…Is AI more helpful or hurtful in Real Estate and in life? The answer is, there is plenty of good and bad. We are both using Gemini and Chat GPT and seeing different results from both since they pull from different informationand algorithms.

Annie tells a story about how her AI asks her to start a new topic because it is sick of going back and forth. Too funny! Chad has been loving it for agendas, classes, contracts, presentations, and so much more. He feels like it’s an assistant if you use it correctly.

Are you using AI as a Realtor? If so, are you a beginner,intermediate, or advanced? We would love to hear from you!

Welcome to episode 29 of REal Chat, our guest, David Specter with Choice Home Warranty! We were so lucky to get him on the podcast to explain to everyone what is covered on a home warranty and how it benefits buyers and sellers.

As Realtors, we always recommend a home warranty (especially Choice Home Warranty) but it was eye opening, all of the things that are covered by a home warranty that people wouldn't think. David explains that most people make their money back on the warranty, just getting their new home re-keyed on day 1. So smart!!

Don't miss out on all of the stories about how home warranties have helped not only David's clients, but us as well!

Want to learn more about Choice Home Warranty? Have specific questions for David? Use these links to reach out!

Website: https://www.choicehomewarranty.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/choice.home.warranty

David Specter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/choicehome/

This week we take a walk down memory lane. Come with us to hear how we started in real estate and all the twists and turns that led us here.

While real estate has been a part of Annie's journey for almost 20 years, Chad got started in 2017(ish). But our road to owning a brokerage involved a lot of real estate and many other businesses along the way. What a ride!

We also relive some of the joys of owning rental properties and dealing with tenants. Woof!

If we didn't scare you off of real estate all together with this episode and you are interested in learning more about becoming a Realtor or getting started investing or flipping properties, please leave a comment and we will send you info about an upcoming informational seminar we are hosting.

This week on REal Chat, we talked about our favorite day of the year, ONE Day! ONE Day is the anniversary of the founding of Realty ONE Group and this year we were celebrating 20 years. On this day we always give back to the community and this year we partnered with The Sharing Shed, a local non-profit that helps people who are in need or crisis to get the necessities like beds and pillows. The whole team really enjoyed the day and loved The Sharing Shed and their mission.

The other non-profit we are excited about this week is Boone Center Inc. or BCI. BCI is an awesome organization that employs adults with disabilities. We are very passionate about what they do at BCI and have been involved with them for a few years. We are looking forward to their Derby Gala over the weekend. We are the Best Dressed Sponsors for the event and can't wait to enjoy this amazing night!

We also talked about when it is okay to quit. When is it time to let go? Let us know what you think!

How to support Boone Center Inc. - https://boonecenter.com/support-bci/

How to support The Sharing Shed -https://www.thesharingshed.org/donate

It's our 6 month anniversary here on REal Chat and we are so happy to be here, still talking about real shit, loosely related to the real estate industry!

Today we dug into what people don't know about contracts with an agent. We recently had a situation where we finished a deal for an agent that is no longer with the brokerage. This was a good opportunity to explain how contracts with Realtors work...spoiler, you are signing a contract with the brokerage, so if the Realtor falls out, you are still under contract with the company they work(ed) for.

Chad is extra spicy today and he has a lot to say about Realtors who don't want to learn and just want to check things off a list. This among other things kept him on a soapbox for quite awhile. So entertaining!

This led us into a debate about whether buyers/sellers know that a Realtor's commission goes to the brokerage and not directly to the Realtor. Chad thinks that people don't understand this and Annie thinks that people do. Please tell us, if you have bought or sold a home, do you know where the commission goes? Do you understand that you aren't working with a Realtor as much as a Realtor and their brokerage? Please let us know in the poll!

Don't forget to subscribe! See you next week!

For our 25th episode, we brought in a special guest! Welcome Mandy Holt to the podcast! Mandy is a huge part of our marketing team at Essential Marketing Group and co-host of The Corporate Burnouts Podcast. We are excited to talk about her podcast and everyone's journey from corporate to entrepreneurship.

Of course, Chad never worked in corporate but Annie and Mandy both did for a significant portion of their careers. Luckily, through Annie's journey in Corporate America, the systems Chad loves were brought to their business.

We loved the conversation during this episode about corporate burnouts who became Realtors. Are they more successful than the Realtors that never worked in corporate and went straight into real estate. Do the systems help them? Would love to know!

Annie and Mandy realized about half-way through recording that they lived very paralell corporate lives and both left for the same reasons. It's crazy to see that this is all too common with women, specifically in corporate, to leave to be more involved with their home life.

This was one of our favorite conversations to date, we hope you loved it too!

If you are interested in checking out The Corporate Burnouts Podcast, we highly recommend it. Here are the links to do so and follow them on socials as well!

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4NhFHkfpm16oGRXNJoqzCk?si=2bd8572cbf584a53

Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-corporate-burnouts-podcast/id1798103479

YouTube - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf1ofB6MpaPQiYkZMd4Hx00DaWQqKZb5k&si=8GFD-SPeMEp08FAD

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@corporateburnouts

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecorporateburnoutspodcast/

On this episode of REal Chat, we briefly continue the discussion on Clear Cooperation and how it relates to Zillow. We then discussed Zillow in depth. Why do Realtors hate Zillow? We don't understand, but would love to hear your thoughts in the comments! We also talked about that while we don't garden, we are happy that our family members like to plant flowers so we can enjoy them. It brought up a question - are buyers ever detered from buying due to too many plants to take care of? This led to a deeper conversation about the top things that deter buyers from putting in an offer on a home. If you are thinking of listing your house this spring or summer, these tips will be helpful!