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!

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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!

We started off this pod talking about Chad’s trip to Vegas and how Annie had some FOMO so she went to the casino and won enough to pay taxes twice. Great night!! Then Annie accidentally called dinner “supper”and it surprised her as much as it did Chad. Anyone else call it supper? Our real estate topic today is a brand new policy from the NAR, Clear Cooperation. Chad explains that the purpose of Clear Cooperation is for Realtors to enter new listings into the MLS within 24 hours of coming soon. This helps to open your listing up to all other Realtors so you can’t give preferential treatment to your own clients. He then explains Office Exclusive listings and Annie wanted to know how this could benefit the public. They agreed that it doesn’t really benefit them and is definitely not in the best interest of the sellers. The moral of this podcast: If you are looking to sell your home, be sure to ask the hard questions to your Realtor and make sure they always have your best interest at heart. We are always here to answer your questions! When it comes to agents, we won’t let you starve, but we will definitely teach you to fish. Reach out if you want help!

Welcome back to REal Chat! Great news, we made it through the big storm, which brought up a conversation about how everyone handles weather events differently.Luckily, no damage, just a little less than a day without power. Our big topic today is how different generations handled real estate. In our experience, we saw Boomers sticking around in their homes for a long time. They planned and bought their forever homes early. Annie represents Gen X and says that they, as a group, bought homes thinking of their first home as a starter home, then moved up to the next home within a decade. Millennials bought their first homes a little later than the generations before them. Annie believes that this is because there were so many opportunities to live life and move around before buying a home. Then there is Gen Z who are buying homes earlier than ever. We will dig into Alpha on another podcast.

Welcome back to REal Chat with Annie and Chad! We hope you had a Happy 314 Day, which Annie found out is not the same as 420. 😂 We had a nice long chat about the weather. With storms rolling in, we found out how much Chad doesn't trust meteorologists. We had a conversation about things that we call by their brand name like Kleenex instead of tissue. There are so many! Chad is getting over a cold and is bugging Annie again with his loud noises in the mic. They want to know, would you prefer to hear someone sniffling over and over or just hear them blow their nose. Let us know in the comments! Last, Chad gives a history lesson on US real estate. You don't wanna miss this one!

We had a great time chatting this week! We started out discussing everything we know about freeze dried food and dehydrated food, which isn't a whole lot. We recommend freeze dried pickles! We also talked about the origin of several common sayings - so interesting. Chad asked Annie to explain the steps of buying a home. We only got to earnest money and contingencies. More next time! If you are a Realtor, you will probably learn something new. If you are not a Realtor, you will definitely learn something you didn't know!

We are excited this week to interview one of our awesome Realtors, Dawn Farley. She spent almost 30 years in Corporate America and now has been selling real estate for a little less than a year. She was our brokerage's Recruite of the Year for 2024. Dawn tells a story about how she got her first listing, talks about why she chooses to come to the office every single day, and explains how she is hustling to work her business plan. We dig into how our mentor program works and how this program is going for Dawn through her first year. She is enjoying the structure that comes with it to keep her on track and grow her business. She is also loving a new accountability partner she is working with to up her game! Last, we discuss Chad's favorite curse word and why it's so versatile. Can you guess the word?

We were so excited to bring in an amazing guest for this episode! Everyone meet, Gina Pero, a Life Coach specializing in high performers and leadership teams. We first met her when she helped us with the dance studio years ago and have learned so much from her over the years. She discussed the main blocks that high performers experience that holds them back. If you are a high performer, which one is your biggest block?

Want to hear more from Gina Pero? Check out her podcast, Messenger of Love! And follow her at @GinaJPero on Instagram and @GinaPeroAuthor on YouTube.

On this episode of REal Chat, we found out that no one thinks we are a couple, more like brother and sister. Fits pretty well! We also welcomed our first guest in the studio, Jessi Fillingham. Jessi is one of our agents and was actually our 2024 Salesperson of the Year for our brokerage! She shared what she does to build her business, including pop-by gifts (the coolest one was girl scout cookies - genius!) Her secret is not to only drop them off but to stop and talk to them as well. Jessi also talks about that she learned about herself that she likes to work with owner-occupant clients more than investors and making that change helped her make the jump from a $3.5 million year to over $5 million. What a great change! This opened up a conversation about why you want/need a niche. Everyone shared the niche that would be best for them and realized that they are already working their niche. Love how that works! Last, we share our favorite podcast recs. Would love for you to share yours with us.

You're in for a treat this week - we are feeling extra spicy! We admit to having nicknames for each other that aren't so nice and then discuss how weird some nicknames are that come from certain names. We talk all about our process for an open house and discuss the benefits of hosting them. Chad doesn't think they sell houses and Annie explains how they are beneficial for meeting new clients (if you have the skill of reading the room). We also talk about the benefits of signs in the yard at your listings and reveal that we have new signs coming soon! Last, we talk about our mail issues. Our new office may or may not be serviced by USPS. We will find out soon!