Welcome to our newest monthly feature, Close-ing Time – in partnership with TheClose.com.

In this episode Chris Linsell from The Close discusses how the reactions of COVID-19 and #BlackLivesMatter have affected and influenced the real estate industry. Chris also talks about how competition has decreased and how clients can benefit. Last, Chris tackles the sad reality of housing discrimination and the role real estate professionals have in helping disadvantaged clients fight for justice.

If you’d prefer to watch this interview, click here to view on YouTube!

Chris Linsell can be reached at [email protected].

Transcript

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Welcome to another episode of Keeping it real, the largest podcast made by real estate agents and for real estate agents. My name is DJ Paris. I am your guide, and host through the show and today is our monthly series called closing time with Chris Lin sell at the close. Now this is a partnership with the closed.com. Let me tell you a little bit about the closed if you’re not familiar. First, the close is a new kind of real estate website designed to give agents teams and brokerages actionable strategic insight from industry professionals. They cover real estate marketing, lead gen technology and team building strategies. From the perspective of working agents and brokers who want to take their business to the next level. Please visit the closed.com and subscribe to their newsletter so you can get notified each time they publish an article. And from the close we have crystallin Sal Chris is the closes resident expert on real estate topics ranging from marketing lead generation transactional best practices, and everything in between. He’s a licensed agent in the state of Michigan. Chris has been part of hundreds of real estate transactions from modest rural starter homes to massive waterside compounds. When he I would like to go to one of those massive waterside compounds by the way. Now, it’s now that it’s the dog we’re getting into the the hotter part of the year. But when Chris isn’t writing, you’ll find Chris fly fishing, which I would also like to do in the trout streams of Michigan or on stage in his community theaters. Latest production Chris, welcome once again to the show.

Chris Linsell 2:26DJ, thanks for having me, and you’ve got a standing invitation to come on up.

D.J. Paris 2:30Oh, you don’t want to make that because I will actually show up. So

Chris Linsell 2:34I’ve got an extra set of fly gear in the garage, we can be in a stream and six hours from

D.J. Paris 2:40the I want the waiting the big waiting trouser...