Jason Wieloch is the founder & CEO of the Wieloch Group, and also a founding agent of the Compass Atlanta Market where we opened our first office about four years ago.  Jason & his team feature a combined 60 years of experience and over $380M in sales of homes in Atlanta Georgia.  Prior to Compass, Jason was an agent with a few other brokerage firms with over 14 years of experience in the business.

Jason’s fun facts:

-Studied managerial finance from the University of Mississippi (go ole miss),

Climbed  Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa (19K feet of vertical!)

Traveled to 30 countries around the world,

-Fan of the Atlanta Braves

-Runs the “The WG Podcast”. 

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Pleased to have John Zimmerman, aka JZ, on the real takk pod. JZ & I met several years ago when he was appointed to lead the Compass' flagship office in Dallas Ft. Worth and the Greater Tarrant County area.   JZ is a top-producing Ft. Worth agent for the last 30 years.  A strategic growth manager once told me, “JZ is a big deal, he sells blocks upon blocks of the Dallas Fort Worth area” 

He’s deeply involved in the development of the Montserrat and La Cantera neighborhoods, has been ranked the No. 1 agent in Dallas Ft. Worth for several years, ranked No. 2 in the state of Texas, and he's among the top one-half percent of agents nationwide.  

Originally from Fayetteville, John studied finance and real estate at the University of Arkansas. He's lived in Ft. Worth for nearly 30 years and currently resides in the Shady Oaks Country Club neighborhood. In his free time, he enjoys golf and spending time with his children.

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Website www.jzforthworth.com 

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Pleased to bring on top agent Daisuke “Kai” Ioh, one of the founding agents of Compass Hawaii.  Kai is ranked among the top 16 Real Estate agents in the State of Hawaii in 2021, and the top 1.5% of 1.4M real estate agents in the US in 2021 and 2022 by Wall Street Journal Real Trends.  Since 2015, Hawaii MLS has ranked Kai in the top 25 of all Hawaii Big Island real estate agents. Kai recorded the highest residential transaction in Big Island history at $37 million in 2020, the highest residential transaction sale in the State of Hawaii for that year.  He was also involved in a $133 million residential transaction in California. 

We go over several topics including:

-The differences in each of the Island in Hawaii

-Some of the big names that own & resides on each island

-Biggest wins & losses in 2022? 

 -Why you got into real estate

 -What are some tips or advice that you can share with up & coming professionals in our field? 

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An honor to have one of the Founding members of Compass NC & Raleigh Johnny Chappell on The Real Takk Pod.  Johnny is the Founder & CEO of Chapel, a real estate firm at compass Led by top Triangle real estate broker & developer Johnny Chappell.  He is ranked amongst the top 1% of brokers in the Triangle and boasts 15+ years of real estate industry experience. 

A few more facts of John:  He’s a graduate of of UNC Chapel Hill, was a news anchor for time Warner cable for 6 years for a 24 hour news channel, was a sports anchor, & a photo journalist.  He has a face for radio & video, is a dog person, and his favorite binge show is The Office.  Please follow Johnny Chapel @chappellres, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/chappellres, & www.chappellres.com/

Show Notes: 

Chappel Chats: Interview with Mayor Mary-Ann Balwin 

Raleigh places to eat:  

Beasley's Chicken & Waffles @Beasleys_Raleigh

Death & Taxes @deathandtaxesnc

Sushi Mon @sushimon_raleigh

Top of the Hill  @topofthehill

Where are you from and how long have you lived in NC? How is public transit in the triangle? Can you hop on transit in the area?

What do you think about the tough inflation market we are in today?

FB or Instagram?

Do you have a role model in RE? Who & Why?

Describe your morning routine?

Do you have another agent you admire at Compass outside of Atlanta?  If so, who & why? 

Please plug a few go to bars & restaurants in the Raleigh Region that I can link & share in our episode notes, and that I should visit.  (please see show notes!) 

Deep dive

1. You had the special privilege to be the founding agent for Raleigh NC & The Triangle.  Top agents are set up fairly well at their previous brokerages (whether it’s marketing dollars, house splits, nice office space, street credit, etc.  I’m always fascinated by our team of recruiters who show the ability to convince the top 1% of the leaders to join.   What was your story of joining Compass when it was still a relatively small name back then? 

How the tables have turned!  My brilliant partner in crime Nick Svensson, hailing from Santa Barbara California interviews yours truly.  A few questions & topics that we gloss over on this quick episode: 

• Where were you born? Where did you grow up? Tell us about your beginnings 

Thanks for your excellent interview skills Nick! Give Nick a follow on IG:  @nick_svensson & his team @svenssonbirchgroup 

Former Chief Marketing Officer of Compass Matt Spangler joins the Real Takk Pod in discussing his recent departure from Compass, the reasons why, and what he looks forward to in the future.  Matt & I go met back in the fall of 2014, at what was then a company known as Urban Compass, a small real estate firm that only had a few dozen agents, engineers, and fewer designers, marketing leads, and staff on the creative side.  Matt joined as the head of creative marketing, building out a team of over a hundred members including a creative studio, account management, strategy, events, advertising, & media buying team.  He also oversaw the creative direction of all brand communications and marketing by building a world-class in-house design studio that provides seamless design thinking across brand, agent, marketing, product advertising & expansion.  As we expanded across the nation, Matt oversaw a marketing & creative team across more than 200 offices coast to coast.  

Prior to Compass, Matt was the Executive Vice President of Content & Marketing for Tribeca Enterprises, (the owner of the film festival), along with another half a dozen creative companies, projects, and teams, he’s helped shape.   Please give Matt Spangler a follow on Instagram at @Mattspangler & his linkedin here

Show Notes & Honorable mentions:  

Kanoyama Restaurant @nyc_kanoyama & Chef Nobu & the Omakase Menu Info

Rob Reffkin, CEO of Compass @robertreffkin 

Rob Lehman, Chief Business Officer of Compass @Robertslehman 

Gordon Gollub, Chief Real Estate Officer at Compass @golubgordon 

A great pleasure to have one of Compass Senior Managing Directors Dan Marrello on the Real Takk Pod.  I first met Dan at Town Residential, at the time one of the fastest growing brokerages in the NYC real estate world.  I was recruited around 2010 and met Dan around 2012. Prior to Town, Dan was a manager at Citi Habitats for almost 10 years. At present day, Dan helps & oversees several dozen agents & teams that up the Compass NYC offices.  

Fun fact: Dan is also an owner of four F45 training gyms in NYC which we also discuss on the pod episode. 

You may follow Dan at @marrellonyc & his linkedin bio here! 

Please Answer in 1- to 2 words (3 - 4 minutes total)  

1. Ticktok & Instagram 

Show Notes: 

Warm-Up Questions for Dan Marrello: 

1. Where are you from? What neighborhoods have you lived in NYC?  

Topics of Discussion 

1. Tell me about your early days at Citi Habitats.  How did you start? Where did it end? 

Julia is the Leasing Director of Compass NYC.  She joins our pod to discuss all things related to the rental market of Manhattan.  As a founder of a team that leases around 150 individual units a year, Julia & I get to discuss the complexities of the residential rental market, why the system is broken, how to better your chances of navigating this market, why brokers get all the heat & blame, and we review policies set in place that impacts consumers both positively, & negatively. 

Prior to Compass, Julia was the leasing manager at BOLD, a rental brokerage that primarily focused on the representation of new development rentals across Brooklyn & Manhattan.  Prior to starting her career in real estate, Julia worked in the hospitality industry in New York City.  Originally from New Jersey, Julia graduated from Purchase College, State University of New York with a B.A. in Journalism.

I have my general contractor whom I've done dozens of renovations with on the pod to catch up on the world of renovations in NYC.  Follow Phil on IG at @phil_the_ceo & his company @OLExpertContracting 

Topics of Discussion with Phil: 

1. Covid Real Estate 2020 

Warm-Up Questions 

1. Go to Activity in NYC 

Deep Dive into Phil Garcia's company, O & L Expert Contracting: 

• Give me your 20-second elevator pitch 

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