The Leverage Podcast - Real Estate Edition

The best real estate decisions aren't just about square footage or price—they're about building a life that fits your next season. Too many buyers focus on the house instead of the lifestyle they're trying to create.

In this conversation, top-producing Realtor and best-selling author Kerry Ann Carter shares why asking better questions leads to better outcomes. From understanding family dynamics and long-term planning to building trust, creating lifelong client relationships, and using technology without losing the human connection, these lessons apply to real estate professionals and business leaders alike.

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If you're looking to make better decisions, build stronger relationships, and create long-term success, this episode is for you.

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Unlock the ultimate business scaling strategy! Learn how to use business leverage, master your mindset, and build systems to avoid burnout and grow your company with author Spencer Combs.

In this episode of the Leverage Podcast, we sit down with business analyst, coach, and author Spencer Combs to dive deep into what it takes to scale a service-based business without losing your mind.

Spencer discusses the core principles from his book, Momentum and Mastery, sharing his frameworks for overcoming business stagnation, identifying your true hourly value, and utilizing technology like AI effectively. Whether you are a real estate agent, insurance agency owner, or high-performing entrepreneur, this conversation will help you diagnose your bottlenecks and step into your purpose.

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Connect with Spencer Combs:

Website: spencercombs.com

Get the Book: momentumandmastery.com

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00:00 - Introduction to Spencer Combs

00:44 - Who is Spencer's Ideal Avatar?

02:20 - Rebuilding Lead Generation & Live Events

03:17 - The Concept Behind Momentum and Mastery

04:18 - Identifying the 4 Business Traps: Burnout & Stagnation

05:22 - The 3 Pillars of Success: Mindset, Mechanics, & Movement

06:39 - Understanding the "Drift to Drive" Framework

09:48 - Bridging the Visionary-Operator Gap

11:32 - The 5 Building Blocks of Mastery

13:03 - Finding Your Needle-Moving Priorities & VA Leverage

14:18 - Spencer's Current Software & AI Leverage

15:03 - Strategy vs. Tactics: Avoid Abdicating Deep Work to AI

17:07 - How to Define Leverage & Calculate Your Hourly Value

18:48 - Leveraging Yourself First Before Building a Team

21:15 - Avoiding the "Drift Tax" & Emotional Leverage

23:25 - Lightning Round: NLP, Claude AI, & Business Mistakes

26:07 - The Rhythm You Should Never Delegate

27:07 - How to Connect with Spencer

Discover the secrets to scaling your high-ticket offers with live virtual events! In this episode of The Leverage Podcast, Justin Lawrie, CEO of Spark Event Studios, breaks down the foundational strategy behind highly lucrative virtual experiences. Learn why short webinars fail and discover how his 3-day virtual event model builds the necessary know, like, and trust to drive massive sales. Lawrie shares crucial technical best practices, engagement tactics like breakout rooms, and the post-event follow-up strategies you can't afford to skip.

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In this episode of The Leverage Podcast, host John Davidson sits down with Chad Hoppel, owner of West shire Decks. Learn how Chad scaled his business from just three people to 25 employees, growing revenue from $200k to $3.5 million. Discover invaluable lessons on specializing in a niche, the value of failing fast, riding the wave of seasonal business stressors, and balancing professional success with personal life.

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The strongest businesses aren't built on products alone—they're built by investing in people. Leaders who develop great teams create stronger cultures, better customer experiences, and long-term growth.

After 25 years building ICE Imports into a five-location business, Eric Meyer shares why hiring the right people matters more than cutting costs, how generosity creates loyal employees, and the leadership mindset that helped him overcome financial struggles and emerge stronger. The conversation also covers resilience, company culture, entrepreneurship, and finding your unique strengths to build a business that lasts.

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Most businesses don't struggle because they can't find talent—they struggle because they hire the wrong people. Every bad hire costs time, money, momentum, and keeps the owner stuck doing work they should have delegated.

Chris Kille shares how improving candidate screening dramatically reduced client churn, why the best hiring systems focus on disqualifying poor-fit candidates early, and how better onboarding creates stronger teams.

The conversation also covers delegation, buying back your time, building scalable systems, and why rest often produces better business decisions than nonstop hustle.

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Discover the power of relationship marketing on the Leverage Podcast with Mark McGuigan from Expressit Messaging. Based in Wichita, Mark shares how his automated direct-mail service helps business owners tap into their existing customer base to drive repeat and referral business. Learn why personal touches beat digital noise, the 7-to-12 touchpoint rule, and how gratitude serves as the ultimate business multiplier

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Unlock the ultimate business leverage in this podcast interview with Kati Peterman! Discover how fractional executives can scale your business without high full-time salaries using the 554 model. Learn the crucial difference between visionaries and CEOs, master the rule of delegation, and find out how organized data can prep your business for an exit. Plus, get quick tips on AI awareness and productivity habits from our lightning round.

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Welcome back to another episode of the Leverage Podcast! In this episode, discover how real estate investor Hawk Mikado from Outfast Realty & Investments doubles and triples rental income using the "padsplit" strategy! In this episode, learn how he converts standard homes into high-yield co-living spaces yielding 1.5% to 2%.

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Welcome back to another episode of the Leverage Podcast! Discover the secrets to scaling your business as JR shares his journey from surviving a suicide bombing in Iraq to generating $270,000 in new contract sales in a single day. Learn about his core values—Commitment, Resilience, Excellence, Execution, and Discipline (CREED)—and how mastering emotional intelligence can transform your leadership style.

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