What's the Kerfuffle?

In this special episode, David Mintz and Simon Whale are joined by the unstoppable Josh Phegan — international real estate performance coach and keynote speaker at the 2025 Kerfuffle Conference.

The conversation touches on how agents can stay focused in a fast-changing world, why clarity of strategy beats chasing trends, and what the very best agents are doing to create momentum, consistency, and results — even in challenging conditions.

But this is just a preview of what’s coming.

At the Kerfuffle Conference 2025, Josh will deliver “Momentum Makers: The Power of Finding Your Performance Zone” — a full-throttle session designed to help agents reset, refocus, and rise above the noise.

Expect practical frameworks, powerful mindset shifts, and an unflinching look at what success really requires in today’s market.

In this special episode of The Kerfuffle Podcast, hosts David Mintz and Simon Whale pull back the curtain on the changing face of property conferences—and how they’re evolving from corporate fluff to meaningful game-changers.

🏟️ And yes, they spill all on the biggest event of the summer:

The Kerfuffle Conference 2025 at Wembley Stadium on 10th July.

🔍 On This Episode:

🗣️ Why the traditional property conference model is broken

💡 What agents and suppliers REALLY want from events

⚖️ Striking the right balance between ROI, insight, and inspiration

🎤 How the legendary Josh Phegan is set to shake up Wembley

🏆 Why the Trusted Agent Awards are not just another trophy

With candid chat, sharp insight, and a few Wembley puns thrown in, this episode is a must-listen for anyone serious about making the most of 2025’s events calendar.

💡 Key Highlights:

• Face time with purpose: Real strategies to bring back to your business
• Lettings & sales: Both sides of the agency coin covered
• Affordable team training: High-calibre content without the sky-high cost
• No expo fatigue: Just quality supplier interaction built around your needs
• Tangible takeaways: From AI to instructions, compliance to culture

Whether you’re an agency owner, supplier, or rising star—this episode unpacks the value (and future) of conferences in our industry.

It's Mother's day so that can only mean one thing: a deep dive into the latest news coming out of estate agency land and the world of PropTech. We cover Rightmove, Propertymark, Dubai, Other Podcasts, Sophie Lang, Shaun Adams, Rogue Agents, Legislation changes (of course), celebrity voiceovers and even pets.

This week we were joined by the superb Simon Leadbetter of unchained marketing who gave us an hour and a bit of pure marketing value, insight and inspiration. Participate in Simon's survey Voice of The Agent https://www.thevoiceoftheagent.com/survey/ and sign up to his highly acclaimed 30 Years of Marketing in One Day: https://worldclassmarketinginaday.com/

Growing your estate agency business through acquisition is the dream for many and yet there are the practical challenges that need to be considered. In this informative podcast Sophie Lang FARLA LLB gives us the inside track on how she and her business partner Rhiannon Llewellyn - FARLA have grown Lang Llewellyn & Co over the the past year or so.

Special shout outs to

👍👍Lucy Noonan

💷PayProp

🌶️🌶️🫚 Angharad Trueman - FARLA President Elect ARLA Propertymark Natalie Barton Toby Martin MARLA David Votta P.P.A.R.L.A Katie Fitzgerald AssocRICS FARLA MNAEA Megan Eighteen FARLA FNAEA

✅ Propertymark

🛥️Agent Rainmaker

🕵️‍♀️ Sally Lawson PPARLA

🕺Adam Lang

😎😎😎Vicky Bibiris Kristjan Byfield Spencer Lawrence Rightmove OnTheMarket CoStar Group Women in Estate Agency SME Professional and many many others.

We swap Whaley for the fabulous Angharad "Harry" Trueman of Andrews and Propertymark, we talk about Harry's list of women speakers and much much more.

We talk about orphans, orphaned funds and the magnificent work being done by the Propertymark trust as represented by our guests Mr. Toby (Tony) Martin and Megan (Meghan) Eighteen. We also discuss clickbait, Watkin and what it all means.

What could be more special than Xmas? It's a pre Xmas special with special guest Megan Eighteen, talking all things industry press, equality and the Negotiator headlines and what we've all learned.

A truly inspirational episode of the Kerfuffle Podcast with Ben Gee telling us how his Parkinson's diagnosis spurned him on to create a business that adds value to people, his team, his clients and the industry.

The only two people in the industry not on holiday this week, Simon Whale and David Mintz, look at the latest industry press, news both fake and genuine as we ask the question 'Should agents wear body cams?' . Also covered: Phil Spencer's Parents, Nathan Emerson, Propertymark, A levels, GCSE's, Rishi Sunak, Is there such a thing as a low value course? The panacea of proptech innovation and integration, Market sentiment, using Dataloft Inform to create dynamic video updates and much much more.