In this episode Ryan McKane from Redfin begins by telling us how he started in real estate (before becoming a top producer). He credits his success as an residential agent to previous experience in mortgage, property management and commercial real estate. Ryan also discusses agent perception around Redfin and why he decided it was the best fit for his career. He also emphasizes the importance for agents to invest in their education of the evolving market and public trends. Last, Ryan focuses on writing out your goals and determining daily actions to lead to their completion.

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Ryan McKane can be reached at (312) 313-2689.

Transcript

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Hello, and 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 in just a moment, we’re going to be speaking with top producer Ryan McCain. Before we get to Ryan, a couple of quick announcements first, as always, we say thank you everyone who is listening to these words, we really appreciate it. You’re the reason why we continue to do this and we are happy to serve you. Now one way that you can help serve us if you feel so inclined, is really very simple. Just tell a friend, think of one other real estate professional that could benefit from hearing from top producers all over the country with the exact strategies they use to grow their business and send them a link to our show. You know, tell any Realtors you know to pull up a podcast app or do a search for keeping it real, you should find us if they can’t, they can always go directly to our website, keeping it real pod.com where not only do we have links to the podcast to subscribe via the app, but you can also listen to every single episode we’ve made right on the site. So again, follow us at keeping it real pod.com and tell a friend and then last please follow us on Facebook we post so much great content there every single day we find an article that’s written by someone who is specifically trying to help real estate agents grow their business. And we of course we also post all the episodes we do as well. So find us on Facebook facebook.com forward slash keeping it real pod and now on to our interview with the great Ryan McCain.

Today on the show we have Ryan McCain from Redfin. Now Ryan got his start in the real estate industry in 2003, as both a realtor and a mortgage broker working for his stepmothers real estate brokerage here in Chicago. Since then, he’s worked as a leasing agent with Chicago apartment finders. He also spent a few years in property management and commercial real estate before getting back into residential real estate about five years ago,