Episode 536: AI Search Visibility & the Future of Real Estate Lead Gen with Trevor Mauch

Dec 3, 2025

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In this masterclass episode of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast, I sit down with Trevor Mauch, founder and CEO of Carrot, a five-time Inc. 5000 company that's helped thousands of real estate investors and agents generate highly motivated seller leads online. Trevor's not just a "software guy" either—he's a buy-and-hold commercial investor himself, doing owner-carry deals and turning dead space into productive luxury apartments in his small town of Roseburg, Oregon.

We start with something almost everyone asks me at bootcamps: lead gen. Trevor breaks down what he calls evergreen marketing, online lead systems that work for you 24/7 instead of keeping you on the hamster wheel of cold calling and direct mail. Then we go deep on AI search visibility, how Google's AI overviews and tools like ChatGPT are changing SEO, and what you can do right now to win in that new world.

From there we shift into entrepreneur mindset: breaking through revenue "pain lines," designing your calendar around energy instead of just money, and building a business that actually funds your life vision instead of trapping you.

Trevor shares exactly how he scaled Carrot to an eight-figure company, the role coaching and masterminds played, and why your business should give you energy, income, and impact, not just revenue.

Key Talking Points of the Episode

00:00 Introduction

01:04 Who is Trevor Mauch?

03:02 Trevor's background: Growing Carrot and investing in real estate

04:55 The problem with "hamster wheel" marketing

06:56 How evergreen marketing generates inbound online leads

07:57 The impact of AI in how SEO works today

09:15 Practical AI SEO tips you can implement today

12:26 Taking advantage of hyperlocal links to build credibility online

15:56 Where to find Trevor and the AI Search Visibility Challenge

17:20 Business growth in 3s and 10s: The "Pain Lines"

19:50 Avoiding the "shiny object" churn through 12-month contracts