394 - Building an Independent Brokerage (with Tim Garrity)

Many professional real estate agents start their careers by joining a team. After a few years, they might build their own team. Typically, these agents are associated with big-box brokers. This week’s guest is Tim Garrity, and he took a different route. Tim wanted to run things his way. Listen to the episode and discover: The strategy Tim used to build his client base and grow from 10 to 40 agents and $10M to $40M in volume, the 3 steps he takes to ensure agents can be productive and accountable, and the distinctive content strategy he’s been using since the beginning to generate leads. 

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 0:00     Introduction 

1:55     Tim’s backstory 

4:14     What were the early years like? 

7:41     Why did you decide to become a broker? 

10:39   What is your strategy for recruiting agents? 

12:44   What does every new agent need now? 

15:18   How do you hold your team accountable? 

18:37   How do you get the leads for your team? 

23:38   Why start a brokerage rather than join existing company? 

26:48   How do you coach agents through failure? 

28:42   Do you have a principle you live by? 

32:40   Action Item