[BONUS] 2025 Opportunities from 2024 Changes with Renee Funk

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Jan 2, 2025

Renee Funk, co-team leader of The Funk Collection in Orlando, shares her insights on navigating the changing real estate landscape. She discusses how recent regulatory changes can open up new opportunities for growth. Renee emphasizes the importance of operational support, defining success on personal terms, and fostering open communication within teams. She also highlights the need for real estate agents to adapt to consumer empowerment and the evolving market, while promoting curiosity and connection as essential elements of success.

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ADVICE

Prioritize Operations Staff

Hire an operations team member before hiring agents.
Operations staff are the "glue" of a successful team and should be prioritized.

INSIGHT

Defining Success

Real estate success is not one-size-fits-all; there are many paths.
Team leaders should understand an agent's definition of success and long-term goals.

ADVICE

Open Career Conversations

Encourage open conversations about career paths within and beyond the team.
Normalize "offboarding" discussions, recognizing that agents may move on.

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Compared to 2023, production was down about 18% this year for The Funk Collection brokered by eXp Realty in Orlando, Florida. Co-team leader Renee Funk took no pleasure in sharing that, but also acknowledged that it’s a fact.

Many teams experienced similar results, driven by all kinds of change. But change presents opportunity and Renee is bullish on regulation changes and the year ahead.

Here in this bonus episode themed to the 2024 Wins and 2025 Game Plans episodes that immediately precede it, Renee shares some of the lessons, challenges, and wins their team faced - and what’s ahead in 2025.

FUBCON Session with Renee: https://youtu.be/ClJc94xi3ic

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Listen to this episode with Renee Funk for insights into:

- Why operations are the “true glue” of your team and why your first hires should be in this area

- Why there’s no single way to define success in real estate and what that means for leaving or staying in sales production

- Specific conversations to have openly within your team, including teams within the team and offboarding rather than re-recruiting

- The LB NT framework to reflect on any meeting, conversation, or time period

- Why they’re bullish on regulation changes (spoiler: it’s about clarity of value for all)

- Specific times we’ve seen the “end of agents” fear and distraction before

- How they approached training on buyer-broker agreements

- The two-stage buyer conversations to get buyer-broker agreements signed, to get more buyers to contracts, and to level up “Pop Tart” agents

- Resetting strategy with yourself, your team, and your clients

At the end, learn about a top team that’s close to home.

Renee Funk:

- https://reneefunk.com

- https://www.instagram.com/renee_funk

- https://realtyinorlando.com

Real Estate Team OS:

- https://www.realestateteamos.com

- https://linktr.ee/realestateteamos

- https://www.instagram.com/realestateteamos/

FUBCON Session with Renee:
- https://youtu.be/ClJc94xi3ic

FUBCON Session playlist:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCJiXNo93cVopyNz34nrcV-kVacpWjvAm

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