

Icons of Real Estate Podcast
Tomás Fonseca
ICONS of Real Estate Podcast is the go-to source of inspiration for real estate professionals who want to be inspired, take action and grow their business. Tune in for the latest insights in real estate, entrepreneurship, mindset and more.
We also run the #1 Real Estate Podcast Network, helping real estate professionals build their brand through podcasting. Check out our website to see how we can help you grow!
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We also run the #1 Real Estate Podcast Network, helping real estate professionals build their brand through podcasting. Check out our website to see how we can help you grow!
Apply to be on the show:
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Explore our network:
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Sep 26, 2022 • 31min
Talking Real Estate Market Trends With Jack Tsai - Episode 81
🎙️Episode 81: Talking Real Estate Market Trends With Jack Tsai
👨💼Guest Bio:
Jack Tsai is a seasoned real estate agent specializing in the Southern CA area, mastering both the single-house and multi-family markets. His professionalism has set him apart as a top producer.
Always finding a way to grow himself and his team, Jack joined eXp in 2019. Let’s hear about the real estate market trends and Jack’s story on today’s episode on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"It's not about calling more people, it's about who you are being along the process..."
📇Connecting with Jack:
Website: https://jacktsai.exprealty.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacktsai.exprealty
Instagram: @jacktsai.exprealty
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-tsai-33b846128
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
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🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/

Sep 26, 2022 • 26min
1031 Exchange, Accredited Investors, and Bridge Loans with Chris Salerno - Episode 80
🎙️Episode 80: 1031 Exchange, Accredited Investors, and Bridge Loans with Chris Salerno
👨💼Guest Bio:
Today’s icon is Christopher Salerno. Chris helped lead the number one real estate team in the Carolinas to produce more than 140MM in annual sales before creating QC Capital, a premier, multi-family boutique with investment sourcing structuring, execution, and asset management.
Today we cover 1031 Exchange, accredited investors, bridge loans, and much more, on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"It takes drive, motivation, determination to succeed, willing to do what it takes, I have slept in my office a couple of times..."
📇Connecting with Chris:
Website: https://www.qccapitalgroup.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.salerno
Instagram: @chris_salerno_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salerno2
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
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Ardor SEO developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customer to predictably grow your business.
Find more about how you can predictably grow your Real Estate business on https://ardorseo.com/search-engine-optimization/real-estate-local-seo/
🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/

Sep 24, 2022 • 34min
How to Hire a Real Estate Agent with Erick Hatch - Episode 78
🎙️Episode 78: How to Hire a Real Estate Agent with Erick Hatch
👨💼Guest Bio:
Today’s icon is Erik Hatch. Erik is an entrepreneur, public speaker, realtor, author, coach, and investor.
Casting vision, marketing the business, and leading people. This is how Erik spends his days. And this is what he did, on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"We love SEO leads, we think those are high-value leads cause are inexpensive, and take a lot of nurturing"
📇Connecting with Erik:
Website: www.hatchcoaching.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erikhatch
Instagram: @realerikhatch
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikhatch1
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
Book your slot on https://calendly.com/tomas-ardorseo/icons-podcast-recording
🎯Find more about our Sponsor, Ardor SEO!
Ardor SEO developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customer to predictably grow your business.
Find more about how you can predictably grow your Real Estate business on https://ardorseo.com/search-engine-optimization/real-estate-local-seo/
🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/

Sep 23, 2022 • 29min
Thomas Castelli's Tips & Tricks On the Best Real Estate Investor Tax Strategies - Episode 79
🎙️Episode 79: Thomas Castelli's Tips & Tricks On the Best Real Estate Investor Tax Strategies
👨💼Guest Bio:
Thomas Castelli (the Real Estate CPA), helps others build wealth, achieve financial freedom and retire securely by investing in real estate. Thomas and his associates are real estate investors themselves with unique insights that help clients with accounting and tax advice.
Grab your notebook and get ready for some tax strategies that you want to get a hold of, rather sooner than later!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"One of the key things under audit is how quickly can you produce information. It's a red flag to the IRS if you take time"
📇Connecting with Thomas:
Website: http://thomascastelli.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thomascastellicpa/
Instagram: @thomascastellicpa
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomascastelli
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
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🎯Find more about our Sponsor, Ardor SEO!
Ardor SEO developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customer to predictably grow your business.
Find more about how you can predictably grow your Real Estate business on https://ardorseo.com/search-engine-optimization/real-estate-local-seo/
🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/

Sep 22, 2022 • 26min
Marketing, Branding, And Baltimore Real Estate Market With Kelly Schuit and James Weiskerger - Episode 77
🎙️Episode 77: Marketing, Branding, And Baltimore Real Estate Market With Kelly Schuit and James Weiskerger
👨💼Guest Bio:
Kelly Schuit and James Weiskerger, partners at Next Step Realty and managing partners of W Home Group in Maryland.
Specialists in Branding and Company Growth, Kelly and James join the Icons movement and are delivering value on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"A lot of agents, sellers and buyers don't understand, there are so many things that are more important than the sale price. The terms are really important and if you can learn to navigate that creatively it makes a major difference."
📇Connecting with Kelly:
Website: https://www.thewhomegroup.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoldbyKellySchuit/
Instagram: @soldbykellyschuit
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyschuit
📇Connecting with James:
Website: https://www.thewhomegroup.com/
Instagram: @jamesweiskerger
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-weiskerger-07366b11
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
Book your slot on https://calendly.com/tomas-ardorseo/icons-podcast-recording
🎯Find more about our Sponsor, Ardor SEO!
Ardor SEO developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customer to predictably grow your business.
Find more about how you can predictably grow your Real Estate business on https://ardorseo.com/search-engine-optimization/real-estate-local-seo/
🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/

Sep 22, 2022 • 23min
What's the Blue Ridge Real Estate Market Like? Talk With Nathan Fitts - Episode 76
🎙️Episode 76: What's the Blue Ridge Real Estate Market Like? Talk With Nathan Fitts
👨💼Guest Bio:
Nathan Fitts is a fourth-generation native of Georgia’s Blue Ridge with over 20 years of experience. He is recognized for sales volume and customer satisfaction.
Being Georgia’s Re/Max number one producing realtor, Nathan will tell us about the market situation in Blue Ridge and how he manages his team to make the best of it!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"Every year I've downsized my team, we are only 12 total now, and we produce more now than we ever had"
📇Connecting with Nathan:
Website: https://nathanfitts.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathanfittsandteam/
Instagram: @nathan__fitts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thenathanfittsteam/
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
Book your slot on https://calendly.com/tomas-ardorseo/icons-podcast-recording
🎯Find more about our Sponsor, Ardor SEO!
Ardor SEO developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customer to predictably grow your business.
Find more about how you can predictably grow your Real Estate business on https://ardorseo.com/search-engine-optimization/real-estate-local-seo/
🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/

Sep 21, 2022 • 46min
Real Estate Tips to Market Proof Your Real Estate Business And Thrive From Alex Piech - Episode 75
🎙️Episode 75: Real Estate Tips to Market Proof Your Real Estate Business And Thrive From Alex Piech
👨💼Guest Bio:
Alex Piech has been a licensed realtor since 2003. During the past 19 years, he has owned and operated several real estate companies. In 2005, Alex became one of the youngest ReMax franchise owners. Then in 2018, he decided to take on a new challenge and opened Evolve Real Estate Group with eXp Realty.
Grab a bucket cause there is an overload of nuggets on this episode of Icons of Real Estate!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"There are so many digital marketers, there are so many people trying to sell us stuff in real estate, it's hard to decipher for the average person what works and what doesn't"
📇Connecting with Alex:
Website: https://www.everythingdallasrealestate.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealEstateAdvisorAlex/
Instagram: @alexpiech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexpiech
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
Book your slot on https://calendly.com/tomas-ardorseo/icons-podcast-recording
🎯Find more about our Sponsor, Ardor SEO!
Ardor SEO developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customer to predictably grow your business.
Find more about how you can predictably grow your Real Estate business on https://ardorseo.com/search-engine-optimization/real-estate-local-seo/
🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/

Sep 20, 2022 • 27min
What are the Main Advantages of Working In eXp Realty - Explained Marti Hampton - Episode 73
🎙️Episode 73: What are the Main Advantages of Working In eXp Realty - Explained Marti Hampton
👨💼Guest Bio:
Throughout her long career, Marti Hampton has accrued numerous recognitions as the #1 RE/MAX Team in the US and the #3 RE/MAX Team in the World and has received multiple Diamond Club Awards and continuous ranking as a Top Agent in the US. She has been listed as one of “The Most Powerful Women in Real Estate” in the National Relocation & Real Estate Magazine and has been a finalist for Inman’s “Innovator of the Year Award” for her international Coming Soon Homes platform.
After being ranked #1 at RE/MAX from 2014 – 2019, Marti is taking on a fresh new challenge—to be #1 amongst other innovative, game-changing agents and teams at eXp Realty. Marti is on the Icons of Real Estate today to showcase that and what the future is looking like!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"Real Estate it's easy to get burned out. Less than 4% got it into real estate as their first career"
📇Connecting with Marti:
Website: comingsoonhomes.com https://www.martihampton.com/
Instagram: @martihamptonre
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MartiHamptonRE/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martihampton/
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
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🎯Find more about our Sponsor, Ardor SEO!
Ardor SEO developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customer to predictably grow your business.
Find more about how you can predictably grow your Real Estate business on https://ardorseo.com/search-engine-optimization/real-estate-local-seo/
🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/

Sep 20, 2022 • 34min
All About Manhattan & New York Real Estate Markets With Matthew Lesser & Ravi Kantha - Episode 74
🎙️Episode 74: All About Manhattan & New York Real Estate Markets With Matthew Lesser & Ravi Kantha
👨💼Guest Bio:
2 Icons in 1 episode! Ravi Kantha, and Matthew Lesser from Leslie J Garfield Brokerage. Ravi and Matthew have led the team to be the premiere townhouse team that covers Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Matthew and Ravi specialize in townhouses and small buildings, they came to the Icons of Real Estate Podcast to give you the ins and outs of Manhattan & New York real estate markets!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"People may think I'm not working but 5h of golf :golf: with someone you've met once is worth 20 phone calls, even 20 years of phone calls..."
📇Connecting with Matthew:
Website: https://lesliegarfield.com/agents/matthew-lesser
Instagram: @lesserkanthateam
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-lesser-484a8b3/
Connecting with Ravi:
Website: https://lesliegarfield.com/agents/ravi-kantha
Instagram: @thetownhouseguy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ravi-Kantha-344984382590261/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-kantha-80b9736
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
Book your slot on https://calendly.com/tomas-ardorseo/icons-podcast-recording
🎯Find more about our Sponsor, Ardor SEO!
Ardor SEO developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customer to predictably grow your business.
Find more about how you can predictably grow your Real Estate business on https://ardorseo.com/search-engine-optimization/real-estate-local-seo/
🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/

Sep 20, 2022 • 20min
Small Area & Small Team, But Great Real Estate Business! Michael Daugherty's Secrets - Episode 72
🎙️Episode 72: Small Area & Small Team, But Great Real Estate Business! Michael Daugherty's Secrets
👨💼Guest Bio:
Michael Daugherty of Own Real Estate is focused on serving others, connecting buyers and sellers to their home ownership goals. He has become an award-winning Realtor throughout Hampton Roads, concentrating on creating an experience that leads his clients to refer him to their friends and family.
Worried that you have a small team in a small area? Not a reason to not be successful! Michael is showing us how on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast!
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🗣️Notable Quotes:
"If you are a new agent and you want to know what to do with the money you make once you pass survival mode: Invest In Real Estate"
📇Connecting with Michael:
Website:https://www.ownreva.com/agent/michael-daugherty/
Instagram: @late_mike
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michaeldaughertyrealtor/
🎇Want to be featured on the Icons of Real Estate Podcast?
Do you think you have what it takes? Top 1% influencers, Top-Producers, the faces that drive the Icon movement and you can be one of them!
Book your slot on https://calendly.com/tomas-ardorseo/icons-podcast-recording
🎯Find more about our Sponsor, Ardor SEO!
Ardor SEO developed a simple system to get your message in front of your ideal customer to predictably grow your business.
Find more about how you can predictably grow your Real Estate business on https://ardorseo.com/search-engine-optimization/real-estate-local-seo/
🎙️Connecting with ✨Icons of Real Estate Podcast
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcgPiL-DIROUvJBNtHwdPAA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IconsOfRealEstate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconsofrealestate/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iconsofrealestate/
Website: https://iconsofrealestate.com/