
Opening The Gates To More Listings
Opening The Gates To More Listings with Simon Gates is a podcast designed to help estate agents find more listings and increase the profitability of their business.
There will be a variety of different guests across the industry being interviewed to share their knowledge on how to achieve this.
Latest episodes

May 26, 2025 • 1h 5min
Episode 192: Ben Moore
Today's guest is (The one with the Beard) and 'The least ‘estate agenty’ Estate Agent, ever.' He helps estate agents who have two or more years operational experience start and scale their own personality driven estate agency and is also a bespoke estate agent & growth ambassador Powered by eXp UK, offering industry leading marketing & social first content designed to deliver for an exclusive portfolio of clients in Lancashire.Well known for his social media content, quality videos, and massive involvement in the growth of the self-employed model, he is someone that you want to be listening to when it comes to what makes a great estate agent.We discuss all of the above and more in this brilliant conversation that you do not want to miss from one of the most well known and though of people within the industry right now.

May 22, 2025 • 51min
Episode 191: Sam Hunter
Today's returning guest is the CEO of RESIC Group, which manages cutting-edge businesses that solve real problems to enhance the lives of property buyers, home owners and property professionals across Australia.RESIC group consists of HoLo Home Loans, Happy Buyers Club, and, Develo.Prior to this he was the COO of Homesearch for several years and previously an estate agent in both London and Brisbane.Over his 15 years in real estate, he's had success as a sales and buyer's agent, and has been recognised as an industry leader in both Australia and the UK. Today, he's building innovative real estate technology platforms that improve the residential real estate experience for home buyers and home owners across my home town of Brisbane and the rest of Australia.He knows his way around a podcast studio having launched the World Class Agency podcast back in 2019 whilst still in the UK and also has a podcast in Australia called Taking Back Saturday.This is a conversation with someone you will not want to miss because he has founded two very successful businesses on either side of the world and shares some of his formula on how this was achieved during our discussion.From video, social media, adding value, real estate on both sides of the world, and being a buying agent, we cover it all in this long overdue sequel to episode 2.

May 19, 2025 • 49min
Episode 190: Anthony Jones
Today's guest is the sales manager at The ValPal Network and has been part of the Angels Media team since 2012.He helps estate and letting agents grow their businesses by helping them utilise the range of products under The ValPal Network umbrella.With over 4,000 agents in The ValPal Network he is very well positioned to give advice on what the very best estate agents are doing differently to stand out from the competition. In this conversation he shares some unbelievable insights on the power of instant val tools and how to use them.If you want to understand more about how to use data and instant val tools to get you in more living rooms, you 100% do not want to miss this episode!

May 15, 2025 • 1h 19min
Episode 189: Simon Leadbetter
Today's returning guest for a now unprecedented sixth time is the founder of We Are Unchained, a strategic marketing consultancy that helps businesses grow faster by enhancing their market insight, strategy, activity, and talent.Over his 8 years experience in the estate agency industry, he has worked with Countrywide, Fine & Country, Keller Williams, and Knight Frank.He's also a mentor at Agents Together, Propertymark Trust Ambassador and Fractional CMO for Lemon and Lime Interiors.With over 30 years of marketing experience across multiple sectors, from startups to FTSE100, he has turned failing marketing teams around, and educated hundreds of people on the science and art of marketing.His mission is to make quality strategic marketing and practical advice accessible to every business, whether they need a virtual CMO, a one-to-one mentor, or a marketing trainer.In this episode, we discuss the results of part two of the Voice of The Agent 2025, covering topics such as market share, size and types of agents, portals, proptech, AI and home staging. If you've not already read part two of the report, please do contact me for a copy of it and I will happily share it with you.You can also message me if you are interested in completing part three of the survey and sharing your voice to help shape the industry.Any insights shared will help define the future of the UK property market.

May 12, 2025 • 58min
Episode 188: Keith Allen
Today's guest is the Operating Director of Oakleigh Blue and Founder of Letting Wizard, Straight Line Letting, Elevate Agent, and author of World Class Letting Agent.He is helping letting agents achieve their performance and financial goals by coaching and mentoring them using his 30+ years of experience and being involved in over 6,000 completed transactions.His pedigree is evidenced from being an EA Masters Winner 2021/2022/2023/2024.He is also a NLP Practitioner in Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT , Jungian Therapy, and, Sports Psychology.If you are a letting agent looking to grow your portfolio or a sales agent looking to get into the rental market, this episode is just for you with loads of golden nuggets being shared on how to win in this market.

May 8, 2025 • 57min
Episode 187: Steph Walker & Chris Buckler
Today's returning guests have recently joined forces to create a super brokerage with TAUK.They aim to help personal estate agents build thriving businesses and fix the relationship between the public and estate agents.One of them is a no nonsense and straight talking powerhouse of the industry, whilst the other is a coach, mentor, and self-confessed estate agency geek.You do not want to miss this conversation and hear from two of the best minds within the industry, who as a combination, bring incredible amounts of value to this episode.

May 5, 2025 • 45min
Episode 186: Dayalan Mahesan
Today's guest is a self-employed estate agent with Keller Williams and has taken the industry by storm over the past five years.He is a Keller Williams “Top Producer Agent”and part of the Keller Williams Agent Leadership Council.In this conversation we discuss self-employed estate agency and getting started, landlord lead generation, the importance of networking and being part of your community, plus the power of an email newsletter and creating a database.We also chat about how important training and education is for estate agents to succeed, which is why you should consider joining the book club that this guest has created.Make sure to listen to this episode to learn from someone that has started from scratch in a new area, made a real dent in his local market and is making a real name for himself in the self-employed world.

May 1, 2025 • 52min
Episode 185: Ian Wilkinson
Today's guest is the Founder of Snowden Wilkinson Estate Agents and Agent MXM.Having founded Snowden Wilkinson 20 years ago, we talk about his learnings from over the years, such as the power of social media, allowing your team to have a personal brand, marketing to different demographics, and much much more.We also discuss his new venture into the self-employed world and he gives lots of valuable advice on how to become an attraction agent in your local market.You don't want to miss this episode if you want to learn from someone that is still at the coal face after 20 years of ownership in the estate agency industry and has bags of experience to share.

Apr 28, 2025 • 55min
Episode 184: Holly Boylan
Today's guest is Head of Operations & Client Experience at The Avenue and is set on providing the best environment for the agents they partner with to WIN and become the business owners, they truly want to be.This incredibly inspiring conversation covers the importance of culture, mindset, fitness, processes, and finding your niche.If you want to find out some of the secrets behind the success of The Avenue, you don't want to miss this discussion with one of the driving forces behind the scenes helping their agents to succeed.

Apr 24, 2025 • 55min
Episode 183: Ali Harper
Today's guest is the owner of Harpers Property People and is a triple eXp ICON.He is now based in Northumberland, but his career has seen his work in London for some of the biggest names within the industry such as KFH, Spicerhaart, Purplebricks, and Keller Williams, before deciding to launch his own business in June 2021.Harpers have gone on to sell over 300 properties during this time from a cold start and if you want to hear how these phenomenal results have been achieved, you better not miss this episode!