
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

Oct 26, 2023 • 46min
Episode 84: Levi Fowler & Julien Powell
Today's guests are the founders of Fowler & Powell and The Home Movement Property Experts.
Fowler & Powell launched in March 2019 and then The Home Movement followed suit at the start of 2023.
Between them, they are on a mission to change the estate agency industry and change lives by helping a select number of clients move home.
They also aim to continue to be adaptive and disruptive to the status quo of estate agency and to deliver excellence across the board.
They want to provide an exceptional experience for clients whilst building long-lasting relationships.
You will get some great advice on how to achieve the above with the content of this episode from two people who are walking the walk!

Oct 19, 2023 • 52min
Episode 83: Ross McKenzie
Today's guest is the founder of Isla-Alexander who has been working in the industry since 2013 and is building the next generation of estate agency built on the foundations of media and marketing
He has previously worked as a director for some of the UK’s largest Estate Agency firms such as Purplebricks, Countrywide, and, Keller Williams.
There is so much gold in this conversation and plenty to take action on.

Oct 12, 2023 • 38min
Episode 82: Lauren Power
Today's guest has worked in estate agency for over a dozen years for independent agents, national corporates and online agencies.
She has helped over 1000 Leeds home movers throughout her career to date.
In the past two and a half years, she worked alongside self-employed estate agents, training and coaching them.
She now partners with great estate agents and supports them in building their own businesses as well as running her own business, only working with a maximum of 20 clients at a time to ensure they receive the best possible service.
Her results in 2023 from a cold start have been remarkable and this is a great episode to learn from someone who is walking the walk right now.

Oct 5, 2023 • 46min
Episode 81: Chris Buckler
Today's guest is back for round 2 having been guest number 3 over a year ago.
Since then, a lot has changed with him having, founded a new self-employed model called The Estate Agency.
He is also a coach, mentor and self-confessed estate agency geek.
Please follow the link below to take a quiz and find out if self-employment is the perfect fit for your estate agency career.
https://theestate.agency/eligibility
You will also gain valuable insights and make informed decisions about what is suitable for you.

Oct 5, 2023 • 47min
Episode 80: Robert Reed
Today's guest is a high-profile estate agent who worked his first day in Tarporley in 2004
He joined forces with Gascoigne Halman and launched their new Tarporley office in March 2020.
He believes that an estate agent's role is to understand a client's needs, set an appropriate strategy and remain actively involved from start to finish until the goal is achieved.
He has developed a reputation for innovative thinking and a positive, and, energetic approach.
He also has a national profile, with appearances on TV and radio, providing property comment on BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 5 Live.
Many still remember him for being the youngest ever panellist on ‘Have I Got News for You’ at just 17.

Sep 21, 2023 • 42min
Episode 79: Elle Wood
Today's guest helps estate agents and letting agents attract more sellers and landlords with digital marketing.
She helps them dominate social media effortlessly & affordably and is known for giving regular social media tips.
Before this, she was awarded best estate agent in the UK during her several years as an estate agent before turning to helping them instead.
Some great lessons to be taken from this episode and implemented for any agents looking to grow their business.

Sep 14, 2023 • 50min
Episode 78: Richard Bray
Today's guest has been an estate agent since 2017, following a long career in banking and the financial sector.
Prior to getting into estate agency, he had plenty of experience buying and selling houses.
A lesson he applies from his banking days is that it's all about establishing rapport and good relationships.
He has taken the Beds/Bucks property market by storm in recent years and you will find out how in this episode.

Sep 7, 2023 • 43min
Episode 77: Gemma Noonan
Today's guest is the Managing Director of The Giggs Group and has over 20 years of experience in the coaching and HR space.
She is an expert in leadership, team building, training & development, and, performance management.
Specialising in driving change and culture and helping individuals and teams to understand and apply their values (personal and organisational) in everything they do.
She describes herself as a people leader, supporting business leaders and their teams to achieve their strategic plans.
A certified Executive Coach and currently volunteer as a Governor / Chair of Governor for two schools and a mum of two boys, she has her work cut out.

Aug 31, 2023 • 52min
Episode 76: Anton Babkov
Today's guest is the CEO at Rexlabs.
Rexlabs is home to leading proptech solutions like Rex Software, Siteloft and Spoke.
They believe that 'home' is an inherently human experience and build tech products to empower agents to deliver great customer experiences to owners, landlords, buyers and sellers.
They currently service more than 10,000 users across 1,800 agencies, selling billions of dollars in property every year in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
What better person to talk about opening the gates to more listings than the person running the show at Rexlabs.

Aug 24, 2023 • 45min
Episode 75: Daniel McGowran
Today's guest is the referred agent and owner of Daniel James Residential in Oswestry.
He has 20 years of experience as an estate agent and started his own business in late 2020.
Not only that, but he is also a mentor at Agents Together as well.
Challenging the status quo, this is one not to be missed!