Hustle Humbly Podcast

Get the full list of numbers you should track in your real estate business and let those numbers guide you in setting your goals.     It’s that time of year again that you either love or dread: business planning and goal setting for the next year. In this episode we dive into the real down and dirty on exactly WHAT numbers you should track and how you would use those numbers to impact your future business. We are covering some of our favorite tracking creations like the career overview and transaction comparison sheet plus some of the tracking tools we’ve learned from others over the years. What do you need in your business plan? We will tell you! How can you keep track of your business budget? We’ve discussing that too! How do you keep track of your marketing dollars and decide if they are working? The answer is in this episode too! You know we love using data with our clients and if you want to treat your business like a business then you need to be using data to do that too! Let’s get ready for next year the best way we know how: by reviewing what worked and what didn’t this year.  Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.

Standing out in your real estate business using tools, best practices, and great customer service is the key to long term success!   You open your mailbox to find the third mailer this month from another one of your agent neighbors. UGH! You shake your head, drop it in the recycle bin and consider moving to a less saturated market. Then you start thinking maybe it’s time you sent a similar mailer, so you can compete. In this episode we save you the move and the wasted marketing dollars and give you real ideas for standing out from the crowd. We know there are a lot of agents out there, but none of them are you and lots of them leave quite a bit to be desired in the business department. Standing out may be easier than you think! Listen in to find out our top 9 ways you can stand out from the crowd that cost you nothing or at most the price of a stamp. And in the immortal words of Dr. Seuss, “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”   Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.

Reaching out to your database, building relationships, & growing your business with your real estate database during the holiday season doesn’t need to be hard!   You added all your friends, family, and past clients to your database, filled out half of their correct information and just put it on a shelf to collect dust. Well, friend, it’s time to dust off that database and get serious about working repeat and referral business in the new year. The best way to get started is by cleaning up or starting your database and getting at least one contact done this holiday season. There is never a better and less creepy time to ask someone for their address, so let’s do it. In this episode we walk you through the cleaning process and give you a great list of ideas for contacting your people. You can make this happen with little to no money spent, so don’t let your business finances stop you. We also give some great ideas if you’d like to take this a bit further for the holidays and host an event, do a pop-by, or give client gifts. And, in celebration of Thanksgiving we’d like to say how thankful we are to have you as a listener! We are grateful for your continued support and we wish you all the best this holiday season! If you are just getting started grab our database spreadsheet template and who do you know list here!   Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.

If you do one thing to celebrate Veteran’s Day this year, let it be listening to this episode of Hustle Humbly. Our veterans have selflessly served our country and now we can return the favor by serving them. As our guest says today, “Realtors are the gate keeper’s to home ownership” and we need to take that seriously especially with our veterans. Our jaws were on the floor learning the ins and outs of VA home loans and debunking so many commonly accepted myths. We loved welcoming veteran and agent, Samantha Catterall and one of her lender partners, Liz Going.    Liz Going is a Local Mortgage lender who has made it her mission to serve those who have served.  Liz has never served but comes from a family with a long military history including several family members who have served this country, and is passionate about being an advocate for her military borrowers in the marketplace. Liz has earned several VA accreditations including the Certified Veteran Mortgage Advisor title, and has become one of the top local VA lenders in the state of New Hampshire. Through advocacy and educational courses for real estate agents, Liz shares in an effort to promote Veteran Home Ownership in the state of New Hampshire and help bust the myths surrounding the VA loan.   Samantha Catterall, a true New Hampshire native, enlisted in the Vermont Army National Guard after high school, specializing in supply. With a degree in Business Administration and a flair for Interior Design, Samantha transitioned into real estate two and a half years ago. She is currently a Realtor with Keller Williams Coastal and Lakes & Mountains on the Legacy Group Team. Notably, half of her clientele are fellow veterans, a testament to her understanding and connection within the veteran community. Rooted in the Granite State, Samantha weaves her military discipline, education, and design sensibilities into a successful and community-focused real estate career.   Don’t miss our 5 days of deals this week! Visit hustlehumblypodcast.com/deals to find out more.   Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.

Unlocking Success: Exploring Broker Pitfalls and Strategies for Real Estate Excellence Being a real estate broker is a tough job! Managing people for a living requires a special level of patience and care. In this episode we talk about where brokers might have opportunities to improve their businesses and the lives of their agents. From fostering community to mentorship programs to recruiting, we are diving into the world of being a real estate broker from our agent perspective. What parts of the industry seem fully focused on making money and where do the agents get lost in the shuffle? We know brokers have to recruit to keep the business thriving, but where is the line between growing the agents you have and looking for more agents to fill the building. What about education? When is it not enough? Can it be too much? We are ready to talk about all things real estate brokerage and we truly hope there will be some ideas that our broker listeners will find useful for their offices! We love both of our brokers and want more agents out there to feel the same way!    Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.

DISCLAIMER: If you are triggered by death, crime, paranormal activity and general creepy stuff, then this is not the episode for you. We meant no disrespect to the deceased referenced in the show. With that being said we tell some seriously wild listener submitted stories and we have quite a few laughs. We had a hard time getting through some of these due to general icks and a few cases of the uncontrollable giggles. We learned a lot about our listeners including they are incredibly brave, sometimes to a fault, and are excellent writers. In honor of their writing prowess and the O.G. scary story teller, Edgar Allen Poe, we play a little game of “name that short story”. If Halloween week brings out your love for all things spooky then this episode is for you!   Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.

We are back again with a list of FREE tools and activities you can be using right NOW to grow your real estate business. What are our favorite free technologies that we are using today? Where can we spend time to get the best results for the lowest cost? What’s the number one free resource that agents are constantly complaining about or avoiding altogether? We are digging in and sharing all the goods! From A.I. to good ole fashion spreadsheets we are covering a lot of ground. As the market slows for the winter and in response to market conditions, now is the time to audit our business spending and see where you can cut. The good news is there are lots of free tools available to us to keep our business running and growing even when we decrease our business spending!   Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.

When the market slows it can be hard to “trust the process”. Nervous sellers and reluctant buyers asking lots of questions and feeling all the feels can make you doubt your systems and processes. In this episode we dive into what happens when you put blinders on and just focus on the process. We are answering the tough questions like what happens if your listing doesn’t sell? Why should you treat your current clients like gold? What should you do about your database? Should you change everything based on what your clients want you to do? It’s time to talk about standing in a bit of discomfort and finding ways to stay vigilant with your processes. Maybe you’ve been like us and told your clients a time or two to “trust the process” and now we are turning it around on ourselves with a reminder that if you stick to your process the outcome will take care of itself.   Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.

Whether you are new to the real estate industry or a seasoned veteran, offers contingent on the sale of another home have likely not been on your radar the last few years. When the market was beyond competitive and most houses were getting multiple offers, asking a seller to take your offer contingent on the sale of your home was, well, out of the question. In this episode we are going to talk about what sellers need to look for when reviewing a contingent offer and why contingent offers aren’t inherently bad. With lots of move up buyers feeling stuck in their home and worried about not finding what they want, who could blame them for not blindly listing their home for sale and hoping for the best. Contingent offers can be a great tool for buyers and shouldn’t be immediately dismissed by sellers. We are going to give you all the tools you need as the listing agent to make sure your sellers make the right choice for them and respond confidently to all contingent offers!    Please revisit episode 65 if you are a buyer looking to buy and sell at the same time as we give all of the options and a step by step of that process!   Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.  

What happens when inventory is tighter, interest rates keep creeping higher, house prices are elevated and the real estate market is tougher? Agent behavior starts to show it. It’s time to revisit real estate professionalism and exactly what happens when agents are desperate for deals. This episode is full of stories of recent agent behavior we have encountered. Are you seeing more agents behaving badly in this market? Have you experienced frantic, emotional and down right unprofessional behavior lately? We have some bad news… it’s not just real estate agents that are on edge and behaving as such. Sellers and buyers are feeling the pressure just as much as we are. Let’s talk through what is going on in the current real estate market and what we can do to continue to hold ourselves to high standards of professionalism and get through this together!   Leave us a review at ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template  Email Templates 101: emailtemplates101.com Agent Systems 101: agentsystems101.com All Resources: hustlehumblypodcast.com Submit your topic ideas and toasts to hello@hustlehumblypodcast.com.