Today’s RealTrending features Brian Bair, founder and CEO of Offerpad. Brian talks about the future of iBuying, if the company strategy may change due to the market shift and what they are doing to streamline the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s RealTrending features Long Doan, CEO of Realty Group LLC in Minneapolis. Doan was named a 2022 RealTrends GameChanger for achieving 292% growth by transaction side percentage over the past five years.Coming to the U.S. as a 13-year-old refugee during the Vietnam War, Doan had an aha moment. "The first night I was at the refugee camp, it hit me. I found a spot on the beach and I remember crying all night. I was a 13 year old boy, alone. I thought to myself, 'Wait a minute. Am I lucky, or am I unlucky?' The sun was coming up, and I remember telling myself that, 'Just put your big boy pants on and go to work,' because I decided that I was a victor, not a victim. I actually was lucky, not unlucky. And your mind is powerful. When you decide something, you are right." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s RealTrending features Steve Murray, senior advisor to RealTrends and a partner with RTC Consulting. Murray recently research more than 730 real estate firms to find out the leaders in growth over the past 10 years. The report, The Secrets of Top-Growth Firms, is available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s RealTrending features Corey Hasting, broker/owner of Engel & Völkers in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. His firm was a top mover in the 2022 RealTrends Nation's Best rankings, doubling transaction sides to 1,488 between 2021 and 2022. Hasting was a defensive starter for Ohio State University and the Cinncinatti Bengals before becoming the youngest brokerage owner in Engel & Völkers history at age 27. Hasting talks about running a brokerage and how his focus on training has resulted in increased agent productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s RealTrending features Rod Watson and Rob Hite, both former professional basketball players and founders of the sports and entertainment real estate firm Aston Rose, powered by SIDE. They talk about how athletics prepared them for real estate, the expansion of their real estate firm and the systematic and highly focused way they go about serving customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's RealTrending features 2022 RealTrends GameChangers, JW Webb, Founder, and CEO, and John Anderson, President, of Professional Realty Services International in Spokane, Washington. Their brokerage grew 217% over the past five years by transaction side percentage based on RealTrends 500 data. JW and John talk about how they did the unthinkable — halted recruiting — last year to ensure the agents they already had were getting the service and tools they needed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s RealTrending is a United Wholesale Mortgage-sponsored episode discussing partnering with an independent mortgage broker. Traci Nicodemus, owner of RE/MAX Cross Country Advantage Legacy and Trinity in Texas discusses mortgage brokerage partnership dynamic, how it's working for her firm and the importance of partnering with someone who shares you values. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s RealTrending features Nathan Klutznick, CEO, and Jonathan Lickstein, Managing Broker for LoKation Real Estate in Pompano Beach, Florida. The executives talk how they believe the flat-fee model is the future, competition for market share and the importance of transparency and availability to retain agent. The brokerage is ranked No. 47 by transaction sides, and No. 77 by sales volume in the 2022 RealTrends 500 ranking.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s RealTrending features Smokey Garrett, operating partner for Keller Williams Go Network, ranked No. 11 by transaction size, and No. 15 by sales volume in the 2020 RealTrends 500 rankings. Smokey talks about the upcoming market change, what brokerage leaders can do to prepare and the actions he took during the Great Recession to help his network through industry challenges.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s RealTrending features Rob Hahn, better known as Notorious ROB. Rob is managing partner of 7DS Associates, which is a Las Vegas based real estate strategy and consulting firm. Hahn offers his straight-shooter take on commission lawsuits, the future of the industry and what real estate leaders should be doing today to prepare for possible industry changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices