
RealTrending
The RealTrending podcast features conversations with the brightest minds in real estate. Every Monday, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts join us to share their secrets to success, trends, and the lessons they’ve learned. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by the HousingWire Content Studio.
Latest episodes

Jul 28, 2020 • 17min
Kris Lindahl, founder and CEO of The Kris Lindahl Team
The Thousand: No. 16 team-owned brokerage by volume and No. 12 by transaction sitesFind out the details of Lindahl's real estate scholarship program which will net him 75 new sales associates in August 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 24, 2020 • 17min
Brian Donnellan, president and CEO, Bright MLS
Mid-Atlantic United States: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 22, 2020 • 15min
Sheryl Chinowth, CEO and Co-Founder, Chinowth & Cohen Realtors, Oklahoma
Starting the brand as a small, luxury firm, Chinowth said that the plan was never to grow as large as they are today. But, the relationships they built with agents working the luxury market propelled them into growth mode. Find out more about the process and her lessons learned in this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 21, 2020 • 12min
Ep. 80: The Future of Brokerage, The Future Profile of Great Agents and Teams, and The Importance of Core Services
From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry trends and news, this is REAL Trending episode 80. We're analyzing the most important trends affecting brokerage companies and their agents. I'm Steve Murray, president of REAL Trends. Today, we're going to take a little trip to the future and discuss the future of brokerage, the future profile of great agents and teams, and the importance of core services. What do these trends mean now and how can brokers firms best deal with them in the future? So let's talk first about the future of brokerage. I want to be straight and get to the point with anyone tuning in many Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 17, 2020 • 24min
Nick Ron, CEO of House Buyers of America
With a hybrid iBuyer-ish model, House Buyers of America has continued to buy homes throughout the Pandemic. Find out where Ron is seeing opportunity in the market and how he's making this model work when others chose to shut down buying homes early on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 15, 2020 • 13min
Ashley Bowers, President, HomeSmart International 86% Growth from 2014-2018
With a growth plan to be in all 50 states and to double their agent count by the end of 2023, HomeSmart and its leadership team led by Bowers is strategically moving toward success. Find out about their growth plan in this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 14, 2020 • 10min
Lacey Conway, CEO, Latter & Blum Companies, Louisiana
With a focus on staying debt-free and looking for ways to beef up ancillary services, Conway stays growth-minded. The company ranked No. 30 by transaction sides in this year's REAL Trends 500 Top Brokerages. Find out more about Conway's growth strategies in this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 10, 2020 • 23min
REAL Trending Special Edition: Recruiting Nick Bailey, Chief Customer Officer, RE/MAX International
Since joining RE/MAX last September, Bailey revamped the company's recruiting strategy, culminating in a new campaign that was recently launched. REAL Trends editor in chief Tracey Velt talks to Bailey about recruiting trends and tells us the biggest mistakes brokers make when it comes to finding and recruiting good agents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 8, 2020 • 8min
Tom Hosack President & CEO - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty/Northwood Realty Services
Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, talked about how almost every asset he owned he overpaid for, but, with time, because the asset was high quality, it worked out. Hearing that Hosack and his team changed their strategy about how they looked at real estate deals and recruiting and became much more aggressive than before. Find out how that impacted his company positively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 7, 2020 • 11min
Ep. 79: Housing Recovery, Where to Focus Now, Agent Rankings.
From REAL Trends, the trusted source for real estate industry news and trends, this is REAL Trending episode 79. We're analyzing the most important trends affecting brokerage companies and agents. I'm Steve Murray, President of REAL Trends and today we're discussing this housing recovery, where to focus now and lessons from the agent rankings, what these trends mean and how can brokerage firms best deal with them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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