RealTrending
Trends, analysis and success stories from leaders in the real estate industry.The RealTrending podcast features the brightest minds in real estate. Every week, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts share their success secrets, trends, and lessons learned navigating this ever-changing industry. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by Elissa Branch.
Latest episodes
Aug 1, 2022 • 38min
ShowingTime's Mike Lane talks data privacy and market trends
Today’s RealTrending features Mike Lane, president of ShowingTime. Mike shares the latest on ShowingTime's evolving platform post-Zillow acquisition and offers some market trend on which real estate markets are still hot based on their data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 27, 2022 • 37min
Homeward's Tim Heyl on real estate industry innovation
Today’s RealTrending features Tim Heyl, founder of Homeward and of The Heyl Group of Keller Williams Realty in Austin. The Heyl Group is ranked number two large team by transaction sides and number five by sales volume in the 2022 RealTrends, The Thousand rankings. Heyl discusses the new financing options for consumers, why teams aren't competition for brokers and the innovation in the real estate industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 18, 2022 • 22min
Pacaso's Marnie Blanco on co-ownership trends and success strategies
Today’s RealTrending features Marnie Blanco, vice president of industry for Pacaso. Marnie shares how the company is tweaking its strategy, trends in co-ownership and what brokers and agents can do to compete in today's market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 11, 2022 • 27min
ERA King leader does one thing every year to increase agent productivity
Today’s RealTrending features Anna-Marie Ellison, managing partner of ERA King Real Estate in Alabama, and a RealTrends GameChanger. Anna-Marie talks about how she's investing in boosting agent productivity and the tactics she's using to do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 27, 2022 • 28min
Offerpad's Brian Bair on the future of iBuying
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
Jun 21, 2022 • 33min
Flat-fee, fast-growing firm leader on lessons learned from Great Recession
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
Jun 13, 2022 • 44min
Steve Murray analyzes the secrets to 10-year high growth brokerages
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
Jun 6, 2022 • 29min
Ex-NFL football player turned real estate broker on training and agent productivity
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
May 31, 2022 • 29min
Aston Rose founders on sports, commitment and real estate expansion
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
May 24, 2022 • 43min
Spokane brokers halt recruiting, get surprising results
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
