376: Learn a Powerful Persuasion Technique Proven to Influence Buyers and Sellers into Action in Our Interview with Brian Curtis

Brian Curtis is the Team leader of Curtis Realty Group at KW. He is a leader, innovator and an integrity based professional. Curtis Realty Group has the convenience of serving clients from Keller Williams Market Pro Realty in 2 locations: Benton County and Washington County. Brian’s team focuses on online marketing to get the most people looking at your home in the shortest period of time and their team approach ensures the transaction will move forward quickly and easily to get the deal done.

Join us as Brian shares his mindset and a glance at his journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by coming up with creative ways to buy and sell homes for the most money. Continue reading →

364: Brett Keppler: Serve Others, Diversify and Build Multiple Income Streams

Brett Keppler is the lead broker over at TREO and manages both the REO Division and the Premier Homes Division. He entered the world of Real Estate in 2005 when the market was just beginning to drop out and “was the best decision (Brett) ever made”. Being a young owner of a successful Real Estate firm, Brett has had the opportunity to assess and redesign an industry in major need of positive change. Brett was recently named one of America’s top real estate professionals/professional teams by REAL Trends and The Wall Street Journal.  He and his team are now members of the “Top Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals,” a prestigious national awards ranking sponsored annually by the two respected publications. Brett is now ranked in the top one tenth of 1 percent of more than 963,000 REALTORS® nationwide. His newest venture is Nekst, where he is seeking to make the process of managing a transaction simple, transparent and mostly automated – but without sacrificing fantastic customer service.

Join us as Brett shares his mindset and a glance at his journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by seeking out ways to improve the real estate industry using a background that only a seasoned agent can see. Continue reading →

355: Andy Peters: How to Generate Referrals and Repeat Business

Andy Peters is a successful real estate agent, entrepreneur, and coach. Along with his wife Lesley, Andy leads one of the highest producing real estate teams in the country, The Peters Company. His team was the first to achieve MREA status amongst the 6-office Rawls Group family of Metro Atlanta in 2013, an achievement they’ve held now for three consecutive years, and he’s a Lifetime Member of the Atlanta Board of REALTORS® Multi-Million Dollar Club. Andy is a MAPS coach specializing in team building, and he’s a member of Gary Keller’s Top 100 Mastermind Group. In 2015, The Peters Company completed 165 transactions for $60M in sales volume.

Join us as Andy shares his mindset and a glance at his journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by showing his clients what over servicing is all about. Continue reading →

354: Brian Weast: Listings: The Way to the Top

Brian Weast is a top-producing Dallas-area Realtor who, as a Leader’s Choice Trainer, practices everything he preaches. The results were almost immediate after learning at the 9-week Leader’s Choice program – within a year, he had risen to the very top of his 1,700-person agency. Brian and his team have grown their annual production to a level of 250 transactions and $45 million in volume. Already an advocate for the program, becoming a Leader’s Choice speaker and coach was a natural progression for Brian. This helped him launch and sustain his successful business.

Join us as Brian shares his mindset and a glance at his journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by helping other hard-working, driven people achieve similar life-changing results. Continue reading →

353: Learning The Art of Teamerage with Kathy Schmidt

Kathy Schmidt is the broker and owner of Schmidt Realty Group. With over 20 years of experience in the Edmonton real estate market, Kathy pours her time and energy into helping her team provide a truly exceptional real estate experience for every one of their buyers and sellers.  Kathy was named one of Edmonton’s 100 top women in business by The Wanderer Online in 2013 and was honored to receive Edmonton’s prestigious Realtor of the Year Award in 2012 by her peers.  In addition to teaching and mentoring her own team of Realtors, she provides education classes to other Realtors through the Realtor Association of Edmonton and regularly hosts consumer information sessions on various real estate topics. Kathy has been married to her best friend Larry for 36 years.  They have two furry kids – Rosie and Timi, their toy fox terriers, and they love traveling.

Join us as Kathy shares her mindset and a glance at her journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by providing the best real estate experience possible for her clients. Continue reading →

348: Charlie Butler: Letting Go of Clients In Low Places To Work with Clients In High Places

Charlie Butler earned his Real Estate Salesperson license in 1999 and began his career as an independent contractor with The Realty Group. He has sold over $100 million in real estate, had over 1,400 transactions, and was named #1 Realtor in the Evansville Area in Transactions by the Association of Realtors 5 years in a row. By 2006, he was ranked among the top 100 realtors in the country. After all of Charlie’s achievements and his proven track record within the real estate community, he was elected in 2010 to the Evansville Area Association of Realtors’ Board of Directors. With a good foundation, the company continued to grow and provide exceptional service to the city of Evansville.

Join us as Charlie shares his mindset and a glance at his journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by helping people and providing exceptional service. Continue reading →

341: Karen Cooper: How To Be a Real Estate Resource

Karen Wenner Cooper has been a top producing realtor since 2002, and is one of the owners of the Platinum Group Real Estate team at Pearson Smith Realty. Having spent time in just about every facet of the real estate industry … buyer’s agent, listing specialist, agent on a “rainmaker” team, individual agent, team leader, managing broker, and now team owner, these experiences have helped her to develop a unique industry perspective. Karen is also the Founder of Empowering Women in Real Estate, a private Facebook group for women in the real estate industry which currently has more than 1600 members nationwide. A mom of 3 boys, Karen is a proud lifelong resident of Western Loudoun County. Passionate about her family and her community, she has personally helped well over 500 families during her career.

Join us as Karen shares her mindset and a glance at her journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by becoming a top producing realtor. Continue reading →

318: Christina Griffin: Transforming Your Business into the Success You Desire!

Christina Griffin is an experienced real estate professional with Coldwell Banker in Tampa Bay, Florida. She handles an enormous volume especially in the foreclosure and REO side of real estate. Her dedication has placed her in the top 1% of agents with Coldwell Banker, top 100 for the state of Florida and #28 with The Wall Street Journal for volume.

Join us as Christina shares her Realtor mindset and a glance at her journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by becoming recognized as a top performer in the state of Florida.

Quotes to Live By

  • “My goal is to obtain as many awesome leads as possible for my team.” – Christina Griffin Click To Tweet 

Christina’s Tools

  • BoomTown: Close More Deals with our Real Estate Sales and Marketing software.
  • MyOutDesk: Real Estate Virtual Assistants
  • Stridis: Connect your brand to the right audiences in relevant ways.

Christina’s Sites

In this Episode, We Also Talk About

  • How to guide a team and create an amazing culture.
  • How to obtain new listing opportunities.
  • How to make an amazing living through REOs and foreclosures.
  • How to break through your goals.
  • Plus so much more!

Thank & Connect with Christina

If you enjoyed this interview and would like to connect with Christina and thank her for her rock solid advice, you can do so easily by following the link below.

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Thanks for Rocking Out

Thank you for tuning in to Pat Hiban Interviews Real Estate Rockstars, we appreciate you! To get more Rockstar content sent directly to your device as it becomes available, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher! Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful and appreciated! We read each and every one of them, please feel free to leave your email so that we can personally reach out and say thanks! Have any questions? Tweet me, Facebook me and ask Pat anything. Don’t forget to head on over to Bare Naked Agent for Pat’s answers, and advice. Thank you Rockstar Nation, and keep rockin!

219: Greg McDaniel: How to Prospect Like a Rockstar

Greg McDaniel grew up in a Real Estate Family and understands the housing market, real estate and business in general. As an Alamo native and working as a partner with The McDaniel Callahan TEAM for 15 years, he is able to provide a great understanding of what the different neighborhoods have to offer. He helps buyers find the right neighborhood for their lifestyle and prides himself in delivering customer satisfaction and value to all his clients. As the head trainer and Coach at J. Rockcliff Realtors, Greg strives to help train new and veteran agents alike. When Greg is not cold calling, door knocking, or filming he can be found bbq-ing, by the pool, skydiving, or chasing his nieces and nephews around!

Join us as Greg shares his realtor mindset and a glance at his journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by providing exceptional service in real estate!

Quotes To Live By

  • “If you’re not talking to your customers, I guarantee someone else is!” – Greg McDaniel  Click to Tweet
  • “He or she that asks the questions controls the conversations.”  – Greg McDaniel  Click to Tweet

Greg’s Tools

  • Mojo Selling Systems: Dialer for Salespeople by Salespeople
  • Corefact:  Full-service marketing services provider for the real estate industry

Sponsors

  • Vyral Marketing: Top agents around the entire county are using Vyral Marketing and in fact I am too, go to www.staging.hibandigital.com/Vyral and get a copy of my real estate marketing campaigns, the ones that work for me.
  • GoBundance is an exclusive tribe of hard charging and high achieving entrepreneurs, passive income wizards, and bestselling authors gathered together for adventure, masterminding, and accountability.
  • MyOutDesk: MyOutDesk becomes familiar with your real estate systems and personality profiles before recommending Real Estate Virtual Assistants for you to interview. Use Virtual Assistants to grow your Real Estate Business. Sign up today at www.myoutdesk.com/hiban. 
  • National Association of Expert Advisors: NAEA is the official coaching company of Pat Hiban Interviews Real Estate Rockstars. Find out what they can do for you here!
  • AIM Cruise: The leading provider of cruise incentives to companies throughout the United States and Canada. AIM delivers a high quality, turn-key cruise incentive promotion, that will motivate your prospective and existing clients to do business with you. Get started today, and ask for the Pat Hiban Special!

Hiban Ad_Swipe File_2In this Episode, We Also Talk About

  • What happens when you lose everything?
  • How to become exceptionally good at door knocking and prospecting
  • The best scripts for cold calling!
  • The orphan program
  • Looking to buy, sell, rent or invest?
  • How to break through your goals.
  • Plus so much more!

Thank & Connect with Greg

If you enjoyed this interview and would like to connect with Greg and thank him for his rock solid advice, you can do so easily by following the link below.

Click here to connect and thank Greg

Thanks for Rocking Out

Thank you for tuning in to Pat Hiban Interviews Real Estate Rockstars, we appreciate you! To get more Rockstar content sent directly to your device as it becomes available, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher! Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful and  appreciated! We read each and every one of them, please feel free to leave your email so that we can personally reach out and say thanks! Have any questions? Tweet me, Facebook me and ask Pat anything. Don’t forget to head on over to Bare Naked Agent for Pat’s answers, and advice. Thank you Rockstar Nation, and keep rockin!

217: Nellie Akalp: 6 Steps to Assets Protection for Real Estate Agents

Nellie Akalp is the CEO and Founder of CorpNet.com, a legal-document-preparation filing service company dedicated to helping and protecting small businesses. Together with her husband, they help entrepreneurs incorporate and form LLCs for their ventures. Through their various business ventures together, Nellie has formed more than 100,000 corporations and LLCs across the U.S. solidifying her passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs in starting and protecting their business the right way. Nellie has perfected the balance of being a mom, the CEO of CorpNet.com, and maintaining a healthy relationship with her husband and business partner while making people’s dreams into a reality!

Join us as Nellie shares her realtor mindset and a glance at her journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by becoming an expert business advocate!

Quotes To Live By

  • “Real estate investing doesn’t have to be such a scary prospect.” – Nellie Akalp  Click to Tweet

Nellie’s Tool

  • Corpnet.com: The smartest way to prepare and file the paperwork needed to start a business.

Sponsors

  • Vyral Marketing: Top agents around the entire county are using Vyral Marketing and in fact I am too, go to www.staging.hibandigital.com/Vyral and get a copy of my real estate marketing campaigns, the ones that work for me.
  • GoBundance is an exclusive tribe of hard charging and high achieving entrepreneurs, passive income wizards, and bestselling authors gathered together for adventure, masterminding, and accountability.
  • MyOutDesk: MyOutDesk becomes familiar with your real estate systems and personality profiles before recommending Real Estate Virtual Assistants for you to interview. Use Virtual Assistants to grow your Real Estate Business. Sign up today at www.myoutdesk.com/hiban. 
  • National Association of Expert Advisors: NAEA is the official coaching company of Pat Hiban Interviews Real Estate Rockstars. Find out what they can do for you here!
  • AIM Cruise: The leading provider of cruise incentives to companies throughout the United States and Canada. AIM delivers a high quality, turn-key cruise incentive promotion, that will motivate your prospective and existing clients to do business with you. Get started today, and ask for the Pat Hiban Special!

Hiban Ad_Swipe File_2In this Episode, We Also Talk About

  • Protecting your personal and professional assets!
  • How to limit your liability and protecting your assets.
  • How to set up the LLC or the Corporation
  • How to structure your business to benefit you for tax purposes
  • The best type of business structure for housing multiple properties
  • How to make a decision that is best for your business.
  • How to break through your goals.
  • Plus so much more!

Thank & Connect with Nellie

If you enjoyed this interview and would like to connect with Nellie and thank her for her rock solid advice, you can do so easily by following the link below.

Click here to connect and thank Nellie

Thanks for Rocking Out

Thank you for tuning in to Pat Hiban Interviews Real Estate Rockstars, we appreciate you! To get more Rockstar content sent directly to your device as it becomes available, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher! Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful and  appreciated! We read each and every one of them, please feel free to leave your email so that we can personally reach out and say thanks! Have any questions? Tweet me, Facebook me and ask Pat anything. Don’t forget to head on over to Bare Naked Agent for Pat’s answers, and advice. Thank you Rockstar Nation, and keep rockin!