Real Leadership

This episode is about two very different people working in their individual lanes building a three-office powerhouse of perfection.  Tina Hyatt and Jim Hyatt have built EXIT Results Realty into a market winner in the Greater Baltimore area.  

Building a business from scratch means being bold, brave, and mastering the art of integrity so that people will know, like, and trust you.  For Jerrad Havens, building this way created a platform for both him and his business to soar. Listen to how Jerrad found the right coaches, habits and mindset to make him unstoppable in helping others achieve their dreams.

EXIT Realty Corp. International’s CEO for Canada, Joyce Paron, has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Real Estate.  Listen to Joyce share some early stories of EXIT while we discuss several top leadership principles.  

Listen to podcast legend, Bill Risser, talk about the leadership journey he made from a 20-year career in title to taking a leap to a startup company during the pandemic, always with a passion for connecting, collaborating, and transforming the lives of the real estate professional.  In his position as Executive Vice President, he worked in the trenches as a servant leader with his title team to understand how to do their work, improve the process, and provide a better service to his clients - the real estate agents.  Bill now helps real estate professionals harness the power of their online reviews.  He is always purposeful and passionate about helping others grow!

Kathy Vetten, Owner of EXIT Realty Mountain View Properties, has placed a dominant real office in a 100-year-old building on the town square of Murphy, NC.  In a tiny town, a Platinum producer leads a group of seasoned professionals who score big. This is so real and authentic; you can't help but admire what Kathy has done!

Elias Thomas has made the world a better place.  A REALTOR® for more than 50 years, he has used his influence within his community and with Rotary International to reach all the way to India.  This episode could inspire all of us to fill a need in our own communities, large or small.

Mike Washburn, an experienced real estate developer, purchased the regional rights to EXIT of the Carolinas in 2000.  This is a wonderful story of one of the early pioneers with the EXIT brand, taking North and South Carolina from nothing to a strong region with some very effective and tenured franchises.  It is an honor to hear Mike's story of pioneering spirit and tenacity.  We owe homage to pioneers like Mike.

Taking the leap into leadership was a transformational journey for Tammy Noll-Adams.  Learn how she never let fear stop her and always put family first.  When things are right at home then you can go out and be that influential leader for others.

The Senior Vice President of Member Information for the California Association of REALTORS®, Sara Sutachan is the co-founder of WomanUP!, an international alliance promoting women's leadership opportunities within real estate. Sara discusses trends and ways to build your leadership skills and portfolio by getting involved.

Even though she was outproducing and outselling the men in the brokerage, they stuck her in the back corner, but Jennifer broke through and created a remarkable career and niche in the international and luxury markets.  All of this while defying the odds and beating cancer not once but three times.  Listen to her remarkable journey and outlook on life, real estate, and women in leadership.

Yes, a very special roofing company in Lubbock TX, has its roots within EXIT Realty of Lubbock. This is an entrepreneurial story of a great office administrator learning from her great brokers, Gene and Russell McGuire. Melody Mullen was the Administrator of  EXIT Realty Lubbock.  Her husband, Todd, who dreamed of having his own roofing company, would come to the training at the real estate company, and found the courage to take the leap, and start LBK Roofing.  With help from the EXIT agents, Todd's business took off and Melody chose to become the Administrator of their new business.  With the addition of Seth Vaughan, the roofing company is not only in Lubbock but in other major markets in Texas growing like a tumbleweed.

Real estate always has and always will be a business of relationships.  While how you maintain, create, and nurture those relationships has changed a little with social media and technology, there is nothing that beats the connection two humans make with each other having a true relationship.  In real estate, relationships equal referrals.  Listen to how Barb Betts , Broker/Owner of the boutique firm, The RECollective, in Long Beach, CA, took her passion of teaching to impact all real estate professionals across the country!

1SG E-8, U.S. Army (retired), Ben Williams, is turning El Paso, TX, on its ear with his EXIT offices. Structure, discipline and his DAD Program have his company growing at a healthy pace with sponsoring and his unique team approach.  Great ideas in this episode.

In life and business we’re thrown curveballs which take us onto a different path or calling.  Listen to how Jennifer Cassetta recovered from her 9/11 journey and created a business that focuses on being a badass in and out of the boardroom through martial arts and confidence.

Eddie Parker and Andrea Cooksey, owners of EXIT Realty 360 in Pearland, TX, have grown a very healthy brokerage with a family culture while reaching National prominence within the National Association of Real Estate Brokers leadership.  Listen and get to know more about NAREB.

Building a business can be a lot of hard work, but so rewarding!  This is your opportunity to listen to serial entrepreneur, Ben Hess, talk about building relationships to attract top talent to your company.  

It's one thing to build a real estate brokerage worth having but quite another to build two brokerages worth selling.  Listen to EXIT Realty Achieve’s Susan Hamblen tell you why and how she did just that.

With a focus on building you first so that you are confident as an entrepreneur, business coach, Whitney Abraham, joins Lori Muller for a discussion of how you can then lay the groundwork to build your business with your online presence to increase your profits.

Another strong agent shares how she started in real estate knocking doors, then created a business she loves by design.  Stephanie Dickson joined EXIT Realty in 2006 and has been an award winner every year since.  This is a very moving story.

Balancing family, kids and work can be daunting in a normal 9 to 5 salaried position, but when you take the leap to true entrepreneurship and become a REALTOR® and the owner of your own brokerage, family, friends, and you can take a back seat. In this episode, Angela talks about always making the people who are important to you your number one priority.  Your clients and other agents will respect you for it, they just don’t know it yet!