The Real Value Podcast: Recent Episodes
Blaine Feyen
The world's best podcast about the mindsets, behaviors, attitudes, and activities for the Appraisal, Real Estate, and Lending industries. Hosted by well known Real Estate and Appraiser Success Coach, Blaine Feyen, founder and CEO of the Real Value Group and Real Value Coaching Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Real Value Podcast covers a variety of topics involving all three of those businesses, as well as the topics of success, communication, leadership, balance, marketing, social media, SEO, NLP, and a bunch other awesome stuff!
Everyone in the appraisal industry is obsessed with what's changing. AI, automated valuations, the next headline about the appraiser going away. Blaine flips the question. Borrowing a framework from Jeff Bezos, build on what won't change, not what will, this episode breaks down eight things about trust, judgment, relationships, and accountability that no piece of software is coming for in the next ten years. If you've been playing defense against every new tool instead of building on solid ground, this episode is the reset. Stop tracking the trend. Start building the moat!
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"Help is on the way" might be the most comforting sentence in the English language. It's also a lie.
Not on purpose. But average emergency response time in this country runs seven to fourteen minutes. Brain damage from oxygen loss starts in four to six. Do the subtraction. The outcome was decided by the people standing in the room, inside a window that closed before the siren was ever audible.
This industry heard "help is on the way" a long time ago, and it's been standing in the waiting room ever since. Waiting on a regulation. Waiting on the market. Waiting on the AMCs to get what's coming to them. Waiting on somebody, anybody, to notice how unfair it's all been.
Nobody is coming.
In this episode, Blaine breaks down the seven rules of self-rescue, taken straight from survival and emergency response training and mapped directly onto the business you're running right now:
- No one is coming
- Scene safety — don't become the second victim
- Learn the umbles
- Self-arrest before you slide
- You fall to the level of your training
- Triage — you can't save everything
- Self-rescue is not solo rescue
You'll learn why comfort is the current, why the slow slide is deadlier than the fast one, why trying to save every client is precisely how you lose the business, and why the phrase "I get to" changes more than any productivity system ever will.
Plus the Self-Rescue Audit, three questions to answer on paper this week, starting with the most honest number in your business: if your biggest client disappeared tomorrow, how many days until you're in real trouble?
If nobody is coming to save you, then nobody can stop you either. You're the first responder. You always were. You just hadn't accepted the job.
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Most appraisers operate from a mercenary mindset: extract as much as possible, optimize for quick money, hit a ceiling, and stay there. But some operate from a missionary mindset: build something bigger, create systems, scale without themselves, and reach heights the mercenary can't touch.
Here's what matters: you can do the same appraisals either way. The difference is your operating system.
In this episode, Blaine breaks down the mercenary vs. missionary distinction, not as a moral judgment, but as a structural choice that determines your ceiling, your burnout, and what you're actually building.
You'll learn:
- How to diagnose which operating system you're actually in
- Why mercenary-only appraisers hit a hard ceiling around $150-300K
- What "building something" actually looks like (and how to start)
- Why the same appraisals feel exhausting in one system and energizing in another
- The honest question that reveals everything about your business
This isn't about stopping AMC work or becoming a saint. It's about what you're committed to building alongside (or instead of) pure extraction.
If you want to feel like you're building something, instead of just maintaining a paycheck, this episode is for you.
Most people do not fail because they are stupid, lazy, or untalented. They fail because they repeatedly do the things that make success almost impossible, then act surprised when life gives them the receipt.
In this episode, Blaine flips the usual success advice on its head and lays out the failure playbook. If you want to ruin your business, waste your talent, and stay stuck, be inconsistent, unreliable, full of excuses, allergic to hard conversations, addicted to busyness, and more committed to protecting your ego than improving your life.
Inspired by Charlie Munger's idea of inversion, this episode looks at success from the opposite direction. Instead of asking, "How do I win?" the better question might be, "What am I doing that guarantees I lose?"
This one is sarcastic, direct, and probably uncomfortable. Good. That means it might actually be useful.
Most people are not victims of the economy. They are victims of the lives and businesses they built with no margin.
In this episode, Blaine makes the case that uncertainty does not usually create fragility. It reveals it. Whether it is rising oil prices, conflict in the Middle East, inflation, slow appraisal volume, higher costs, technology disruption, or pressure from lenders and AMCs, the lesson is the same: weak systems get exposed when pressure rises.
Blaine breaks down the different kinds of margin every appraiser and business owner should be building, including financial margin, pricing margin, client margin, non lender margin, time margin, emotional margin, physical margin, skill margin, reputation margin, relational margin, asset margin, inflation margin, and spiritual margin.
This is not about fear. It is about preparation. A real business should be able to take a punch. It should have reserves, relationships, reputation, pricing power, and options. For appraisers, that means building beyond lender dependency and creating a stronger moat through private work, authority, content, better clients, and diversified revenue sources.
If one bad month, one lost client, one market shift, or one unexpected expense can wreck your business, this episode is a wakeup call.
The crisis did not break you. It revealed where you had no margin.
Your nervous system is your most valuable business asset—and you're running it into the ground.
In this episode, Blaine gets brutally honest about his own nervous system breakdown at 55 after decades of "muscling through," and why ignoring dysregulation isn't strength—it's strategic incompetence.
You'll learn:
- Why chronic stress shrinks your Window of Tolerance (and your business capacity)
- How fight-or-flight mode destroys your decision-making quality
- The physiological sigh, cold exposure, and other bottom-up regulation tools
- Why the strongest operators regulate their nervous systems, not ignore them
- How to redefine success in 2025: profit AND health
If you're grinding hard but can't break through, your problem isn't discipline. It's dysregulation.
AI didn't just automate tasks. It commoditized expertise. The knowledge you spent decades building? Now available to anyone, instantly, for twenty bucks a month. If your entire value proposition rests on knowing things other people don't know, that foundation is cracking.
But here's what AI absolutely cannot touch: authority. The trust you build, the story you own, the specific audience that sees you as irreplaceable — that's the new moat. And most people are still optimizing the wrong thing.
In this episode, I break down the four pillars of authority and why becoming a trusted voice matters more now than ever. This isn't theory. It's survival strategy for a world where expertise is free and authority is priceless.
What You'll Learn:
- Why the knowledge you spent years building is now a commodity
- The martial arts principle that explains what just happened to your competitive advantage
- The four pillars of authority (and why most people skip the most powerful one)
- How to mine your own story for the lessons AI can never replicate
- Why serving a smaller audience deeply beats reaching a larger audience broadly
If you've been wondering how to stay relevant in an AI-driven world, this is the conversation you need to hear.
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Do more. Be more. Live more. Give more.
Let's stop lying to ourselves.
You don't have a pricing problem. You have a belief problem.
Most appraisers are operating inside a set of invisible rules they never questioned. What you charge, how fast you work, what you tolerate from clients, all of it is based on a mental box you didn't build and never tested.
And it's costing you money, time, and freedom.
In this episode, Blaine breaks down why your "market" isn't the issue and why someone in a worse market is already charging more, working less, and building a better business than you.
This is about the Overton Window of your business. The range of what you believe is acceptable and why it's way too small.
No fluff. No excuses.
If you're still blaming AMCs, competition, or your location, this episode is going to hit you right between the eyes.
The only thing holding your business back is the line you refuse to cross.
So the question is simple: Are you going to keep playing inside it… or finally move it?
A handmade mug sells for eighty bucks while a factory mug sells for five. Same function. Totally different value. That gap is the entire future of appraisal.
AI did not create the split in our industry, it exposed it. There are factory appraisers competing on speed and price, and there are handmade appraisers competing on judgment, trust, and human connection. One of those paths gets cheaper every year. The other gets more valuable.
In this episode, I lay out the real skills that will determine whether you still have a thriving appraisal career five to ten years from now. Not USPAP compliance. Not perfect adjustments. Not faster turn times.
The three skills are:
Communication Your ability to articulate expertise clearly and confidently, to real humans, in real conversations.
Networking Real relationship building that turns into referrals, advocates, and being the first call, not the last resort.
Sales The ability to state your fee without flinching, and to hold your ground because you know what you do is worth it.
You will also get practical drills to start training immediately, including a simple 10 day recording challenge and a weekly relationship habit that builds a referral pipeline without feeling fake or salesy.
If you keep trying to win the speed and price game, you are competing with tools that never sleep and never get tired. If you build the human skills nobody taught you, you become the premium option the market still wants, and will pay for.
Go be handmade and valuable.
Everyone is talking about how AI will change your business. Almost nobody is asking whether it actually should.
In this episode, Blaine breaks down what he's seeing across the professional world. Appraisers, agents, coaches, and business owners chasing every new AI tool that hits their feed. Subscriptions pile up. Hours disappear. Stress increases. Profit does not.
Blaine is not anti AI. He uses it daily. He believes it is one of the most powerful tools we have ever had access to. But most tools on the market right now fall into three categories: time wasters, solutions looking for problems, and margin thieves.
So how do you separate real leverage from shiny distraction?
Blaine introduces the AMPLIFY Framework, a seven filter test to evaluate any AI tool before you spend another dollar or another hour.
A is Autopsy. What dies when this lives? M is Multiplier. Does this give you life or steal it? P is Paycheck. Show me the money in 90 days. L is Love. Will your clients thank you? I is Investment. Are you building equity or renting a trick? F is Friction. Can you implement it today? Y is Yes. Can you say yes with full integrity?
This is not just about software. It is about protecting your human advantage in a world racing toward automation.
If a tool does not amplify your judgment, relationships, expertise, and impact, it is not leverage. It is noise.
Stop chasing shiny objects. Start building something real.
If you want to use AI without losing your edge, this episode is for you.
Most people are taught a simple story about money. Work hard. Accumulate. Protect. And someday, when you feel rich enough, give back. The problem is that day almost never comes. And even worse, the story is backwards.
In this episode, Blaine Feyen breaks down why giving is not a reward for wealth but one of the primary mechanisms that creates it. Not performative giving. Not emotional leftovers. Real giving. The kind that is quiet, uncomfortable, and detached from outcome.
This conversation goes far beyond money. You will learn why scarcity has little to do with income and everything to do with fear, how hoarding kills momentum, and why wealth behaves more like a current than a stockpile. Blaine introduces a practical framework for understanding five distinct forms of giving, from financial resources to time, capability, access, and structural support that can change someone's trajectory.
The episode also tackles a controversial idea. Sometimes the most generous act is not giving something away for free but charging for it. You will hear why pricing, commitment, and attention are deeply connected.
If you want to escape scarcity thinking and start operating like someone who has more than enough, this episode will challenge how you see giving, wealth, and yourself.
The Great Sorting is already happening, whether you like it or not.
In this episode, Blaine Feyen moves past theory and into action. Last week, he laid out the reality facing the appraisal industry and many other professional services. There are only three places people are being sorted into: the bottom tier where price and speed rule, the upper tier where you choose your clients and name your price, or out of the business altogether.
This episode is about what to do about it.
Blaine breaks down what the market actually rewards today and why working harder, having more experience, or holding a license is no longer enough. He introduces a new "scoreboard" for modern appraisers and service professionals and walks through a practical 90 day plan built around four simple but uncomfortable steps: picking a lane, fixing the client experience, becoming visible, and intentionally building a pipeline.
This is not motivational fluff. It is a blunt, step by step call to action for appraisers who are done being squeezed by volume, fees, and other people's decisions and who want to take control of their future.
If you are willing to experiment, commit, and stop hiding behind credentials, this episode will give you a clear path forward. If you are comfortable, defensive, or waiting for things to go back to the way they were, this one may hit a nerve.
The Great Sorting is not coming. It is already here.
In this episode, Blaine talks about what he calls 'the Great Sorting', which is how the market is sorting professionals into the specialists and generalists, the tech adopters versus the tech avoider, the real business operators versus mere order takers and several more 'sorting as' that are very obvious once you hear about them. You get to make a choice about where you want to end up in the great sorting.
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In this episode, Blaine gives some very straightforward advice about the mindset and behaviors of taking responsibility for everything in your life and business by recognizing that nobody is coming to save you. People who don't think like this tend to blame everyone and everything else but themselves as if life is just happening to them instead of because of them.
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In this episode, Blaine walks through part of the most brutal, but enlightening year-end review every appraiser, certainly every entrepreneur should be conducting at the end of each year. You can download the year-end review at www.CoachBlaine.com/yearend
In this episode, Blaine talks about the myth of busyness that most people live by and how your 'to-do' list is likely killing your real productivity, as well as your profitability!
In this episode, Blaine talks about how being comfortable has become the main goal for many entrepreneurs and it's destroying their drive and potential. For appraisers, getting and staying too comfortable has led to the whole industry being looked at as a profession that needs to be updated and potentially eliminated. Appraisers have gotten way too comfortable with not having to work that hard to get on an appraisal panel, get a little business flowing their way, treat their clients poorly, and still maintain a business. It would seem that is coming to an end and appraisers are freaking out!
It's time for appraisers to apply a little deliberate discomfort to their lives and businesses and get back to what being an entrepreneur really means.
In this episode, Blaine introduces the listener to the famous Japanese swordsmen, Miyamotoi Musashi and his principles for business and life. Blaine covers seven timeless principles that rival any hack or tactic being taught today.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the recent tragedy that occurred in Utah with the assassination of Charlie Kirk and some of the leadership and life lessons that come from the tragedy.
In this episode, Blaine tackles the sometimes controversial topic of toxic masculinity. The word has come to define almost anything and everything 'male' and this episode aims to dispel that. Blaine talks about it in the realm of the appraisal profession, but also the expectations and roles of men in general.
In this episode, Blaine introduces his proprietary framework for building a thriving real estate appraisal business. It's a 7-part framework called BOSSMAP™, where each letter is a commandment to do something and be something in your business. Get ready to take notes and write down the steps for building a killer appraisal business.
In this episode, Blaine discusses the '4-Hour Workday' concept and the how and why of earning twice as much in half the time. Since most appraisers only get 3-4 hours of really productive time out of most days, Blaine explains how this understanding can lead to making more income in considerably less time by focusing on the right kinds of things in an appraisal business.
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In this episode, Blaine highlights how the massive video rental chain on the 90's and 2000's made some fatal decisions that doomed their future. While many think that Netflix killed Blockbuster, the reality is quite different. Learn the mistakes Blockbuster made and how appraisers are making similar mistakes today.
In this episode, Blaine talks about how to build an AI (Artificial Intelligence) proof appraisal, real estate, or lending business. Any business that can benefit from being more human than the machines will get some value and ideas to put into play to build an AI proof business.
In this episode, Blaine introduces the V.A.L.U.E. Framework™, which is a business building framework for dominating in the non-lender appraisal world. In the VALUE Framework™, each letter stands for a principle, as well as a command to do or be something in your market. Download the VALUE Framework™ cheatsheet at https://www.coachblaine.com/value
In this episode, Blaine goes over the rise of AI (artificial intelligence) in almost every area of life and business. AI is definitely a real thing in the world of appraisal and appraising and appraisers should start now to learn everything they can about it if they want to thrive in the new world of AI driven business.
In this episode, Blaine answers several questions from the listeners about building their non-lender appraisal business, hiring and training apprentice trainees, and how to stop being the bottleneck in your own business.
In this episode, Blaine shares 8 pieces of wisdom he's learned over the years from mentors, masters, Stoics, and life in general.
In this episode, Blaine compares the two different appraisal company business models: the one person business, or solopreneur, and the team builder model, which is the business model whereby the appraiser has additional income generators within the business so that all of the income is not dependent on just one person.
In this epsiode, Blaine talks through several thoughts and ideas around why so many appraisers choose to be silent and invisible where and when it matters the most, which is not whining and complaining on social media.
In this episode, Blaine walks through the 4 phases or levels that every business owner can go through if they see their business as a vehicle to something greater. Blaine explains what happens at each level of survivial, stability, success, and eventually significance.
In this episode, Blaine goes over the 5 principles and the 5 pillars of building a million dollar appraisal business, or any business at all. Building a million dollar business does not necessarily mean producing a million dollars in gross or net revenue. Learn the real definition of what a real 'million dollar business' means in this episode.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the amount of whining and complaining by appraisers about how everyone is out to get them, when, in fact, you might be the issue. Blaine covers 5 principles for taking control of your appraisal business and how to stop blaming everyone else.
In this first episode of season 9, Blaine talks about how the typical goal setting process is almost complete BS. Most people start with the strategy part of goal setting without ever addressing the belief systems that have led to needing to set a new goal.
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In this episode, Blaine goes over 7 ways to build trust with your market to make more sales and, of course, more money. As an appraiser, trust is one of the more important things to build in the minds and hearts of your clientele. Blaine lists out the 7 ways to do that, from the slowest to the quickest.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the new plan by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to increase the appraisal waiver threshold to 90% LTV and what appraisers need to do about it if they want their business to thrive.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the conventional way to set goals, and what most of it is BS. He then talks about some of the things he's learned over the years about which goals are worthwhile, and which ones are worthless, at least in his opinion.
In this episode, Blaine talks about several of his takeaways from the Tim Ferriss book, The 4 Hour Work Week and how they can help your business and, maybe more importantly, your life!
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In this episode, Blaine Feyen talks about the 'broken windows' theory as it relates to business, marketing, and life. Blaine goes over a bunch of examples of broken windows in your appraisal and real estate businesses that could be hurting your company's bottom line.
Learn how to fix your appraisal company's broken windows here...
In this episode, Blaine goes over what it means to truly be prepared for challenges, and 6 tips for becoming financially prepared for hard times and economic challenges.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the real causes of burnout and how to deal with the symptoms.
Many appraisers, Realtors, and Lenders are burned out in 2024 based on several compounding factors: interest rates, the market, the news, the economy, and a lack of vision. Blaine covers all of these and more and gives some strategies for dealing with burnout to get back on track and on your own path of success.
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In this episode, Blaine dispels the pervasive myth that all hours are created equal. Once you know what youre average dollar per hour rate is, it's time to think exponentially bigger so that you don't miss the variety of $10,000 hours floating all around you.
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In this episode, Blaine shares some insights into developing the mindset that nobody is coming to save you from an industry in the midst of massive change. If your life and business is to be successful and fulfilling, it will always be up to you to make it happen.
Since you cannot control the interest rates, the FED policy, the elections, the politicians, the AMCs, the lenders and agents, or any of the external factors that affect the appraisal industry, it is up to each individual to manage their mental and emotional state, as well as their business.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the concept of creating your own business category where you become known as the owner of the category and, therefore, have no competition.
Examples of new business categories are: 1. Tesla creating the 'direct to consumer' and single brand dealership only model.
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EXP Realty creating a completey virtual, no brick and mortar real estate brokerage model with profit sharing and recurring revenue model.
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Netflix creating the mail order with no late fees movie and game rental model, which eventually led to the digital streaming model.
Learn to differentiate yourself and your appraisal business by creating a new category that serves a need for your customers that only you own!
In this episode, Blaine talks about the differences between being an expert in something, and being an authority. He also talks about something called 'the expert trap', where someone considered an expert gets trapped in their way of thinking and has to continue prospecting for new customers and clients who consider them an expert. The authority, on the other hand, has many more options available to them.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the 7 Proverbs of Performance he uses to remind him what matters when it comes to business growth and profitability.
Watch the video version of the Proverbs of Performance at the Appraiser Increase Academy...click here!
In this episode, Blaine talks through 7 traits of unsuccessful people. To understand how to define 'unsucccesful', Blaine uses Earl Nightingale's definition of success, which is 'the progressive realization of worthy goal or ideal'. Then Blaine applies the 'contrast principle' to discern the path of success or failure.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the 4 things every business MUST focus on if they want to be truly successful. These 4 things are present in every business whether you know it or not. If you don't know it, you're probably failing at one or all four of these things!
In this episode, Blaine talks about why it's vitally important to be building a personal brand in 2024. He goes over the 3 R's of personal branding and what opportunities can open up for a well built personal brand.
Learn how to build your personal brand as an appraiser in the Appraiser Increase Academy, click here to learn more...
In this episode, Blaine goes over the four levels of value that income and wealth are created in. He refers to it as D2C2, with the first two levels being 'doing' and 'directing', and the second two levels being 'communication' and 'creativity.
Get ready to take some notes as Blaine drops some wealth bombs about how it's easier to get rich quickly than it is to do it slowly.
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In this episode, Blaine asks 6 important questions to help you recap the prior year and pull some lessons to help you reimagine the new year ahead.
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In this episode, Blaine digs into the mail bag to answer some of the listener questions about the market, interest rates, and building your appraisal or real estate business.
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In this episode, Blaine walks through the 5 steps to building a lifestyle business of your dreams. Leveraging off of the brilliant teaching from author and businessman, Daniel Priestly, Blaine goes over why you need to be presenting, publishing, productizing and packaging, managing your persona, and partnering instead of prospecting.
Learn how to become a person of influence here www.CoachBlaine.com/freemonth
In this episode, Blaine talks about a PDF article from the famous blogger and author, Tim Ferriss. The article was a collection of questions designed to get the reader to think deeply, and also to think differently, than we might otherwise. Blaine talks about 6 of the 17 questions in this epsidoe and relates some of his own stories for each.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about how to become a better forecaster of things to come based on 6 traits and skills that need to be developed. The art and skill of forecasting comes in handy when building a business, analyzing and assessing potential investments, and protecting one's assets during down times.
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In this episode, Blaine reveals 5 questions he's learned to ask over the years to get clarity on life and business. As part of his Black Belt Business coaching program, Blaine introduces these 5 questions to coaching students within the first month, which helps students get very clear on the 'why' and the 'what' of business and life.
In this episode, Blaine goes over the first 5 'wisdom keys' as they were given to him over the years by his mentors. These wisdom keys are vital to commit to memory if you want to have a more successful business and a more fulfilling life.
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In this episode, Blaine teaches appraisers to ask 5 important questions about their business. One of the most important is learning your dollars per hour number. This is important to know if you ever want to 10X it.
In this episode, part 2 of 2, Blaine recaps the first 5 pieces of unconventional wisdom and advice from the last episode, and then adds 5 more pieces of advice gleaned over 30+ years of travel.
In this episode, Blaine shares 5 pieces of unconventional wisdom and advice he's been given over the years. This unconventional advice is advice that sometimes runs counter to the traditional advice people tend to give.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the positive aspects of pressure and why pressure testing your ideas, mindsets, beliefs, and habits is one of the best ways to get stronger and better.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the topic of quantity over quality, and addresses the topic from a unique position. Instead of an either/or question, Blaine talks about it as a quality 'and' quantity mindset.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the importance of demonstrating your value to the market through creating content. If you're not demonstrating the value of what you do, or what you can do, for your market, you're likely becoming a commodity and will be replaced at some point.
In this episode, Blaine talks about one of the most important aspects of successful branding: The Magnetic Persona! Sometimes referred to as the Attractive Character, it's the personality that buyers of your product or service identify with that make your brand stand out. Steve Jobs, Jared From Subway, The Verizon Guy, and the long list of characters that we all associate with brands.
Learn the 4 most important character traits for building your own magnetic persona so you can stand out in a noisy and crowded marketplace.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about his reluctance to do traditional networking type activities as an introvert, but goes on to explain the 3 main categories of people Appraisers, real estate agents, lenders, and really anybody who wants to grow their business should be reaching out to and connecting with.
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In this episode, Blaine recaps the big 5 commandments from the last show and the covers several more commandments of building a successful business. Blaine also talks about the Appraiser Increase Academy and Community and the successes many have had after joining.
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In this episode, Blaine reveals the 5 commandments of business building and explains how it's tied to an appraisal business. Pulling from the book, The Millionaire Fastlane, by MK DeMarco, Blaine expounds on some of the most important considerations when starting or building your business if you want to make real money and not have the business consume all of your time!
Learn how to build a real business using the 5 commandments here!
In this episode, Blaine explains the Stoic principle of Amor Fati, which loosely translates to 'love of your fate'. Instead of labeling things as either good or bad, Amor Fati teaches us to stop labeling things and, instead, accept things as they are and love that they are happening the way they are. This attitude and mindset allows us to remain loose and flexible to all that happens around us, instead of being seized by negative events.
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In this episode, Blaine addresses the recent announcement from Fannie Mae that full appraisals will no longer be the default option on every loan. While many appraisers are getting upset and think the industry cannot longer support them, Blaine talks about the options and opportunities appraisers have in front of them.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about 2 things you should be focused on in 2023 to make you and your business more magnetic. Blaine also talks about the 3Gs of a good business mindset: Gratitude, Graciousness, and Generosity.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about whether or not it’s better to just try to supplement your appraisal business by diversifying into the non-lender segment of the industry, or to scale up and try to build a six figure segment of the business.
In this episode, Blaine talks about some of the mindsets, skills, and techniques for breaking into and building a busy non-lender appraisal business.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the 7 mindsets of success that he’s learned over the years through trial, error, and good mentorship. These seven mindsets of success can be applied to anything and everything, and should be!
Listen in and see how many of these mindsets of success you have already.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the struggles that appraiser trainees, and those looking to enter the real estate appraisal industry, are facing with the change in market conditions. Blaine has several suggestions for appraiser apprentice candidates, and he also highlights some of the trends he sees on the horizon.
Are you thinking of becoming an appraiser?
In this episode, Blaine asks 10 vital questions for real estate appraisers, Realtors, and Lenders to ask themselves as 2022 ends and 2023 begins.
Ask yourself these 10 questions honestly and write down the answers! This is part of Blaine’s ‘Recap and Realign’ process at the end of every year.
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In this episode, Blaine covers chapter one from the book by Blair Enns called, The Win Without Pitching Manifesto. In chapter one, Enns talks about the very strong need to specialization in almost every business. Although he talks primarily to designers and creatives, Blaine found the author’s directives to be fundamental to almost every business, and most definitely the appraisal and appraiser business.
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In this episode, Blaine discusses some of the recommendations for things appraisers could and should be doing in a down market. Blaine has been coaching real estate appraisers for over a decade and has built and sold several appraisal businesses over his career.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about how most people have somewhere between 50,000 and 80,000 thoughts per day with the vast majority of them being subconscious. The staggering statistic is that 90% of those thoughts are the same thoughts that you had the day before, and the day before that, and the day before that. This means that all of us are living from the past yet expecting something better in the future!
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In this episode, Blaine describes the pyramid of expertise and how to move from the lowest level of skill to the highest level of authority. Blaine also describes some of the mindsets and requirements at each level on the pyramid.
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In this episode, Blaine shares some of the key lessons from the great Dale Carnegie, author of the world renowned book, How to Win Friends and Influence People.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the common refrain from Appraisers that, if everyone just keeps their fees up, the clients will have to pay them! He covers the psychology of lowering your fees, free markets, and why the logic of this ‘war cry’ is backwards.
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In this episode, Blaine explains how to 10X your business, your free time, your revenue, and anything else you’d like to expand, and why its easier than just trying to double those things.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about a very important mindset shift he learned from the Strategic Coach, Dan Sullivan, called ‘Always Be The Buyer’. Always being the buyer is a specific mindset that has you always setting the standards for everything you want in life and business.
In this episode, Blaine discusses the controversial topic of work-life balance. He goes over what some of the expectations are, why they’re different for men and women, and how to know what work-life balance looks like for you?
In this episode, Blaine discusses the controversial topic of work-life balance. He goes over what some of the expectations are, why they’re different for men and women, and how to know what work-life balance looks like for you?
In this episode, Blaine talks about the 2 biggest factors that cause the commoditization of an industry, and the 3 warning signs that its happening. Learn also how to take advantage of a market or an industry where the products and services are considered to be a commodity and chosen based primarily on price!
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the 2 biggest factors that cause the commoditization of an industry, and the 3 warning signs that its happening. Learn also how to take advantage of a market or an industry where the products and services are considered to be a commodity and chosen based primarily on price!
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In this episode, Blaine covers the ‘million dollar mindsets’ spectrum, which has 8 fixed mindsets on the left with the corresponding growth mindsets on the right. The great thing is that we get to choose our mindsets, so which ones will you choose?
In this episode, Blaine covers the ‘million dollar mindsets’ spectrum, which has 8 fixed mindsets on the left with the corresponding growth mindsets on the right. The great thing is that we get to choose our mindsets, so which ones will you choose?
In this episode, Blaine picks up where the last episode leaves off and continues to add some new lessons he’s learned while working for real estate appraiser startup company, True Footage.
In this episode, Blaine picks up where the last episode leaves off and continues to add some new lessons he’s learned while working for real estate appraiser startup company, True Footage.
In this episode, Blaine shares 5 lessons he’s learned while working for a tech start-up appraiser company named True Footage. True Footage came on the scene in 2021 in Seattle, Washington and has rapidly expanded its footprint across the US. Blaine has been working with True Footage for the past year and has learned several valuable lessons for appraisers and appraisal companies that he’s sharing in this episode.
In this episode, Blaine goes over the research around the rise and fall of the once great entertainment company, Blockbuster. Known as the behemoth of the video rental business, Blockbuster became its own worst enemy when it came to making good decisions about its customers. Although many believe it was Netflix that killed Blockbuster, it wasn’t. Learn what the real story is about how Blockbuster ruined a great thing!
In this episode, Blaine goes over the research around the rise and fall of the once great entertainment company, Blockbuster. Known as the behemoth of the video rental business, Blockbuster became its own worst enemy when it came to making good decisions about its customers. Although many believe it was Netflix that killed Blockbuster, it wasn’t. Learn what the real story is about how Blockbuster ruined a great thing!
In this episode, Blaine talks about how traditional goal setting sucks and doesn’t work. He also talks about the 4 reasons goal setting is counterproductive talked about by James Clear, author of the best selling book, Atomic Habits.
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In this episode, Blaine continues with the Earl Nightingale teachings from the ‘Lead the Field’ recording. Blaine speaks the exact transcript from the original recording.
In this episode, Blaine continues with the Earl Nightingale teachings from the ‘Lead the Field’ recording. Blaine speaks the exact transcript from the original recording.
In this episode, Blaine introduces listeners to the famous Earl Nightingale, founder of the Nightingale-Conant motivational publishing company.
One of Earl Nightingale’s most famous recordings was Lead the Field. Chapter 12 is titled, “Let’s Talk About Money”. Blaine speaks the exact transcript of this talk from Lead the Field.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the science behind people who seem to be lucky, and also those who claim to be especially unlucky. Learning from Dr. Wiseman and the Luck School, Blaine goes over the 7 habits of lucky people that, if adopted and practiced, can increase your luck too!
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In this episode, Blaine picks up where he left off in the last episode about building a recession proof business. Tough times create strong businesses and tough people, but there are a few things appraisers should be doing to ensure that they survive and thrive during down times.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about some of the most important things for appraisers, as well as Realtors, Lenders, and people from all walks of life to do during an economic recession.
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In this episode, Blaine explains how the human brain works to conserve energy to keep us alive. Knowing how we see the world and how we make decisions, we can learn to see how we typically respond to change and opportunity. Instead of reacting with fear and anger, we can learn to embrace changes and create greater opportunities for ourselves.
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In this episode, Blaine introduces listeners to famed angel investor and business philosopher, Naval Ravikant, and his 4 (really 5) steps to building wealth.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the changes currently happening in the market and some of the things appraisers (and Realtors and lenders) should be doing to stay in the game and scoop up more market share.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the 4 Ds from author, Mike Michalowicz, in his book, Clockwork. The 4 Ds are Doing, Deciding, Delegating, and Designing. Blaine adds 2 more Ds to those 4 to make a complete system for entrepreneurs to build a business that is scalable and salable.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about a 3 phase process of going from ordinary to extraordinary. You might be surprised at what it takes to be extraordinary and how to build an extraordinary business.
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In this episode, Blaine covers several of the most common questions asked each week by people inquiring about hiring a business coach.
In this episode, Blaine covers the 5 big rules of building wealth 'on purpose'. Many people are unaware of the unwritten rules of how top build wealth for a fabulous future, so here they are. Read the blog here: Wealth Building Rules Blog
In this episode, Blaine talks about adopting a mindset of being the CEO of You, Incorporated. Regardless of where you are within a company you have the power to add tremendous value by thinking like a CEO.
In this episode, Blaine talks about 3 tactics of Market Revolutionaries, those who are changing the way business is being done. These three tactics are a recap from a prior episode called Becoming a Market Revolutionary.
In this episode, Blaine covers the 5 steps required to develop an intentional personal ecosystem that empowers you to reach new heights of growth and success.
In this episode, Blaine picks up where he left off in the last episode where he covered the first 5 Wisdom Keys. This episode starts with Wisdom Key number 6, and follows through explaining the last five keys.
In this episode, Blaine introduces the first 5 ‘Wisdom Keys’ for life and business. These wisdom keys can be used in both life and in business and are a great filter for daily habits and decisions.
In this episode, Blaine explains what an API (application programming interface) is and how APIs are everywhere. He introduces an idea of two worlds where half the world lives below the API, meaning their decisions are dictated for them by the software, and half the world living above the API, those who write the code, ask questions, think critically, are creative, make their own decisions, and are not dictated to by the software.
In this episode, Blaine covers the top 5 traits of those who tend to struggle with progressively realizing a worthy goal or idea. Blaine talks about Earl Nightingale’s definition of success and how to avoid the traits and habits of the unsuccessful.
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In this episode, Blaine recaps the drama triangle from the last episode and then gives the antidote to the drama with the Empowerment Dynamic. The Empowerment Dynamic entails becoming a coach, a creator, and a challenger.
In this episode, Blaine explains the Drama Triangle and the different roles we sometimes play in certain situations and with certain people. The Drama Triangle can be very destructive and emotionally draining. Learn the different roles and scripts that get played out so as to avoid them when possible.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about what it means to be a Chief Evangelist and why should be one for your company! As the Chief Evangelist for True Footage, a growing national appraisal and data analytics company, Blaine shares some rules for positioning your company for growth by becoming an evangelist.
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In this episode, Blaine teaches listeners about an exercise from a billionaire named Conrad, and how to avoid doing time wasting activities.
In this episode, Blaine teaches listeners how to do an exercise taught by famous podcaster and investor, Tim Ferriss, called ‘fear setting’. As opposed to goal setting, fear setting addresses the things we fear the most before trying to come up with some goals that may not be inspiring to us.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the Law of Reciprocity and how its hard wired into all of us. Learn how the law works, how we’re influenced by it, often without knowing it, and how we can know when its being used against us.
In this episode, Blaine talks about how some of the best, and most forward thinking companies in the world created their own business category and escaped having to compete with anybody else.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the top 6 things that good leaders do. If you like to study leadership and want to be a better leader yourself, this is a ‘not to be missed’ episode!
I this episode, Blaine draws heavily from author and friend, Ethan Beute’s, book, Rehumanize Your Business, and talks about the value of using voice and video to convey our most important messages over using plain text emails and texts.
In this episode, Blaine introduces authors Mark Camp and Chris Voss. Jim Camp wrote the book, ‘Start with No’, and Chris Voss wrote the wildly popular book called, “Never Split the Difference”. Both authors introduce a premise that its more important for building trust and confidence to get your prospects and clients saying ‘no’, instead of trying to get them to say ‘yes’.
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In this episode, Blaine explains the Japanese concept of Ikigai. Ikigai is a concept around living a life well, operating a business well, and an overall set of questions around what you love to do, what you’re really good at, what the world needs, and what you can make money at.
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In this episode, Blaine discusses 5 things every company should be doing if they have any remote workers. Since most appraisers work from their homes, if they work for a company they are likely working remotely. It can difficult to build a company culture that encourages personal and professional growth, not to mention fun, if you’re not doing these things.
Learn how to build an awesome culture for your remote workers!
In this episode, Blaine introduces the thinking methods of Aristotle, Rene Descartes, and Elon Musk, a method called ‘thinking from First Principles’.
In this episode, Blaine talks about four types of behaviors that have been identified by famed marriage therapists, Drs John and Julie Gottman, as the four things that, if addressed and fixed, can save relationships. What these four horsemen also infect are boardrooms and businesses. Address these four bad behaviors and your company culture gets infinitely better!
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In this episode, Blaine reveals 7 questions the Stoics asked on themselves daily which lead to greater insight and understanding about who we want to be, how we want to be, and who we might want to be that way for.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the ‘python of progress’ and what is happening in almost every industry. Better data collection and use of that data is disrupting many industries, and the appraisal industry is right in the crosshairs of disruption.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about some of the well known ‘secrets’ of the business world’s greatest leaders and communicators. This is part one a multi part series about why one’s communication skills are vital for brand recognition, strategic differentiation, and as a competitive advantage against competitors.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about four reasons why intentionally focusing on culture building within your company is so vital. Company culture constitutes all of the organization’s goals, values, guiding principles, ideals, and the overall spirit of the company. Your company culture has been called ‘the soul’ of the company.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the different levels that almost every business can go through on its rise and growth. Blaine has noticed over the years that there are around seven levels businesses go through, or can go through depending on the owner.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the differences between leadership roles and management roles. It’s important to know the differences between the two since entrepreneurs and business owners often find themselves moving in and out of different roles in their businesses.
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In this episode, Blaine lays out 8 ‘Power Moves’ of the most successful businesses. If you don’t know, or have a story about your business, and know what your mission really is, its time to develop it. Use these 8 Power Moves to help you develop your story, your mission, and your dominance in the market.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about Tim Ferriss’ book, The Four Hour Work Week, and a couple of important questions posed in the book: what would you do with your time if you were told you could only work 2 hours per day? If you only had 2 hours per day to do the most valuable things, what things would you do to contribute the most revenue and profitability to the bottom line?
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This is part 2 of the Content is King series where Blaine goes over the steps, and requirements, for using content marketing, social media, and content creation for building a six figure business.
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In this episode, Blaine teaches the listener how he built several six figure businesses using content: social media, podcasting, blogging, and information. If you’re thinking about trying to use social media, or some other method to grow your business, get ready to take notes on how to master content creation and build a killer business that is untouchable!
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In this episode, Blaine talks about whether or not you should become a generalist, a ‘jack of all trades’, or a specialist, ‘a master of one’. Blaine asks six vital questions in this episode that will help appraisers, agents, and any other business to decide what they want to specialize in, if they choose that route.
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This is part 2 of the Rules Are For The Other Guy series where Blaine talks about the 10 mindsets and traits of several of his mentors throughout life. These mindsets helped those mentors bypass many of the typical roadblocks and challenges that many entrepreneurs tend to get stuck on. In essence, Blaine’s mentors seemed to have a ‘fast pass’ to the front of the line almost every time!
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In this episode, part 1 of 2, Blaine talks about the first 5 things he’s recognized in high achievers, several of his mentors, and people who seem to have a ‘fast pass’ to the front of the line in life and business.
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This is part two of the series Blaine started on the most common logical fallacies used in argumentation. These logical fallacies are great to study because they help us identify the errors in logic that often lead to incorrect thinking and beliefs.
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In this episode, Blaine goes over the 3 main phases of a business: the launch phase, the growth phase, and the scaling phase. Blaine also explains how you can scale your business by using ‘scaling thinking’, which is a way of thinking that allows business owners to create the business they want before ever actually having to hire, train, or buy anything.
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In this episode, Blaine introduces and discusses several of the most common logical fallacies, which are errors in reasoning that lead to potentially wrong conclusions. Logical fallacies occur all around us and its very helpful to be able to spot them so as to head them off at the pass and not be fooled by them.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about a few of the 7 different types of intelligence, focusing primarily on the most important one, emotional intelligence. Blaine also introduces the Gyges Effect, which is the phenomenon of feeling anonymous while communicating via the internet.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about a different way to see things based on the idea of thinking ‘outside the box’ versus ‘inside the box’. The ideas are based on the book, Inside the Box, by Drew Boyd and Jacob Goldenberg. In it they talk about a variety of examples of new products, services, and systems that were created by simply subtracting something from the existing product, dividing something up and making it better, and multiplying a products features.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the lessons learned from the book, Think Again, by Adam Grant. The lessons are about how scientists think and behave while using the scientific method. Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, and Analysis are the hallmarks of good science. Business is very similar and should be treated with a similar mindset and system.
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In this episode, Blaine goes into how appraiser trainees should go about finding a good mentor to mentor them in their appraiser journey. He also talks about the mistakes most trainees are making along the way and how to go about correcting those mistakes and being creative about their search.
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In this episode, Blaine goes over the 4 behaviors of those who rise to the top of their game and dominate their markets and industries. These are four behaviors that anybody and everybody can adopt to go from zero to hero in very little time.
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In this episode, Blaine goes through the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey, and breaks down each of the habits with additional context.
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In this episode, Blaine goes over the top questions he gets from potential clients about why to hire a business coach or advisor. As a popular business coach to the appraisal, real estate, mechanical contracting, and salon industries, Blaine explains the most common questions he gets asked about coaching and then goes into detail regarding the answers.
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Blaine recaps the first five skills and traits required to get your Masters Degree in delivering real value, and then lays out the next five skills.
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In this episode, Blaine introduces the first 5 skills required to get a Masters Degree in Real Value! Blaine lays out 5 skills needed if you’d like to be at the absolute master of your life and business, as well as the go-to authority in your industry and market.
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In this episode, Blaine picks up from the last two episodes on wealth building and adds some needed context to reach the five levels of financial freedom available to almost everybody, as long as they have a plan.
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In this episode, Blaine recaps the the first 5 tips from last week’s show, and then covers the next 5 tips for becoming a money master!
In this episode, Blaine goes over the first 5 of the 10 steps to Financial Freedom as laid out by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan, in the Think Like A CEO podcast. Gary Keller is the co-founder of Keller Williams Realty, one of the world’s largest, and most successful, realty companies in the world.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the psychological concept of frame, or how we view life and the greater world around us. Our frame controls what we see and experience, but it also dictates how others see and experience you! Its important to understand frame and how it always a factor in human interactions.
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In this episode, Blaine reviews the KPI’s, or Key Performance Indicators, that you need to know and utilize as real estate appraisal businesses, if you want to grow, make more money, and have more time.
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In this episode, Blaine introduces KPI’s, the key performance indicators in your life and business that help you make the important decisions to make more money, have more time freedom, and lead a more fulfilling life.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about how to 80-20 your business and life and how 4/5ths of everything we do ends up being trivial, in the grand scheme of things. When you adopt the Pareto Principle, better known as the 80/20 rule, into your appraisal business and your life, you’ll find leverage all around you to get maximal results from the most minute efforts.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the inevitable struggles that occur anytime we try to bring our ideas, goals, and intentions from that world into the real world of physical things. Many people give up on their hopes, dreams, and goals because of the difficulty almost always encountered at this proverbial ‘border’.
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In this episode, Blaine makes the connection between how we think, feel, and behave with our finances and how it relates to all other areas of our life! Learn how our beliefs about money affect all other areas of our lives without using knowing it.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the difference between income and equity in your business. Equity is the value that is built in the shadows based on your service, your communication, and the perception your clients and customers have about your brand.
In this episode, Blaine talk about the 5 leadership lessons discussed in a video of author, Simon Sinek, titled 5 Rules to Follow As You Find Your Spark.
Blaine recounts the stories and gives his take on each of the lessons Sinek reveals through his stories.
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In this episode, Blaine goes over the 5 main mindsets of game changing market revolutionaries. Market revolutionaries are people like Steve Jobs of Apple, Reed Hasting of Netflix, and the founders of Uber and Tesla. Game changers and market revolutionaries are people who think differently about their businesses and their markets. The think in ways that allow them to withstand criticism as they disrupt the status quo and build businesses that change the game in their industries and make their competitors their customers.
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In this episode, Blaine introduces the E2M method of time and life management. E2M stands for Eliminate to Multiply and is a simple method of categorizing all of the activities in your life and business that need to be eliminated, delegated, and automated so that you can mover ever closer to spending most of your time in activities that motivate and inspire you.
In this episode Blaine explains how most of us are trained through the education system as we grow up. Most of us were never taught how to get something done and were, instead, taught how to do things. However, one of the most important skills as an entrepreneur growing an appraisal business is to find people to get things done. The power of finding a ‘who’ to get something done instead of trying to figure out ‘how’ to do it is one of the most freeing skills to develop for greater growth and profitability.
In this episode, Blaine shares a story he read from Darren Hardy about how vital it is to figure out your ‘why’. Until you figure out why you need, want, absolutely have to accomplish something, you’ll always be struggling. Figure out your why and life moves in that direction.
In this episode, Blaine asks one of the most important questions on your road to figuring out what your life’s mission is. Of all the important questions we ask on a daily basis, asking the question, “who needs me?”, is one of the most important to help you get clarity and direction on your life and business.
In this episode, Blaine introduces the rules for high quality brainstorming as developed by the founder of the term ‘brainstorming’ in 1941, Alex Osborn. Brainstorming is one of the best ways to create magic and come up with potential life and business changing ideas through creative thinking. The goal is quantity of ideas with no criticism or judgement, and to push past the first third of our thinking to get to the third third, which is where the best ideas live!
In this episode, national business and life success coach, Blaine Feyen, explains why most people never get past earning a certain dollar amount and the errors in thinking about dollars per hour. Blaine teaches the listener how to shift your thinking from dollars per hour to dollars per minute, along with a whole new way to look at high value activities that may not put money in your bank account right away.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the different KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) and metrics most appraisal businesses use to track and measure their business, and then introduces a new concept called ‘Return on Relationship’. ROR is a long term strategy of building relationships for profitability, fun, and long term growth.
Picking up where Blaine left off in last week’s episode, Blaine offers several mindset shifts for those who tend to procrastinate starting things because of their perfectionism.
In this episode, Blaine goes over 11 signs that you might be a perfectionist and that you might be using that perfectionism to keep you from starting things. Not everybody is a perfectionist but may still find themselves relating to some of these 11 personality traits and how they are killing their progress!
In this episode, the second in the Best Interview Questions series, Blaine goes over the next 10 interview questions that you’ve likely never asked in an interview. Take good notes on these! If you want the PDF ‘cheat sheet’ with all 30 (the main 20 plus 10 bonus questions and podcast), you can go to www.RealValueCast.com and sign up to be a Value Syndicate member. It’s completely free!
In this episode, Blaine reveals the first 10 interview questions that you’ve probably never asked. These are very detailed and strategically developed questions that will give you immense insight into how your prospective new employee thinks and behaves in certain circumstances, and whether or not they are right for your business.
In this episode, part 2 from the previous episode, Blaine recaps steps 1, 2, and 3 of the Summon the Master process, and then reveals steps 4 and 5, which help make this process so powerful.
Appraisers, agents, lenders, anybody really! Use these 5 steps to summon your own inner master and take your life and business to the next level!
In this episode, Blaine reveals his 5 step process he uses with every new goal, project, or issue he faces. This is episode 1 of 2 and Blaine goes over steps 1-3 in this one. In episode 2, Blaine covers steps 4 and 5. Blaine uses these steps in his appraiser coaching program as well.
In this episode, Blaine introduces the listener to two modes of thinking: reproductive and productive thinking. From there, Blaine tells the story of Kyle Macdonald and his Red Paperclip experiment for his blog and how Kyle made 14 trades within one year that ultimately led to someone giving him a house! Learn about the trades and how productive thinking can make connections that you never knew existed!
Red Paperclip TED Talk:
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Podcasts mentioned in the show:
The Appraiser Coach Podcast: https://theappraisercoach.libsyn.com/
The Appraisers Advocate Podcast:
https://theappraisersadvocate.com/the-appraisers-advocate-3/
The Appraisal Cast:
https://theappraisalcast.com/
The Appraisal Update Podcast:
https://appraiserelearning.com/the-appraisal-update-podcast/
In this episode, Blaine covers the hotly debated topic of having multiple streams of income. Instead of just saying that everybody should have multiple streams of income, however, Blaine goes over why many shouldn’t attempt to have more than one primary stream of income, at least not until they have several things in place.
If you want to know what to consider before venturing into the multiple streams of income world, listen in and write these 4 things down!
In this episode, Blaine talks about the difference between giving a compliment and being a complement. Two vastly different concepts but extremely valuable to understand the law of complementarity. Blaine gives you some vital questions at the end of the show to ask yourself regarding the relationships in your life.
In this episode, Blaine talks to those who want to become a real estate appraiser and gives vital advice on how to go about finding a good mentor. Apprenticeships in the appraisal business are the key to becoming an appraiser and most people go about it in the completely wrong way.
In this episode, Blaine talks about burn-out, exhaustion, and boredom and one of the things he uses to overcome them. Blaine talks about his Giving Pyramid and the 5 levels of giving most people don’t realize they have available to them to give.
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In this episode, Blaine gives his view of where the appraisal industry might be headed and how changes in the markets, changes to the industry, and changes to the rules may affect how appraisers go about doing business.
In this episode, Blaine explains how our brains use subtle little shortcuts called heuristics to make rapids decisions. The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut used to make decisions rapidly based on the most available information in our brains, even if that information isn’t the most correct.
In this episode, Blaine talks about his realization that nobody was out there creating opportunities for him so he had to take it upon himself to create his own opportunities. During a meeting with a student, Blaine was called an ‘opportunist’ and it was in that moment that he realized it was something he wanted to become more of, instead of shying away from the term.
In this episode, Blaine tackles the topic of fear and how it keeps up from living our best life and experiencing all that life has to offer. Blaine gives you 5 steps to turn any fear into something that can actually help you in becoming the you that you always wanted and creating the life you desire.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the power of referrals and the right way to go about asking for referrals and how to get the highest quality referrals possible! Learn the scripts and dialogue to use when coaching your referral partners how you like to be referred and the kind of referrals to send your way.
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In this episode, Blaine dips back into the mailbag to talk with an appraiser named Jim. Jim asked Blaine several questions about growing a business without having to spend an inordinate amount of time and life energy. Blaine goes over all of Jim’s concerns and offers some suggestions for those who might have some fear around the topic of growth, mentoring, private work, and managing people.
In this episode, Blaine covers 7 things that have made a big difference in life and business. He calls it his Big 7 List! Get ready to write down all 7 and start taking some action on them today!
In this episode, Blaine goes over the 5 Love Languages from Gary Chapman’s ground breaking book from 1992. He talks about how to understand those different languages of appreciation and how they apply to your business. Get ready to write some stuff down because you’re going to want to learn what language your significant other is speaking!
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In this episode, Blaine goes over what the ‘rocks’ are and how to use them to hit your most important goals. More importantly, how to use rocks to start living and working ‘on purpose’!
Go to www.CoachBlaine.com/rocks to download the Big Rocks exercise talked about in the show.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the power of the protege effect, which is the cognitive super power of rapid learning by intending to teach the information to others. Learn how to cut learning time in half on almost any topic or activity by employing the protege effect.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about a valuable life and business exercise called a SWOT analysis. A SWOT analysis is an exercise of going over one’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This kind of exercise helps businesses, and individuals, figure out what they’re good at, what they’re not, what kinds of opportunities are available in the market, and what kinds of threats exist that could hamper the growth and progress of any business.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the top 5 lessons he learned from his mentors and coaches about ruthless time management for living a successful life. Be ready to take notes or suffer the consequences!
Show notes:
https://aikicast.com/guardian-or-warrior-when-the-sheepdog-becomes-the-wolf-part-1
https://aikicast.com/guardian-or-warrior-when-the-sheepdog-becomes-the-wolf-part2
https://aikicast.com/guardian-or-warrior-when-the-sheepdog-becomes-the-wolf-part-3
In this episode, Blaine goes over the four steps absolutely necessary to accomplish anything in life ad business. It blows away typical goal setting garbage being taught in most business and marketing schools, like S.M.A.R.T. goals. Most people fail even with fairly clear goals because they fail to follow the 3 steps after goals have been written down.
Continuing the training about how to thrive during a recession, Blaine adds several more techniques and concepts to put in onto play in your business to be the absolute leader in your market.
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In this episode, Blaine asks several important questions to get you thinking about what we really know...and what we don’t. Most people get their information and knowledge from other people and sources and never question the information they’ve taken in. At some point in our lives we’re filled with things we ‘know’ for sure but may have no real evidence that any of it is true or real. Blaine asks you to question all your ‘knowing’ in order to have more ‘being’.
In this episode, Blaine talks about 5 things every appraiser can, and should be doing to recession proof your appraisal business. When an economy recedes and business opportunities change, you MUST have a strategy and plan to survive and thrive. We talk about how to ensure that your business not only survives, but thrives even during a downturn in the market.
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In this episode, Blaine talks about a goal setting technique that super powers your intentions in a way almost nothing else can. Most people suffer from decision and willpower fatigue when trying to accomplish or overcome challenges. This technique eliminates willpower and continuous decisions making from the process!
In this episode, Blaine tells the story of the rise of Netflix and the subsequent demise of Blockbuster as a result. Blockbuster was the biggest and most profitable movie rental company in the world at one time. When Netflix arrived on the scene Blockbuster had some missed opportunities that ultimately began its fall to the bottom. You’ll be very surprised to hear what caused their ultimate crash! Well...its in the title so...maybe not;) Listen anyway!
In this episode, Blaine talks about the current global pandemic and some of the changes it has caused people to make in their lives and businesses. Blaine reads excerpts from an article written by Julie Vincent Gambuto (link below) called ‘Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting’. In the article, Gambuto calls the pandemic ‘The Great Pause’ as a way to express how life has essentially paused around the world as we shelter in place and businesses close. The ultimate question from all of it is, what changes that you’ve made in your life as a result of the pandemic will you keep once it passes?
The Real Value Coaching Academy is offering its Level 1 Coaching Program for Appraisers FREE during the pandemic. You can access it at www.CoachBlaine.com and stay for free as long as the pandemic is affecting life and businesses in the US.
Article referenced in the podcast: https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0
In this episode, Blaine walks listeners through a small part of one of his core purpose coaching exercises where the student asks themselves a series of questions that help to reveal some of your core values that help you make choices, whether you know it or not. Listen in and figure out what you’re for!
In this episode, Blaine talks about some of the leadership lessons that came out of the tragic fire at Mann Gulch.
In this episode, Blaine goes over 7 things appraisers should be doing right now to build a better business, get more private appraisal orders, build a solid fan base, and be more profitable.
In this diamond mining episode, Blaine talks about the Japanese calligraphy symbol called Enso, the brushed circle that represents the perfection of imperfection, Wabi Sabi, in the all important concept of Maai: vital interval in Japanese.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the 5 things we cannot control in life and how to put some of what is going on in the world today into perspective. The current Covid-19 pandemic has swept the world and the markets are in free fall, people are scared, businesses are closing, and many are justifiably anxiety racked. Blaine also talks about the 3 types of expenses to be cutting at this critical time.
In this episode, Blaine talks about what happens in the body when we give to another person. There are a variety of benefits to one’s health and well being by giving freely of our time, money, uplifting attitude, and other resources. There are also some rules! If you want to ‘do’ giving the right way, you must follow the rules! Listen in and write them down if you want to get all of the benefits from being a benevolent giver!
In this episode, Blaine talks about why to have a customer bill of rights and how to have a competitive advantage in the marketplace. In a heavy social media and internet world, customers and clients are craving human interaction and great customer experiences. You MUST have a Never/Always list within your organization if you want to ensure delivery of the absolute best client and customer service. Have pen and paper ready, as usual!
In this, the second part of a 2 part series, Blaine goes over the seven types of waste in a knowledge based business. In the first episode, he discussed the concept of Lean Manufacturing and Lean initiatives and how the thought process and practice has been invaluable in his own business. Now he takes it to the next level and shows you exactly what to to look for in your own business to begin value mapping and value streaming your business.
In this episode, Blaine introduces listeners to the LEAN manufacturing and LEAN thinking process utilized by some of the best companies in the world. What began with the Toyota Manufacturing system has morphed into a way of thinking about processes and wast that can be utilized in almost everyone’s lives and businesses. Blaine ties it into the appraisal industry so that appraisers will have an idea of how to implement LEAN into their business to realize more profit, eliminate waste, and live better lives!
In this, the final episode of this 3 part series on the Science of Success, Blaine wraps up the episodes with a recap of how the thoughts create emotions, our emotions inform our actions, our actions get results, and then we have more thoughts about our results and it continues this way ad infinitum. Blaine talks about 3 steps to changing the brain, body, emotions, and actions, thus getting better results.
In this episode of Diamond Mining, Blaine tells a story of the time when he learned about the Japanese art of Kintsugi, the art of ‘gold joinery’ or ‘gold repair’ of pottery. The art of Kintsugi is more than just a way to repair broken pottery though, its also a philosophy of highlighting the flaws, imperfections, and the breaks in the nature of the pottery as a way of expressing the most valuable aspects of it. The philosophy carries over to human beings as well and implores us to not be ashamed of our broken and repaired places within but, instead, highlight them as a part of who we are and the things that make us the most valuable.
https://shambhalatimes.org/2014/07/22/remembering-sensei-seiko-nakashima/
In this second part of a 3 episode series on the Science of Success, Blaine goes deep into the science of the RAS, the Reticular Activating System. The RAS is the connection between the body and the brain and gets programmed primarily by us based on our belief systems, our past experiences, and what we expect to see and experience. This is good and bad news! It means we get what we expect and what we think about we bring about! It also means we can reprogram what the RAS brings into our conscious awareness for our greater success.
Take lots of notes! There is a ton of information packed into this episode! All of this information is also taught in the Real Value Coaching Academy, which can be found at: The Coaching Academy Courses Website
In this two part episode, Blaine dives into the ‘science of success’ as it was taught to him many years ago while studying Zen meditation. Blaine has drawn on many teachers, authors, and scientists over the years to gain a deeper understanding of how to program our minds for the things we desire and lead the life we want to lead.
There is lots of information in these two episodes so please take notes! These principles are taught in the The Coaching Academy as well, which can be found at https://www.RealValueGroup.com/coaching
In this episode of the Diamond Mining Series, Blaine talks about why saying, ‘No Problem’, instead of ‘You’re Welcome’ in a service scenario may be sending the wrong message!
This is part two of the 2 part series on the Top 10 Reasons to hire a good business coach. Blaine Feyen, life and business coach to the appraisal, real estate, and lending industries, follows up last week’s episode with reasons 6 through 10 on why to hire a coach and be mentored.
There are many more reasons than 10, but Blaine goes over 10 really good reasons why EVERYBODY needs a good coach! Blaine talks about the coaches he hires and why everybody can benefit from a good coach. At the end of the episode, Blaine mentions 3 of the best business coaches for appraisers to d research on and here they are:
The Real Value Coaching Academy- Blaine Feyen
https://www.realvaluegroup.com/coaching
The Appraiser Coach-Dustin Harris
https://theappraisercoach.com/about/
Appraiser Insider Mastermind-Roy Meyer
https://www.appraisermastermind.com/
In this episode of the Diamond Mining mini series, Blaine asks a valuable question about guarantees in a service industry. Its easy to guarantee a product because you can just refund somebody’s money if they’re not happy. But with some services, like real estate appraisals, an appraiser cant guarantee that everybody in a transaction will be happy and they can’t refund money simply because somebody might not be happy with their appraisal.
What they CAN do however, is guarantee several aspects of the delivery of their service! Blaine talks about several ways the delivery of a service can be guaranteed in a way that gives the company a competitive advantage in the market.
In this episode, Blaine answers a very common question his company gets about why to hire a business or personal coach. This is not a sales pitch for The Coaching Academy, but instead an in depth explanation about the real value in hiring a business coach for appraisers, real estate agents, lenders, or really any other professions that wants to accelerate their growth, expedite their profitability, increase their time, be held accountable to their goals, help them develop worthy goals, find their core purpose, and a variety of other benefits gained through the hiring of a good coach.
This is part 1 of a 2 part series and there is lots of great content in this one, as usual! Have pen and pad ready to take notes! This may be one of the most important moments in your business career!
In this episode, the first of the new year, Blaine goes over several episodes from 2018 and 2019 that had lots of value for listeners based on the exercises contained in those episodes. One of the episodes covered is the ‘So You Wanna Be An Appraiser Episode’ where Blaine gives some great advice to new or soon to be new appraisers in search of a mentor. The advice is so good, in fact, that this episode should be required listening for all new appraisers, as well as those mentoring new appraisers.
There are several other episodes recapped in this episode so take a listen and be ready to make some notes!
In this, the second annual year end recap, Blaine goes over the top 5 episodes of 2019 based on listener feedback! Happy New Year and much success in 2020!
In this episode, Blaine talks about some of the key questions he asked of himself and his company back in 2009 while doing strategic business and vision planning. That process and the answers to those questions lead Blaine’s company to great success and growth in the appraisal, and business and life coaching industries. Blaine gives listeners the exact questions to ask and ponder to help bring some positive change and growth going into 2020.
In this episode, Blaine discusses the all important process of figuring out what drives you to do what you do. It’s a process made popular by author Simon Sinek in his 2009 book, ‘Start With Why’. In it, Sinek outlines a process whereby on digs through their past to ‘unearth’ the main drivers, the main motivators, the main inspirations, and the big turn offs that make us do what we do. Blaine has trained extensively on this process and has taught it to corporations across the globe.
This is a multi part series with this episode being the introduction to the process. Join us!
In this episode of the Diamond Mining mini-episode series, Blaine tells the story of a company named HelloWorld and its CEO, Josh Linkner. The CEO of HelloWorld created a fictional competitor with fake press releases and Wall Street Journal articles to light a fire in the hearts and minds of his employees. Instead of resting on their laurels and accolades as a company in the number 1 spot, they began to ask what their fictional, and real, competitors might be coming up with to stay on the cutting edge and remain the market leader.
In this episode, Blaine introduces listeners to the infamous ‘Pascal’s Wager’, from the 17th Century mathematician and philosopher, Blaise Pascal. Pascal’s Wager essentially postulates that, even if there is an infinitesimally small chance of something being true, its better to act as if the thing is true since acting as if its NOT true could be very expensive!
Listen in as Blaine shows listeners how the wager is used in the climate change debate, how Warren Buffet has used it, and how it might just apply to your life and your business.
In this mini-episode of the Real Value Podcast Diamond Mining Series, Blaine talks about 2 customer service experiences that emphasize over-the-top customer service that creates a great customer experience.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the science of the brain and how we are simply not capable of multi-tasking as it has been traditionally defined and thought. The brain cannot consciously do two things at once since it must steal mental resources from the same portion of the brain: the frontal lobe.
Blaine gives 5 tactics to improve your ability to get things done, and get them done well, without having to slow down to task switch, leaving a little bit of ‘attention residue’ with each prior task.
In this episode of the Real Value Podcast mini-series, Diamond Mining, Blaine talks about their experience at a pro football game and details all of the little things that appeared to be amazing ‘systematized customer service’.
Make note of the questions at the end of the show and give some thought to your own business as we enter the relationship and experience economy.
In this episode, Blaine recaps the mindsets and recommendations from episode one for starting your podcast, and then goes over the equipment, the software, and the best hosting options for getting your voice heard through the medium of podcasting.
Like episode 1, there are lots of great nuggets and suggestions so have pen and paper handy for notes!
In this new series of the Real Value Podcast, called Diamond Mining, Blaine covers short stories, lessons, anecdotes, books, and ideas that add perspective to our lives and businesses.
This episode is about the $6000 egg story told By Todd and Deb Duncan in their book, The 10 Golden Rules of Customer Service.
In this episode, Blaine goes over 5 (or maybe more!) of the things that somebody wanting to start a podcast MUST consider before jumping into the world of podcasting. Podcasting can be a fun and rewarding activity if its done right. It can be a ton of time, effort, and labor if not! Blaine goes over the thinking and planning process, as well as the hardware and software needed to be successful.
Listen in and have your notepad ready if you have any interest in starting an appraiser, real estate, lending, or really ANY kind of podcast now or in the near future.
In this episode, Blaine introduces listeners to the often repeated idea that we are the sum total of the 5 people we spend the most time with. Blaine takes it a step further, however, and talks about a study that was done indicating that it goes much further than just those 5 people! It extends to friends of friends, even friends of their friends even if you’ve never met many of those people. Blaine explains how in this episode.
In this episode, Blaine introduces a Japanese concept called Shugyo, which is synonymous with ‘intense and austere’ training, but can also refer or suggest an area of your life or business that needs to be addressed and where there is ‘an absence of comfort’. The concept of Shugyo is one that encourages you to take on tasks, goals, and pursuits that have some kind of internal ‘calling’ but, for whatever reason, you aren’t doing yet.
With Shugyo, you listen to the small voice inside that is calling out to have an experience or accomplish something, and then you simply decide that you must attempt that thing and you accept that there will be, at minimum, the absence of comfort, if not downright discomfort.
What is your shugyo?
In this episode, part 2 of 2, Blaine discusses the last 3 most important things that a mentor should be teaching their apprentices if they are interested in being a ‘true mentor’. Anybody can teach somebody else the basics of appraising real estate. Very few people can take somebody under their wing and mentor them in these 7 areas effectively, at least not initially.
Take some time to study up on these 7 areas and learn what each one of them means to a trainee and what they might mean in your business.
In this episode series (part 1 of 2), Blaine goes over the 7 areas that he believes true mentors should be covering in an appraiser mentorship program. In fact, these 7 areas should be mandatory in all business mentorship programs. The 7 areas covered would give the apprentice the greatest opportunity for success as an appraiser regardless of whether or not the trainee stays in the mentor’s company or goes out on their own.
Although one of the chief complaints amongst potential mentors is that they are training their competition, by training an apprentice properly, the chances of an apprentice leaving your organization drops drastically. Blaine goes over the strategies and what to teach so as to create the best atmosphere for growth and longevity within the mentor’s company.
In this episode, Blaine recaps some of the important aspects from the last episode regarding meditation and exercise, and then opens the discussion about the last 2 letters, D and S, which stand for diet and sleep. The importance of all four of these things in terms of overall health, wellness, health span, longevity, energy and mood cannot be overstated!
Appraisers tend to sit at their desks much of the day and have fairly stressful jobs. There are time pressures, client demands, and the never ending requirements of being the chief cook and bottle washer in a small business. Minding the 4 categories in the MEDS acronym is of vital importance!
In this episode, Blaine talks about the 4 pillars of living your best life with the acronym MEDS, which stands for Meditation, Exercise, Diet, and Sleep. This is part 1 of a 2 part series and this episode covers the M and E parts of the acronym. Appraisers tend to sit for much of their day and tend to deal with a fair amount of stress. Meditation, exercise, proper diet, and good sleep are vital for longevity and a long health-span.
Listen in as Blaine walks you through the 'why' and the 'how' of both meditation and exercise for appraisers, and really anybody interested in a long health-span, instead of just a long lifespan.
In this episode, Blaine discusses one of the topics he coaches other businesses on and the 6 words he teaches in every workshop and seminar on appraiser business success. You’ll have to listen to the episode to learn the 6 words, but once you do and you begin to use them in your daily interactions, you’ll find more business, success, and abundance coming your way than ever before!
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In this episode, Blaine talks about the main seven areas that we all should be focusing on at some level in our lives. The seven areas are referred to as 'The Magic Seven' in the Real Value Coaching Academy and every coaching student fills one of these out every quarter. The Magic Seven Coaching tools are attached to this episode, or can be downloaded at www.RealValueCast.com. You can also find them at our Facebook Group page at https://www.facebook.com/RealValueCoaching/
or...Write down the Magic Seven yourself and take your own test to see how you're doing!
In this episode, Blaine talks about an experience he had recently and how it pushed him out of his comfort zone and toward more growth. We often get stuck in routine and finding 'safe places' to hide ourselves and make ourselves believe we're growing. But to really grow and evolve, one must always be moving and pushing themselves out of their comfort zone.
Blaine talks about a prior episode that was recorded back in December of 2018 called Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty.That episode laid out 5 methods to dig your proverbial 'well' of prospective future business and wealth, with 2 of the methods being delivered in a 'bonus' episode to Value Syndicate members who have requested the podcast be delivered to their email address each week.
This episode includes the bonus episode that most didn't hear. The remaining 2 methods to dig your well are included in this episode, with the first 3 methods being briefly recapped. Write them down and implement them in your business today!
Link to original episode called Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty!
In this episode, Blaine talks about what was learned by examining his recent mountain biking accident and what valuable lessons were contained within the incident. He uses the lessons that he preaches every week in his coaching program on himself and extrapolates the lessons from the incident across all other areas of life.
Don't be caught off guard when something seemingly random happens in life and business. Be ever aware of the signs and signals that always precede an event or incident.
Blaine discusses how to mine the depths of all your life experiences, knowledge, and relationships to uncover the hidden diamonds in all three of those categories in order to tap into the immense wealth you likely don't give yourself credit for.
Blaine teaches you an exercise he calls 'writing your W.I.L.', which stands for your Wealth Inventory List. This is a list of all the past life experiences you've had that you have either forgotten, or you've discounted as being irrelevant to your current life and career.
Have pen and paper ready to start writing your W.I.L. and uncover the hidden potential and wealth inherent in your life experiences, knowledge base, and past relationships!
In this episode, Blaine teaches appraisers how to use the 'profit first' system of business management and budgeting for wealth. Although this system has been popularized as of late by the author and entrepreneur, Mike Michalowitz, in the book aptly named, Profit First, this system of money management and budgeting has been around for thousands of years. Blaine introduces listeners to another book called The Richest Man In Babylon, which talks about this principle in parable form as well.
Be sure to have pen and paper handy and be prepared to listen to this one at least 6 or 8 times while taking notes to really make this system part of your DNA.
In this episode, Blaine Feyen talks about identifying what your 'ideal zone of existence' is and how it got that way. He encourages listeners and appraisers to ask some vital questions about their own personal 'comfort bubble' and test whether or not it his gotten too narrow over time.
Blaine gives some suggestions for expanding your comfort bubble and pushing the boundaries of your Ideal Zone of Existence which, ultimately, leads to more opportunities being presented to you and eyes to see more, do more, and have more fulfilling life experiences.
In this episode, Blaine Feyen talks about how our bodies and minds are inextricably linked and how we can use one to positively affect the other. Blaine also goes so far as to explain how its every individuals personal responsibility to take control of their feelings and emotions. This can be done in a variety of ways, one being to take control of one's physiology. Change the way your body is being and you change the way your mind is feeling.
The same thing works for your body in that you can change the way your body feels by taking control of your internal dialogue and changing what you say to yourself. How we think and feel are two things we CAN control in life and its your responsibility to do so! Appraisers, especially, must learn this vital skill of taking control and responsibility for how they think, feel, act, and respond.
In this Episode, Blaine talks about the difference between principles and values, and practices and methodologies. He goes deep on why its absolutely vital to have a well defined, and documented, set of values and principles that guide your daily practices and methodologies.
Blaine encourages listeners to develop a 'Strategic Identity Document' for your business, which is a document that clearly articulates the founders and the company's values and principles so that they are very clear and can inform daily decisions and practices.
In this episode, Blaine talks about starting your daily gratitude exercise and upgrading your mindset, as well as the people you hang out with. If you want to truly grow, there are two things that must grow first: your mindset and the people around you.
The two things that hold most people back from real growth are their mindset and the people they've surrounded themselves with. This doesn't mean that the people around you are bad people, but the people around you often don't want to you to grow beyond them out of their own fear of being left behind.
Get ready to take more notes! Start your gratitude practice, upgrade your mindset, and surround yourself with people doing more than you!
In this episode, Blaine discusses the 'expert pyramid' and what it takes to climb to the top where the experts reside. Blaine explains that the top of the expert pyramid is not necessarily occupied by those with the most technical skills, but instead with those who have developed the most vital skills of communication and leadership.
Often in business, it is not the smartest who experience the greatest success, but instead the most driven, the most creative, those with the best communication, negotiation, and client service skills, and those who understand their markets the best.
Listen in for some tips on climbing the expert pyramid and the key things to focus on if you have any desire to move above the crowded level of the novice and even the specialist. The air is better at the top, and so are the fees!
In this episode, Blaine discusses the very important idea that you cannot save a job or industry that doesn't 'want' to be saved. The appraisal industry is changing at a very rapid rate and there are many who think the answer is coming together as an industry to lobby for the appraisal process to remain the same. While Blaine doesn't disagree that a good appraisal and a good appraisal process is important and vital to the loan process and the overall health of any real estate market, Blaine would argue that your efforts are better spent on your business and on getting out into your markets to educate the people at 'ground level', the Realtors, Lenders, and purchasers of real estate on why the appraisal process is important and how to choose a quality appraiser.
Don't waste you precious time and vital life energy fighting against something that will happen regardless of your efforts to stop it! Save yourself by working on your own business and becoming the pre-eminent provider of real estate appraisal services in your market!
In this episode, Blaine talks about the missing piece in most businesses that can determine success, failure, or even just the difference between mediocre results and skyrocketed results! The missing piece is accountability and its one of he big missing pieces in most appraisal businesses. The real estate and mortgage industries tend to have much higher levels of accountability since most Realtors and Lenders work in offices with managers, other Realtors, and their brokers or owners.
Appraisers tend to be one and two person home offices with little to no accountability for their daily activities, their monthly targets, their profit goals (if they even have any), their marketing needs, and their daily productivity and efficiency. Most appraisers simply 'do' when it comes to appraising with nobody holding them accountable. Blaine strongly recommends finding an 'accountability partner' to help you move toward the goals and plans every appraiser should have to be more profitable with less time in the office.
In this episode, Blaine goes over the process to develop you Master Message, which comes out of the Master Mission process. The Master Message process follows closely the Storybrand 'one liner' exercise with a few slight changes. If you haven't read the Storybrand book by Donald Miller, it is highly recommended reading for developing your message.
This is a tactical and practical episode so be sure to have a pen and pad ready to take notes! The Master Message process is a detailed process that requires following very specific steps.
In this episode, Blaine introduces the Hero’s Journey and how this story format can help us figure out what role we’re playing in the lives of our clients and customers. Blaine talks about the Story Brand concept, by Donald Miller, and how we’ll use some of the ideas and techniques to help build our Master Mission and then our Master Message, which is an extremely clarified statement of who we are, what we do, how we do it, and what problems we solve for our clients.
In this episode, Blaine introduces the audience to one of his coaching tools and techniques called The Value Ladder (TM). The Value Ladder is a tool that helps identify the real motivating factors behind the things people say they want to be, do, have, and achieve. Without first identifying what might be behind those motivations, achieving something just for the sake of achieving becomes a futile and time wasting experience.
Blaine talks about Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how The Value Ladder relates to human motivation. First we must satisfy certain basic needs before moving to the next level of motivation. This is true in business as well. Listen in and be ready to take notes. This exercise can be very revealing!
In this episode, Blaine discusses the common rant amongst appraisers that they're overworked and underpaid. The reality is that many appraisers have simply never been taught how to set boundaries and budget their time. Appraisers have been perpetuating thy myth of 'feast or famine' for decades, which has lead to a generation of appraisers who actually believe they go through times of famine!
We create our businesses and we get to choose who we work with and why we might want to work with them, or not. If an appraisal business is set up properly with a reasonable mix of lender and non-lender business there is absolutely no reason to experience the 'feast or famine' cycle that most appraisers create for themselves nor the need to work ridiculous hours thus lowering the per hour income metric.
Here is the article I promised you at the end of this episode about my friend and mentor Scott Carlson: Article about my friend and mentor mentioned in this episode
In this episode, Blaine talks about the appraisal waiver, or property inspection waiver, the stats surrounding their issuance and use, and the hysteria that this topic ignites! Blaine discusses social media and the use of it by keyboard warriors hellbent on stirring the proverbial pot and creating an opportunity to rip fellow professionals to shreds for having the audacity to think a different thought than they do.
Blaine also lays out a specific scenario regarding one of these social media debacles and how he turned it into a positive opportunity for himself, his business, and a fellow mortgage professional.
There are lots of keys to business success in the stories in this episode so listen carefully and, as always, take good notes!
In this episode, Blaine talks about the difference between goals and activities and what he calls you 'arc of activity'. Your arc of activity is the trajectory of daily habits and behaviors and where they eventually lead. You can set a goal to be met 6 months, 1 year or 5 years into the future but if you don't set up the proper systems to meet that goal, its unlikely to happen. Systems for daily, weekly, and monthly activities that ultimately lead to the accomplishment of the goal is what determines the difference between success and failure.
James Clear, author of the book 'Atomic Habits', says, "people don't rise to the level of their goals, but instead fall to the level of their systems". Many people have the same goals but never reach them so just having a goal is never enough. Many people have goals to be financially independent but never succeed. The goal is a worthy one and they may be exceptionally motivated and inspired by it. However, if there is no system in place with daily, weekly, and monthly activities that lead to financial independence, the goal will mean nothing and will never be achieved.
Listen in as Blaine discusses your 'arc of activity' and how the trajectory of your actions will more likely determine your future.
In this episode of the Real Value Appraiser Podcast, Blaine talks about the viral blog post from Wired Chief Editor, Kevin Kelly, called '1000 True Fans'. Blaine breaks down the 1000 true fans concept and then couples it with what he calls a 'turbo boost' to the whole idea and that is the 'future banking' concept.
The Future Bank is your virtual bank account that is tracking all of the future business from those who become true, or 'raving' fans of you and your business. With the future bank, you get to watch as your virtual bank account grows and then you can focus both gratitude and effort on keeping in touch with, and helping, your raving fans along the way.
This may be one of the most important episodes of the Real Value Podcast ever produced! Make sure you have pen and paper handy for taking good notes!
In this episode, Blaine talks about the lifeblood of any business and that is referrals. There is a right way and a wrong way to get referrals in an appraisal business and there is a process that MUST be followed to get them consistently. Its one thing to get the occasional referral from a satisfied client, but it is a completely different process to get consistent referrals because you have a solid before unit, a during unit, and an after unit to your business and each unit has systems focusing on delivering world class service and then extreme follow up.
Being a referral based appraisal business does not happen by accident and it doesn't happen over night. It takes long term strategic thinking, planning, processes, and systems within your appraisal business in order to cultivate and capitalize on the deep well of wildly happy clients. Be prepared to take some notes as Blaine covers some of the processes and scripts that he uses in his unique referral and review generating system.
In this episode, Blaine talks about the spring time, time management, remodeling your life and business, and the importance of taking recovery time to be the absolute best person you can be.
Blaine discusses the important mindset shift necessary for appraisers to see their time off, not as reward for hard work, but as a necessary precondition of success. Taking the vital time to refresh, recover, remodel, and then get results (read:income!) is an absolute MUST and vital key to success in all areas of life and business.
In this episode, Blaine Feyen talks about the top 5 'wisdom keys' he teaches to appraisers around the country, and business people around the world. Blaine teaches 10 wisdom keys but to keep the episode around an hour, Blaine is delivering the remaining 5 wisdom keys via bonus content for Value Syndicate members.
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Grab a pen and paper and get ready to take notes because these wisdom keys can be life and business altering! And in the best way possible!
In this episode, Blaine Feyen talks about the variety of masks and hats we wear throughout our lives based on the different roles we may be playing at that time. Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Mechanic, Truck Driver, Banker, and Appraiser. They are all things we call ourselves and ultimately our identity becomes part of those things we call ourselves.
When we start to identify more with what we do and less with who we are, problems start. We treat others based on who we think we are and we judge them based on what it is they do and less on who they are as human beings.
Regardless of what it is you do for a living, you are not that thing! That is just something you do for a period of time to earn money. You are not appraisers, that is just something you have chosen to do with some portion of your limited time as a human. Figure out who you really are and life tends to flow much easier.
In this episode, Blaine talks more about the 'clarity through contrast' reframing strategy for turning negative self talk into positive actions and activities. Blaine drops a killer Helen Keller quote and expounds on why not to avoid risk in an attempt to be safe.
Blaine also reveals his former life as a 'skippy', or an appraiser who may not have fully understood everything that could, and should, be done to make an appraisal credible and reliable. Blaine talks about how we all start out somewhat the same in that regard and how most appraisers are mentored in a very similar way. It wasn't until Blaine went out on his own and was responsible for training other appraisers that he started to realize just how much he still had to learn.
Blaine suggests a little compassion toward the 'skippy' crowd as most of them simply suffer from unconscious incompetence and just don't know what they don't know. With a little compassion and some willingness to help, many skippies could be reformed and trained into becoming good appraisers.
In this episode, appraiser success coach, Blaine Feyen, talks about the little known but heavily studied art and skill of rapport building. Building rapport is crucial to successful communications between any two or more human beings and is so often neglected. Rapport building is never taught in school yet is often the main reason people don't connect in almost every area of their lives.
The secrets to building rapport lie buried deep within all of us and Blaine gives a few steps to building rapport as a key strategy for building a strong network and attracting new, and better, appraisal business from a variety of sources.
If you have any interest in attracting more non-lender appraisal business and dumping the AMCs, this is the podcast for you. Be sure to take some notes because there is homework!
In this episode, appraisal and appraiser success coach, Blaine Feyen discusses how to look at some of the views, beliefs, and paradigms, or frames, we grow up with and how some of them create limiting behaviors that don't allow many of us to do things like public speaking. Blaine goes over a couple techniques to help 'break the old frame' and build a new and more empowering one that will help the average appraiser get in front of a crowd of realtors, lenders, and attorneys and give productive talks and presentations to bring in new business.
Blaine is focusing in the month of February on helping appraisers get more non-lender business as the appraisal business starts to shift and change toward a variety of valuation products that tend to exclude the highly qualified appraiser. Blaine's business is heavily focused on this non-lender type of work and has been for many years with well over 50% of his company's business consisting of divorce appraisals, estate work, pre-listing and complex private appraisal work for realtors and attorneys.
In this episode of the Real Value Appraiser Podcast, Blaine talks about the Japanese strategy of continuous improvement called Kaizen. Although Kaizen is typically utilized in manufacturing environments, it can easily be utilized in almost every business and even in one's personal life. Understanding that small incremental improvements almost alway beat big audacious overhauls is the key to being better tomorrow than you are today. It's the classic tortoise and hare story where slow and steady beat fast and unfocused.
Blaine talks about his own schedule and incremental improvements and how working more that 40 hours per week is a big no no, unless you're also creating something else in that time. With innovation, incremental improvements, and a Kaizen mindset and attitude, everything can be improved over time. Greater efficiency, more effective and credible appraisal reports, and more money in the bank at the end of the day should be the outcomes of a Kaizen mindset.
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In this episode, Blaine gives 4 main tips for speaking to audiences about appraisal and appraiser related topics. Whether its giving a talk or presentation to attorneys on the subject of divorce appraisals or a group of real estate agents on the subject of how to think like the appraiser, follow Blaine's four pieces of advice and you'll be conquering your fear of public speaking in no time.
Learning to develop your ability to present or speak in public is paramount to your success going into the future of appraising. If you have any interest in handling non-lender appraisal type work, it is imperative that you know how to market to and speak to the market you wish to capture.
Pubic speaking is almost everyone's biggest fear. The fear of public speaking is a deeply rooted fear that we will be evicted from our tribes for messing up which may ultimately lead to our death. This fear is, of course, irrational and unfounded in the modern age but, nevertheless, keeps most people from growing into this largely untapped market opportunity.
Learn to speak, and to speak well, and you elevate yourself in the eyes of your market and add value while you're doing it.
In this episode, Blaine discusses how to get very clear on why we do the work we do, why we work with the people we work with, and why we live the lives we do. He walks you through another exercise to help more clearly define what kind of legacy you want to leave for your family, friends, colleagues, and loved ones.
Blaine also talks about the non-lender side of the appraisal business and what kinds of skill-sets are required to go after that type of work. Blaine explains what skills will be needed going into 2019 and beyond if you want to build and maintain a high level real estate appraisal business and become the local appraisal expert in your market.
Blaine recaps the 4 steps to proper goal setting and reminds you to get on it! If you're not setting goals in your real estate, lending, and appraisal businesses, you're leaving your success to chance and there is no opportunity to duplicate it. Follow the 4 steps Blaine lays out and you're all but guaranteed success!
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In this episode, Blaine goes over 4 vital steps in the goal setting process that will be the difference between achieving and failure. Lots of people set goals but only a small portion of people actually reach their goals. We tend to place lots of importance on goal setting but not enough importance on the vital steps needed once a goal has been chosen.
Blaine goes into detail about the 4 master keys required take goals from dream stage to experiencing the end result. Using a few real world analogies and metaphors from the diet and exercise world, as well as a master clinic on how to build a healthy Koi fish pond, Blaine lays out the steps to going from zero to hero with a little thought and effort.
Begin with the end in mind and then work backwards into the 1% improvements and steps you should be taking to get there. Listen in and be sure to grab a pen and some paper!
In this episode, Blaine introduces a handy acronym to help you identify when you start to slip on achieving some of your goals. The C.L.I.F.F. acronym is very helpful in seeing some of the red flags before you get completely derailed from hitting some of those all important mini-goals on the path to the big ones! Listen in to found out what each letter stands for and how it might help you on the way to more, better, greater, higher, healthier, and happier.
This year has been an amazing year for the Real Value Podcast and this episode recounts and revisits some of 2018's most important and impactful episodes based on your feedback and input.
Blaine covers some of the most important details of those episodes, as well as a brief look at what 2019 holds for the podcast.
In this episode, Blaine discusses the power of influence and its connection to advances in technology and social media. Blaine talks about the importance of principles over techniques and why its more important today than ever before to be very careful who and what you choose to follow, listen to, and influence you!
In this episode, Blaine talks about the 'other' currencies we use in our daily lives that nobody mentions. We borrow against our time and health and trade it for money until we eventually need our money to help us recover our health and a little more time.
We all must decide at one point do we stop borrowing against something we can never pay back...or get back!
In this episode, Blaine discusses 5 real world things to do in your business to add value for your clients and customers. Blaine doesn't just teach you what to do, he also talks about the 'why', which may just be more important than the how. Without a strong enough 'why', the how doesn't really matter.
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This episode of the Real Value Podcast introduces the Stoic idea of using impediments and obstacles as the very reason to do something instead of the reason not to do it!
Listen in as Blaine talks about the main reasons people don't take action toward what they say they want and how to overcome the most common obstacles to achieving something. Mindset and action together create an almost unstoppable force!
"The impediment to action advances the action, what stands in the way becomes the way!" -Marcus Aurelius
In this episode, Blaine discusses the myth of the first Thanksgiving dinner and how cleaning is an act of thanksgiving, or an opportunity to give thanks for all the we have. Blaine tells a couple stories about how doing what might ordinarily be considered drudgery is actually an opportunity to give thanks.
In this episode, Blaine talks about what happens when the passion for doing something fades or disappears and what to do about it. Blaine discusses discipline and motivation and in what order those things need to be to be successful in anything!
Make your vocation your vacation Mark Twain said! Yeah right! How many people can actually say that was a possibility? And what are the dangers of making your vocation your vacation? Listen in to find out!
In this episode Blaine talks about an aspect of leadership he learned while carrying the bags of a Zen master. Blaine discusses how he learned the lessons of servant leadership without knowing he was actually learning!
Blaine shares a story about his life as 'otomo', or servant to an Aikido and Zen Master, and how the lessons he was learning along the way set the foundation for what would become a lifelong study of leadership principles and practices.
Grab a note pad and pen and take some notes on this one because they're lessons that cross all boundaries and industries!
In this episode, Blaine talks about the difference between being an average business owner or 'proprietor' of a business versus being a true entrepreneur. Blaine talks about the great Peter Drucker and his all important questions for business owners and managers at all levels within an organization.
If you think you're an entrepreneur because you started an appraisal company, listen to this episode and ask yourself the questions Blaine suggest to see if you truly are or if you're merely selling the same burgers as the burger joint down the street!
In this episode, Blaine discusses the tactical and practical of carrying a concealed weapon while doing real estate appraisals or selling real estate. Its a hot topic given several news stories of real estate agents encountering dangerous situations while showing homes and holding open houses.
Real Estate Appraisers occasionally have to appraise homes in known high crime areas and occasionally encounter hostile individuals while taking comp photos. Does this warrant carrying a gun for protection? Listen in and find out!
In this episode Blaine addresses the ego and how much it influences our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and responses to our surroundings. While there are many really good appraisal, lending, and real estate professionals in the market, the ego's belief that you're good is a voice that says its ok to stop growing and behaving in a way that leads to more insight.
The reality is that, on any given day, none of us is really THAT GOOD at anything we think we are, at least its not the proper attitude to have if you really want to be the best. Those who are the best at anything tell themselves on a regular basis that they're not that good so that they keep striving for more and for better performance.
As soon as you tell yourself that you're good at something you're done!
In this episode, Blaine talks about how most people tend to believe they are in the business of appraising real estate, or selling real estate, or closing loans. This is the absolute wrong belief system to have in ANY business! Whatever business one is in can be broken down to people issues and marketing issues.
Learn to reframe all of your business issues into people and marketing challenges and you'll start to see things from a different perspective.
In this episode, Blaine discusses the dilemma of being a licensed real estate salesperson while also being a licensed real estate appraiser. Blaine also goes into why the attitude that real estate agents are the 'enemy' is the absolute WRONG attitude to have to be a successful appraiser.
Blaine talks a little more about the upcoming AppraiserFest and his hopes for a new era of appraisal training conferences.
In this episode, Blaine answers a listener question about whether or not new real estate appraiser, Derek, got into the appraisal business at the wrong time. His question pertains to news and information he has been seeing that lead him to believe the appraisal industry is in decline and that his decision to get into it was the wrong one.
Listen in as Blaine gives Derek some advice and an appraisal veteran's view of the role of the real estate appraiser in the current world. A world rapidly changing due to technology and the needs of an evolving group of market participants.
In this episode, Blaine Feyen discusses the very common tactic of new, or soon to be new, appraiser trainees looking for an apprenticeship with an existing appraiser mentor. While most just send out a resume or call asking for an opportunity, Blaine gives practical advice for how to think about the process completely different so as to bring some value to the potential mentor.
The mindset talked about in this episode is a game changer in an industry filled with gatekeepers. Listen in and learn from one of the best when it comes to the right language, attitude, mindset, and strategy for becoming the absolute best in the field!
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One of the longest and most valuable Real Value Podcasts to date!! Blaine goes into depth on how to turn much of the mundane appraisal process into benefits for the client. Blaine also talks about how to make the invisible visible and get new clients as a result.
If you want to be the preeminent real estate appraiser in your market, its going to take more than just knowing how to add charts and graphs to your appraisal reports! It takes knowing how to speak the language of the various groups using appraisers to develop an opinion of value.
Listen in to one of the freshest voices in the real estate appraisal industry today as he talks honestly about the future of appraising and how to be the absolute best appraiser in your market.
In this episode of the Real Value Podcast, Blaine discusses Zillow acquiring a mortgage company, what it all means for lenders and real estate appraisers, the eight day mortgage close, and 175 year old appraisers!
In this episode of the Real Value Podcast, Blaine Feyen discusses 3 ways (with a 4th bonus method) that Real Estate Appraisers can increase their income and dollars per hour and, at the same time, have more life and peace in the process. Blaine also talks about the 80/20 rule and how 20 percent (or less) of your clients likely deliver 80 percent of your results and income. Blaine goes on to talk about how letting some of your biggest headache clients move on may be the best thing for you, your business, and your life! Be part of the new economy and revolution in the Real Estate Appraisal industry and listen to one of the appraisal industry's most dynamic voices to hit the airwaves! The Real Value Podcast is not just for Real Estate Appraisers though, Blaine also speaks directly to real estate salespeople and mortgage professionals, having been a successful part of both of those industries as well.
Blaine talks about the best reasons to become a mobile appraiser and make the switch from paper and pen, pencil and clipboard, to a mobile device like an Ipad or Galaxy Tablet and laser measuring tool for appraising real estate. Blaine talks about more than just the practical reasons though as there are some very important time issues related to making the switch to mobile real estate appraising and going paperless, or at least utilizing considerably less paper and becoming considerably more efficient and profitable appraiser and appraisal office. Whether doing primarily lending appraisal work, or a mix of bank and legal appraising work like divorce and estate appraisals, becoming a paperless office and a mobile real estate appraiser is the wave of the future and the direction the Appraisal industry is headed. Listen to one of America's best divorce and lending appraisers talk about making the switch to mobile appraising and becoming a paperless office.
The video version of the popular Real Value Podcast, revamped, reengineered, and rebooted with better content and great info for Real Estate Appraisers, Real Estate Agents, and mortgage lenders. Blaine Feyen, founder and CEO of Real Value Group, is a popular podcaster in several genres and industries. Blaine runs a successful Real Estate Appraisal firm in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is a sought after consultant, speaker, and teacher in several industries due to his vast experience in marketing, advertising, copywriting, social media, search engine optimization, content creation, leadership development, and business optimization.
The ever popular Real Value Podcast is back! Revamped, reengineered, and rebooted with better content and great info for Real Estate Appraisers, Real Estate Agents, and mortgage lenders. Blaine Feyen, founder and CEO of Real Value Group, is a popular podcaster in several genres and industries. Blaine runs a successful Real Estate Appraisal firm in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is a sought after consultant, speaker, and teacher in several industries due to his vast experience in marketing, advertising, copywriting, social media, search engine optimization, content creation, leadership development, and business optimization.
In this episode, Blaine reveals a few tidbits about his history and background and shares the power of story. Blaine talks about the Significant Objects book and how story adds life to inanimate objects. Not much appraisal or real estate discussion in this episode but he relates it all back to how we can use story in our businesses and lives to create meaning.
In this episode, Blaine discusses how Appraisers define 'comparable' sales and what criteria they typically use to weed out the sales that may not be the best ones to utilize in an appraisal. Blaine gives 4 basic criteria he uses when he's looking at sales in the market and how he decides if they can move from the 'just a sale' category to the 'comparable sale' category. Grab a pen, a cup of coffee and a bagel and lets get our learn on!
In this episode, Blaine discusses some of the changes in the recently updated FHA 4000.1 Handbook for Appraisers and appraiser inspections. Blaine also includes a few tips for Realtors at the end of the show which can help the inspection go smooth and painless.
In this episode, Blaine Feyen, president of Real Value Appraisal Group, talks about growing your social media following and how to have some fun doing it. Quite often, businesses are at a loss on just how to manage their social media presence so Blaine covers some simple things everybody can do today to help increase followers, readership of your posts, and how to enjoy the process.
In this episode, Appraiser Blaine Feyen, President of Real Value Group appraisal company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, discusses how appraisers choose comparable sales and touches on the somewhat controversial topic of whether or not appraisers actually walk through the inside of the comparable sales they use in appraisal reports.
In this episode of Real Value Cast, Blaine discusses what contribute to real estate bubbles and the market forces at play. Blaine also touches on some of the key factors in today's economy that affect the micro and macro real estate markets.
In this episode, Blaine Feyen, from the Real Value Group, discusses a very common misunderstanding in the Real Estate and appraisal world: why homes often appraise right at, or really close to, the sale price of a home purchase transaction.
Listen in as Blaine discusses what makes up 'market value', how appraisals are developed, and finally solves the age old mystery that has been talked about in hushed circles for decades.
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In this episode of Real Value Cast, Blaine discusses a very common occurrence in the current market in 2015, multiple offers. The market is hot for sellers with many of the listings being fought over by multiple buyers all bidding the sale price upward in a classic supply and demand battle.
Blaine talks about some of main factors affecting this phenomenon and also answers the question of whether or not multiple offers have an effect on the final appraised value regardless of whether or not the sale price was affected.
Grab a pen and a pad as there is a lot of info about the economy, the real estate market, the appraisal, and how they all work together.
In this session, West Michigan's best divorce appraiser, Blaine Feyen, discusses the 5 things good divorce appraisers need to be and do when performing an appraisal for a divorce situation. Make sure you have a pen and paper to write some notes and set some goals for 2014.
Certified Residential Appraiser in Grand Rapids, MI, Blaine Feyen, discusses assessed valuations utilized by assessing bodies to help determine taxable values and fair market values. Blaine explains the differences between assessed value, taxable value, and state equalized values, what they're used for, how they're determined, and how NOT to use the assessed value to determine the fair market value for your home.
In this episode Blaine Feyen discusses the top 10 success tips for Appraisers, real estate professionals and lenders for 2014. Listen close and take notes because this list is key to growing your appraisal or real estate and lending business in a way that gives you more life while enjoying more success with less work!