The Proven Path Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Council of Residential Specialists
Each week we sit down with top residential real estate professionals from across the country for a candid discussion about their markets and what systems and strategies they are using to enhance their personal and professional lives. If you want to hear REALTORS being REAL, join us for The Proven Path Podcast.
Do you speak Investor? Find out how Buying and Selling Income Properties (CRS204) will teach you to speak Investor.
A discussion of updates to the CRS Listing Strategies Course and what to expect when you attend this course.
How a new agent used some old strategies to close over 185 transactions. Tips on operating in the new low-inventory, multiple-offer environment.
Tips on working with clients from different cultures (specifically Spain and Korea) and what you can do to avoid any cultural faux pas.
Guest host Waylon Chavez, CRS sits down with Leigh Brown, CRS to discuss how your attitude affects your business, systems that help maintain work/life balance and why you should attend Sell-a-bration 2013.
Laura Meier and Kevin Van Eck from @properties in Chicago discuss their various approaches to working with buyers and sellers during the short sale process.
Jeff Searcy and his daughter Hannah discuss selling homes in Lincoln, Nebraska, what is working for their team and where their focus is for the future.
Debbie Yost, CRS from Casa Grande, AZ talks about the reason she left the business, why she came back and how she has been able to help herself and others create a more harmonious work/life balance.
Sandra Nickel, CRS, Leigh Brown, CRS, and Alexis Bolin, CRS give you a preview of what to expect at the one-day Listing Legends seminar which will take place January 18 in Phoenix, AZ.
Mike Nielsen, a mortgage broker with Guaranteed Rate in Chicago, provides some tips on working with clients during the lending process.
Real estate agent and licensed appraiser, Lance Kirshner, provides tips your sellers can use to get the best appraisal for their property.
Author, speaker, coach and serial entrepreneur, Jared James, discusses why he believes the only thing holding most people back from peak performance is either an unwillingness to do what needs to be done or a lack of knowledge on what steps they need to take on a daily basis.
Jim Kinney, Vice President of Luxury Home Sales for Baird and Warner in Chicago, discusses how he got into residential real estate and how today's market feels a lot like when he first started.
William Wells, social media coach and author, discusses some basic guidelines for using social media as a business tool from his book, Going Social: Business Success at Your Fingertips.
Mark Given and Zan Monroe discuss why professional development is important, what topics are most popular and why now is a great time to make an investment in yourself.
Bob Corcoran of Corcoran Coaching discusses his work helping agents navigate the REO process and how agents need to change their mindset to be more successful.
Guest host and CRS instructor, Chuck Bode, sits down with fellow CRS instructor, Doug Richards, to discuss why investing in real estate remains one of the better investment vehicles in today’s economic climate.
Author Michael J. Maher discusses concepts from his book “(7L) The Seven Levels of Communication: Go from Relationships to Referrals.”
Richard Waystack, CRS provides some shameless CRS promotion (we like that!) and also discusses what he sees going on in the resort market in and around the Cape Cod/Nantucket/Boston area.
Zan Monroe discusses three important components that you should incorporate in your real estate business.
CRS Instructors; Mike Selvaggio, Zan Monroe and Mark Given discuss how they continually update CRS Courses and why now, more than ever, real estate professionals need to focus on education.
Tom Randall, CRS in Ames, Iowa sits down with his team to discuss the daily operation of their office and how it has changed in today’s market.
A discussion about how to position yourself in your markets and why it is so important to tailor your sales approach to each client.
Jack Cotton sits down with guest host, Mike Reid, to discuss the state of the high-end marketplace and how best to work with higher net worth clients.
Guest host Mike Reid sits down with tax specialist and CRS instructor, Chris Bird, to discuss retirement planning, tax implications for real estate professionals and investing in real estate to build wealth.
Guest host James Nellis, CRS discusses a wide range of topics with fellow CRS Instructors Lee Barrett, CRS and Mike Parker, CRS, including: The state of CE credit courses, how to find the right lender, urban vs. rural selling and much more.