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28 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsHost, Carla Higgins takes you on a journey through every aspect of building your real estate business. Carla is an experienced Realtor with 17 years experience, a single mother of 3 young daughters, a volunteer, a community builder, a negotiator, a consensus builder and creative businesswoman, an international marathoner, a mentor who loves to live and to laugh. She's respected by both colleagues and clients alike. She works creatively, collaboratively and above all else, diligently. Join us to begin your journey to the life you love!
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Agnes Vivarelli
December 23, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBAgnes was born in the South of France, immigrated to Canada when she was young, 16 years later her family immigrated to Australia. These days she goes between London England where her partner & heart is, Sydney Australia where home & her mother are and France were her roots and extended family is. She injured her back in 2015 and took a year off to heal, during this time she started her YouTube channel on manifesting your desires around meaningful work, attracting a specific pers...
27: Ryan Enk
April 13, 2019 00:22 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MBRyan Enk is the Founder of Columbia Real Estate Investment Club, the author of Rolling Real Estate Formula and owner of an RV rental fleet. He’s also built two million dollar indoor sports arenas in the New Orleans area. Ryan started his investing journey as a “corporate drone”; selling copiers at Icon Copy Solutions. He left that job in 2007 and today has helped over 100 people live their dreams by earning passive income with real estate. People come to Ryan because he’s already helped...
26: Isabella Guajardo
March 29, 2019 00:52 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBIsabella Guajardo is a San Francisco Bay Area professional organizer & residential move manager, and a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO). When you call on Bella to organize your space, she is committed to making your home comfortable and functional in ways that compliment your personal style. She creatively incorporates minimalist principles while reducing, recycling and re-purposing. Through move management services Bella assists those going through ...
25: Scott Carson
February 22, 2019 03:27 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBScott Carson (aka “the Note Guy) has been an active real estate investor since 2002 and solely focused on the distressed mortgage and note industry since 2008 where he buys and sells non-performing mortgages directly from banks and hedge funds on properties all across the country. Scott is the CEO of WeCloseNotes.com, an Austin, Texas based real estate firm. He has purchased over half a billion dollars in distressed debt for his own portfolio and purchases assets in over 30 states across...
24: Adam Betta
February 02, 2019 03:47 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBAfter receiving his real estate license in 1987, this fourth generation San Francisco native worked with buyers and sellers of residential properties in San Francisco. In 1998, Adam created and managed a property management and leasing company called The Highland Group, which partnered with The Grubb Company. Two years later in 2000, he became fully associated with The Grubb Company as a broker associate representing both buyers and sellers. Adam stepped over to the mortgage side of the busi...
23: Jane Strauch
January 24, 2019 19:13 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBJane Strauch is a top producing San Francisco East Bay realtor specializing in Piedmont, Oakland, Berkeley and beyond. Leveraging her innovative marketing skills, negotiating prowess and unyielding determination, Jane is able to get her buyers and sellers more of what they want. She is single-minded in the pursuit of her clients’ goals, represents their interests exclusively, and she never leaves their corner. With nearly all of her listings selling in multiple offers, Jane draws up...
22: Debbi DiMaggio
December 01, 2018 08:08 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBDebbi DiMaggio is to real estate as Joe DiMaggio is to baseball, a charismatic winner with an exuberant style all her own. Debbi's reputation has spread from her native Piedmont throughout the Bay Area and the country, as a real estate professional in a class by herself. Her buyers love her tireless efforts to find them the right home and negotiate the best terms in any market, and her sellers couldn't imagine the process without her circumspect management of the entire process. While Debbi ...
21: Anton Danilovich
November 14, 2018 02:34 - 41 minutes - 56.3 MBAnton Danilovich, a Bay Area native, delivers an unsurpassed level of service and marketing expertise as the premier luxury real estate agent for buyers and sellers in the high-end residential market of the greater Bay Area. Anton's wealth of experience with the specific characteristics of this market sector and his peerless work ethic raise the bar for others in the industry, setting a new standard for representation in luxury real estate. Follow him on Facebook @: https://www.facebook.co...
20: Debbie Hoffman
October 19, 2018 01:55 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBDebbie works closely with entrepreneurs and network marketers who are struggling to get clients because they don’t have a reliable follow-up system in place. She helps them create a step-by-step blueprint for their business and convert more prospects into long-term clients without being salesy. Debbie was a successful investment banker with 20-years experience as Managing Director for Wall Street firms. Her extraordinary ability to connect with people on a deep level has always been instru...
19: Andrea Gordon
September 27, 2018 03:18 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBI was born and raised in Berkeley to a father who was a concert pianist and taught at UC and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. My mother was an opera singer of Icelandic heritage who sang all over the world with the San Francisco Opera. When she wasn’t singing opera, my mother was in musicals. Frequently she got my sister and I into the shows (like “The Sound of Music”) and we toured the whole country. We moved to Manhattan where I attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the N...
18: Kim Cole
September 12, 2018 16:49 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBKim Cole Real Estate brings more than 25 years of expertise in local residential sales, marketing, and escrow management to each client relationship. In-depth knowledge, strategic insight, and broad range experience are the strengths valued consistently by her clientele. Those strong business characteristics coupled with Kim’s warm intuitive nature and playful sense of humor establish Kim’s reputation as a leader in Oakland’s exciting urban residential housing market. At every step, Kim Co...
17: John Karnay
August 24, 2018 01:24 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBIn the brokerage of residential real estate, it takes at least 10 years to build a reputation but only one day to lose it. That is why it is important to establish a mutual sense of trust with each person the moment they walk in your door. Prior to becoming a principal, the CFO, and the Broker of The Grubb Company in 1999, I had already spent twelve years in residential sales and worked in real estate development, restaurant services and marine biology. This broad range of experience has h...
16: Mitch Merin
August 15, 2018 23:30 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBMitchell M. Merin Mitch spent the majority of his career on Wall Street, holding senior management positions at securities and asset management firms that ranked among the world’s largest. At the time of his retirement in 2005, Mitch led Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), one of the world's top 20 investment management businesses. He also served on the Management Committee of Morgan Stanley. During his tenure as Head of MSIM, Mitch led the combination of a variety of dispar...
15: Brian Copeland
August 02, 2018 02:30 - 31 minutes - 43 MBBrian Copeland runs his own real estate team in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the 2017 President of Tennessee REALTORS and will serve as Vice President for NAR next year. Brian is one of a handful of Community Leadership Circle leaders globally for Facebook and has spent significant time speaking for the company and working at their headquarters in 2017, serving as one of their consultants for their 2018 Hackathon. Brian was recognized this year as one of the top Social Influencers in the T...
14: Julie Reisler
July 25, 2018 01:19 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBLife Designer®, author, speaker and podcast host, Julie Reisler, MA, ACC is the founder & CEO of Empowered Living, LLC | www.juliereisler.com |a coaching and personal development training company. Julie's book, Get a PhD in YOU, is all about learning to master your inner world so you can master your outer world. Get your free bonus chapter at www.juliereisler.com. While she got her Master's in coaching, it could have been in crappy self-esteem, not feeling 'good enough' and emotional overeat...
13: Karen Briscoe
July 12, 2018 19:40 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBKaren Briscoe is the author of "Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agent Revealed", which currently tracks in the top 1% of real estate books on Amazon. She is the principal owner of the Huckaby Briscoe Conroy Group (HBC) with Keller Williams. The HBC Group has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the 250 Top Realtor® teams in the United States. Further, the team has ranked in the top 100 teams with Keller Williams International every year since 2009, th...
12: Katie Macks
July 09, 2018 01:01 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBKatie is known for her heart centered and powerful commitment to her clients. She sees what’s unseen and hears what’s not being said. Katie offers a bright light and new language to identify and reveal the blind spots that trip us up and keep us in familiar cycles of pain and dysfunction. After 30 years in the human potential movement Katie has cracked the code for living an Extraordinary and Glow-full life. She has learned from, and trained with the masters, and has now developed tools, t...
11: Robert Graham
May 25, 2018 21:14 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBRobert Graham is the secret weapon of CEOs, executive teams and high-level presenters worldwide. He is also the President of GrahamComm, LLC, a professional development company he founded in 1999. He and his team deliver powerful Presentation, Sales and Communication Skills programs with an emphasis on the Technology and Financial Services sectors. As a speaker coach, he helps global companies prepare for product launches, coaches executives on management presentations and prepares speaker...
10: Stacey Clark
May 13, 2018 23:59 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBStacey Clark is a Registered Nurse, working on the Hematology/Oncology inpatient unit at Stanford HealthCare. As a second generation Oaklander, she grew up on the Eastside of the city. She attended catholic elementary school, which set a strong foundation for her faith and a public high school experience, revealing world’s multifaceted reality. After graduating high school, she became a Certified Nursing Assistant, working in the healthcare field for 10 years and later, served as a Licens...
09: Sam Wegert
May 02, 2018 23:45 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBOver the past 10 years, Sam has devoted his life to martial arts, leadership, and personal development. He is passionate about changing the lives of those around him and using the benefits of martial arts training to make a difference on a world scale. After graduating high school at the age of 15, he dove headfirst into his first entrepreneurial and leadership venture by purchasing and operating Super Kicks Karate in Amherst, VA. Over the next 3 years, he grew his school in Amherst to rec...
08: Rebecca Amato
March 21, 2018 21:51 - 34 minutes - 48 MBRebecca is one of the best architects in the Bay Area. She has won many awards and is up for The Best of Oakland this year. She has been practicing for over 30 years and has applied her extensive design experience, creative thinking, and problem solving skills to a wide variety of projects from simple home remodeling to new restaurant designs. Before starting her own architectural firm in 2001, she held positions at lead architectural firms, international architectural firms, as well as smal...
07: Jeff Sokol
March 15, 2018 23:18 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBJeff is a loan officer with over 30 years of experience and is currently the Area Sales Manager and Bay Equity Home Loans. He has been ranked as high as 50 in the nation in funded loan volume and has previously owned First Western Home Loans, which was one of the largest loan brokerage companies in the country. The housing and mortgage markets are constantly changing. Jeff can help you navigate the many options to find the right loan for you and your family. Whether you are buying or re...
06: Learn to CHARGE with Gary Wilbers
February 22, 2018 01:03 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBGary has been an entrepreneur and owner of multiple businesses in Missouri since 1990. He created an acronym that has shaped his life's foundation: CHARGE (Create Habits Around Real Goals Everyday). He studied entrepreneurs such as Sam Walton, Brendon Burchard, Brian Tracy, and Charles Red Scott and learned their principles. Then he built his roadmap for personal success. Gary created a framework, The High Achiever Mindset, using his success as the foundation. He now shares his message as...
05: Why You Need to Stage the Homes You Are Selling
August 15, 2017 00:18 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBWhat does theater set design and staging a home to sell have in common? A lot actually! This week, Carla sits down with her own home designer Cora Sue Anthony to talk about the powerful, but a subtle art of home staging. Taking elements from her background in drama and design, Cora Sue looks at home design as a way to shape the emotions you feel when you walk into a house. Cora Sue knows that it takes a special touch to stage a house. Listen this week as she shares her creative approach to...
04: Making the Sacrifices on Your Real Estate Journey Worthwhile
August 09, 2017 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MBConsidering joining the many driven individuals in the world of Real Estate? Have you been in the business for years, but find yourself losing steam? Have you reached that moment where you can sit back and watch generations of hard work play out before your eyes? There is a story here for each of you! Julie has been writing articles for “The Perspective” since she first began as a Real Estate Agent. From Jazz dancer to house flipper, Julie knows a thing or two about working hard to make a ...
03: Tribute to a Lasting Impression with Vijay Mehrota
May 25, 2017 01:48 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBToday's episode is a tribute by Carla's guest, Vijay Mehrota, to a Real Estate agent who was very near and dear to his heart. On today's show, he tells her story. Vijay Mehrota, from Oakland, is a scientist, teacher, writer, jogger, sports fan and an excellent storyteller. His day job is as a Business and Analytics Professor at the University of San Francisco. He holds a Liberal Arts Degree from St Olaf's College, a Ph.D from the Engineering School at Stanford University and very few g...
02: Women Can Be Real Estate Power Players Too with Anne Feste
May 17, 2017 14:43 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBToday's great, go-getter guest is Anne Feste, a mom of two grown children, who has been practicing Real Estate for eighteen years... and she's Carla's best friend. Anne grew up in rural Washington in a town that was known for fishing and lumber. Her biggest issue, while growing up, was being told that women could only be teachers, nurses or housewives- with the ultimate goal being to marry someone and have him be successful. This looked like a losing game to Anne, so she became fierce ...
01: How a Rookie Starts, Goes Bust and Ends Up On Top with Aaron Brown
May 17, 2017 14:36 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBToday's guest, Aaron Brown, has really been an inspiration to Carla. She has watched how much growth he's done in his business, in a very short amount of time. Aaron has a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. After graduating, he worked at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco. While working there, found a mentor, in the sales department. The wife of his mentor started up a Real Estate Brokerage in 2007 and she wanted to recruit agents who had no experience in Real Estate, as she didn't...