The Neighborhood Real Estate Agent
This is a podcast for real estate industry professionals who are doers. Each episode will feature an interview with a top producer or someone who is doing things differently in an exciting way. Our guarantee to you is that each episode will give you at least one tangible idea that you can execute on today. Your host is Matt Muscat, Marketing Director at Treadstone Funding in Grand Rapids, MI, and author of the Amazon Best Seller the "TAG Tangible Action Guide for Real Estate Marketing". Guests and gurus featured on this podcast are a mix of top Real Estate Agents, Mortgage Lenders, and other industry professionals who are operating at the highest levels. This podcast is sponsored by Treadstone Funding & Neighborhood Loans.
Episodes
135 episodes
Is Real Estate Your Business or Your Side Hustle? — Antonio Cousin, LA
Do you treat your real estate like a side hustle or like a business? There is a big difference between those who passively take clients as they come in and then sit around when there arent people to sell houses to VS those who are regimented an...
AI Proofing Your Real Estate Business: Go Giant For Your Clients — Jay O’Brien, CA
What is the one thing that AI can't do? Do you really think you are smarter than a system that can catalog all of the real estate knowledge in the world and deliver it back in 2 seconds? The big differentiator between you and a machine ...
Leveraging the Power of Family into 67 Closings in a Small Market — Mary Harmon Young, AL
Some people use family and having children as the excuse for why they couldn’t do more business or for other things that go wrong in life or their career — our guest does the opposite! In today’s episode, Mary relays how her family...
Doubling Your Current Client Referrals — Brian Tash, MO
You don’t have to spend lots of money on online leads! Just take your current clients and find ways to go deeper with them. It's easier to get more referrals from people who already know and like you! In this episode we sit down wi...
Creating Your Own Inventory & Making A Plan for Your Money — Kendra Cooke, NC
In this episode, Matt chats with Kendra Cooke, coach to the real estate industry’s top 1%. To get to the top, Kendra recommends creating your own inventory because it puts you in control, and can be planned. Everything in real estate comes down...
Black Goat to Master Re-Marketer — Syed Mohsin, MI
In this episode we talk to a guy with a seriously cool character story. Syed Mohsin immigrated to the US when he was a high schooler in 2006, he experienced culture shock upon starting school in Detroit realizing that real America ...
Bonus Episode — Sticky Things to Market: HUD Homes — Jeremy Drobeck, MI
Short Easy Episode Alert!! There are two crucial elements to good marketing – a target audience and a message to deliver. In this episode we learn about a super “sticky” message that real estate professionals can first understand and then marke...
Leveraging NASCAR into Luxury Lifestyle: Branding, Social Media, & More — Josh Tucker, NC
Josh first came to North Carolina in 2002 and began his career as a NASCAR mechanic. A dream job for many, after 13 years he was looking for an exit strategy. Over the years Josh has leveraged his industry connections into a career in real esta...
Playing “Show Don’t Tell” to Close 504 Units — Andrew Undem, MD
Holy production batman! We have been lucky to interview many top producing agents and teams but this episode features Andrew Undem who is in a league of his own!In 2022 Andrew’s Sure Group team closed 504 units for over $192,000,000 in ...
Licensed 24 Hours After Graduating, Then Doing $295m In Sales — Matt Laricy, IL
In this episode I had the privilege of interviewing Matt Laricy, the #1 Realtor by units in Chicago. In 2022 he and his team ended the year with over 550 units sold for $295,000,000. He walked us through his story starting – Matt i...
Don’t Be a Passive Realtor! Create Your Own Opportunities — Ryan McKee, CA & Greg Iverson, MO
Talk about a powerhouse team! In this episode The Neighborhood Realtor interviews two powerhouse real estate professionals who work separately but as dynamite referral partners: Ryan McKee, top producing agent and 20 year veteran serving Southe...
Social Media’ing Your Way to $75m in Business — Chris Perry Washington DC
Double the guest count, double the value. In this episode Matt chats with Washington DC area Realtor turned social media influencer Chris Perry who closed over $20m and 50+ units in 2022 off of strategic and focused social media. He is joined b...
Rebuilding Your Business in a New Area — John Muhammad, TX
In this episode we talk to John Muhammad, a Loan Officer in Texas who after making the decision to move his family to a new state, rebuilt his successful book of business. He shares his...
Taking Over by Being Present: Free & Cheap Strategies to Achieve $96m — Joe Fitzpatrick, RI
In this episode we sit down with 20 year real estate veteran Joe Fitzpatrick in Rhode Island. Joe literally serves the smallest state in the US from coast to coast, but his real claim to fame is being present in those communities in which he an...
Thrift, Stage, Sell: Selling Homes for More Without Spending — Monica Brito, TX
In this episode of The Neighborhood Realtor, Texas Realtor Monica Brito shares her easy to execute strategy for staging homes for free, and actually making a profit on the staging side. Monica’s passion for interior design and stag...
Scripting With The Best: Interest Rate Objections & Tips to Convert More — Phil Puma, NC
On this episode of The Neighborhood Realtor Podcast you get a 2-1. We interview not 1 but 2 top producing professionals at the same time. Phil Puma, top producing Realtor in North Carolina, and Brendan O’Driscoll , top producing Loan Officer an...
Bite Size Strategies for a Shifting Market — Josh May, MI
On this episode of The Neighborhood Realtor, Matt Muscat talks with Josh May, an outstanding Realtor, speaker, and networker in Grand Rapids, MI. Josh May has been a licensed real estate agent for 22 years. He started as a college s...
Lessons From 2008 That Still Apply Today — Mark Brace, MI
On this episode of The Neighborhood Realtor, Matt Muscat sits down, face-to-face, with Mark Brace, a well-known and legendary real estate agent in Grand Rapids, MI.Mark built his business from nothing—literally. He had no special connec...
Recession Proof Your Business With Theme Days & A Greatness Tracker — Athena Brownson, CO
In eight short years, Athena went from being an avid interior designer to a real estate agent closing $22 million in real estate sales—all while battling serious health issues. She’s created a career in real estate by being clever, creative, an...
Why Your Clients Hate Your Marketing & How To Fix It — Chris Cusimano, FL
On this episode of The Neighborhood Realtor, Matt Muscat talks with Chris Cusimano, a top-performing Realtor in Boca Raton, Florida. Chris began in real estate in 2005 and emerged from the 2008 financial crisis a wildly successful Realtor and b...
Building Out a Niche in Luxury After Selling Timeshares — Moriah Taliaferro, FL
Moriah Taliaferro is a Sarasota real estate agent and recognized as a brilliant 30 under 30 entrepreneur. Jumping from college intern to licensed agent, Moriah began her career selling timeshares. She was sucked into the real ...
Introducing: The Neighborhood Realtor
In this episode of Marketing in Other Markets, Matt Muscat introduces a new name for the podcast: The Neighborhood Realtor! The Realtors interviewed on this podcast have reiterated time and time again that cultivating relationships ...
Secrets of a Small Town Realtor & Influencer — Bethany Nolan, TX
Bethany Nolan is a Real Estate Agent based in Longview Texas—she’s one of NAR’s 30 under 30 Realtors, an Instagram sensation, and a brokerage owner. Above all else, she’s a community-first Realtor. Bethany has been in real estate fo...
Realtor Recession Proofing: Automate Less, and Double Your Business — Stefanie Lugo, AZ
On this episode of Marketing in Other Markets, Matt Muscat talks to Stefanie Lugo, a Real Estate Agent in Phoenix, AZ.Stefanie works with her husband Bryce, as a husband/wife powerhouse duo, and have built their real estate business to $...
How to Avoid Realtor Burnout (No Beach Necessary) — Jess Lenovuel, Bahamas
On this episode of Marketing in Other Markets, Matt Muscat talks to Jess Lenovuel, also commonly known as “the Canadian who moved to the Bahamas”. Jess has experienced every part of the real estate rollercoaster, experiencing the hi...