Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered
Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered
You talk about it privately - We talk about it publicly. This is the Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast. Running a real estate business is challenging, but understanding the industry, the players, and who's affecting change can help you position your business for future success. Join us as we talk to industry leaders and influencers about the latest trends, strategies, and tactics for building a profitable and sustainable real estate business.
This podcast is hosted by James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson, where real estate professionals grow their businesses with industry insights and experts.
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This podcast is hosted by James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson, where real estate professionals grow their businesses with industry insights and experts.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 53min
Agent Series 26: From Homeless to 100 Deals a Year
Shawn Carroll, a 32-year real estate veteran and broker in Montrose, Colorado who averages ~100 transactions a year in a 20,000-person market. He recounts rising from sleeping in his office to building a relationship-first business. Topics include abandoning cold calls for sphere strategies, using social media to listen, community branding, empathy’s career impact, and simple daily consistency that sustains big production.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 51min
NAR's Marketing Chief Reveals the New Strategy for Agents
Bennett Richardson, NAR’s chief marketing and communications officer with past roles at Politico and Google, discusses NAR’s bold marketing reset. He explains the new More Than Opening Doors campaign, rebuilding trust, AI-driven media targeting for first-time buyers, creative choices like The One spot, and tools to help agents personalize professional ads.
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Feb 18, 2026 • 50min
Get Out of Your Own Way: The Future of Brokerage with Side's Founders
Hilary Saunders, chief broker officer with a legal and compliance background; Guy Gal, CEO who built Side into a community-centered invisible brokerage. They debate consolidation vs boutique brokerages. They unpack private listings' risks, how the internet shifted brokerage power, why part-timers reshape economics, and the leadership moves that enable real scaling.
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Feb 16, 2026 • 54min
Agent Series 25: The Lie That Keeps Agents Broke
Kyle Whissel, CEO of Whissel Beer Group and leader of a major San Diego real estate team. He talks about scaling with systems like EOS, learning to delegate and truly build a team, protecting family time by owning your calendar, and why shifting from brokerage headaches to focused leadership changes everything.
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Feb 11, 2026 • 51min
$18k to Millions: Why You Shouldn't Quit Real Estate
Brandon Brittingham, CEO, investor, speaker and bestselling author known for 'Mailbox Money', tells the story of going from $18k to building integrated real estate companies. He discusses building multiple businesses under one roof. He explains making institutional-style investing accessible, why agents struggle to become investors, and the mindset and structural changes that fuel scale.
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Feb 9, 2026 • 45min
Agent Series 24: Stop Chasing Leads: Why 'Boring' Real Estate Wins
Eric Bramlett, founder of Bramlett Partners who grew from solo agent to a 140+ agent firm, talks systems, culture, and sphere-driven growth. He explains why online leads fall short. He highlights the power of open houses, automated gifting, a lean tech stack, and treating culture as the ultimate system. Practical, steady strategies beat flashy shortcuts.
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Feb 4, 2026 • 56min
AI, Robots & Real Estate: Futurist Steve Brown on What's Coming Next
Steve Brown, AI futurist and former DeepMind executive, maps the near future of AI in real estate. He outlines four AI waves, explains agentic and physical robots, and discusses why agents must become designers and orchestrators. He also highlights AI alignment, humanoid and home-robot risks, and practical steps leaders should take to adapt.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 47min
Agent Series 23: Build Your Real Estate Grit: Systems, Scale & Showing Up
Jeffery Mcgonigle, co-founder of Power Real Estate Group who scaled to ~160 agents and ~560 annual transactions, shares practical frameworks and hard-earned grit. He discusses the 3-2-1 daily focus method. He explains using ISAs, VAs, tech stacks and dashboards to scale. He talks about clearing busywork, accountability through clarity, and choosing the harder path to grow.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 45min
3 Years of ChatGPT: What Most Agents Are Still Missing
Rajeev Sajja, SVP of Digital Marketing & Innovation at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach and Real Estate AI Flash host, advises brokerages and agents on practical AI use. He breaks down the three stages of AI, where real wins exist versus hype, why emotional intelligence still matters, and concrete ways agents can use AI as a second brain to save time and scale their work.
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Jan 26, 2026 • 46min
Agent Series 22: The 'Micro Team' Strategy That Sold 1,000 Homes in 2025
Meet Alicia Pittman, a former 16-year teacher turned Principal Broker who builds culture and mentors micro-teams, and Mike Hogan, founder who scaled The Hogan Group to ~80 agents and ~1,000 units a year. They discuss building micro-teams for mentorship and retention. They explain onboarding that filters quickly. They cover tech that supports human connection and a counter-recruiting approach to loyalty.
