

RealTrending
RealTrends
The RealTrending podcast features conversations with the brightest minds in real estate. Every Monday, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts join us to share their secrets to success, trends, and the lessons they’ve learned. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by the HousingWire Content Studio.
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Sep 19, 2022 • 32min
EmpowerHome CEO on the lead pillars that drive her team's success
Today’s RealTrending podcast features Sarah Reynolds, CEO of EmpowerHome, a real estate industry solutions provider supporting Realtors, mega teams, and core services companies. Sarah talks about her unique business model and the lead pillars that drive her success.

Sep 12, 2022 • 33min
Spencer Rascoff on real estate tech and threats to the traditional brokerage model
Today’s RealTrending podcast features Spencer Rascoff, founder of Pacaso, Hotwire and Zillow among other companies. Rascoff is also the CEO of 75 & Sunny, an investment company. Rascoff discusses the next wave of real estate technology as well as the challenges ahead for the traditional brokerage model.

Sep 6, 2022 • 30min
The Agency's Rainy Hake Austin on brand consistency as they grow
Today’s RealTrending podcast features Rainy Hake Austin, president of The Agency. Rainy discusses how their boutique-feel brokerage is able to scale that model using brand consistency.

Aug 29, 2022 • 48min
United Real Estate's Rick Haase on acquisitions and lessons learned building an in-house tech platform
Today’s RealTrending podcast features Rick Haase, president of United Real Estate. Rick discusses what they look for in a brokerage acquisition, the current real estate technology landscape and lessons learned building an in-house tech platform.

Aug 22, 2022 • 27min
House Buyers of America CEO on the buy, renovate, sell business model
Today's RealTrending podcast features Nick Ron, CEO of House Buyers of America, which buys renovates and resells homes. Ron discusses the difference between his company and an iBuyer and how important it is to have a personal touch.

Aug 15, 2022 • 43min
Milestones CEO says agents must move away from transactional mindset to a relational one
Today’s RealTrending features features Rivers Pearce, chief marketing officer, and Dustin Gray, founder and CEO of Milestones, a homeowner portal that just raised 10.3 million in Series A funding. They discuss how real estate agents can move away from being transactional and move to being more intentional in building relationships.

Aug 8, 2022 • 32min
Find fortune working with entry-level real estate investors
Today’s RealTrending features Michael Scanlon and Jake Fugeman, team leaders for Axon Group, powered by eXp Realty and based in Chicago. After investing in real estate themselves, the duo decided to start a real estate practice working with investors. While they've expanded their niche to all buyers and sellers, they still work heavily with smaller investors. Here's who they did it.

Aug 1, 2022 • 38min
ShowingTime's Mike Lane talks data privacy and market trends
Today’s RealTrending features Mike Lane, president of ShowingTime. Mike shares the latest on ShowingTime's evolving platform post-Zillow acquisition and offers some market trend on which real estate markets are still hot based on their data.

Jul 27, 2022 • 37min
Homeward's Tim Heyl on real estate industry innovation
Today’s RealTrending features Tim Heyl, founder of Homeward and of The Heyl Group of Keller Williams Realty in Austin. The Heyl Group is ranked number two large team by transaction sides and number five by sales volume in the 2022 RealTrends, The Thousand rankings. Heyl discusses the new financing options for consumers, why teams aren't competition for brokers and the innovation in the real estate industry.

Jul 18, 2022 • 22min
Pacaso's Marnie Blanco on co-ownership trends and success strategies
Today’s RealTrending features Marnie Blanco, vice president of industry for Pacaso. Marnie shares how the company is tweaking its strategy, trends in co-ownership and what brokers and agents can do to compete in today's market.


