1325: Heavy Metal to Heavy Closings: John Michael Perez’s Real Estate Story

Real Estate Rockstars Podcast

Aaron Amuchastegui

Investing, Careers, Business

4.6 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What happens when a heavy metal musician trades the stage for real estate success? In this episode, John Michael Perez shares his journey from fronting a band in Austin to becoming a thriving real estate agent using innovative lead generation strategies like social media videos and community-driven Facebook groups. He dives into the importance of value-based interactions, mentorship, and balancing personal life with business demands, especially during tough times. If you're looking for fresh, actionable ways to build your real estate career without cold calling, this episode is packed with insights you won’t want to miss. Listen now! Links: Follow John Michael Perez on Instagram Follow John Michael Perez on Facebook Give him a call! ➡️ 7379770998 Follow Sara Denig on Instagram Follow Christina Leavenworth on Instagram Follow Aaron Amuchastegui on Instagram Get Hundreds of FREE Real Estate Tools From the Toolbox Join the 2026 Mastermind: Get your tickets HERE!

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0:00.0	Hey, real estate rock stars, welcome back. This is Aaron Mucostegi, and I am excited to interview John Michael Perez. I don't know too much about John yet, but we are about to figure it out together. And this is your host, Aaron and Mucci Stagie. But John, how are you? Doing good. How are you? I'm good. So where do you live? I'm actually here in the Austin area.
0:38.3	Technically Leander, but I work all over.
0:41.3	Yeah.
0:42.3	When I first moved to Austin, Leander was my first house that I lived in up there.
0:46.3	So I know that area well.
0:48.3	The greater Austin area is all sorts of markets and places around here.
0:52.3	How long have you been in Austin? I've been in
0:55.0	Austin for about 11 years. It's been fun. I actually moved here because I was in a heavy metal
1:01.6	band and wanted to make my band get famous and almost did, but didn't quite work out. What was your
1:10.4	heavy, what was your heavy metal band name?
1:12.9	Good Morning Gorgeous.
1:14.4	So we toured for about eight years.
1:16.2	It was super fun.
1:17.2	Traveled all over the U.S.
1:18.6	Got a record deal and we decided not to sign it.
1:24.0	And I got a lot of story behind that, but it was a fun time.
1:30.7	Do you regret not signing the deal?
1:33.8	No, not at all, because I wouldn't be where I'm at right now if I did sign that deal.
1:38.6	It was basically a loan.
1:40.1	Most record deals nowadays are basically loans that you have to pay back and then you get a
1:43.7	small percentage after you pay it back. So that was not something I wanted to be a part of.
1:49.2	Yeah, that makes sense. What instrument did you play or did you sing or what was your role in the
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