53: Listener Q&A

Hustle Humbly Podcast

Alissa Jenkins & Katy Caldwell

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.9 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

**Q&A: Real Estate Real Talk from Our Listeners**

Ever wonder what we really say at a listing appointment? Or how we manage buyer expectations after losing in a bidding war? This week, we're answering YOUR questions in a real estate Q&A episode filled with real talk and some seriously wild stories.

We're covering everything from comping homes and onboarding buyer leads to setting boundaries and surviving emotional closings. And yes—there's a fake alligator and an almost-lawsuit over moving boxes. You don't want to miss this one.

Let's get into it, y'all.

**What we cover:**

- Did we ever go head-to-head for a listing?
- How we learned to comp houses (outside of real estate school)
- How we prep buyer leads and run buyer consultations
- What to say when your buyer loses in a multiple offer situation
- Tips for avoiding Pop-Tart agent burnout
- How having kids forced us to set boundaries (and made us better!)
- Our favorite go-to closing gifts—and why they never change
- Breaking into new markets without a referral base
- Two real estate stories that will blow your mind (yes, fake gator included)

**Resources & Tools Mentioned:**

- Email Templates 101: https://emailtemplates101.com
- Build Your Own Business 101: https://hustlehumblypodcast.com/byob
- Agent Systems 101: https://agentsystems101.com
- EveryDollar app by Dave Ramsey
- Amazon return address stamps (Remarks brand)
- Watercolor gifts for closings

**We want to hear from you!**
Got a question for a future Q&A? A wild client story? Send it to us at **team@hustlehumblypodcast.com** or message us on Instagram **@hustlehumblypodcast**.

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The Hustle Humbly Podcast is hosted by Alissa Jenkins and Katy Caldwell, two top-producing Realtors in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We believe in professionalism with personality, community over competition, and that every Realtor deserves a business that brings them joy (and profit).

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi y'all. Welcome to Hustle Humbly. It's Alyssa and Katie and we are two top producing realtors in the Baton Rouge market.
0:05.7	We work for two different companies where we should be competitors, but we have chosen community over competition.
0:10.7	The goal of our podcast is to encourage you to find your own way in business. So stop comparing yourself and start embracing your strengths.
0:18.6	Hello and welcome. Episode 53, Hustle Humbbly. The Q&A episode. I'm really excited about
0:25.6	this. This is Katie here. Alyssa. Alyssa, you're excited and you have no idea what most of the
0:30.4	questions are. That's why I'm excited because like I couldn't even prepare for this episode.
0:34.2	It'll, I'm going to put you right on the spot. Yeah. Okay. You have to answer too.
0:43.3	I'm going to answer as well. And okay, so here are the disclaimers. The questions are not in any particular order. They are not in any particular topic. I think there are some that I'm going to tell
0:50.3	you there was a question and then say this isn't a whole episode because we're not
0:54.3	going to be able to do the whole thing.
0:56.0	Right.
0:56.3	So we're going to start with something easy.
0:59.2	Are you ready?
0:59.7	Yeah.
1:01.2	From Columbus, Ohio.
1:03.1	Question is, have you ever been up for a listing against each other?
1:07.0	How did you handle it?
1:10.3	The only one I'm aware of is in our old neighborhood.
1:15.5	Yep.
1:16.0	Where I used to live.
1:17.3	And you lived there too, but we did not live there at the same time.
1:20.1	Correct.
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