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Real Estate Rockstars Podcast

678: Start Your Own Real Estate Brokerage with Tips from Broker Connie Carlson

Real Estate Rockstars Podcast

Aaron Amuchastegui

Investing, Careers, Business

4.6864 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

According to Zig Ziglar, “You don’t build a business. You build people, and people build the business.” This idea resonates strongly with Connie Carlson, CEO and managing broker of Live Love Atlanta. On today’s show, Connie shares how she found and trained the agents who took her brokerage to the top of the Northwest Atlanta market. She also offers advice on attracting quality agents, encouraging adherence to core values, and hitting the numbers you need to boost profitability. Also, to help others avoid the problems she encountered on the path toward success, she shares the mistakes she made and her biggest failure. Get Instant Access to Hundreds of Free Real Estate Tools Visit hibandigital.com/toolbox Claim Real Estate Discounts, Free Trials, and More Visit hibandigital.com/resources Sponsors Rebus University - Get Over $10,000 in Real Estate Training for as Little as $97 Visit futureofrealestatetraining.com PadHawk - Find Your Market's Best Leads for FREE with a 7-Day Trial Visit padhawk.com Roddy's FLS - Discover Unbeatable Real Estate Deals with a FREE Foreclosure List Visit 4closure.info

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0:17.2

So the big question is this, how do most agents who don't have access to the secrets that the top agents hoard to themselves grow and prosper in today's real estate environment?

0:19.1

That is the question and this podcast will give you the answers.

0:23.0

I'm Pat Hyman and welcome to real estate rock stars. And now for the review of the day.

0:36.0

All right, I got one here on the real estate rock stars Facebook group. Pat you are the best love

0:46.3

the way you deconstruct the agents and get valuable information for new agents like

0:51.0

me avatar sing thank you avatar Agents like me, Avatars Sing. Thank you, Avatars.

0:54.0

Keep the comments coming, guys. I love them. And remember, I eat feedback for breakfast,

1:00.0

so give me a one-star review if you want, or a five-star review if you want. I don't care and the more reviews we get the better guests we get

1:08.5

So please subscribe first and then leave us a review or wherever you're listening. All right,

1:37.0

rock stars, I have a great guest to Daga, Connie Carlson, coming from Atlanta, Georgia at Live Love Atlanta and we are going to get deep into all things real estate. Connie, welcome to real estate rock stars. Thank you. I'm

1:41.6

excited to be here.

1:43.0

Hey Connie, why don't you tell everybody about yourself so they can get to know you better?

1:47.8

A little bit about myself.

1:48.8

Well, I like to start with, I grew up on a dairy farm in Iowa, so if you've ever seen the movie Field of Dreams

1:55.8

That was my my dad planted that corn

1:58.8

So I grew up bailing hay and milk and cows and I think that helped me build a really strong work ethic.

2:05.7

So I grew up in Midwest but moved to Atlanta in 1994 and was a commercial real estate appraiser for Arthur Anderson.

2:13.2

So I've appraised everything from Union Pacific

2:16.2

Railroad right away to Mall of America,

2:19.8

which was a great experience.

2:21.2

Wow, let me stop you.

2:22.9

You appraised the Mall of America?

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