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The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

How Josh Altman Built a Multi-Billion-Dollar Business from Nothing

The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

Tom Ferry

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

You probably know Josh Altman from Million Dollar Listing. He’s the top 1% of the top 1% real estate agents in the world, with over $9B in sales over his career.    But before he became an international icon, Josh was a regular agent trying to navigate the industry.    In this special episode of the Tom Ferry Podcast Experience, the world’s #1 real estate coach talks with the world’s top celebrity agent about the real strategies behind his rise.    You’ll get: The secret branding strategies that built Josh Altman’s business A glimpse into the real grit and mindset behind the highlight reel  The foundational steps for starting out   Whether you’re a new agent or an experienced pro, you can follow the exact plays that Josh Altman used and replicate his success.    Want to dive even deeper into Josh Altman’s strategies? He and Tom are hosting a webinar that you don’t want to miss…   The $9B Game Plan webinar happens live on October 22! Register today for free:https://www.tomferry.com/webinar-registration-oct-q4-2025/

Transcript

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0:00.0

So here's the thing, entrepreneurs, leaders, salespeople.

0:05.0

We all want to create consistent, repeatable, and scalable ways to grow our business and our income.

0:10.0

And we want to do it better, faster, and more seamlessly. Why?

0:14.0

So we can actually enjoy our lives, take vacations, and spend the quality time we want with the people that we love.

0:20.0

How do we do all this

0:21.6

without spending a fortune or running ourselves ragged? That's the big question, and this show is

0:26.9

dedicated to the answer. Ladies and gentlemen, we're about to break the internet. The number one

0:32.2

coaching and training company for 12 plus years is now talking to the $10 billion, legendary real estate broker, Josh Altman.

0:42.3

Josh, what's up, man?

0:43.3

My guy, Tom Ferry. I love you, bro.

0:46.3

Hey, listen, I was talking to somebody before I came on here and I said, look, I got to get my energy up

0:52.3

because Tom just runs on adrenaline 24-7.

0:57.8

So to be here, I had to get mentally prepared to sit with you.

1:02.1

I love it, man.

1:02.8

Well, listen, for my friend that's out there listening, if you, hey, if you know Josh

1:07.1

Altman and you're watching this on YouTube or wherever you do it, just give this guy some love

1:12.0

if you've seen it before or if you're with us at the summit where we had a rockin session.

1:17.5

And that's really what this is all about. We want to like inspire Josh as many people's we can.

1:22.7

So, so we're going to get into the backstory. We're going to talk about tactics today for my friend

1:27.0

listening. We're going to talk negotiations. We're going to talk branding. We're going to get really deep into what this guy has done. And I always say guy and we know Heather and your brother to build this incredible empire that you built. So maybe just give people context. I don't know what day it is. I know we're in, I almost said September. That's horrible. We're in the month of October and I've been on the road, Josh, nonstop. Give my friend the listener a little backstory. How long you've been into business? Don't go into the backstory, backstory, but just give us a quick year-to-date number. Then we'll go to the backstory. Yeah. So look, we are on target to hit our goal. We're going to be better than last year,

2:02.4

which is always a good goal. It's probably going to be our best year ever, which is interesting

2:08.1

in this market. As right now, we're at a billion one sold. So by the end of the year, because

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