Mastering Real Estate Tech: 5 Essential Tools For The Modern Agent
Release Date: 09/05/2024
Team of the Week: Tim Allen Properties - The Legend of Carmel
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Tim Allen was born in Pebble Beach, California and has been a full-time Realtor for over forty years. His team, Tim Allen Properties with Coldwell Banker Realty, has closed over five billion dollars on the Monterey Peninsula. He was ranked the number one Coldwell Banker agent in the United States in 2021. Four lessons for agents building decades-long market dominance. Learn more at foxessellfaster.com
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Agent of the Week: Leonard Stone - Dollar Forty-Nine Million from Burlingame
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Len Stone is the founder of the Len Stone Real Estate Group, KW Advisors in Burlingame, California. Ranked 995th by the RealTrends 2025 report, he closed forty-nine point two one million dollars across thirty-five sides. His team is the number one selling team in San Mateo County and fronts renovation costs up to two hundred thousand dollars for sellers. Three lessons for agents building a high-volume team. Learn more at foxessellfaster.com
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The Sweathogs: How Floyd Wickman Transformed a Generation of Agents
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Floyd Wickman started his real estate career in 1966 with only a ninth grade education and three closings in year one. He built the Sweathogs training program, was named one of the twenty-five most influential people in real estate by the National Association of REALTORS, and was inducted into the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame. This episode covers his full story and five lessons every agent can apply. Learn more at foxessellfaster.com
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Team of the Week: The Oppenheim Group - Building a Real Estate Empire
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The Oppenheim Group, founded by Jason Oppenheim in Los Angeles, has closed over five billion dollars in personal sales. Jason, a former attorney who represented the Enron CEO at the Supreme Court level, founded the brokerage within three years of entering real estate. The group is featured on the Netflix series Selling Sunset. This episode covers the origin story, the boutique luxury model, the Netflix effect, and four lessons. Learn more at foxessellfaster.com
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Agent of the Week: Lisa Wilkinson - Dollar Forty-Nine Million in Palm Beach
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Lisa Wilkinson is the Executive Director of Luxury Sales at Douglas Elliman Real Estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Ranked 996th among all individual agents in the United States by the RealTrends 2025 report, she closed forty-nine point two million dollars in volume across twenty-one transaction sides. Before entering luxury residential real estate, Lisa was a small business owner and commercial real estate developer. This episode covers her path to the top of one of the most competitive luxury markets in the country, plus actionable takeaways every agent can apply. Learn more at...
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The Historical: Mike Ferry — The Man Who Taught a Million Agents How to Close
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Team of the Week — Mark Spain Real Estate: The Guaranteed Offer Machine That Sells Six Billion Dollars in Homes
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Agent of the Week — Greg Browman: Seven Deals, Forty-Nine Million Dollars, and What Luxury Really Means
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The Historical — Barbara Corcoran: The Thousand-Dollar Bet That Built an Empire
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The Historical - Gary Keller: The Man Who Built the Largest Real Estate Company on Earth
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He graduated from Baylor University in nineteen seventy-nine, moved to Austin, and sold five houses his first month. Within five years he was VP of expansion for the largest real estate firm in Austin. Then he walked away and started his own company. Today that company - Keller Williams Realty - has more than one hundred eighty thousand agents worldwide and is the largest real estate franchise on Earth by agent count. This is the full story of how Gary Keller did it, why the profit sharing model changed everything, and five lessons every agent and team leader can take from his career. Learn...
info_outlineAs a new agent in the middle of a buyer’s market, I quickly noticed that my seller clients were frustrated.
- Why weren’t their homes selling?
- Was it price or something else?
- Was I doing enough to find them a buyer?
This led me down a rabbit hole, and I discovered all the ways I could be using tech to market listings or even get new ones.
Tech in real estate isn’t just a buzzword or a list of shiny objects. If you’re leveraging the right platforms, your listings will sell faster, your business will run more efficiently, and you’ll impress your clients.
What tech tools that will make you more credible, add polish to your content and help you generate a steady flow of leads?
In this episode, I share 5 resources every agent should be taking advantage of plus one extra one that will elevate everything you do online.
Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode
- Advertise like a pro
A huge number of real estate agents will never tap into Facebook ads because the process feels too involved. Is there a way to simplify this?
- Stop sharing third-party links
Many real estate agents are losing business because of the links to their listings. How can one simple change make us stop handing business over to the competition?
- Revolutionize client engagement
Every agent worth their salt is doing market stats and reports. How can you create elevated reports that stand out, boost your brand and position you as an authority?
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Mastering Real Estate Tech: The Five Essential Tools For The Modern Agent
About Your Host
Dustin Fox is the co-founder of the Fox Homes Team, a speaker and the author of Six Weeks to Real Estate Success. Dustin and his wife Devon have grown the Fox Homes Team to $400 million in production in just 3 years. Growth that is driven by Dustin’s innovative marketing that generates leads for their team of agents. If he’s not split-testing his latest marketing campaign, Dustin is probably taking a long bath and reading a business biography. Yes, long baths.
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