The Real Value Podcast

The world's best podcast about the mindsets, behaviors, attitudes, and activities for the Appraisal, Real Estate, and Lending industries. Hosted by well known Real Estate and Appraiser Success Coach, Blaine Feyen, founder and CEO of the Real Value Group and Real Value Coaching Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Real Value Podcast covers a variety of topics involving all three of those businesses, as well as the topics of success, communication, leadership, balance, marketing, social media, SEO, NLP, and a bunch other awesome stuff!

Expert or Authority? 04/17/2024

Expert or Authority? In this episode, Blaine talks about the differences between being an expert in something, and being an authority. He also talks about something called 'the expert trap', where someone considered an expert gets trapped in their way of thinking and has to continue prospecting for new customers and clients who consider them an expert. The authority, on the other hand, has many more options available to them. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/30861668

The Seven Proverbs of Performance 04/02/2024

The Seven Proverbs of Performance In this episode, Blaine talks about the 7 Proverbs of Performance he uses to remind him what matters when it comes to business growth and profitability. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/30644078

7 Traits of Unsuccessful People 03/05/2024

7 Traits of Unsuccessful People In this episode, Blaine talks through 7 traits of unsuccessful people. To understand how to define 'unsucccesful', Blaine uses Earl Nightingale's definition of success, which is 'the progressive realization of worthy goal or ideal'. Then Blaine applies the 'contrast principle' to discern the path of success or failure. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/30237533

Generate, convert, elevate, maintain 02/19/2024

Generate, convert, elevate, maintain In this episode, Blaine talks about the 4 things every business MUST focus on if they want to be truly successful. These 4 things are present in every business whether you know it or not. If you don't know it, you're probably failing at one or all four of these things! /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/30014733

Building Your Personal Brand 02/12/2024

Building Your Personal Brand In this episode, Blaine talks about why it's vitally important to be building a personal brand in 2024. He goes over the 3 R's of personal branding and what opportunities can open up for a well built personal brand. ... /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/29904013

It's Easier to Get Rich Quick 01/19/2024

It's Easier to Get Rich Quick In this episode, Blaine goes over the four levels of value that income and wealth are created in. He refers to it as D2C2, with the first two levels being 'doing' and 'directing', and the second two levels being 'communication' and 'creativity. Get ready to take some notes as Blaine drops some wealth bombs about how it's easier to get rich quickly than it is to do it slowly. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/29561398

Time to Recap and Realign! 01/05/2024

Time to Recap and Realign! In this episode, Blaine asks 6 important questions to help you recap the prior year and pull some lessons to help you reimagine the new year ahead. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/29338713

Where is this market going? 12/07/2023

Where is this market going? In this episode, Blaine digs into the mail bag to answer some of the listener questions about the market, interest rates, and building your appraisal or real estate business. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/28970938

Become a Person of Influence 11/09/2023

Become a Person of Influence In this episode, Blaine walks through the 5 steps to building a lifestyle business of your dreams. Leveraging off of the brilliant teaching from author and businessman, Daniel Priestly, Blaine goes over why you need to be presenting, publishing, productizing and packaging, managing your persona, and partnering instead of prospecting. Learn how to become a person of influence here /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/28567288

Are You Hunting Field Mice? 10/24/2023

Are You Hunting Field Mice? In this episode, Blaine talks about a PDF article from the famous blogger and author, Tim Ferriss. The article was a collection of questions designed to get the reader to think deeply, and also to think differently, than we might otherwise. Blaine talks about 6 of the 17 questions in this epsidoe and relates some of his own stories for each. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/28411619

What’s Your Prediction? 10/05/2023

What’s Your Prediction? In this episode, Blaine talks about how to become a better forecaster of things to come based on 6 traits and skills that need to be developed. The art and skill of forecasting comes in handy when building a business, analyzing and assessing potential investments, and protecting one's assets during down times. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/28234106

The Only 5 Questions You Need 08/29/2023

The Only 5 Questions You Need In this episode, Blaine reveals 5 questions he's learned to ask over the years to get clarity on life and business. As part of his Black Belt Business coaching program, Blaine introduces these 5 questions to coaching students within the first month, which helps students get very clear on the 'why' and the 'what' of business and life. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/27882798

Wisdom of the Masters - Part 2 08/08/2023

Wisdom of the Masters - Part 2 /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/27691737

Wisdom of the Masters - Part 1 07/24/2023

Wisdom of the Masters - Part 1 In this episode, Blaine goes over the first 5 'wisdom keys' as they were given to him over the years by his mentors. These wisdom keys are vital to commit to memory if you want to have a more successful business and a more fulfilling life. Try out the Appraiser Increase Academy absolutely free for 30 days /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/27548670

Value Siphon or Value Creator? 07/08/2023

Value Siphon or Value Creator? /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/27406095

Your Most Valuable Hour 06/26/2023

Your Most Valuable Hour In this episode, Blaine teaches appraisers to ask 5 important questions about their business. One of the most important is learning your dollars per hour number. This is important to know if you ever want to 10X it. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/27267279

Unconventional Wisdom - Part 2 06/14/2023

Unconventional Wisdom - Part 2 In this episode, part 2 of 2, Blaine recaps the first 5 pieces of unconventional wisdom and advice from the last episode, and then adds 5 more pieces of advice gleaned over 30+ years of travel. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/27147768

Unconventional Wisdom - Part 1 06/01/2023

Unconventional Wisdom - Part 1 In this episode, Blaine shares 5 pieces of unconventional wisdom and advice he's been given over the years. This unconventional advice is advice that sometimes runs counter to the traditional advice people tend to give. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/27012528

Feeling The Pressure 05/19/2023

Feeling The Pressure In this episode, Blaine talks about the positive aspects of pressure and why pressure testing your ideas, mindsets, beliefs, and habits is one of the best ways to get stronger and better. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26888976

Quantity or Quality? 05/06/2023

Quantity or Quality? In this episode, Blaine talks about the topic of quantity over quality, and addresses the topic from a unique position. Instead of an either/or question, Blaine talks about it as a quality 'and' quantity mindset. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26761959

How Do You Show Them? 04/27/2023

How Do You Show Them? In this episode, Blaine talks about the importance of demonstrating your value to the market through creating content. If you're not demonstrating the value of what you do, or what you can do, for your market, you're likely becoming a commodity and will be replaced at some point. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26671275

Building Your Magnetic Persona 04/20/2023

Building Your Magnetic Persona In this episode, Blaine talks about one of the most important aspects of successful branding: The Magnetic Persona! Sometimes referred to as the Attractive Character, it's the personality that buyers of your product or service identify with that make your brand stand out. Steve Jobs, Jared From Subway, The Verizon Guy, and the long list of characters that we all associate with brands. Learn the 4 most important character traits for building your own magnetic persona so you can stand out in a noisy and crowded marketplace. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26599872

The Unlikely Networker 04/13/2023

The Unlikely Networker In this episode, Blaine talks about his reluctance to do traditional networking type activities as an introvert, but goes on to explain the 3 main categories of people Appraisers, real estate agents, lenders, and really anybody who wants to grow their business should be reaching out to and connecting with. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26530149

The Next 5 Commandments! 04/03/2023

The Next 5 Commandments! In this episode, Blaine recaps the big 5 commandments from the last show and the covers several more commandments of building a successful business. Blaine also talks about the Appraiser Increase Academy and Community and the successes many have had after joining. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26425302

5 Commandments of Business Building 03/23/2023

5 Commandments of Business Building In this episode, Blaine reveals the 5 commandments of business building and explains how it's tied to an appraisal business. Pulling from the book, The Millionaire Fastlane, by MK DeMarco, Blaine expounds on some of the most important considerations when starting or building your business if you want to make real money and not have the business consume all of your time! /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26318247

Amor Fati - Stoic Wisdom For Dealing With Chaos 03/15/2023

Amor Fati - Stoic Wisdom For Dealing With Chaos In this episode, Blaine explains the Stoic principle of Amor Fati, which loosely translates to 'love of your fate'. Instead of labeling things as either good or bad, Amor Fati teaches us to stop labeling things and, instead, accept things as they are and love that they are happening the way they are. This attitude and mindset allows us to remain loose and flexible to all that happens around us, instead of being seized by negative events. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26236371

Take That, Fannie Mae! 03/05/2023

Take That, Fannie Mae! In this episode, Blaine addresses the recent announcement from Fannie Mae that full appraisals will no longer be the default option on every loan. While many appraisers are getting upset and think the industry cannot longer support them, Blaine talks about the options and opportunities appraisers have in front of them. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26129814

3 Things That Make Your Business Magnetic 02/27/2023

3 Things That Make Your Business Magnetic In this episode, Blaine talks about 2 things you should be focused on in 2023 to make you and your business more magnetic. Blaine also talks about the 3Gs of a good business mindset: Gratitude, Graciousness, and Generosity. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/26056905

Building your non-lender appraisal Biz - part 2 02/20/2023

Building your non-lender appraisal Biz - part 2 /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/25984938

Supplement or Scale? 02/11/2023

Supplement or Scale? In this episode, Blaine talks about whether or not it’s better to just try to supplement your appraisal business by diversifying into the non-lender segment of the industry, or to scale up and try to build a six figure segment of the business. /episode/index/show/realvaluecast/id/25899213

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