Call Before Showing - A Real Estate Podcast

*tap tap* Is this thing on? We're baaaaack! Thanks for your patience while we took a little hiatus from the podcast. Big business and life changes (plus COVID) took us away and we missed recording terribly. We are glad to be back today with Jess Deleo from Sunday Homes! We talk about updates about her Home Schooled Program, her rebranding process, and more. Check out her rebrand at https://sundayhomesrva.com/ or on IG at @sundayhomesrva

Kristina Knapp from Elixir Media Co is back with more amazing social media tips for real estate pros!  If you'd like to connect with Kristina, visit https://www.elixirmedia.co/ or follow her IG at @elixirmediaco

Today we sit down with our great friend Aisha Perez, who is a REALTOR in Newport News, VA. We dive in to how working retail helped prepare her for being a REALTOR, the importance of staging listings, switching brokerages, and more!

Isabel Affinito is an agent from Spyglass Realty, business coach, and speaker extraordinaire joins Alex and Alison on the podcast to discuss how agents can set up their business and clients to take off one day per week. YA'LL. So much good advice in this episode. We talk about setting boundaries, hiring a transaction coordinator, educating your clients to prepare them for your day off in a buyer/seller appointment, and more. You can find Isabel at http://isabelaffinito.com/ and on her facebook page https://www.facebook.com/isabel.tinker Isabel, thank you SO much for joining us on the podcast. We cannot wait to implement your words into our businesses and lives.

Happy holidays from the Call Before Showing team! We have loved sharing this year through this podcast and we have loved meeting so many amazing people through it too. We are so thankful for you. The holidays have arrived and on today's episode, we're talking about what we do for the holidays both personally and for our clients in the holiday season. We'd love to hear from you on our instagram- what do you do for your clients in the holiday season? We'll catch ya on the flipside in 2020!

Realtor Richard joins us today to talk about selling new construction, finding work life balance and eating tacos has helped him sell more houses. You can find Richard @realtor_richard on Instagram!

In this episode, we chat about All Things Listing Appointment, including what we wear, how we prepare, and at the end there's a little pep talk to help inspire you as you go in to your next listing appointment. :) Enjoy!

We could have talked to Jessica Deleo with RVA Homes by Jess for HOURS, and you will love this real talk with her about transitioning into real estate from the marketing world, how she uses education to help market herself to her ideal clients, and more! Take a listen!   You can find Jess at her website https://rvahomeswithjess.com/ and she is very active on Instagram @rvahomeswithjess ! Thank you so much for joining us on the podcast, Jessica!!

How are you doing on your 2019 goals? Have you reached them? Have you started working toward them?  Alex and Alison discuss how they are doing on their goals for 2019 in this episode of Call Before Showing. :) 

Elizabeth Tumbelekis joins us today from Fayetteville, NC. She and her husband run a team together through eXp Realty. We talk through the challenges of working with your spouse, how to take something you are truly passionate about and use it as a way to cultivate genuine relationships with people, and more. You will LOVE what she has to say. You can follow Elizabeth at @etumbelekis or her husband Bryant at @bryantsellsre on Instagram. Their team website is www.bryantsellsre.com

We all have a love/hate relationship with TV shows about real estate, right? In this episode, Alex and Alison discuss Selling Sunset on Netflix. Do you love or hate the show?

Today, Alex and Alison pick the brain of a millennial who has NEVER considered purchasing a home. We talk student loan debt, the fear of rejection that holds him back from starting the process, what resources or events would attract him to exploring purchasing, how he'd find an agent, and more! Then, we turn the tables and let him ask us questions. Get inside the brain of a zero-time home buyer!

Christine Cooper joins us today from the beautiful Whidbey Island in the Pacific Northwest! We talk about her role on a team, her rookie year, open houses, and what she loves about her island.  Christine is super active on Instagram so find her and be friends! @homesbychristinecooper :)  

Today, we continue our chat with Kyle Crawford.  Kyle is a managing broker in Northern Virginia and opens up with us about how retail prepared him for a life in real estate, what it's like to be a millennial broker, what it's like managing other agents, and more!   We know you will learn a lot from him. Thank you so much for joining us Kyle!

On today's episode of Call Before Showing, Alex and Alison sit down with Kyle Crawford. This is part 1 of a 2 part series because we got on a roll. :) Kyle is a managing broker in Northern Virginia and opens up with us about how retail prepared him for a life in real estate, what it's like to be a millennial broker, what it's like managing other agents, and more! We know you will learn a lot from him. Thank you so much Kyle for joining us on the podcast!

In today's episode, Alex and Alison talk about their car habits including favorite things to listen to in the car, what they eat in their cars, and more. 

Well, well, well..Granite Countertops. Stainless Steel Appliances. Tune in for today's off-the-cuff episode..spoiler alert: Alison officially SNAPS.

What's your number? Not your phone number...your enneagram result! Today, Alex and Alison discuss the Enneagram Personality Test and their results and how they think those results may affect how they do business and interact with their clients.    Here's the test that Alex took: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/   And here's the test Alison took: http://www.9types.com/   We'd love to hear about you and your result!

Paid Leads vs. Working by Referral in real estate - a lot of folks work primarily one or the other. Is one "BETTER" than the other? Do you pay for leads and feel looked down upon by those that work by referral only?    Today, Alex and Alison discuss the weird dynamic of working by referral vs paying for leads and why a combo of both may be the answer for most agents. Have thoughts about this? Share them in our Facebook group or on our IG Page @callbeforeshowing!