Top Real Estate Agents Tell How They Do It: Jere Metcalf Podcast Jere Metcalf Partners

Today I’m talking to Marilyn Wright with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty in Asheville, North Carolina. Marilyn is a trailblazer in a market often overlooked for its luxury potential, and she has set unparalleled records, including being the first and only agent to sell over $100 million in Western North Carolina. Marilyn shares her incredible journey from humble beginnings and struggles of the Great Recession to becoming not just a real estate agent but the top real estate agent. She’s...

Today I'm talking to John Richardson, a top real estate agent with ONE Sotheby's International Realty in Ponte Vedra and Northeast Florida and a coaching client with BreakthroughLuxury. John got his real estate license less than 3 years ago. Today his sales are in the tens of millions annually. His average sales price is close to $1,500,000, 6 times the average sales price in his market. In the first quarter of this year, he was at the same volume in sales he closed in all of last year....

Today I'm talking to Dean Jones, Founder, Owner, and CEO of Realogics Sotheby's International Realty.Dean’s former development firm, T. Jones, Inc., was nationally recognized as the "Development Firm of the Year" by the Pillars of Industry in 2001. In 2003, the National Association of Home Builders named Dean "Marketing Director of the Year."Upon founding Realogics Inc., Dean served as an advisor to third-party developments, with his firm being the catalyst for more than $2 billion in project...

Today I’m talking to Amanda Howard, The Amanda Howard of Amanda Howard Sotheby’s International Realty of Huntsville Alabama. Not only is it not supposed to be impossible to get your name on a Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliate Office, it’s not supposed to be possible to be the top agent year one in any market. It’s especially not supposed to be possible in Huntsville Alabama, and it’s especially not supposed to be possible when you enter Huntsville knowing no one. It’s absolutely ...

Today I’m talking to Robbie Briggs, Founder and former CEO of the top luxury brokerage in Dallas Texas, Briggs Sotheby’s International Realty. Robbie walks us, with full transparency, through his journey to the top where he remained steadily for a few decades until a sudden near crash. The near crash that was reality for Robbie is one that remains only in the worst nightmares for most entrepreneurs. It was through sheer faith, focus and action that positioned Brigg’s Sotheby’s, in the end, in...

Today, episode 309, for a 2nd round, I’m talking to Stacie Chadwick in Denver, Colorado, with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty. On her first interview on the show, episode 253, How to Launch from 0 to 65 million, Stacie and I talked about how she went from home maker to top deal maker and her challenges and epiphanies on her path to success. In this episode, Stacie and I talk about how just last year (2023), she not only sold almost 100 million in volume, 94 million to be ...