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Welcome to the In The Cloud - The eXp Realty Explained Podcast. Hosts Kevin Cottrell & Gene Frederick interview real estate agents, brokers and industry experts who were previously affiliated with franchises including Re/Max, Keller Williams Realty, Coldwell Banker and independents or other franchises. These guests discuss why they made the decision to join eXp Realty as well as their views on why eXp Realty's cloud based business model is a game changer in the residential real estate business.

In The Cloud - The eXp Realty Explained Podcast Kevin Cottrell & Gene Frederick from eXp Realty

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Welcome to the In The Cloud - The eXp Realty Explained Podcast. Hosts Kevin Cottrell & Gene Frederick interview real estate agents, brokers and industry experts who were previously affiliated with franchises including Re/Max, Keller Williams Realty, Coldwell Banker and independents or other franchises. These guests discuss why they made the decision to join eXp Realty as well as their views on why eXp Realty's cloud based business model is a game changer in the residential real estate business.

    John Sterling Joins EXP Part 2

    John Sterling Joins EXP Part 2

    Part 2.
    Joining us today is John Sterling. John's been in a number of markets and was previously with Keller Williams and most recently was in San Francisco California and is currently in Colorado. John's background is fairly extensive in real estate. John is known for his work in Europe and London as well as working with multiple team leaders and market centers and helping them attract agents. John talks at length about his challenges in real estate and really not really getting EXP at first. John I'll give you his insight in terms of why he ultimately moved from Keller Williams to EXP and he hasn't regretted it and never looked back.
    Learn More about eXp Realty - Click here to watch a quick 7 Minute Intro Video.

    Remember our disclaimer: The materials and content discussed within this podcast are the opinions of Kevin Cottrell and/or the guests interviewed.  This information is intended as general information only for listeners of the podcast. Listeners should conduct their own due diligence and research before making any business decisions. This podcast is produced completely independently of eXp Realty and is not endorsed, funded or otherwise supported by eXp Realty directly or indirectly.
     
    EXP innovating and game changing technology made simple EXP Stock valuation explained Revenue share versus profit share Expansion Teams Simplified Fears and worries of competitors Other big companies reactions to EXP growth Non bricks and mortar game changing EXP eliminating layers of expenses through with new virtual technology  
     
    Want to Learn More about eXp Realty?
    If you are interested in learning more about eXp, reach out to the person who introduced you to eXp or contact Jon to inquire or ask questions.
    Contact Jon Sterling
    Phone call or text at 720 605 1063.
    Email: Jon.Sterling@exprealty.com
     
    Transcription

    Jon. So that was the answer to the technology. So the money the technology. We talked a little bit about you know privately held versus publicly held. Another note on that one place where I've seen some pushback and one of those half truths or just like something that wasn't fully explained or isn't still isn't fully explained as when we get attacked for not being profitable. Right. Because a publicly traded company would have to release your finances so anyone could go check on your health anytime they want. That's a funny attack to me. It demonstrates that people who are saying it just are lacking some basic sort of fundamental knowledge about stock valuations. Somebody who's a really great example there's been in the news over the past couple days. Amazon. You guys heard on Amazon right. Well they hit one trillion dollars in market cap yesterday and they had huge revenue and free cash flow which they reinvest in their business. Instead of declaring profits for many many years they didn't declare profit at all. They found a way to essentially get their tax bill down to zero because they're putting everything back into the research and development. All right. So it's like are you going to bash a trillion dollar company, the world's second trillion dollar company because they're not declaring profit. It's like give me a break. Watch everything else grow. There's like a problem take care of itself. Right? And the reason that the stock valuation continues to improve is because the stock analysts understand this. The company doesn't have debt like we're not taking on huge loans. We're not doing crazy stuff with her money like it'll naturally work itself out. Another great example everyone else is uber profitable Uber is? it isn't. They lose money every quarter. How many billions of dollars there worth? I don't know the exact number but you can look it up by the time we look it up I'm sure it'll change. But anyway so that's the whole point. It's like it's what's wrong with copying those strategies. Some of the fastest growing and most valuable companies in the world aren't declining profits. Why would

    • 34 min
    John Sterling Joins EXP - Part 1. Skeptical, Fast Growth, Big Benefits

    John Sterling Joins EXP - Part 1. Skeptical, Fast Growth, Big Benefits

    Joining us today is John Sterling. John's been in a number of markets and was previously with Keller Williams and most recently was in San Francisco California and is currently in Colorado. John's background is fairly extensive in real estate. John is known for his work in Europe and London as well as working with multiple team leaders and market centers and helping them attract agents. John talks at length about his challenges in real estate and really not really getting EXP at first. John I'll give you his insight in terms of why he ultimately moved from Keller Williams to EXP and he hasn't regretted it and never looked back.
    Learn More about eXp Realty - Click here to watch a quick 7 Minute Intro Video.

    Remember our disclaimer: The materials and content discussed within this podcast are the opinions of Kevin Cottrell and/or the guests interviewed.  This information is intended as general information only for listeners of the podcast. Listeners should conduct their own due diligence and research before making any business decisions. This podcast is produced completely independently of eXp Realty and is not endorsed, funded or otherwise supported by eXp Realty directly or indirectly.


    Why EXP is growing fast Why Successful independent brokerages partnering with EXP Keep your Brand, grow your income with EXP Big benefits of being at EXP Earning publicly held stock. EXP listed on Nasdaq EXP innovating and game changing technology made simple  
    Stay tuned for Part 2
     
    Transcription

    Kevin: Welcome back to another episode of the EXP explained podcast. I'm joined today by special guest John Sterling. John's been in a number of markets. He was previously with Keller Williams and most recently was in San Francisco California and is currently in Colorado. John's background is fairly extensive in real estate. He and I met years and years ago when I was a team leader at Keller Williams and he was doing some leadership expansion and attraction of agents. Certainly if you're listening to this and you're from Keller Williams you're more than likely will know John from his work in Europe and London as well as working with multiple team leaders and market centers and helping them attract agents. John talks at length in my interview about his challenges in real estate and really not really getting EXP at first. So if you're a little bit skeptical and you want to hear from somebody who was right there where you were dug into it didn't pay attention to the rumors and misinformation in the market and did quite a bit of due diligence over about 15 months. John I'll give you his insight in terms of why he ultimately moved from Keller Williams to EXP and he hasn't regretted it and never looked back. Stay tuned for my interview with John Sterling.
    Kevin: Welcome to the show John.
    John: Hey thanks for having me. Happy to be here.
    Kevin: I'm looking forward to it. We are reunited again and I'm sure we'll get into a lot of that on the conversation today but before we do for people listen to the podcast that maybe you aren't familiar with your background and history and real estate and all that you've done. What did you take a couple minutes and just give a little bit of your highlights in terms of some of the stuff you've done. Because I've known you a long time and I know you've accomplished a lot.
    John: Oh well thank you. Yeah I'll keep it short and sweet. So I started my real estate career in Chicago back in 2002 it was with a traditional firm then they had a great training program. So I got up and running very quickly. There were some changes there so I went off and started my own brokerage after about two years and then eventually merged that with Keller Williams back in 2004. My time at Keller Williams was mostly spent opening up new offices and markets where we didn't have them. And most of that work was before the financial crash and after the crash I was the guy who would go fix these struggling offices. So it involved

    • 25 min
    Kevin Kauffman Joins EXP

    Kevin Kauffman Joins EXP

    Today with us is Kevin Kaufman. Kevin along with Fred Weaver are the leaders of the 46:10 Real Estate Network. Kevin shares his story of his journey in real estate and success in operating as an expansion team in multiple markets. He also talks about why he came to the decision to move from Keller Williams to EXP and how the EXP system has helped his business grow. He also touches on how other systems are now moving in to EXP alike systems and why they are still set back while EXP is already big. Kevin also gives advice to those who are thinking to make the move.
     
    Learn More about eXp Realty - Click here to watch a quick 7 Minute Intro Video.

    Remember our disclaimer: The materials and content discussed within this podcast are the opinions of Kevin Cottrell and/or the guests interviewed.  This information is intended as general information only for listeners of the podcast. Listeners should conduct their own due diligence and research before making any business decisions. This podcast is produced completely independently of eXp Realty and is not endorsed, funded or otherwise supported by eXp Realty directly or indirectly.
     
    In this episode
    Expansion Bussiness EXP Validation How EXP is a win compared to franchise systems EXP tools for agents EXP is already where other systems want to be Equal opportunities for everybody Revenue Share Income streams Kevin’s those thinking to make the move to EXP  
    Take Away
    "EXP's virtual platform gives us the opportunity to explore the environment that helps us be the most conducive environment to us being productive.."
     
    Want to Learn More about eXp Realty?
    If you are interested in learning more about eXp, reach out to the person who introduced you to eXp or contact Tom to inquire or ask questions.
    Contact Kevin:
    Email: realestate@group4610.com
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KevinKauffman0
    Facebook Group Next Level Agents https://www.facebook.com/groups/nextlevelagents/
    Links: www.EXPCloud.com
     
    Transcription

    Kevin : I am host Kevin Cottrell joining me today is Kevin Kaufmann. He is the leader along with Fred Weaver at the group 46:10 Real Estate Network. Previously with Keller Williams. Kevin's gonna share a story today not only of his journey in real estate and success in operating as an expansion team in multiple markets but why he came to the decision after looking very carefully about moving from Keller Williams over to EXP Realty. I'm sure you want to listen to this episode Kevin's got some great insight. Whether you're a team leader for a team, a solo practitioner or in actually another expansion team I think you'll find Kevin's insight into why he ultimately decided to move to EXP very very interesting. Welcome to the show. Kevin.
    Kaufmann: Hey thanks a lot I appreciate it.
    Kevin : Well I've been looking forward to this conversation. I know not only when you announced and we'll get into that a little bit you changing brokerages but I see all over social media but for anyone listening to this podcast episode that doesn't know what a rock star organization you run why don't you give a little of your background and information about your network as well as your business.
    Kaufmann: Yeah no problem so I'm based in Phoenix Arizona in Tempe actually as is where our office is and we.. I say "we" because I've got a business partner Fred Weaver him and I started working together in February of 2008. So I've been licensed for about six months at that time with him and I had done a few things some short sales actually because he had introduced me to them and we'd kind of teamed up on those early out of my career like literally a third transaction I ever did was a short sale listing of Fred's because he was leaving the country and going on his honeymoon. And so I sort of took over and handled a short sale is my first short sale and we ended up closing a couple you know probably good thousand or so 800 to 1000 short sales over the next few years and you kn

    • 39 min
    Erinn Nobel Joins EXP - EXP Momentum Buildup, Revenue Share, EXP Technology

    Erinn Nobel Joins EXP - EXP Momentum Buildup, Revenue Share, EXP Technology

    In this episode Erinn Nobel from Bellingham Washington joins us. Erinn has been a real estate agent for 20 years and she's a successful high volume producer.  She is one of the early members of EXP and today she talks about the growth and momentum build up from the early stages of EXP until now. She gives us her perspective on the power of EXP's technology and how it is being an industry game changer. She explains the myths about the EXP system and culture and touches on how fast EXP is growing through out Alaska and Canada. She gives us her advice on due diligence.
     
    Learn More about eXp Realty - Click here to watch a quick 7 Minute Intro Video.

    Remember our disclaimer: The materials and content discussed within this podcast are the opinions of Kevin Cottrell and/or the guests interviewed.  This information is intended as general information only for listeners of the podcast. Listeners should conduct their own due diligence and research before making any business decisions. This podcast is produced completely independently of eXp Realty and is not endorsed, funded or otherwise supported by eXp Realty directly or indirectly.
    In this episode
    EXP growth and monument buildup Real time support through Sky Slope and the EXP platform from assistant brokers. Access EXP technology throughout your own brokerage branding.  EXP's culture standpoint vs the classic franchise and MLM or Pyramid systems. Releaf from "bricks and mortar" and administration work through EXP's cloud based system and lead generation programs have groundbreaking technology programs that have transaction management tools. Revenue share,  team growth and the disinformation and myths about them. Attracting agents and growing your revenue share.  
    Take Away
    "We are not a recruiting company if we're recruiting company. We would be out of business. We are producing company. We want agents that are in production that are building the revenue so we can all take part of it and share the revenue revenues. Sure it's just for expense."
     
    Want to Learn More about eXp Realty?
    If you are interested in learning more about eXp, reach out to the person who introduced you to eXp or contact Tom to inquire or ask questions.
    Contact Erinn:
    Call at 360 398 3883
    Email: Erinn.Nobel@EXPrealty.com 
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErinnNobel
    Voxer: Erinn Nobel.
    Links: www.EXPCloud.com
     
     
    ERINN NOBEL FOR SONIX.mp3
    KEVIN: Welcome back to another episode of "The EXP explained podcast" I am host Kevin Cottrell joining me today is Erinn Nobel from Bellingham Washington. A special guest she's been with EXP almost since the beginning. Not quite as long as Brian Culhane who you've heard in his episode share his story about the founding of the company but Erinn has been in regional leadership. She's a successful high volume producer including a member of the CRS community. And Erinn is going to have some great insight to share with us today for agents looking to understand a little bit more detail why agents are coming over from other brokerages and joining EXP realty. Stay tuned for my interview with Erin Nobel. Welcome to the show Erin.
    ERINN: Kevin thanks so much.
    KEVIN: Well looking forward to our conversation now they're going to be plenty of people that listen to the podcast that may be not familiar with you. And from the Pacific Northwest. Can you take a minute and give a little bit of your history and background in real estate and also touch on the early days of the EXP because you've been around for a while haven't you?
    ERINN: I sure have. Yes. It's been a fun ride. That's for sure. Yeah I'd be happy to. So in a nutshell this is my 20th year as a residential real estate agent right here in Bellingham Washington where EXP was founded back in 2009. I have been practicing residential real estate here in Bellingham Washington since 1999 and made the leap over to EXP four years ago as agent number 337. We were only open in 18 states at the time and it

    • 34 min
    Tom Daves Joins EXP - Being Skeptical, EXP Growth, Team Work, EXP in Nasdaq

    Tom Daves Joins EXP - Being Skeptical, EXP Growth, Team Work, EXP in Nasdaq

    Today we talk with mega agent Tom Daves from Sacramento Califonia. Tom was previously working with Keller Williams being a top world wide agent. As a team leader he runs a large successful real estate team. Tom talks to us about his decision to move to EXP, why he did, he touches on the real estate market change, equity, growth and revenue share and explains how much of a game changer his transition has been to his life and business. 
    Learn More about eXp Realty - Click here to watch a quick 7 Minute Intro Video.

    Remember our disclaimer: The materials and content discussed within this podcast are the opinions of Kevin Cottrell and/or the guests interviewed.  This information is intended as general information only for listeners of the podcast. Listeners should conduct their own due diligence and research before making any business decisions. This podcast is produced completely independently of eXp Realty and is not endorsed, funded or otherwise supported by eXp Realty directly or indirectly.  
     
    In this episode
    Being Sceptical about EXP EXP in Nasdaq Market Change Why Join EXP EXP as an Exit Strategy The EXP value proposition Equity and revenue share opportunities Marketplace disruption Due Diligence  Want to Learn More about eXp Realty?
    If you are interested in learning more about eXp, reach out to the person who introduced you to eXp or contact Tom to inquire or ask questions.
    Contact Tom:
    Call at 855 Tom Daves.
    Or email at Tom@TomDavesteam.com.
    Links: www.EXPCloud.com
    Takeway
    The pain the other great mega agents that are coming on board and as well as the alignment with amazing team members that we have. So yeah it all came together at once.



    Transcription
    KEVIN: Welcome back to another episode of EXP explained podcast I am host Kevin Cottrell joining me today from just outside of Sacramento California is Tom Davis. He is the team lead from the Tom Dave's real estate team. If you're in that Keller Williams system you undoubtedly recognize Tom's name in his team's name. They were the number one team for several years running in the Keller Williams system nationwide and Tom runs a business on the team that does multiple hundreds of millions of dollars per year. A very very large business very successful businessman in the real estate business he's been in the business for quite some time. So when I heard that Tom had made the move from Keller Williams as a large multi hundred million dollar producing team I wanted to find out his insight on why he made the decision to join the EXP. What he shared with me, I know he's going to be insightful whether you're a team lead on a smaller team or your team lead on a large team like Tom's including expansion teams. Please stay tuned for my interview with Tom Daves.
    KEVIN: Welcome to the show Tom.
    TOM: Hey Kevin. Thank you.
    KEVIN: Oh I'm looking forward to our conversation. Excited to share your story and talk a little bit about the big change you made over EXP. But before we do that why don't you give us a little of your background. Obviously a lot of our listeners probably know who you are but once you get a little bit of your real estate background talk a little about your business before we dive into the big change here.
    TOM: No I appreciate it. Absolutely. I've actually been in the business for 40 years. Kevin I started when I was 12 at a very young age and started right away and worked with traditional real estate sales and got into management and had a couple of different Remax brokerages and also worked with Oreo's with Flip's, Blackstone private equity team so pretty much seen every single economic cycle and it's been an amazing tour so far. I'm really excited that I'm now at EXP and I always say real estate you know is very very exciting and you can go from the hype of exploitation to the depths of defeat within the same 60 seconds. So it's fun it's exciting and it's all mindset right.
    KEVIN: Absolutely absolutely. So I think the question and

    • 23 min
    Nicki Gregory Joins EXP -EXP Value Proposition, Revenue Share, Equity and Growth Possibility

    Nicki Gregory Joins EXP -EXP Value Proposition, Revenue Share, Equity and Growth Possibility

    In today's we have Nicki Gregory from Amarillo Texas. Nicki was previously with the franchise system first starting as Mom and Pop and further working with keller Williams. As a team leader she runs a real estate team. Nicki talks to us about her decision to move to EXP, why she did, she touches on equity and revenue share and explains how much of a game changer her transition has been to her life and business. 
    Learn More about eXp Realty - Click here to watch a quick 7 Minute Intro Video.

    Remember our disclaimer: The materials and content discussed within this podcast are the opinions of Kevin Cottrell and/or the guests interviewed.  This information is intended as general information only for listeners of the podcast. Listeners should conduct their own due diligence and research before making any business decisions. This podcast is produced completely independently of eXp Realty and is not endorsed, funded or otherwise supported by eXp Realty directly or indirectly.  
     
    In this episode
    EXP as an Exit Strategy The EXP value proposition Equity and revenue share opportunities Marketplace disruption Want to Learn More about eXp Realty?
    If you are interested in learning more about eXp, reach out to the person who introduced you to eXp or contact Nicki to inquire or ask questions.
    Contact Nicki:
    Phone 806 316 4498
    email. Nicki.Gregory@exprealty.com 
    Links: www.EXPCloud.com
    Takeway
    Everyday we say that we're just blown away. We say mind blown every day.  It's been a big blessing for my team and for my family. Now we're happy. Nicki Gregory


    Transcription
    Kevin: Welcome back to another episode of In The Cloud. The EXP Realty Explained Podcast. I am host Kevin Cottrell and joining me today is Nicki Gregory from Amarillo Texas. Nicki was previously with the franchise system and as a team leader she runs a real estate team made the decision to leave the franchise system and join EXP realty. It's going to talk about her decision to do that. What drove it how revenue share and equity in the EXP realty model is making a game changer difference in her business and her family's life and the ability for them to fund some charities they're interested in. I think you'll enjoy the conversation as Nicki shares why she made the decision to join you EXP realty. Stay tuned for my interview with Nicki Gregory. Welcome to the show Nicki.
    Nicki: Hello.
    Kevin: I'm looking forward to chat with you today. For listeners that may not know your name and where you work why don't you give us a little bit of background in terms of her real estate history.
    Nicki: Ok my name's Nicki Gregory and I'm in Amarillo Texas. I went to real estate school in 06 and I did not get my license until 2011. My husband and I flipped houses for landlords and I didn't want to get it until 2011 so I started selling houses for other people at that point. Started as a Mom and Pop here in town. And then I moved over to KW in 2012 and I've just been selling ever since.
    Kevin: We've actually had a couple of people on the podcast that started out in the investor side flipping property and working on that side of the business and that went into residential production. So let me just ask you some questions about your business because I know a lot of people listening to this will be real estate agents. Do you have a team. Are you an individual agent and kind of volume do you have.
    Nicki: I do. I have a team here. The Red Door group and we do about around 10 or 11 million.
    Kevin: Excellent. So you mentioned that you were with Keller Williams most recently before joining EXP. What led you to the decision to take a look at the EXP tell me about how that happened.
    Nicki: I kind of you know you start thinking should I look elsewhere or should I be looking at other options actually really exit strategy was probably the biggest thing that was coming into play with conversations with my husband and I and so we have a friend who does some mission work in Thailan

    • 29 min

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