The Agent Podcast Raymond Sjolseth

Meet Mark Ritter. A credit union based lender with an amazing insight into real estate investor solutions.

Here's a snapshot of our conversation:

So, you know, one of the differences in that we see out there, I, I'm going to kind of lift up the covers of the financial institutions today. Nobody. Even credit unions, but particularly banks, nobody ever says, we're not lending today, but there's a lot of lenders behind the scenes who are saying, we're not lending today. 

And what they do is they raise the interest rates or tighten the box to make it so they're not lending. And that really comes down to one thing and it, and it's not demand for loans. It's liquidity concerns. You know, and some people put a cover on it like, oh, we're concerned about the marketplace, we're concerned about this. 

No, they, they're concerned about their own liquidity.  

Listen in and learn friends. A credit union may actually be the local solution you need.

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Mark's website: WEB 

Meet Stuart Sim. 

Stuart is 20-year technology veteran with the last 12 years focused on Real Estate Technology. He recently joined Chime Technologies Inc. as Head of Industry Development to help build strong Real Estate relationships & partnerships.

We dive into technology, what brand building means, why people are overwhelmed by CRM's and so much more.

Thanks Stuart for a fun conversation and sharing your knowledge with us.

Connect with Stuart here.

Meet Karly Worth.

Karly is an investment agent 2+ years in! She made 6 figures her first year and got her first two deals under contract in 6 days with no training in the heat of Covid! She found her niche in investment real estate! Her focus is mostly off market transactions.

She has side hustles like lending money to flippers for a strong annual return and balloon payment at the end. she is getting her mortgage license, and runs her own virtual personal training business. 

Karly started in the fitness space and transitioned into being a fulltime power agent serving investors and creating opportunity. She is based in TX DFW area.

Listen and learn friends. She is a force and keeps it simple. YOU can too...

Thank you, Karly for a great conversation and sharing with us.

Meet Karly: Karly Worth

Meet Diane Konkin.

Diane Konkin is the Founder and CEO of Advanced Mind Health, a virtual, no-repeat client therapy practice, specializing in helping high-profile professionals eliminate self-sabotage thought patterns and substance habits in only 1-3 sessions with a 99% success rate. 

Diane is a Rapid Transformation Therapist. Otherwise known as RTT pioneered by Marissa Peer. What Diane does is help her clients create an alignment between their operating system, which is their subconscious mind and their conscious mind, which is what they actually want for themselves, want in life, and want to do.

Diane works with her clients to find the root cause and start to reframe and transform it, then that's when they start feeling freedom. That's the magic.

We dive into transformation, challenges, how the mind actually works and so much more.

Thank you, Diane for an incredible conversation and sharing your expertise with us.

Connect with Diane: Diane Konkin

Meet Alex Young.

What if you had $6 in your bank account?

What if you were donating plasma to put gas in your car?

What if you could not provide for those you love?

Alex was to a point where he had two choices. He had to leave his real estate career that his wife had supported him through for the first year and a half with encouragement, love and faith and go back to a nine to five job, which wasn't off the table OR double down on knowing that he could do better and use being backed into that corner.

He chose his power and jumped in.

Listen in to an inspiring story of rebound, courage and taking ownership of business, self and your environment.

Thanks, Alex. For an incredible conversation.

Meet Alex: The Bowtie Group

Meet Kaleb Monroe. From Cutco to Custom Homes, Kaleb has been tearing up the real estate scene in Houston, Texas.

Kaleb and I dive into:


Creating your real estate business
Lead Generation
Serving your clients
Building a team
The power of just STARTING

This episode is PACKED with awesomeness. Kaleb's logo is a buffalo. Here's why:

The essence of it is that if a herd of cows sees a storm coming, they typically tuck and run the opposite direction.

If an ostrich sees a storm coming, it'll probably dig its head into the dirt and then completely ignore the storm even being there. But they'll still get rained on. And if a buffalo sees a storm coming, or herd of buffalo sees a storm coming, they'll typically turn toward the storm and then run directly to it simply because they feel like this is the fastest way that they'll be able to get through that.

Listen in friends.

Kaleb, thank YOU for an incredible conversation man!

Meet Kaleb: Go here