Send us a Text Message.Greg Rand brings his dynamic views on what it takes to succeed under any market, and all things in life that need the right mindset to overcome. Greg shares some awesome stories that relate to having a fearless mentality when faced with diversity and danger. Greg gained perspective from a family member who is a fire fighter and how they mentally prepare to run into burning buildings. Why is this story relevant?Because with all things in life, be it real estate, or not, we have to face all kinds of situations. When we can find a way to gain perspective and overcome diversity when faced with danger, or faced with call reluctance, or being rejected from a buyer or seller, is when we gain the edge in life. Mental strength conquers all fears, and the fear of failing is understood and embraced, because it will strengthen our resolve when working with tough clients or situations that arise that need that extra capacity to overcome and land at a successful outcome. This episode is a must listen and will give you many great things to takeaway to gain the edge needed in this marketplace and in the world we live in today."LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.Overview In this episode of the Strive 4 Five Podcast, we sit down with the highly successful and esteemed entrepreneur, Agent Jose Herrera. He takes us on a journey through his remarkable career, sharing valuable insights, systems, and approaches that have contributed to his achievements in business. Joined by co-hosts Wendy English and Ruth Rivera, and a special appearance by Lead Director Chris Sneed, we delve into the key principles that have propelled Agent Herrera's success and explore the secrets to building a thriving business."LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.In this engaging podcast episode, we sit down with a seasoned trainer from Coldwell Banker University (CBU) to explore the training and tools available to agents on the CBU tile found in “DESK”. Discover how CBU's innovative training pathways empower agents to reach new heights in their careers. We will also talk about a cool tracker that helps you track your progress along the way. Did you know that agents who attend CBU Learning Center courses earned 10% more listings, 15% more closed units and 21% higher sales volume compared to agents who do not. Discover powerful programs, virtual training and self-paced options designed to help you throughout your career - with topics like maximizing productivity, business-building and lead generation and conversion.  Join us! We delve into the secrets of success and uncover the strategies that set Coldwell Banker agents apart in the real estate industry "LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.Don't miss out on this episode featuring Natalie Gallo, Director of Business and Development, as she shares the exciting launch of Anywhere Insurance Agency formerly known as Realogy Insurance. With real-life scenarios that have devastating impacts on homeowners, this episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to provide the best consultation for their clients.By bundling primary services like GRA Mortgage, Anywhere Insurance, American Home Shield Warranty, and Title services, Coldwell Banker Realty provides a one-stop shopping experience that will give you the firepower to win against your competitors.So, listen to this episode and learn how to create a talk track that emphasizes your value, the value of our company, and the better real estate experience that clients will receive when working with you and Coldwell Banker Realty. Don't wait, hit play now and take advantage of this opportunity to stay ahead in the game!https://www.anywhereinsurance.re/"LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.Jennifer Roberts fell in love with Central New Jersey when she and her husband were looking to buy a home to escape from the fast-paced New York City lifestyle.Instantly, Jennifer and her husband found everything they were looking for in Central NJ - history, culture, diversity, fantastic restaurants, farmers markets, ample outdoor activities, and proximity to NYC & Philly. Jennifer's love for helping people truly shines through her outlook on real estate transactions. Learn from a relationship focused agent who shares her creative and special touches that win clients for life. This episode is filled with the passion that Jennifer brings everyday throughout the entire process of working with clients.She is an expert at objection handling and working with all kinds of situations that arise during the process of helping clients buy and sell their homes. YOU will be inspired after listening to Jennifer’s love of what she does!!"LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.We are excited to kickoff our "Agent Success Series", hearing from Agents across the United States, sharing their tips, strategies, and stories that landed them into a successful real estate business. Our first guest, Hugo Araujo, from Chicago, IL, associated with Coldwell Banker back in 2017, and stated that he needed leads, and coaching to help build his business.  He came to Coldwell Banker from another brokerage where he was closing around a million in production yearly, and over 3 years with our leads program, coaching, and the great tools and leadership at Coldwell Banker, closed out 2020 with 12M in sales!Hugo is an example of the "ideal" lead’s agent, who understands speed to lead, working every opportunity that comes his way, does not cherry pick, and works a larger geographic area. Hugo looks at every person that he meets as an opportunity to build his sphere, through the lifetime of referrals each lead will bring. As I look back over the past few years, I affectionately remember Hugo asking how far Naperville, IL, a suburb outside of the downtown Chicago Market…I said only about 25 miles and Hugo said have opportunity, will travel!....and there my friends was the beginning of a journey to a 12M dollar production 3 years after his association.  Understanding that any company lead offers another way to build your sphere, keeping your pipeline full, and making money. Hear in this episode, Hugo's humble beginnings using his previous experience to apply to his start in real estate!Its a great story, get ready to take notes, enjoy!! "LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.The “STRIVE 4 FIVE” Podcast broadcasted its first episode in March of 2022.Over the year we had a total of 10 different episodes with top agents nationwide, sharing their success stories, and how they developed different skills, tips, strategies, and core activities that propelled them forward. We also featured top leadership guests from Ryan Gorman, Kate Rossi, and Greg Rand, and Guaranteed Rate Affinity.   My two co-hosts, Wendy English, and Ruth Rivera, along with myself feature some great discussions in this episode around some of the many takeaways from 2022 and just how valuable this was in support of our agent centric culture at Coldwell Banker. Lastly, you will get a sneak peek at the new "Agent Success Series" getting ready to roll out within the week. This will consist of episodes from successful agents, sharing their stories, and insights bringing transparency to what they are doing in the toughest of times and a look back at their journeys to build a winning strategy to overcome and stay consistent in higher lead conversion. A big thank you all our guests nationwide. my two co-hosts, in addition to our 9 Lead Directors and our Leader Nathan Garza, for making the “STRIVE 4 FIVE” Podcast a great success!    "LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.This episode features Damon DiBari, VP of Mortgage Lending for Guaranteed Rate Affinity. This episode is part 2 of the Greg Rand Episode 9 and is based on the competitive advantage you have in this highly competitive marketplace by offering our additional services in mortgage, title, and insurance. Guaranteed Rate has products like the 2/1 Buydown, and more, that will motivate hesitant buyers due to higher interest rates. Damon breaks it down in this episode so you will see how these products are attractive to hesitant buyers. Any advantage you have going into 2023 will serve you well to compete and bring buyers back in the new year. If you missed the Greg Rand Episode, click here for a listen. He shares great insights on how consumers are motivated and how they make decisions based on many factors.  Factors you should know and take advantage of to convert more transactions!Take a listen to both, you will see clearly how Coldwell Banker is positioning to win!If you missed the Greg Rand Episode, click here for a listen.https://www.buzzsprout.com/1926105/11884556"LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.In this episode, you will hear from Greg Rand, Regional Executive VP, Coldwell Banker Realty, Central Region with such vision and insight that will propel you into a competitive advantage for the new year!Greg plays a key role in developing strategic plans that include innovative and dynamic approaches to the business. Find out through Greg's vision and the competitive position he is instrumental in the "One Stop Shopping" philosophy,  making it easy for the consumers to experience a seamless transaction. You will  hang on every word in this episode that Greg shares in such great detail!Enjoy!"LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.Today’s show will feature discussions from 3 Top Producers, Kendra Jenkins-Allotey, Atlanta, GA, Jeff Wagner, South Easton, MA, and Efrain Reyes, Orlando, FL.We produced this show so our audience can hear from agents from different parts of the country, offering ideas and solutions to building a successful real estate business into the New Year. What you will hear, is how all 3 share different ways on how they run their business, and yet, all 3 deploy some of the basics in Core Activities that keep them on track throughout the year. There is a lot of great takeaways in marketing ideas, business planning, managing your business day to day, staying top of mind, and most importantly, staying with a positive mindset through the toughest markets. Great ready for a great thought-provoking show!"LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.This episode is an interview with Scott Tucker, Web Lead's Director, Real Estate Coach and Author of "The Best Time Management Guide: Life by Design, Not by Default".There are so many great stories, insights and how you can design a life you want to live avoiding the common pitfalls we tend to fall into when we do not manage our time and lives accordingly. You will hear from Scott how he was motivated to write this book, coming from a personal place and with time on his hands back when Covid hit, he decided to utilize that opportunity to share his life experiences both personally and professionally to create a great read, and inspiration to evaluate if we are at the place we want to be in the life we want to live. Yes, time management always factors into our daily lives, but it is understanding that we have little time while we are here and learning how to prioritize what is important each day will lead us to living a more fulfilling life.This book can be purchased through ****our website at www.coachauthors.com or on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other popular book websites.  We currently have Free Shipping on CoachAuthors.com for you. "LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.We are pleased to announce that our 6th episode is now live and ready for your listening education. So much great information and YOU will find out about how Kate Rossi, Eastern Regional Vice President, started her career with Coldwell Banker and built a multi-million-dollar listing business The saying, “List to Last”. is so true, yet over 50% of agents have never had a listing. And the staggering fact that 87% of agents who start the business, go out of business, in their first year. This episode will bring light on how to start winning listings, regardless if you are new or tenured in the business. Kate’s insights are direct and extremely informational on how she did it. If you want to build a listing business, this is a must listen to episode. "LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.View From the Top Interview with M. Ryan Gorman, CEO - Coldwell Banker is loaded with great insight and perspective. We dig into discussions around market challenges, how to  tune-out the negative news headlines about market conditions and staying focused on delivering 5 star service to make a difference. We even find out a little more about who Ryan is outside of CEO and what the M. Stands for in M. Ryan Gorman.As the CEO and leader of Coldwell Banker, Ryan's gift in  being a strong communicator makes this episode easy to follow ,  to understand,  and relatable regardless if you are new to the business or tenured. He shares his insights on how to navigate the low inventory challenges and overcoming buyer hesitations with rising rates.Ryan  shares his wisdom and experience about the future of real estate, and the importance that company generated leads, coaching and overall leadership provides in driving success.   "LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.If you are currently struggling with the market challenges or want to learn what some of your fellow agents are doing to succeed, this episode is for you!Rise of the Phoenix is about 2 agents who struggled early on in their real estate business and found ways to utilize the many resources available to them to get back on track at Coldwell Banker. We all have experienced the "ebb and flow" of the real estate business brought on by market changes, from low inventory, rising rates, technology, and the many other factors that require us to make changes to stay a step or two ahead. What you will hear in this episode, in part, are two industry professionals, who had some of the same challenges, but the common denominator of focus and drive, led them to build a successful and sustainable business. From the ashes came two very successful agent outcomes. Their stories will motivate and inspire to look at your business and what you might need to do to get back on track.. YOU won't want to miss this opportunity to be motivated and to consider a reset and/or realignment of your current business model to successfully tackle the current challenges in the world today."LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.What an awe inspiring story on how one agent, Jo Ann Bauer, from Scottsdale, AZ, found her way from a career in broadcasting to real estate.She shares  how her leap of faith into a new career brought on many new challenges and realizations that pushed her to find deeper faith and focus on finding her way to a sustainable business model.Her story is relatable and will touch each of us with experiences that we might have overcome and or will encounter  in the very near future.Her insights are real world application, with creative solutions and mindset that will make a difference.Thinking outside of the box, being authentic, getting comfortable being uncomfortable are just a few things that you will encounter in this episode!Enjoy, you are about to embark on a story that will move your through many emotions!Podcast Host and Creator: Scott Allgood-Web Leads Director, Chicago IL, WI, IN, MI, MN and OHGuest Co-Host: Chris Sneed-Web Leads Director, AZ & TXI started my Real Estate career in February, 2015 on a traditional team. After 5 months of that I quickly realized that if I wanted to build my own business I needed to be on my own. I moved to Coldwell Banker that summer and quickly joined the Zip Realty leads group. I became one of the top converting agents in my metro within the first year, made International Sterling Society in my second year, and International Diamond Society in my third year.Real Estate, for me, has been amazing! It is one of the only careers I know of where you can be a business owner with little to no money out of pocket and the ceiling is endless as far as how much money you can make………You just have to be willing to put the work in!Guest: Jo Ann Bauer- Real Estate Agent-Scottsdale, AZAny views or opinions represented on the podcast are personal and belong solely to the Creator and do not represent those of people, institutions or organizations that the Creator may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company or individual. "LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.Jonathan Smith is our expert guest this episode. Jonathan is a Senior Vice President with Guaranteed Rate Affinity. He operates out of the Coldwell Banker Realty offices in Winter Springs and Sand Lake, FL.As a 21-year veteran of the mortgage industry Jonathan represents the many GRA Affinity Loan Officers nationwide as he shares the partner benefits for Coldwell Banker Agents.The competitive nature of our business today requires a good strategy for getting offers accepted. Listen in and learn how a program Guaranteed Rate Affinity offers called The "Power Bid" helps your buyer win in this challenging market.That is the tip of the iceberg, listen in to this fast paced, informative, and entertaining episode for a look behind the curtain at the mortgage side of the real estate business. How will the episode impact you as an agent? The more you know impacts your ability to help clients and grow your business. Learn more at: https://www.grarate.com/Podcast Host: Scott AllgoodGuest Co-Hosts: Ruth Rivera & Wendy EnglishAny views or opinions represented on the podcast are personal and belong solely to the Creator and do not represent those of people, institutions or organizations that the Creator may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company or individual. “Equal Housing Lender. Subject to Credit Approval. NMLS ID# 196479Company NMLS ID 1598647, NMLSConsumeraccess.org,  State License Numbers: FL - LO1469 - MLD1480 Coldwell Banker and Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC share common ownership and because of this relationship the brokerage may receive a financial or other benefit. You are not required to use Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC as a condition of purchase or sale of any real estate. PowerBid Approval (the “Approval”) is contingent upon receipt of executed sales contract, an acceptable appraisal supporting value, valid hazard insurance policy, and a re-review of your financial condition. Guaranteed Rate, Inc. reserves the right to revoke this Approval at any time if there is a change in your financial condition or credit history which would impair your ability to repay this obligation and/or if any information contained your application is untrue, incomplete or inaccurate. Receipt of an application does not represent an approval for financing or interest rate guarantee. Not all applicants will be approved for financing. Restrictions may apply, contact Guaranteed Rate for current rates and for more information.  "LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"

Send us a Text Message.Sam Rosengarten is our featured real estate agent, hailing from our Northbrook, IL office, serving the Greater Chicagoland Area. Sam is originally from the sunny skies of Miami Beach Florida. He has 22 years in real estate with dual reciprocity in both Florida and Illinois. Sam shares his reasons for being in real estate is based on his love of the competition, the art of negotiations and being able to assist buyers and sellers through a successful transaction. Sam is a "glass half full' and will share his energy on this show which will inspire and motivate us all as he shares his story of his successful real estate practice!You won't want to miss this!"LEADERS WITH 5-STAR SERVICE"