Craig Brody is both a successful real estate agent at Douglas Elliman as well as an experienced liquor salesman & businessman, growing up working in sales at his family liquor company. He is currently promoting his 2 new ventures, Beach Juice alcoholic seltzer, and Calirosa Tequila. So I told Craig to come over, we can sample the new beverages and chat real estate.Follow Craig on Instagram: @BrodyRealEstateFollow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP

Dan Rubin comes over to have a conversation about how he went from having no construction background to house hacking his first multi-family property with the help of Home Depot, and how that experience lead to a decade of developing condos in and around the greater Boston area. Dan and I discuss his new goal of building larger buy-and-hold projects in opportunity zones, as well as what's going in and out of style with construction these days.Follow Dan on Instagram: @Dan.And.RayFollow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP

Have you ever thought about the craziest client you've ever worked with? Here's the story of my craziest client, and it turned out, I wasn't the only agent in town who had worked with this person...

Suzanne Koller has been in this business for roughly 2 decades, and even before she had a team she was already calling her business Suzanne & Company. Over the last 20 years, Suzanne has built her team from scratch, hitting plenty of speed bumps and painful life lessons along the way, and came out on the other end with one of the most successful teams in Massachusetts. Last year Suzanne & Company was the #11 selling team in the state, selling 159 homes worth a total of $139M in sales volume.Follow Suzanne & Co on Instagram: @SuzAndCoFollow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP

Shannon Lavin has had a very successful career thus far in Boston real estate, where she’s already been part of 2 major condo developments, including The Echelon, Boston’s largest condo development to date! We get into all of that, what it’s like to work on a development of that size, what goes on behind the scenes, and what she’s focusing on for the future.Follow Shannon on Instagram: @ShannonLavinFollow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP

Compass President Neda Navab discusses how spending time in both Iran and Rwanda when she was younger shaped her outlook on life, what it was like to work as Robert Reffkin’s chief of staff when she first joined Compass, and her journey from that position to her current position as President of the company. We dive into the tools that Compass offers their agents, where the company has its biggest strengths, but we also discuss where Compass has some big weaknesses and where Compass still needs improvement.Follow Neda on Instagram: @NNavabFollow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP

Randy Horn, AKA, Real Estate Randy has built his entire business on repeat and referral clients, it's close to 100% of his business at this point. Instead of spending money on leads and advertising, he doubles down on his clients and his sphere, building out those relationships. We dig into that on this episode, as well as discuss his journey to becoming a Realtor Magazine 30 under 30.Follow Randy on Instagram: @RealEstateRandyFollow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP

Amit Bhuta has been selling real estate for nearly 2 decades in the greater Miami area. He’s always been big on supporting other agents, coaching other agents, helping them when they have a question, and not just local in his office but nationally, on various message boards and social media. So it comes to no surprise that agent-to-agent referrals have become a big part of his business. But how big? Since Amit has joined Compass in 2018, he has brought in over $1M in commission from agent to agent referrals, alone. And that’s only a part of his business model.Follow Amit on Instagram: @AmitBhutaFollow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP

Eric Dungy grew up in the world of football, played football in college, but when it was time to make a career change, Eric decided he wanted to try his hand at Real Estate. Combining his love for football and real estate, he’s made a career working with athletes & entertainers and more recently has become the official realtor of the Tampa Bay Bucs.Follow Eric on Instagram: @EricDungyFollow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP

Nicole Blanchard is the co-founder of 617Living, the #1 rental team in Massachusetts by dollar volume and transactions since 2015, according to MLS. In this episode, Nicole maps out how she and her 617Living co-founder, Dan built their team, and how they’ve fully leased some of Boston’s largest luxury rental buildings.Follow Nicole on Instagram: @617_nicoleFollow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP