In today’s episode, I’m joined by St Louis brokerage leader, Jill Butler. Jill runs a two-location brokerage with 175 agents, a large community she successfully led through the uncertainty of the last 12 months. Covid forced so much change on our...

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Today on The Kevin and Fred show, I’m joined by founder of Club Wealth Coaching and Consulting, Michael Hellickson. Club Wealth is one of the nation’s top coaching companies in the team and brokerage space. His passion for coaching came out of the...

CoStar is inching closer to acquiring CoreLogic: Report   eXp World Holdings announces a 2-for-1 stock split   Zillow predicts a 21% increase in home sales, the most recorded since 2005

Zillow's IDX is live  Economists weigh in on how a modest rise in rates will play out in 2021

In today’s episode, we’re joined by entrepreneur, speaker, author, real estate agent and CEO. Ben has been a long-term friend and supporter of ours, and there’s so much we can learn from him. With $50 million in commissions and 5085 transactions...

Compass officially files paperwork to go public   Zillow CEO Rich Barton is still the most 'powerful' person in real estate

In today’s episode of the Kevin and Fred show, I’m joined by real estate powerhouse, leader and entrepreneur, kwELITE CEO, Jeff Cohn. Throughout his real estate career Jeff has broken several records, including running one of the fastest growing...

In today’s episode of the Kevin and Fred show, I’m joined by Denver real estate and mortgage entrepreneur, Daniel Dixon. It’s been great to see Daniel grow his business and forge a different path and the incredible success he’s been able to...

In today’s episode, I’m joined by entrepreneur, real estate investor and founder and CEO of the Rastegar Property Company, Ari Rastegar. With investments in 38 cities, 12 states, and 7 different asset classes, Ari has a unique perspective on the...

Quotes    Coaching companies have become so prevalent in our industry because of the abdication by the broker of the training of the people in their organizations. -Kelley Skar     Even though real estate is a hyper-local...

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Canadian agent Kelley Skar. There are so many parallels between Kelley’s journey in real estate and our own journey, from the early wins, to a book that completely changed the trajectories of our businesses, to...

MBA: Forbearance rate holds, but exits are slowing   After , the U.S.  rate, measuring the share of mortgages with suspended payments, remained unchanged from the week prior at 5.54%, according to the Mortgage Bankers...

In this episode, I’m joined by real estate investor, Katy Klesitz. This year alone, she bought 52 single family rental properties in two midwest markets all from her home out-of-state. She put a remote investing strategy in place, which allows her...

In this episode of the Kevin and Fred Show, I’m joined by Garrett Maroon, a real estate team leader who has built a highly successful business through systematic relationship-building and referrals. What makes him unique is that his business thrives...

In today’s episode of the Kevin and Fred show, Gary Vee returns for another great conversation. Today, we talk about the lessons we should be learning from what’s going on right now. It’s clear that our world is never going back to the way it...

Kleard launches self-touring tech for rentals Kleard's third app for both iOS and Android clears the way for landlords to allow aspiring tenants to tour rental listings unaccompanied    is a personal identification software app that ensures...

Q3 Financial Highlights

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Chris Sauerzopf, an entrepreneur who is tackling a very urgent and serious problem our industry is facing, wire fraud. His wire fraud elimination tool is going to MAJORLY change our industry for the better. About...

Rate lock data suggests $4 trillion in 2020 mortgage origination volume   New rate lock data suggests 2020 will end with over $4 trillion in mortgage origination volume, easily a record.   The data, from , shows that rate lock activity...

In this episode, I’m joined by our good friend and partner Andrew Franklin. The Franklin Team has found massive success with their core business, with a volume of 1500 transactions and $500 million. They’ve created partnerships with production...

Highlights from the Black Knight Mortgage Monitor's first look at September's mortgage data Homesnap launches AI-powered tool that predicts days on market    

Guild Mortgage’s announces that the company will be going public. Builder confidence breaks previous 35-year record high Real estate startup takes aim at new construction market

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Karen Cooper, a team leader and coach whose real estate career spans 18 years. She has navigated the real estate rollercoaster, from working as a managing broker, to running a real estate operation that is...