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A Top 5% Globally Ranked Real Estate Agent Podcast for Top Performing Realtors of Faith Who Want Proven Systems to Sell More Homes and Make More Money Without Burnout or Sacrificing Their Family.Do you feel forced to choose between building a successful real estate business and being fully present in the areas of life that matter most? Are you a high-performing Christian realtor feeling worn down by the real estate grind—trying to follow God while the industry pushes hustle at all costs? Does your business look great on paper, but your work-life balance and peace at home feel off?I’...
313 | What Agents Get Wrong About Social Media (and the Simple Fix) with Expert Ellen Nichols
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With 50.6K Instagram followers and nearly 20 years of marketing experience, Ellen Nichols, founder of The Simple Agent, knows a thing or two about building a successful social media presence.
But her advice to real estate agents might surprise you.
You don't need to post every day, chase viral videos, or spend hour...
312 | Can AI Actually Help Real Estate Agents Build Better Relationships? with Ben Love and John Michael Perez
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Can AI actually help us build deeper relationships, or is it slowly replacing the human connection that makes real estate work?
AI is changing the way we do business, and for real estate agents, the opportunities seem endless. But just because technology allows us to do more doesn't necessarily mean we're doing the righ...
311 | Price, Presentation, Patience: How to Lead Sellers in Today's Tough Market
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Mortgage rates jumped, showings dried up, and I'm living it right now as a seller in one of the strangest housing markets I've seen in 13 years. If you're a real estate agen...
310 | Can You Be Ambitious and Surrendered to God in Real Estate? w/ Nick Harris
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What happens when you finally reach the level of success you thought would make you feel successful—and it doesn’t?
Nick Harris sold 121 homes in a single year...
309 | The Gathering Recap and Reflect with Janet Brinck
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"God doesn't count, He weighs." Two weeks after The Gathering, that line is still rattling around in our heads, and it might change how you measure your business too.
The Gathering is in the books, and this week we're recapping what God did in that room. Garrett, Cole, and Janet look back at the conference for...
308 | How to Ramp Up Your Real Estate Business Quickly
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79% of real estate agents haven't sold a single house this year. If you're a new agent, or an experienced agent whose production isn't where it needs to be, this episode is for you. Garrett and Cole sit down for another short, tactical episode on one question: how do you ramp up your real estate business quickly without sacr...
307 | How to Talk to a Seller Whose Home Isn't Selling (Handling Price Reductions as a Realtor)
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It's not our job to appease them and not do the right thing. It's not our job to put Band-Aids on stuff." What if the most faithful thing you can do for a seller is tell them something they don't want to hear? Here's how to have the tough conversations with your seller when it's time for a pr...
306 | How to Become the Person Capable of Creating the Life You Want with Pauly Domenech
Success is simple. It's also boring. And that's exactly why most agents quit right before it starts to compound.
Everybody wants the version of success where you wake up, do one thing really well one time, and boom — you're a top producer. That's not real. That's not how it works for me, and it's not how it worked for a jiu-jitsu world champion and Ironman athlete who sold his first 100 homes off pure referrals — zero open houses, zero cold calling, zero paid leads.
You know what actually got him there? The most boring, ungl...
305 | The Script That Helps Buyers Stop Waiting and Start Moving (Despite Their 2.5% Interest Rate)
I just wrote an email to my database on this topic that got me 3 referrals! Email me if you want the exact template I sent. You can send exactly what I said to your database. Just add at the top, “An agent I know sent this out and I thought you may find it helpful.”
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304 | Does Social Media Matter for Real Estate Agents? w/ Janet Brinck
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"90% of people on social media are lurkers who'll never comment, so why do agents obsess over followers instead of the right ones?"
Is social media actually nece...
303 | Time Management Tips You Haven't Heard Before: The HEART Method for a Sustainable Real Estate Business w/ Anna Dearmon Kornick
"Work expands to fill the time available." That's Parkinson's Law, and it's the reason most real estate agents can't protect a single hour on their calendar — not their quiet time, not date night, not even a three-hour mastermind. In this episode, national time management coach Anna Dearmon Kornick breaks down why your calendar isn't the problem, your clarity is.
Anna walks Garrett, Cole, and the listener through a simple exercise: imagine standing a year from now, fully proud of what you've built — then work backward to identify what had to be true to get there. That vision, pair...
302 | How to Work with Investors To Do More Deals and Generate Consistent Listing Leads with Ben Deal
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Guess who's buying no matter what the market does? Investors don't care about interest rates, they don't care what's happening geopolitically — they're always buying. So why are most agents still...
301 | The 5 Ways Agents Sabotage Their Own Success (And How to Stop) w/ Jenifer Morin
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Self-sabotage doesn't feel like sabotage. It feels like busywork, comparison, and "waiting for the market to change." Jennifer Morin joins Garrett to expose the five sneaky ways agents undermine thei...
300 | Is Prayer a Lead Generation Strategy? with Janet Brinck
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Prayer isn't a substitute for the work. But the work was never meant to happen without prayer.
Is prayer a lead generation strategy? It's a question that...
299 | From Rock Bottom to Rebuilt: God's Faithfulness in Tanner Helm's Story
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He weighed 340 pounds, was $100K+ in debt, unemployed, and sitting in the shower crying, thinking about not being here anymore. Then a random Bible verse notification on his watch snapped him...
298 | How to Navigate Today's Real Estate Market (What Top Agents Are Doing Differently)
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Mortgage applications just fell two weeks in a row, even with rates coming down. Buyers are picky. Sellers are still living in 2021. And somewhere in the middle is you, trying to h...
TOP REPLAY | Discover the Key to Unwavering Faith (Even in Real Estate) with Janet Brinck
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In light of last week's roundtable discussion with Janet Brinck, we're replaying her first episode on the show — a well-loved conversation about God's faithfulness in her real estate journey.
Janet opens up about a season of her life that looked polished on the outside...
297 | Priority Isn't Plural: A Roundtable Discussion on Time, Trust & Surrender with Janet Brinck
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For 500 years, the word "priority" only ever meant one thing — the first thing. Then somewhere along the way we pluralized it, and convinced ourselves we could have several "first things" at once. In this roundtable episode, Garrett and Cole are joined by their good friend Janet B...
296 | Do You Have an Exit Strategy? How to Build Passive Income with Rebekah Taylor
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Have you ever been to a real estate agent's retirement party? The running joke is that there isn't one; they just keep selling until they can't. In this episode of The Faithful Agent, Cole and I sit down with Rebekah Taylor — passive income strategist, co-founder of MachSpeed Lending, and the American Apartment Owners Association's 2024 Best Passive Income Expert — to ask the question most agents avoid: what's your exit strategy?
As a realtor...
295 | 80 Deals a Year, Zero Sundays Worked: How Shae Spitz Built Freedom Into Her Business
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - I am ecstatic to introduce my new co-host Cole Ordiway, a fellow realtor and great buddy of mine. Cole brings a rare mix to the show: a coach's instinct for asking the questions you didn't know you needed answered, and a fresh, faith-driven perspective that pushes every conversation deeper (plus a few Christian dad jokes of his own). I'm so excited to welcome Cole to the show; he'll make it sharper, more practical, and a whole lot more fun for every agent trying to grow a business without losing their faith, family, or peace.
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294 | Departure, Arrival, Destiny: The D.A.D. Framework Every Real Estate Agent Needs w/ Christian Santiago
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What if the thing holding back your business isn't your lead gen, your systems, or your skill set — but a quiet belief that you don't actually deserve to succeed?
This week's guest came on to talk about AI. The Lord had other plans. Christian Santiago is an AI strategist and marketing systems operator who's spent over a decade building lead generation and revenue systems behind major real estate brands and high-growth busines...
293 | The Real Estate Freedom Formula: Work Less, Earn More, Miss Nothing w/ Jason Shinpaugh
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What if the thing you built to give you freedom is the very thing trapping you? That's the question Jason Shinpaugh had to face after years of building a high-producing real estate team — complete with four ISAs, multiple listing partners, a full ops staff, and six-figure overhead. From the outside, it looked like success. From the inside, he was broke, broken, and falling asleep in a chair while his family had dinner without him.
292 | How to Sell More Homes by Referral (Part 2)
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Haven't listened to Part 1? Check that out first!
Most real estate agents want a referral-based business. They just don't have a system for it — and good intentions without structure will always lose to life, busyness, and distraction.
In Part 2...
Quick Cut | Control Your Day Until Noon…The 3 Secrets To Managing Your Schedule in a Chaotic Industry
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Most real estate agents end their workday exhausted, wondering where the time went — and with almost nothing meaningful to show for it. The culprit isn't laziness. It's reactivity. In this Quick Cut, Garrett breaks down the simple three-part morning framework he followed for yea...
291 | How to Sell More Homes by Referral (Part 1)
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75% of real estate transactions come through relationships. Yet most agents spend 80% of their time chasing strangers. Something doesn't add up. In part one of this two-part series, Garrett makes the case for why your database — not Zillow, not cold calls, not the next sh...
Quick Cut | You Will Never Win That Race… Until You Run YOUR Race
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What if your biggest business problem isn't that you're working too hard — it's that you're working as the wrong person? In this Quick Cut, Garrett opens with a simple question: who wins in a race between a Lamborghini and a nine-passenger van? The ans...
290 | Failing Forward: The Four Steps That Turn Your Worst Moments Into Your Greatest Growth w/ Dawn Cazedessus
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Have you ever had a season where you're doing everything right, but still quietly wondering... am I going to make it? Maybe a deal fell through. Maybe the leads dried up. Maybe you're just tired. This episode is for that version of you. Dawn Cazedessus has le...
Quick Cut | Affinity Groups: The Secret to Building a Business You Actually Enjoy
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What if the secret to a bigger business wasn't better scripts, a new CRM, or another lead source — but just becoming more fully yourself? In this Quick Cut, Garrett unpacks the concept of affinity groups: a simple, organic strategy for building community, trust, and referrals around the things you already love to do.
Garrett shares real stories from agent...
289 | What If Clients Trusted You Before You Ever Picked Up the Phone? The Simple Way to Grow Your Business w/ Nick Woodard
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What if the most powerful marketing strategy available to real estate agents right now costs less than a dinner out and doesn't require a single cold call? That's exactly what Nashville-based realtor Nick Woodard has been quietly proving for the last several years.
Nick is a 22-year veteran serving the greater Nashville market, a consistent top 5% producer, and the host of the 615 Podcast — a local community show built around meaningful conversations with in...
Quick Cut | Stop Copying Other Agents: The Framework You Need to Create an Authentic Real Estate Business
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Are you building a business that actually fits you — or one you think you're supposed to have?
In this Quick Cut, Garrett breaks down a simple but powerful five-step fr...
288 | Define Success Before It Defines You (What Real Estate Agents Get Wrong About Winning)
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What happens when you spend years chasing a definition of success that was never yours to begin with? In this solo episode, Garrett sits down for a direct, conviction-filled conversation about one of the most dangerous traps in real es...
Quick Cut | What the Bible Says about the Comparison Trap for Real Estate Agents
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Join Garrett as he sits down for a solo reflection straight from his personal quiet time — sharing the full text of the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32) and unpacking what it has to say to Christian real estate ag...
287 | The 4 Box Framework That Will Change Your Real Estate Business
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Are you building your real estate business by design — or by accident?
Most agents don't wake up one day and decide to be overwhelmed. It happens gradually. Someone at a conference says you should be doing open houses. A top agent in your office swears by cold calling. You see a Christian entrepreneur...
Quick Cut | Ask a Better Question, Build a Bigger, Better Real Estate Business
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What if the thing holding you back isn't your schedule, your health, or your season of life — but what you've been told success has to look like?
In this Quick Cut, Garrett shares a story about the time when an agent stopped him mid-training with five words that revealed everything: "I just can't d...
286 | What Should You Actually Be Spending Time on as a Real Estate Agent?
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"A lot of what you're doing is only important in your head."
If real estate feels like both a blessing and a burden, this episode will hit close to home. So many agents are trying to scale a real estate business while feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, and unsure why their effort is n...
Quick Cut | 3 Things Every Agent Needs to Understand About AI Right Now
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AI is moving fast — and for real estate agents trying to build a business without sacrificing their faith or family, that speed comes with a real danger. Not just of getting left behind, but of getting pulled in the wrong direction.
In this Quick Cut episode, Garrett follows up on his conversation with Jason P...
285 | AI, Real Estate, and Jesus w/ Jason Pantana
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Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept — it is actively reshaping the way real estate agents work right now. In this episode, Garrett sits down with Jason Pantana, founder of the AI Marketing Academy and lead trainer with Tom Ferry International, for a wide-ranging conversation about what AI actually is, how agents should be using it, and — just as importantly — how believers should be thinking about it.
This is not just a tech episode. It...
Quick Cut | 3 Practical Steps to Double Your Sales Without Doubling Your Time
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"Tension doesn't mean you're weak, it means you're awake."
What if you could double your real estate sales without giving up a single dinner with your family? In this Quick Cut episode, Garrett digs into one of the biggest lies the real estate industry has quietly accepted: that more money requires more of your life. Spoiler — it doesn't have to.
Whether you're a seasoned agent feeling burned out, or a newer agent trying to buil...
TOP REPLAY | Are You Forcing Growth? How to Scale Real Estate Business by Surrendering Control and Leading With Faith w/Jess Munsterman
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What if the very thing keeping you stuck in your business isn’t your strategy — but your need to stay in control?
In this episode of The Faithful Agent Podcast, Garrett sits down with Jess Munster for a conversation that goes far deeper than sales tactics, lead generation, or productivity. This episode is about what it really looks like to scale real estate business in a way that doesn’t quietly cost you your f...
Quick Cut | Encouragement for the Anxious Agent: The Lord Provides
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Anxiety in business doesn’t always look dramatic.
Sometimes it looks like checking your pipeline one more time. Refreshing your email. Wondering if the next deal will hold together. Feeling behind even when things are technically “fine.” For a lot of people in the real estate grind, anxiety has become so normal that we barely even question it anymore.
In this short episode of The Fai...
