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Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryWhat Brokers Know That Agents Don’t: Crockpot Money & The Value of Our Influence w/Chris BowersIn real estate, there’s 2 governing philosophies. Earn more by selling more or buy back time and treat it as a business. In simpler terms - microwave money vs. crockpot money. You’re either cheating by taking more listings or seeking ways to earn money without being at the kitchen table. If you’re the one actively doing the work everyday, you’ll never get to buy your time back and pursue other opportunities outside of selling homes.
Unsurprisingly, most brokerages want us doing the former, but like athletes, many of us are starting to wake up to...
2025-10-161h 14Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industry6 Self-Leadership Steps to Get Unstuck and Build Momentum in Real EstateFeeling stuck isn't a sign you're failing. It's a signal that you're ready for the next level. But here's the hard truth: most agents stay stuck because they're waiting for motivation to strike instead of building momentum through action.
In this solo episode, host Kevin Kauffman breaks down six practical, actionable steps to diagnose what's holding you back and start moving forward today. These aren't theory or fluff. They're real strategies Kevin learned from his business partner Chris Suarez, co-founder of Place, that work whether you're struggling to hit your goals or just feeling...
2025-10-0912 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryUnmotivated? We can help you fix thatFeeling stuck, unmotivated, or like you're just going through the motions? This episode will challenge you to look at motivation from a completely different angle—and it might sting a little.
Kevin Kauffman and Fred Weaver sit down with Ronnie Doss, author of Colossal Considerations, for a raw conversation about personal development, motivation, and why the work you do on yourself is never just about you. If you've been waiting to feel motivated before taking action, this episode will flip that script and show you why motion determines emotion—not the other way around.
2025-10-0655 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryHow Real Estate Agents Build Million-Dollar Mindsets: The Physical Foundation Most Agents IgnoreWhat if the difference between struggling and thriving in real estate isn't about lead generation or market knowledge—but about something most agents completely ignore?
In this episode, Kevin Kauffman sits down with Nate Palmer, founder of Million Dollar Body Method, for a raw conversation about what really separates top performers from everyone else. This isn't your typical real estate strategy discussion. Kevin flips the script and becomes the guest on his own show, revealing insights about building relationships, making tough decisions, and why your physical foundation might be the missing piece in your bu...
2025-08-1853 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryChoose Your HardWhat if everything you've been taught about "working hard" in real estate is actually keeping you trapped? In this unfiltered bestie episode, Kevin Kauffman, Nolan Rucker, and Chris Bowers dive deep into the uncomfortable truths about building a real estate business that works without you.
This isn't your typical "hustle harder" conversation. Instead, it's a raw exploration of why being busy has become the enemy of being profitable, and how choosing the right kind of hard can set you free instead of keeping you trapped.
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2025-06-261h 09Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryBold Strategies Real Estate Agents Are Using to Break Through Plateaus: Clubhouse SeshWhat does the next level truly look like for successful real estate agents? In this candid roundtable episode, the Next Level Agents crew—Kevin Kauffman, Brittini Bowers, Chelsea Wright, Katie DeWitt, and Erik Kelly—get real about the bold strategies they're implementing to break through plateaus and reach new heights in their businesses and lives.Far from theoretical concepts, this episode delivers actionable insights you can implement immediately:
Brittini reveals her revolutionary two-part listing consultation process that transforms how sellers engage with pricing decisions
Chelsea shares how building authentic women's community has generated 27 refe...
2025-04-2423 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryYou Can Be Stupid and Succeed in Real Estate…Here’s Why w/Dave FanaleThere are a lot of stupid people who have been massively successful in real estate. This isn’t an insult, just the reality of how uncomplicated it can be to build a beautiful business. But if you lack in intelligence, there are a few things you can’t lack if you want to succeed. You can’t be impatient, inconsistent, undisciplined and undetermined. There’s a reason why the most successful agents came up in the toughest markets. It forces you to do all the right things in order to survive and live to sell anot...
2024-07-0150 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industry4 Business Killers You Have to Cut Out Before It's Too LateMost of us got into real estate and running our own businesses because we craved freedom and autonomy. The problem is that freedom can be the very thing that leads to us losing our businesses. In order to have both the freedom and the sustained great results, we need to build constraints around ourselves. If we don’t, at any given moment, our businesses are under the threat of four killers. No matter how long you’ve been in the game, you can still fall prey to these problems and fi...
2024-05-1322 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryFrontload the Work: The Secret to Going Further, Faster w/Colby SteelReal estate may have had its stormy period, but things are really close to being good again. Knowing all this, why are both real estate and mortgage bleeding over 40% of agents and loan officers? Anyone you see leaving the industry right now has learned a brutal lesson - your results can only outpace your effort for so long. If you get used to cashing easy checks, in an easy market without the effort, you’ll feel invincible, until you get a rude awakening. If you don’t pick up the effort to deserve your resul...
2024-04-2244 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryAlways Account for Dumb Luck: The Story of Group 46:10 w/Greg GaleAs agents, building a database and adding value to our sphere has been drilled into us. We took that same mindset and strategy, and applied it to our peers and agent relationships. Just like we’re told to host events and send gifts to our top clients, we do the same for the agent community. We can attribute getting into this business and succeeding in it to the different agents and entrepreneurs who advised us. Now we get to give back to the same community and show people that there are many different ways to...
2024-04-1549 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryFrom Ideation to Implementation: The Real Estate Team Trap & Getting Clarity in Our Decision Making w/Angela Gordon & Trevor HalpernIn real estate, agents, teams and business models don’t fit in one box, but we constantly fall into the trap of doing things one specific way. People start teams because it’s the next indicated step, what everyone else is doing or an ego boost, not because it’s what works for them. If ego, identity and emotion weren’t part of our decision making, the paths we’d take would be more authentic. If we treated our businesses as if we reported to a board of directors, we would make decisions differently. That’s why it’s so...
2024-01-1547 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryWhat Brokers Know That Agents Don’t: Crockpot Money & The Value of Our Influence w/Chris BowersIn real estate, there’s 2 governing philosophies. Earn more by selling more or buy back time and treat it as a business. In simpler terms - microwave money vs. crockpot money. You’re either cheating by taking more listings or seeking ways to earn money without being at the kitchen table. If you’re the one actively doing the work everyday, you’ll never get to buy your time back and pursue other opportunities outside of selling homes. Unsurprisingly, most brokerages want us doing the former, but like athletes, many of us are starting to wake up to...
2023-10-021h 14Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryDustin Brohm Returns: How to Win the Social Media Game in 2022 & Why He Deleted His Instagram AccountIn today’s episode, Dustin Brohm returns for a special catch-up episode. When it comes to marketing, Dustin really knows his stuff, and in this conversation he provides in-depth tactics and insights about content creation, and gives us an update about his own podcast. So much has changed about social media in the last couple of years, and if we’re planning to use it for business growth, we have to know what audiences expect today. Dustin will also share why he decided to delete his entire Instagram and start from scratch with 14,000 followers. When you’re...
2022-11-211h 06Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryBrian Charlesworth: The Power of Tracking Our Numbers & Why Agents Can’t Win By Winging ItOn today’s episode, I’m joined by real estate Saas entrepreneur and founder of growth automation platform, Brian Charlesworth. Brian is on a mission to turn real estate salespeople into effective leaders, by knowing more about their business, tracking numbers and leveraging systems. Real estate agents tend to drag their feet when it comes to adopting automation and technology, but very often, the lack of insight is the reason for a lack of growth. When we leverage systems and platforms like Sisu, we’re better equipped to run a successful real estate business, and we’re more likely to stay...
2021-03-2250 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver Josh Team out as Keller Williams president Redfin will pay $608M to acquire RentPath Realogy matches biggest quarter in company history
2021-02-2409 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverMike Del Prete calls out Zillow & OpenDoor about lack of transparency in iBuyer model Zillow to acquire ShowingTime for $500M Don't blame Zillow, blame your leaders - Brad Inman
2021-02-1712 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverThis week’s Industry Headlines brought to you by our friends at SUCCESS COACHING. Matterport going public via SPAC merger Redfin to display buyer's agent commissions in 65 markets LoanDepot to IPO this week at possible $6.2B valuation
2021-02-1009 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverThis week’s Industry Headlines brought to you by our friends at Ylopo.. If you haven’t checked the out head on over to Ylopo.com and ask for a DEMO Boxabl 33 states go after Ocwen/PHH Mortgage over servicing fees Interest Rates
2021-02-0309 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverCoStar 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
2021-01-2707 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverZillow's IDX is live Economists weigh in on how a modest rise in rates will play out in 2021
2021-01-2007 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver Compass officially files paperwork to go public Zillow CEO Rich Barton is still the most 'powerful' person in real estate
2021-01-1307 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverMBA: Forbearance rate holds, but exits are slowing After two weeks of slight increases, the U.S. forbearance rate, measuring the share of mortgages with suspended payments, remained unchanged from the week prior at 5.54%, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The MBA estimates there are still 2.8 million homeowners in some form of mortgage forbearance. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans in forbearance gained for the first time in 25 weeks on Dec. 1, however, they fell once again last week to 3.34% – a 2-basis-point improvement. The GSE’s forbearance rate overall has improved immensely, now down by more than 50% since its peak in late M...
2020-12-0906 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver
2020-12-0207 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver 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 Kleard is a personal identification software app that ensures prospective buyers are who they say they are before being granted access to a home for sale or meeting an agent for the first time. It’s also used for open houses. When partnered with a smart lock, the Kleard Now version of the technology allows people to tour homes without an agent present. After...
2020-11-1809 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverQ3 Financial Highlights
2020-11-1107 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverRate 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 Black Knight’s “Mortgage Monitor” report, shows that rate lock activity in the first half of October was up 4% from September, with purchase locks up 6% and refinance locks up 3%. Add low mortgage rates to the recipe and quarterly mortgage origination volume is expected to reach record levels across both purchase and refi. Mortgages in forbearance fall across all loa...
2020-11-0408 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverHighlights from the Black Knight Mortgage Monitor's first look at September's mortgage data Homesnap launches AI-powered tool that predicts days on market
2020-10-2813 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverGuild 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
2020-10-2111 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryBONUS: Optimize Your Energy with Kevin Kauffman
2020-10-101h 08Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverZillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff wants to help you buy a second home Compass acquires title and escrow software startup Modus Opendoor filing reveals FTC investigation over advertising Judge denies motion by NAR to dismiss buyer commission lawsuit
2020-10-0710 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverHot Home Sales Market But Not Bubbly There are dozens of things that are different now compared with 2005, but the most significant include: In 2005, thousands of homes were being purchased and left vacant as they were snapped up by speculators In 2005, rents were low and headed lower because there were more homes than people who wanted to live in them In 2005, almost anyone could get a 100% loan with minimal documentation, and thus had no skin in the game if prices were to fall (as they did) In 2005, few people thought the market could decline Mortgage fraud was rampant c...
2020-09-3007 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverLoanDepot mulling IPO: Report Homeowners gain over $620 billion in equity in the second quarter Sales of existing homes surge to a 14-year high RE/MAX announced Monday it is acquiring Gadberry Group, an Arkansas-based location intelligence data company
2020-09-2308 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverOpendoor going public Mortgages in forbearance drop again, but that trend could reverse Interest rates hit another all time low
2020-09-1610 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverSpike in lumber prices boosts construction costs Higher lumber costs are adding about $16,000 to the price of a new house, NAHB says On earnings debut, Rocket reveals plans to dominate the U.S. mortgage market Adwerx now allows you to stream your next listing on Hulu
2020-09-0906 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverEviction moratoriums ending in some states… Refi Fee is Delayed - now starting December 1st Biden proposes $15,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit
2020-09-0208 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industry*REPLAY* INNOVATIVE MARKETING. Interview: Dean JacksonTHE REFERRAL BUSINESSTune in to this very informative conversation between Dean and Kevin Kauffman. Dean is a 30+ year veteran in the real estate business using his expertise in marketing and applying this knowledge to real estate.Dean’s reflection on how much has changed in the Real Estate world and how much hasn’t changed. In the beginning, Realtors had all of the information contained in a book and searches for properties were physical – you had to go to the open house, read the newspapers, talk to other agents. Now, everything is online and Buyers...
2020-08-3155 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverLate-term mortgage delinquencies rise on forbearances Mortgage lending will beat 2019 by $1 trillion, Fannie says FNMA and FHLMC Fee postponement coming??
2020-08-2606 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryIndustry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver Opendoor resumes iBuying in all of its markets Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac forbearance rate drops below 5% The GSE rate is the lowest since mid-April, MBA says Housing industry turns against Fannie, Freddie’s added refinance fee Are people really fleeing urban areas for more rural areas?
2020-08-1913 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverQ2 Earnings Calls Trump signs directives on evictions, unemployment and payroll tax deferral HUD allocates $472 million of CARES Act funding for low-income households Quicken/Rocket Mortgage Goes Public
2020-08-1213 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverHere is this week's headlines... Heard on the Street: KW searching for new CEO… Just Announced: eXp World Holdings Acquires Leading Real Estate Search Technology Company Fathom Holdings, the parent company of Fathom Realty, goes public
2020-08-0513 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryGARY VAYNERCHUK ON BUILDING OPERATIONALLY POWERFUL BUSINESS. Interview: Gary Vee and Kevin KauffmanAbout the Episode On this episode, I talk to mega-influencer, media and entrepreneurship powerhouse, Gary Vaynerchuk, a man who has revolutionized how business owners communicate and operate. Through his business ventures, Gary has been able to build massive companies that aren’t just successful in terms of social media popularity, but also run as well oiled machines operationally, something many entities struggle with. Gary’s businesses have been successful because he understands the importance of patience when building something that can dominate for years. Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media...
2020-08-0316 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverZillow Offers resumes in five more markets, bringing the total to 20 out of 24 markets Mortgage rates fall to a new all-time low this week (again) Tappable home equity rises to record $6.5 trillion Foreclosure threat grows as COVID-19 surges, Fed says 31% of renters doubt they will be able to pay next month’s rent on time Home prices in Florida and Arizona expected to drop due to COVID-19 “perfect storm”
2020-07-0816 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverJohn Legend to Houston Association of Realtors: 'Fix the real problem’ GSE forbearance rate drops for third week Supreme Court rules against CFPB structure
2020-07-0114 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverEXPI Stock News Mortgage lending will surge to a 14-year high this year, MBA says CFPB to eliminate DTI requirement from qualified mortgage standards
2020-06-2417 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver EasyKnock raises $20M as instability fuels demand for equity Fannie Mae sees record-low mortgage rates through 2021 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announce underwriting advisers
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Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverForbearances drop? Depends on who you ask… Zillow Offers resumes buying in 6 more markets Realogy lawsuit and Capital Raise
2020-06-1000 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverHow brokerages are responding to racial injustice and inequality?? KW- task force of IALC eXp - pouring more resources and money in to eXpOne Offerpad wants to list your client’s home Consumers can now choose a direct, quick-close sale or a more traditional listing process. The move may rankle many in the real estate industry, who have long worried about technology companies moving into the space traditionally served by real estate agents Mortgage rates hit another all-time low T...
2020-06-0311 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver BLACK KNIGHT’S FIRST LOOK AT APRIL 2020 MORTGAGE DATA https://www.blackknightinc.com/black-knights-first-look-at-april-2020-mortgage-data/?fbclid=IwAR3XJXH9UyNMycokvvXCCTBF6399w3c2U1f_okhg0hOHd-FMjzAs-AguZDs 3.6 million homeowners were past due on their mortgages as of the end of April, the largest number since January 2015 The number includes both homeowners past due on mortgage payments who are not in forbearance, as well as those in forbearance plans who did not make an April mortgage payment At 6.45%, the national delinquency rate nearly doubled (+3.06%) from March, the largest single-month increase ever recorded, and nearly three time...
2020-05-2612 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver 8.8% of U.S. mortgages are in forbearance GSEs unveil new payment deferral option for loans in forbearance JPMorgan Chase, American Homes 4 Rent plan to build thousands of single-family rental homes
2020-05-1911 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeavereXp Decides to Hold Annual Conference Despite COVID-19 Realogy & Amazon Partnership Ends Earnings Season For Real Estate Companies
2020-05-1213 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver Opendoor returns to homebuying Phoenix - May 4th Raleigh Durham - May 11th The company is introducing “Sell Direct,” a contact-free way to sell instantly to Opendoor, and “Home Reserve,” a method to reserve and move into a new home while Opendoor tries to sell the old home. The tools launched Monday in Phoenix and will debut May 11 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Wells Fargo joins Chase in halting HELOCs JPMorgan Chase is no longer the only big bank that’s not offering new home...
2020-05-0508 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver Fannie Mae forecasts mortgage rates under 3% for 2021 The average rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage could hit 2.9% in 2021, according to Fannie Mae's April housing forecast The 30-year mortgage rate hit a historic low this year, but could 2021 bring an even lower rate? Fannie Mae’s economic and strategic research group thinks the average rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage will hit 2.9 percent in 2021. Nearly 10% of FHA and VA borrowers are in forbearance Total forbearance nearing 7% Thanks to the continued impact of...
2020-04-2810 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverNearly 3 million borrowers are already in forbearanceGSE loans in forbearance now exceed FHFA Director Calabria’s projection According to Black Knight, nearly 1.4 million borrowers whose mortgages are backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are already in forbearance.To ascertain this data, Black Knight reviewed a sample set of loans that represent the majority of the mortgage market and extrapolated that data across the entire mortgage landscape.Black Knight’s data shows that overall, more than 2.9 million mortgages are in forbearance as of April 16. That figure represents 5.5% of all active...
2020-04-2113 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverJPMorgan Chase tightens mortgage lending standards amid uncertainty The lender will require a 700 credit score and 20% down for mortgages https://www.inman.com/2020/04/13/jpmorgan-chase-tightens-mortgage-lending-standards-amid-uncertainty/ Good News for kW Agents… Keller Williams Offices Reducing CAPS in half. eXp Realty lays off 15% of staff amid market slowdown Executives at the company are taking salary reductions in an effort to reduce company expenses as home sales across the country slow Redfin is...
2020-04-1410 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryIndustry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverKeller Williams franchises consider reducing agent profit sharing A franchise owner confirmed to Inman that regional leadership at Keller Williams suggested rolling all expenses into April's budget to enable them to hang on to more cash.. Keller Williams local leadership allegedly told some franchise owners to roll all expenses — even future ones — into April’s budget to minimize profits, effectively lowering the amount they would have to pay into profit-sharing to keep more cash on hand, according to multiple franchise owners. Wells Fargo suspends jumbo mortgages as dema...
2020-04-0712 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryIndustry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver Real Estate - Country Torn on whether RE is an Essential Service Many lenders suspending lending activity & others are altering programs - namely, FHA Lending is shrinking CARE Bill - Mortgage forbearance and foreclosure protections During this designated disaster period — which began on March 13 — a borrower with a federally backed loan can request forbearance through the loan servicer. A federally-backed loan means that it’s either guaranteed or insured by the Federal Housing Administration, Department of Veterans, Department of Agriculture or purchased or securitized...
2020-03-3110 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryIndustry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverBank of America will allow borrowers to pause their mortgage payments Coronavirus forbearance is here https://www.housingwire.com/articles/bank-of-america-will-allow-borrowers-to-pause-their-mortgage-payments/ (deferral of payments) Zillow pauses iBuying nationwide amid coronavirus pandemic The company will pause any plans for expansion, too https://www.housingwire.com/articles/zillow-pauses-ibuying-nationwide-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/ Fed announces unlimited purchases of MBS and Treasuries, adds multifamily mortgages https://www.housingwire.com/articles/fed-announces-unlimited-purchases-of-mbs-and-treasuries-adds-multifamily-mortgages/ SoftBank to Sell $41 Billion in Asset...
2020-03-2413 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryIndustry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver -IRS Tax Deadline postponed -Open Door & Redfin halt iBuyer purchases! (Thank you to Kenny Klaus of iRealEstatePro for alerting us to these) -CA Association of Realtors COVID-19 Addendum -Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD suspend foreclosures -PCS (military moves) are suspended -Berkshire Hathaway convention attendee diagnosed with COVID-19 -BONUS: Staying sane during these times * The previous recording had bad audio so enjoy this new recording with crappy video but great audio Industry Headlines https://www.housingwire.com/articles/irs-delays-tax-payment-deadline-by-90-days/?utm_campaign=Newsletter%20-%20HousingWire%20Daily&utm...
2020-03-1908 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver Italy is canceling mortgage bills – can the U.S. do that? 7 things the industry should be doing amid coronavirus Link: https://www.inman.com/2020/03/16/7-things-the-industry-should-be-doing-amid-coronavirus/ NAR Issues A Coronavirus Guide for REALTORS® https://www.nar.realtor/coronavirus-a-guide-for-realtors Compass executive calls for a 2-week moratorium on home showings The Time Is NOW! Don't wait.. https://www.remarginyourbusiness.com/
2020-03-1713 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverTrading temporarily halts as stock market plummets, real estate reels The S&P 500 Index's 7% drop triggered a 15-minute halt in trading. If could be suspended for the day if it hits other marks. The U.S. stock market started the week on a sour note, with the Dow Jones dropping nearly 1,900 points, or 7.3 percent in value before a halt in trading, within the first half-hour of markets opening. The plummet followed on the heels of a more than 30 percent drop in oil futures over the weekend, as top producers Russia and S...
2020-03-1006 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryIndustry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver Zillow Offers continues expansion, launches in Cincinnati The southwest Ohio market is the 24th for Zillow's direct-to-consumer homebuying and selling platform Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria now expects Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac IPOs in 2021 Tells credit unions that capital rule is likely coming by the end of 2020 NLA Live
2020-03-0307 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryIndustry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverNLA Live Early Bird Pricing Ends Saturday kW rolls out consumer app and agents are torn kW agents torn over the release over the new consumer app. Many agents claiming to love the app while many more agents seem to be frustrated with the app being branded to the company, not the agent. Other agents upset over the data being inaccurate (listing status) and the overall functionality and user interface not being very intuitive. With any rollout, there are bound to be bugs, but many of t...
2020-02-2509 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverBen Kinney launches new brand-agnostic platform Place Inc. will handle a variety of business tasks for teams, which will be able to keep their existing branding and remain in their brokerages. The new platform meant to help teams deal with an array of business tasks while also allowing them to keep their existing branding. The new platform is called Place Inc., and in a statement is described as “a full service real estate and technology platform that partners with the top 1 percent of agents and teams.” The idea, the statem...
2020-02-1807 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred Weaver Homesnap’s “Pro” product Homesnap has a new service that crunches data to show which homes in a neighborhood are the most likely to be listed for sale in the next 12 months. The platform uses an algorithm that crunches millions of records, including MLS data, to come up with a “Likelihood to List” score. The service, available only to licensed agents, shows a “heat map” of neighborhoods color-coded to zero in on the homes most likely to go on the market. Americans are equity-rich as home values rise ...
2020-02-1107 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryThis Week's Industry Headlines with Kevin Kauffman & Fred WeaverHomelight Cash Close Today we announced the launch of HomeLight Cash Close, the first program on the market — designed for you, the agent — enabling your clients to maximize their home sale while removing many of the painful contingencies they experience today. Cash Close includes two sister products aimed at dramatically simplifying the real estate transaction, HomeLight Trade-In and HomeLight Cash Offer. HomeLight Trade-In You know better than anyone: Buying and selling a house at the same time is a logistical nightmare. HomeLight solves this for its agent partners by purcha...
2020-02-0408 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryTHIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVER.Tweener Homes offers a solution for people in-between residences https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/abg/2020/01/19/tweener-homes-provides-housing-solutions-people-between-moves/4389855002/ He came up with Tweener Homes, a solution for those needing an “in-between” home due to temporary or permanent job relocation or finding themselves in the situation Calvi and his wife did. Fathom Realty's IPO filing reveals increased revenue, widening losses The flat-fee, virtual brokerage posted a net loss of more than $2.6M in the first nine months of 2019 Fathom’s S...
2020-01-2809 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryTHIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVER(Tech Company) Keller Williams launches new real estate listings website The company said that it’s in an effort to be centered on an improved, neighborhood-based home search experience. Keller Williams Vice President of Industry, Jason Abrams, said that the difference in the search is that it is neighborhood-centric “We are excited about the new responsive functionalities of KW.com. We also added content to better serve consumers on their home buying, selling, and renting journeys,” said Keller Williams spokesperson Darryl Frost. **Reference that an ar...
2020-01-2108 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryTHIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVERThis episode is brought to you by: Kevin and Fred's Referral Guarantee https://kevinandfred.com/referral/ FLEQ FLEQ is the combination of the words “flexible” and “equity” and we're changing the way you think about homeownership. What is the Fleq Alliance? The Fleq Alliance is a new way to buy a home. The Alliance uses a partnership approach to purchase a home of your choosing. With the entire Multiple Listing Service (MLS) available to you, search for a house using apps like Zillow, Trulia, Redfin, or call up the real est...
2020-01-1409 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryTHIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVERThis episode is brought to you by: Kevin and Fred's Referral Guarantee https://kevinandfred.com/referral/ Mortgage rates start 2020 well below last year's average The average U.S. fixed rate for 30-year mortgage slides to 3.72% In the first week of the year, the average U.S. fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage averaged 3.72%. Not only is this percentage below the previous week’s average, but it’s also nearly 80 basis points below the 4.51% of the year-earlier week, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey....
2020-01-0708 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryHAPPY NEW YEAR FROM KEVIN & FRED!Happy New Year! From Kevin & Fred
2020-01-0205 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industrySPECIAL EPISODE - KEVIN ON MARKETING MANIACS. Business Tip: NLA Live & The State of the Real Estate IndustryHere's an interview Kevin did recently for Marketing Maniacs. Kevin Kauffman, CEO and Co-founder of Group 46:10 at eXp Realty, and Co-founder of Next Level Agents, joins us in studio to share an amazing opportunity to attend a local AZ event in 2020. The Next Level Agents LIVE 2020 will be rockin’ Scottsdale in April! https://nextlevelagents.com/ Don’t miss this fun, educational, and business-changing opportunity. Kevin also gives us his thoughts about the real estate market and industry going forward.
2019-12-2643 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryHAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVER How long will you celebrate ?
2019-12-1905 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryTHIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVERThis episode is brought to you by: Kevin and Fred's Referral Guarantee https://kevinandfred.com/referral/ Agents ensnared in 'Newsday' investigation boycott housing discrimination hearing NRT CEO Ryan Gorman was the only one of 68 agents and company representatives to show at New York State Senate hearing in the wake of the 'Newsday' fair housing investigation In an apparent act of solidarity that did not please lawmakers, all but one of the 68 agents and company representatives asked to appear Thursday at a New York State Senate hearing on hou...
2019-12-1708 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryTHIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVERKeller Williams chief product officer out amid tech rollout Chief Product Officer Neil Dholakia and Vice President of Product Miguel Bracchini both quietly departed over a one-month span after Keller Williams President Josh Team initially denied both were leaving. HomeSmart acquires 650-agent indie brokerage TriStar Realty HomeSmart International, which also owns a franchise division, vowed on Wednesday to double its agent count over the next three years. In announcing the transaction, the company – which also owns a franchise division – revealed ambitious plans to expand to d...
2019-12-1009 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryTHIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVER***Culdesac, the U.S.’s first, from-scratch car-free neighborhood is coming to Tempe in 2020 Ryan Johnson left Opendoor in 2018 to co-found Culdesac, which now says it's building the first from-scratch, car-free community in the US Culdesac Tempe, a 1,000-person development set to open fall 2020, bills itself as the “world’s first post-car real estate developer.” Founders Ryan Johnson and Jeff Berens say they want to provide people the option of living a car-free lifestyle. The mixed-use Culdesac Tempe neighborhood is a $140 million project, capitalized by traditional real estate investors, and will include a d...
2019-12-0313 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryTHIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVER**Blackstone cashes out on Invitation Homes** Sells off remaining shares in single-family rental operator for $1.7 billion Blackstone’s bet on the single-family rental market is now complete, as it was revealed this week that Blackstone is selling off its remaining shares in Invitation Homes for more than $1.7 billion. In the early part of this decade, Blackstone began pouring money into distressed residential real estate, spending billions to buy up foreclosures and other distressed properties, then turning those houses into single-family rental properties. Blackstone’s move into single-f...
2019-11-2610 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryTHIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVERZillow President Greg Schwartz to leave company at end of year Schwartz joined Zillow in 2007, and the company will realign responsibilities under current leaders Greg Schwartz, the president of media and marketplaces and a 12-year veteran of Zillow, is leaving the real estate tech giant at the end of the year, the Seattle-based company confirmed to Inman Monday. Zillow will shuffle oversight of the company’s segments among its current leadership with no current plans to replace Schwartz’s role. Schwartz, in a statement, said he was going to take some time of...
2019-11-1910 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVERIt's Quarter 3 Earnings Reports Season! Redfin beats expectations, posts $239M in revenue for Q3 2019The latest earnings report comes as the tech-oriented brokerage steadily expands programs such as RedfinNow and Redfin Direct, which could upend how consumers engage with real estate Redfin continued a multi-quarter hot streak Wednesday, revealing that during the third quarter of this year it raked in $239 million in revenue. The online brokerage’s revenue represented a jump of 70 percent year-over-year. Gross profit also jumped from $42.3 million a year ago to $53.4 million this...
2019-11-1210 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVER***Kevin Kauffman and Fred Weaver launch Referral Guarantee Program Go to https://kevinandfred.com/guarantee ***National Association of Realtors mulls MLS pocket listing policy The new policy is a response to limited-exposure and 'coming soon' marketing practices and would require agents to share exclusive listings with MLS members The “Clear Cooperation Policy” was announced Friday and would require agents and brokers to share any listings that “are being publicly marketed” with other members of their MLS, according to a NAR statement. Every listing wouldn’t have to end up in any given MLS’s IDX feed. But the list...
2019-11-0513 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVER **Judge denies Keller Williams' motion to dismiss tech vendor suit** Keller Williams filed an answer to the complaint, acknowledging it began a relationship with TPI Cloud Hosting in 2015 concerning software development Keller Williams sought to dismiss the lawsuit under the state’s economic loss doctrine, which precludes claims of fraud in cases where the damages claimed are just the economic loss to the plaintiff of the contract itself. “Plaintiff’s complaint includes allegations that fraudulent statements were made, identifies three of defendant’s agents who allegedly made the stateme...
2019-10-2909 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVER Compass launches bridge loan program In partnership with Better.com and Freedom Mortgage, Compass aims to help homeowners make a downpayment on a new home before they sell their old one Compass CEO: No plans for IPO in next 18 months Robert Reffkin told The Real Deal that Compass doesn't plan to go public in the next 18 months, and a Compass spokesperson said WeWork's failed IPO won't impact the company's plans “We have enough capital where we don’t need to go public,” Reffkin told The Real Deal...
2019-10-2211 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN & FRED WEAVERCitibank fined $30 million for holding onto foreclosures for too long Citibank was fined $30 million by federal banking regulators after an investigation found that the bank was not selling foreclosed homes back into the market fast enough. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Friday that it fined Citibank $30 million for “violations related to the holding period of other real estate owned.” Under federal banking regulations, there is a two-year limit on banks maintaining possession of a foreclosed property. The rules stipulate that banks can apply for an annual exemption that can push th...
2019-10-1511 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVERFannie Mae and Freddie Mac are here to stay When the federal government announced earlier this week that it would allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to rebuild a portion of their capital reserves to a total of $45 billion combined as part of a plan to exit conservatorship, the message was clear: The government-sponsored enterprises are back and they’re not likely to go away any time soon. It’s a dramatic reversal from where things stood just a few years ago, when the prevailing sentiment in Washington, D.C. was how to get r...
2019-10-0807 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVERCompass' COO Maëlle Gavet set to leave company A source tells Inman the departure is unrelated to reports of a working rift between COO Maëlle Gavet and CEO Robert Reffkin Compass Chief Operating Officer Maëlle Gavet is leaving the well-funded, growing brokerage to take a new, undisclosed opportunity, a Compass source told Inman on Wednesday. The source said the departure was not related to any reports of a working rift between Gavet and Compass CEO Robert Reffkin, which Gavet addressed in an exclusive interview with Inman earlier th...
2019-10-0111 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVER***IBM sues Zillow over multiple charges of patent infringementIBM alleges in the lawsuit that Zillow built its business on software developed by IBM The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleges that Zillow essentially built its business on the back of IBM’s inventions. “Rather than build their business on their own technologies, Zillow has appropriated the inventions of the [patents named in the lawsuit],” the complaint reads. “The website, www.zillow.com, and the associated mobile applications under Zillow’s con...
2019-09-2316 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVERCalifornia nears statewide rent control Now awaiting sign-off from Gov. Gavin Newsom after state's two legislative bodies both approved the measure. The bill will cap annual rent increases by 5%, including the rate of inflation. In addition to the rent cap, a bill known as AB-1482, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, will allow “just cause” eviction policies to qualified housing in California. California, one of the nation's priciest housing markets, is following Oregon’s footsteps in enacting rent control. In March, Oregon approved a law placing an annual limit on rent in...
2019-09-1613 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVERPrivatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac The Trump administration released its long-awaited plan to reform the nation’s housing finance system and privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, calling it the "last unfinished business of the financial crisis." The recommendations include: "simplifying" the Qualified Mortgage rule and eliminating the so-called QM patch that allows Fannie and Freddie to sidestep some regulations; reducing "unnecessary regulatory impediments" for private-label securitization; and promoting private-sector competition. Realogy makes major structural changes amid market stumble The company is consolidating its Coldwell Banker operations, launching an expansion brands portfolio and carving out...
2019-09-0913 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVEROn this week's episode of Industry Headlines with Kevin and Fred we discuss: Redfin to publicly display buyer's agent commissions on its listings Opendoor is now a mortgage lender, launches Opendoor Home Loans Amazon dives into home sales with new $105K property AS of January 1, 2020, VA Loans No Cap Guaranty
2019-09-0216 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVERAppraisals may soon not be required on certain home sales of $400,000 and under. This change could have a sizable impact on the real estate market, as according to the OCC, the new rules would apply to approximately 40% of home sales. The average U.S. rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to another three-year low this week, according to the latest Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater said the drop in mortgage rates continues to stimulate the real estate market and the economy. President Trump...
2019-08-2614 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVERThis week on Industry Headlines we cover: Offerpad to finance Keller Williams' home-buying operation kW and TPI Cloud Hosting find themselves in a legal dispute New iBuyer course aims to help agents navigate new terrain One of the fastest-growing digital mortgage companies has closed on $160 million of Series C funding.
2019-08-1922 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINDUSTRY HEADLINES WITH KEVIN KAUFFMAN AND FRED WEAVERNevermind the rough start to our new series Industry Headlines with Kevin and Fred... After the first few minutes, we got into the groove of things... Topics covered this week: * Coldwell Banker's top agent is heading to Compass amid lawsuit between the two companies. * The sweep of massive profits from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the US Treasury continue (but for how long) *Housing flipping startup Curbio lands an additional $7 million... WOW! *Zillow slows down Zillow Home Loans while Zillow Offers continues massive growth.
2019-08-1322 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryREAL ESTATE OPERATIONS MANAGER TELLS ALL. Interview: Margaret Smith and Kevin KauffmanMARGARET SMITH and KEVIN KAUFFMAN Margaret Smith is a phenom in the world of Real Estate Team Operations where she is employed by Pickett Street Properties in the Seattle WA area. She is an experienced operations guru with a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Washington. She has taken her background in social work and art degree and applied it the real estate industry over the last 7 years. Margaret’s focus is on recruiting, screening, interviewing, hiring, public relations, client events, team culture, and social media. She partners up with Jesse D. Moore on a...
2019-07-2930 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryREMINE CO-FOUNDER, FORMER NUMBER ONE KW AGENT LEO PAREJA RETURNS TO THE SHOW. Interview: Leo Pareja and Kevin KauffmanWe got such great feedback from our episode last week of Ben Kinney from our chat at NLA Live 2019, we decided to release one more chat, which is with a previous guest, Leo Pareja. Leo is the co-founder of Remine, the real estate tech start up designed to help agents. He’s also the former number one agent in all of Keller Williams. This dude does it all. Leo is simply one of the smartest guys I've ever met in my life. And I think you're gonna really enjoy this conversation that he and Fred had together onstage live at...
2019-07-2255 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINSURANCE BROKER, INDY REAL ESTATE BROKER, AND 20 YEAR REAL ESTATE AGENT COACH. Interview: Willie Miranda & Kevin Kauffman Willie Miranda has more than 27 years of experience in the real estate and insurance industry. He and his team have sold well over 8,000 homes for over a billion and a half dollars in real estate sales. Willie’s business belief lies in a Back to Basics service-based business model. Back to Basics Employ the Power of the Personal Note. Meet new people. Treat people how you want to be treated. Serve your clients well. Be active in your community. Be a good consultant and friend - before, during, and after the transaction. Th...
2019-07-0833 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industry22 YEAR OLD AGENT GENERATES OVER 300K FROM FACEBOOK. Interview: Justin Nelson & Kevin KauffmanNEXT LEVEL PODCAST Kevin Kauffman with Justin Nelson SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY Justin Nelson is a phenom in his own right. Beginning his real estate career at the ripe old age of 16 years, becoming licensed at 19 years old where he has worked as an ISA and a Buyer’s Agent. Closing 34 transactions in his first year of being licensed, he transitioned to Team Leader/CEO and helped grow the team to 14 agents. Justin’s second year in real estate saw him spending 50% of his time recruiting and 50% of his time closing 28 transaction. He is now...
2019-07-0127 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryEX-PERSONAL TRAINER TO TECH FOUNDER - VIDEO MARKETING. Interview: Frank Klesitz & Kevin KauffmanKevin: Welcome Frank. Tell me about your business and what it is today?Frank: We are coming up on our 10 year anniversary with Vyral Marketing. I started with one client after graduating college in Omaha, Nebraska. (Describes the in-depth services provided now to his many clients by creating an online presence with video and follows up call from his call center to potential customers who have clicked and watched the videos). I learned Lead Generation through following the MREA model. (In depth discussion on Lead Generation, 33 Touch, and building a database.) In developing my own database and 33...
2019-06-2458 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryREALTOR SAFETY. Interview: Gary Tabke & Kevin KauffmanGary has an extensive background in Law Enforcement and as a Security Specialist. Kevin – What is the number one common problem most people make concerning personal safety?Gary – Situational Awareness. In general people go around not paying attention to their surroundings. People cannot go from Point A to Point B without looking at their phone because they are so reliant on them, thereby making themselves a target.Take a Lioness on the Serengeti, she’s hungry and looking to get food in the fastest way possible with as little trouble as possible so she lo...
2019-06-1732 minNext Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryGary Keller discusses the One Thing. Interview with Kevin Kauffman Interview by Kevin Kauffman, co-founder of Next Level Agents (facebook group and mastermind). Kevin and Fred's Next Level Podcast, and The Group 4610 Real Estate Network.
2019-06-0715 min
Next Level Agents: The Kevin & Fred Show - Interviews with the best and brightest minds in the real estate industryINNOVATIVE MARKETING. Interview: Dean JacksonTHE REFERRAL BUSINESSTune in to this very informative conversation between Dean and Kevin Kauffman. Dean is a 30+ year veteran in the real estate business using his expertise in marketing and applying this knowledge to real estate.HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED in the REAL ESTATE BUSINESS?Dean’s reflection on how much has changed in the Real Estate world and how much hasn’t changed. In the beginning, Realtors had all of the information contained in a book and searches for properties were physical – you had to go to the open house, read the ne...
2019-05-2755 min
Kevin and Fred: Why We Joined eXp Realty - A Podcast for Real Estate Agents, Realtors, and Professionals who want to Build their Business! Make more money and retire rich!Why are so many real estate agents and teams switching to eXp Realty? with Kevin Kauffman and Fred WeaverReady to join? http://kevinkauffman.exprealty.careers/ Learn more! We have webinars twice a month that are free and totally discreet. Get all your questions answered at http://kevinandfred.com/truth/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Kauffman and Fred Weaver of Group 46:10 Real Estate Network made the move in 2018 to eXp Realty. It's not just about revenue share! It's about collaboration, and real estate agents and teams supporting each other. Plus, there are so many great training and development opportunities in eXp's cutting edge technology, eXp World. Kevin & Fred can't stand the way some...
2019-01-1836 min