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by Alissa Jenkins & Katy Caldwell
Join us for Hustle Humbly where you will build the confidence to find your voice and your way to a successful real estate business and beyond. Listen in as Alissa & Katy, two top producing Realtors, talk about fostering community over competition while navigating the often times cutthroat real estate industry. With over 1000 homes sold between them and 13 and 19 years each in the business, they have seen it firsthand. Deep dive into conversations and interviews about mindset and best practices with real life stories mixed in. The goal of Hustle Humbly is to reach out and encourage Realtors and business people alike to stop comparing themselves and start embracing their own strengths.
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- 6 days ago58 min
371: Property Safety: When Your Listing Gets Robbed
It's Realtor Safety Month, and this year we're taking a different angle: property safety. We've covered personal safety plenty of times before (episodes 317, 216, 161, 112, and 6 & 7 with Carl Carter), but this time Alissa is sharing a story straight from the trenches: the time one of her vacant listings got robbed, mid-listing, appliances and all. Repeat clients moved out of state and handed off a vacant house with an alarm code buried in a five-month-old text message. The camera system looked impressive, eight angles of surveillance, but it hadn't actually recorded anything in two and a half years. Somewhere between painters, cleaners, and showings, the alarm never got set again, and it was never on Alissa's radar to ask. Then came the Saturday phone call every agent dreads: a showing agent reporting a kicked-in back door, a stolen oven, a missing washer and dryer, and a fridge the thieves gave up on halfway out the front door. Police, fingerprints, dead-end cameras, and a seller relationship that went from grateful to accusatory in the span of a few days. This one is a real, honest look at what happens when property safety falls through the cracks, what Alissa changed in her process because of it, and why y'all need a plan for your vacant listings before something goes wrong, not after. Here's what we cover in this episode: Why Realtor Safety Month usually focuses on personal safety, and why property safety deserves its own spotlight What actually got stolen (and what the thieves gave up on) How Alissa handled calling police, meeting them at the property, and coordinating repairs for out-of-state sellers How her broker helped negotiate a fair resolution tied to closing Why you are not your seller's property manager, and how to set that expectation early The new questions Alissa now asks every seller about alarms, cameras, and monitoring Why virtually staging vacant listings can be a safety move, not just a marketing one A past story about a garage door left open, and why "who showed it last" matters more than you think Key Quotes & Takeaways: "You're not a property manager. When they hired you to sell the home, they didn't hire you to be the lawn company or the security company." Katy "I trust no one and nothing." Katy "It's just proof that even when you have good systems, things can go wrong. It's really about handling it professionally and learning from it." Alissa "I virtually stage all my vacant properties for safety. I don't want them to appear vacant." Alissa "It's Realtor Safety Month. Be careful. Take your safety and the property safety seriously." Alissa Products, People & Previous Episodes Mentioned: Episode 317: Realtor Safety Month: Scams, Showings, and Survival (hustlehumblypodcast.com/317) Episode 216: Important Safety Stories & Tips for Realtors (hustlehumblypodcast.com/216) Episode 161: Realtor Safety Tips from a LEO (hustlehumblypodcast.com/161) Episode 112: Safety First (hustlehumblypodcast.com/112) Episodes 6 & 7: Realtor Safety with Carl Carter (Beverly Carter Foundation) Hustle Humbly Email Templates (new security checklist) Want to toast someone on the show? Send us a voice or video message with your name, who you're toasting, and why! Email it to team@hustlehumblypodcast.com Leave us a review at http://ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template: <a href= "http:
- 1 weeks ago1h 11m
370: Whatever Your Business Is, The Fundamentals Are The Same
Happy Labor Day! In honor of all the laboring people out there, we're doing something a little different this week. We are always surprised to hear of listeners not in real estate at all, and we love hearing how this podcast has still helped your business. So today we're speaking straight to the masses. We made ourselves a rule: no saying "real estate," "realtor," "buyer," or "seller" for the whole episode (we mostly stuck to it). Because the truth is, whatever your business is, the fundamentals are the same: attract people, convert them, take really good care of them, stay in touch, know your numbers, and build systems so you don't have to start over every single Monday. We're walking through nine categories that apply to literally any business, from a hairdresser to a landscaper to a lawyer to an Etsy shop owner. We share real stories (including a dentist who ghosted Katy without so much as a goodbye, and a yard service that over-communicated its way into her heart during a rain delay), and we break down exactly what separates a business that thrives from one that closes after two months. If this one resonates, send it to a friend who isn't in real estate. We promise it still applies. Here's what we cover in this episode: Know how your business actually works: the attract, convert, deliver framework and why most people get stuck avoiding the "convert" (aka sell) part Set expectations before they become problems: business hours, response times, cancellation policies, and why an auto-email-responder can save your sanity Make decisions once and repeat them: email templates, pricing, and writing your own standard operating procedures Communicate clearly: admitting mistakes, having hard conversations, and why "the customer is always right" isn't actually true Know your numbers: cost to acquire a customer, profit after expenses, and why being busy isn't the same as being profitable Treat past customers as an asset: staying top of mind, asking for reviews and referrals, and why repeat business beats chasing new leads every time Make your marketing easy to understand: sounding like a human instead of an industry brochure Protect your time: shutdown routines, office hours, and why your business shouldn't require 24/7 access to you Professionalism is a competitive advantage: showing up, following through, and answering your messages Key Quotes & Takeaways: "You cannot ask for more business if you are not handling the business that you have right now." Alissa "Being good at your craft and being good at running your business are two different skills." Katy "It's tricky being an entrepreneur because all sides of the brain are needed." Alissa "It is so easy to confuse being busy with being profitable." Katy "You don't have to be the best at what you do. You just have to do what you say you're going to do." Alissa Products, People & Previous Episodes Mentioned: Emily Ley / The Simplified Planners (referenced for her "make the decision once" philosophy) Episode 17: What to Do When You Are New OR Slow Want to toast someone on the show? Send us a voice or video message with your name, who you're toasting, and why! Email it to team@hustlehumblypodcast.com. Leave us a review at http://ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get you
- 2 weeks ago48 min
369: Where Communication Breaks Down
Have you ever sent an email, assumed it was read, and then found out three days later it wasn't? This week we're digging into where communication breaks down in a real estate transaction, and it's happening more than ever right now. Everyone has a hundred tabs open in their brain, clients are getting information from a dozen different places, and somehow we're still expected to be the ones who keep it all straight. We start with the basics: verifying who your actual client is (still learning that lesson years in), and why "I sent the email" is not the same as "they read the email." Alissa shares her blind copy and snooze trick for following up on important messages, plus how she handles group texts and email chains when there's a spouse, a divorce, or a court-ordered communication app involved. Then we get into a story from Alissa's very first listing appointment as a brand new agent, and the lesson in taking the high road instead of over-explaining or defending yourself when a client questions you. We also talk about voice notes, why tone gets lost the second you're not talking to someone in person, and the very real, very current problem of clients running everything through ChatGPT before they even talk to us. Katy tells the story of a seller's AI-drafted repair response that read as cold and rude, the two hours she spent recategorizing repair costs on a Saturday morning to try to save the deal, and how the whole thing resolved itself while she was feverishly working. It's a good reminder that in this market, we have to be more prepared than ever, because our clients are showing up to conversations having already asked the machine first. Here's what we cover in this episode: Why "I sent it" doesn't mean "they read it," and the blind copy and snooze trick for following up Verifying who your actual client is before you assume everyone already knows Keeping everyone in the loop with group texts and email chains A story from Alissa's very first listing appointment Why voice notes are becoming a go-to for tone when a text or email just won't cut it How a couple's phone consultation revealed they weren't even on the same page about buying A seller's AI-drafted repair response that read as cold and rude, and what it took to smooth it over Why you have to assume every text, email, and voice note gets forwarded to someone else Why clients are checking with ChatGPT before they check with you, and what that means for how prepared you need to be The importance of being the calm, confident, professional voice in every transaction, especially now Key Quotes & Takeaways: "You have to assume everything you text and email and say is forwarded." Alissa "The tone from the machine was not going to work in a real life scenario." Katy "We now more than ever need to be the boss." Alissa "Your client needs to know what you know to make the best decision." Katy "It's a fine line between too much and too little." Katy Products, People & Previous Episodes Mentioned: Episode 358: Who Actually Has to Sign? How to Protect Your Business (hustlehumblypodcast.com/358) Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Trello (for tracking your pipeline) Want to toast someone on the show? Send us a voice or video message with your name, who you're toasting, and why! Email it to team@hustlehumblypodcast.com. Leave us a review at http://ratethispodcast.com/hustlehum
- 3 weeks ago1h 7m
368: How to Qualify Real Estate Clients Before You Waste Your Time
Have you ever gotten a message from a total stranger asking you to show them a house tomorrow? Or, worse, NOW? This episode covers a little bit of everything: client intake, boundaries, and buyer and seller consultations, because honestly this topic touches almost every system we've built our businesses on. Lately we've both had new clients come to us in a completely different state than we're used to. Ready to go, no pre-approval, no idea what the process actually looks like, and a whole lot of whiplash for us. We walk through exactly how we intake a brand new buyer starting with that very first phone call, why pre-approval has to happen before we ever get in the car, and how the buyer representation agreement fits into that conversation. We share the story of a buyer we've worked with off and on since 2018 (yes, eight years), a listing referral that nearly fell apart over price, and a listing appointment where being honest about a renovation almost cost the job... until it didn't. If you've been letting your own rules slide because you're busy, or slow, or scared of losing a referral, this one is your permission slip to take control back from the very first conversation. Here's what we cover in this episode: Why client intake, boundaries, and buyer and seller consultations all overlap What to do when a brand new buyer wants to see a house before you've even met How to explain the buyer representation agreement without scaring people off Why pre-approval needs to happen before the buyer consultation, not after The "may I have a preferred lender call you" question that actually gets buyers moving A story about learning the hard way to meet at a seller's house before showing them other homes Why a referral doesn't automatically mean you have a real client A listing interview where honesty about an overpriced renovation almost cost the appointment Why fair housing means running your process the exact same way every single time What to do when a seller's neighbors are talking, and it starts affecting your reputation Key Quotes & Takeaways: "I don't like to list houses. I like to sell them." -Alissa "I want you to find somebody that you like, that you trust." -Alissa "Just because they sent you a human doesn't mean they sent you a client." -Katy "It's really up to you what you can endure." -Katy "You have to do it the same every time, whether you're busy or you're slow." -Alissa Products, People & Previous Episodes Mentioned: Episode 113: Be the Boss (hustlehumblypodcast.com/113) Episode 210: Buyer Consultation (hustlehumblypodcast.com/210) Episode 143: Working with Sellers: Pre-Listing Prep (hustlehumblypodcast.com/143) Episode 79: Buyers, Buyers, Buyers (hustlehumblypodcast.com/79) Episode 365: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Your Business (hustlehumblypodcast.com/365) Build Your Own Business (BYOB), live starting September 8th (hustlehumblypodcast.com/byob-waitlist) Hust
- Aug 17, 202637 min
367: How to Mine Your Real Estate Database
Happy birthday to us! 🥳Hustle Humbly is turning seven this week, and in seven years we still haven't found a better way to build a real estate business than the good ole fashioned database. So we're celebrating the only way we know how: talking database again! If you're new here, this is your sign to go listen to Episode 9, the original database episode, and grab our free database template at hustlehumblypodcast.com/starthere. But if you already have a database, this episode is for you, because today we're not building one, we're mining it. We walk through the questions you need to ask yourself about your own database (when's the last time you actually opened it and read through it?), the two check-in messages every agent should be sending, and how to go name by name to figure out who's a buyer, who's a seller, and who's sitting on a referral you haven't asked for yet. We even share our own numbers. One of us found that 6.5% of our database has sent more than one referral, the other found 4.7%. Here's what we cover in this episode: Why you can never truly be "done" with your database The "who do you know" list and how it helps you refresh who belongs on there Why someone who makes you dread seeing their name shouldn't be on your list The two check-in messages to send. A real story about an email that went out to 390 contacts and got 20 responses, no call to action needed Why "everybody already knows a Realtor" is a story you're telling yourself Adding a referral column to track who sends you repeat business How to use closed dates to figure out who's warming up to move again Moving people up the "thermometer" from cold to warm to hot How to track and thank your referral sources so they keep sending more The exercise we did before recording: going through our own databases and finding our repeat referrer percentage Action steps to open your database this week and start sorting Why database is still the best business insurance you have against "the machine" A sneak peek at Build Your Own Business, our live database class starting September 8th Key Quotes & Takeaways: "You can never be done with your database." "If there is someone in your database that makes you go, oh, I don't want to get to this name, they shouldn't be there." "When your business is struggling, database is the answer." "You have to be better than the machine." Products, People & Previous Episodes Mentioned: Episode 9: How to Use Our Database (hustlehumblypodcast.com/9) FREE Database Template (hustlehumblypodcast.com/starthere) Build Your Own Business (BYOB), live starting September 8th Atomic Habits by James Clear Want to toast someone on the show? Send us a voice or video message with your name, who you're toasting, and why! Email it to team@hustlehumblypodcast.com. Leave us a review at http://ratethispodcast.com/hustlehumbly Get your FREE Database Template: http
- Aug 10, 202649 min
366: What Agents Are Really Saying Online
Ever wonder what real estate agents are talking about when nobody's watching? We went straight to the source: Reddit. We dug through the subreddits: r/realtor and r/realestateagent, reading through 2025 and 2026 posts to see what agents are actually saying when they think no one from their brokerage is looking. And y'all, it was a lot. One out of every three posts was a vendor or marketer trying to sell agents a shiny solution to a problem they just admitted to having in public. The most engaged posts were not the wins or the strategy questions. They were confusion, hurt feelings, and agents who felt completely lost. So we broke it all down by topic: vendor fatigue, new agents who are drowning, a commission split that made everyone (including us) mad, what happens when your best friend uses another agent, the listening mistake that cost one agent a listing, social media chaos, CRM overload, the professionalism gap, and the agents juggling real estate with a second job. If you have ever felt like you were the only one struggling with any of this, we promise you are not. Here's what we cover in this episode: Why one in three posts on real estate Reddit is really just a vendor pitch in disguise What it means that the most engaged posts are about confusion, not wins Why new agents commenting on Reddit made us so sad, and what's really going on What "character creation syndrome" is and why the perfect headshot and business cards don't build a business Episodes to check out if you or someone you know is a drowning new agent The commission split story that had everyone up in arms and what she should have known before saying yes What happened when a good friend went under contract with a Zillow agent without saying a word The listing an agent lost because she forgot a detail the seller told her three weeks earlier Why posting "just sold" content is officially spam, and what to post instead Why agents are sitting on thousands of contacts they never actually use The professionalism gap showing up in nearly every single thread we read What dual career and part-time agents are up against, and the encouragement they need to hear Key Quotes & Takeaways: "The most engaged posts weren't about strategy or wins. They were about confusion, hurt feelings, and feeling lost." "We've got to stop trying to automate the relationship building part of our job. It's reps." "Building the image of a successful agent doesn't actually create success. Doing the things successful agents do should be your only focus." "Fifty percent of the time the other agents are way harder than my clients." Products, People & Previous Episodes Mentioned: Episode 361: Agent Vendor Relations (hustlehumblypodcast.com/361) Episode 356: Mistakes New Agents Make (hustlehumblypodcast.com/356) Episode 336: Growing Realtor Confidence (hustlehumblypodcast.com/336) Episode 103: New Agent 101 (hustlehumblypodcast.com/103) Episode 26: Everything We Wished We Knew Before We Started (hustlehumblypodcast.com/26) Episode 334: What to Say When Friends or Family Use Another Agent (hustlehumblypodcast.com/334) Episode 39: How to Deal with Rejection (hustlehumblypodcast.com/
- Aug 3, 202656 min
365: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Your Business
Do you ever feel like you're working hard in your real estate business, but nothing is actually happening? You might be busy without being productive, and that is exactly what we are digging into today. When you work for yourself, nobody is forcing you to audit your business. You just stay in it instead of working on it. So we decided to hold up a mirror and do a full accountability check in, together, out loud, on the mic. We walk through the same audit questions we ask ourselves: did I actually do the thing, did I do it once or consistently, did I have a follow up plan, am I measuring results too soon, and did I tell people what I do and how I help. We use a real case study (73 hand written letters to one neighborhood) to show exactly how this plays out, then we take you through marketing, database, consistency, ROI, and real life scenario audits including the gym, your sphere, and past clients who used another agent. Here's what we cover in this episode: Why "hiding behind busy work" isn't the same as growing your business The real reason your business "clock" hasn't started (and why it now takes closer to four years, not three, to really get momentum) The five big questions to ask before you decide something "worked" or "didn't work" A live case study auditing Alissa's 73 hand written letters to one neighborhood Why doing something once is never enough to judge results How to build a real follow up plan instead of just hoping something works Auditing your general marketing activities and tracking your actual ROI Why comparing yourself to the other agents in your market is a trap How to know if you're giving something enough time before you quit The database and relationship questions every agent should be asking Why adding new people to your database in the last 30 days matters The consistency check: are you working every week, or only when it's slow? Real life scenario audits: lost past clients, mailers that didn't work, and sphere referrals Why the gym, school, or church community isn't producing referrals (and what actually will) What to ask yourself when marketing spend didn't produce results The "then what" question that changes everything about your follow up Why relationships, not transactions, are the real long game in real estate Key Quotes & Takeaways: "If you've been in the business for five years and you've never treated it like a business or had systems in place and tracked what you're doing, I hate to tell you, but your clock hasn't started." - Alissa "You're not working on it, you're working in it." - Katy "Preparation is the highest form of procrastination." - Alissa "It's like you keep saying, then what?" - Alissa "We should enjoy our marketing. It should feel natural to you. It should be your vibe. And that is how you connect with people." - Katy Products, People & Previous Episodes Mentioned: Hustle Humbly Community (hustlehumblypodcast.com/membership) Episode 17: What to Do When You Are New OR Slow </li
- Jul 27, 20261h 0m
364: How to Handle Losing a Client
You win some, you lose some. So why does losing one always feel like it means so much more? This week we get into what happens after the deal falls through, the client picks another agent, or a friend quietly lists their house with someone else. We talk about the "one day rule" a friend taught us for grieving a lost deal, and why real estate karma means the good and the bad even out over time if you let it. We share the moment a nervous friend told us she wasn't hiring us, and why we've learned to respond with grace instead of guilt-tripping. We get into the client who broke the news she was moving out of state over text, the ones who ghost instead of confronting you, and why the people who face you directly deserve to never regret it. We also cover the awkward reality of splitting business between two agents in one household, the ChatGPT trick for cooling down an angry email before you hit send, and a listener's story about a "shopper" who keeps circling back without ever committing. Then we tell the story of a seven figure deal that turned into a $70,000 condo, then into no deal at all, and how walking away with honesty turned into a stream of referrals instead. And we close with the story of an eight year strained friendship that got repaired with one honest text message. Here's what we cover in this episode: Why we believe in real estate karma and how it evens out over time The "one day rule" for grieving a lost deal and moving on What to say when someone nervously tells you they're not hiring you Why business gets messier when it's built on relationships, not just transactions The client who confessed she was relocating out of state over text Being the icebreaker when a client lists with someone else and never tells you How to handle it when a buyer's spouse already has "his" agent Splitting a household's business between two different agents Using ChatGPT to turn an angry email into a professional one A listener's letter about a shopper who never quite commits Sticking to your boundaries even when it might cost you the deal The seven figure deal that shrank to a $70,000 condo, then to nothing How honesty about a bad purchase turned into new referrals Repairing an eight year strained friendship with one text Our rapid fire list of real estate karma quotes to remember Key Quotes & Takeaways: "Be the agent who says no worries, I'm happy for you, and actually means it." "Every time you choose grace over resentment, you're playing the long game." "Don't burn a bridge because you're hurt. You may need to cross it again later." "Real estate is hard enough without carrying a backpack full of grudges." "If you take every business decision personally, this business will eat you alive. Your value is not determined by whether someone hires you." "We're building a reputation, not collecting scorecards." Products, People & Previous Episodes Mentioned: Episode 346: Desperate Agent Behavior (hustlehumblypodcast.com/346) Hustle Humbly Community (hustlehumblypodcast.com/membership)</p
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