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At one point, ONEPATH Realty was home to 250 agents. Today, that count is approximately 100 - with 50 producing team agents.

Why? Culture, mindset, and focus.

These words are easily and often thrown around - so much so that they can seem soft or squishy. But they’re keys to your sustainable success. In this conversation, Abel Gilbert, broker/owner of ONEPATH Realty in Miami, demonstrates why and explains how.

Worth noting: he considers the human experience of your agents, staff, and clients as the essence of your culture.

Abel also shares practical takeaways from his journey, including the five departments of a real estate team, the two most important leading indicators to watch, the key components of building to the right agent count, and the three areas he wanted to master before opening his own brokerage.

We recorded this together in person at the Pendry in San Diego.

Listen to this episode of Real Estate Team OS for Abel’s insights into:

- How mindset (not a magic pill or easy answer) makes a team more productive and optimized

- What he was waiting for and developing before opening his own brokerage

- Why he left sales production quickly - on the path of leading and guiding clients, then agents, then a company

- How his team filled in the valleys in the peak-and-valley dynamic of the real estate business

- One system that’s been with him throughout his growth

- The five departments of a real estate team

- The two leading indicators his team focuses on

- Company culture as the human experience of your agents, staff, and clients - and the key to the longevity of your business

- The role of their Culture Manager, why it matters, and where to find the right person

- How he approaches hybrid roles for agents

- Waiting for the right time vs trying things to see what works

- The key components of finding the right agent count

- Why the independent brokerage operating as a team is the future of the business

At the end, he shares with you how he shares the ocean and how 11-year-old triplets allow him to recharge even if they don’t allow him to rest or relax.

Connect with Abel Gilbert and ONEPATH Realty:

- https://www.instagram.com/growwithabel

- https://www.instagram.com/onepathrealty

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Every week you meet and learn from a different leader on Real Estate Team OS. Typically, you meet a visionary or an integrator, an owner or an operator, an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur.

This week, you get both in the same episode!

Jose Samano and Jeffery McGonigle are co-owners of Power Real Estate Group in Orange County, California. Jose is the visionary; Jeffery is the integrator and operator.

Together, they bring you inside their journey of attracting, onboarding, and empowering the right people - after initially trying to recruit everyone. You’ll learn what a collaborative culture looks like and how it operates. And you’ll understand how and why they’re turning new agents into “sales athletes” in a real estate industry that’s embracing professionalism.

Watch or listen for Jeffery’s and Jose’s insights into:

- The shift to a more professional industry and the grit and love of fundamentals that success in it requires

- How one started in the industry as a teenager and the other came from corporate management

- Tips and tactics for more effective SOPs (it’s easier and more important than you think)

- How they’ve structured their 140-person team to deliver lower-funnel leads and lots of support systems to agents

- Why they celebrate VAs’ birthdays just like they do every other team member

- Why “We don’t want to change people. We want to enhance them.”

- Why everyone is in-office by 830am, role-playing by 9am, and on the phones by 930am

- Why “You don’t have to be a new agent, but you have to be willing to take on new ideas.”

- Why “The North Star has to be the client.”

- How their agent advisory board process works and what makes it successful

- How their 30-day onboarding and 12-week training programs work and what makes them successful

- How they do collaborative call listening and coaching - spending 45 minutes on a 5-minute call

- Specific tips to work more effectively with VAs

At the end, learn what the Orlando Magic have in common with The Laughton Team, just how inexpensive a unique dining experience can be in LA, and how a book can pour into you, your office, and your agents.

Check out our previous two-guest episode:
- https://www.realestateteamos.com/episode/ryan-rodenbeck-john-mccarthy-spyglass-leadership-structure

Connect with Jeffery, Jose, and Power Real Estate Group:

- https://www.instagram.com/jeffery_mcgonigle/

- https://www.instagram.com/joserobertosamano

- https://www.pwregroup.com/

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Improving sales production and agent recruiting requires that we layer add a layer to our marketing function - performance marketing.

Grant Wise has been an entrepreneur his entire adult life and has developed a passion and expertise in direct response marketing. Learn what he’s learned and taught to top teams, including those of several people featured on this show!

Learn how to narrow your focus and investment to what’s really working, how and why to create a deal tracking report, how to create and implement a lead management policy, and more.

Learn why you need at least a 3x return per lead source, why you should send 5 emails per week, and which role can close the “gaping hole” in most team’s businesses.

Watch or listen to this conversation with Grant to learn:

- Getting clear on the top 3-5 things driving growth in your business

- Improving production and recruiting by adding a performance marketing layer (and a P&L for your marketing, advertising, and sales efforts) to your business

- The problem with elevating your social media manager to Marketing Director

- How a Deal Tracking Report tells you what’s driving your profit (not just your revenue) and how to create one (and keep it updated!)

- Why you need a 3x return on every lead source … at a minimum

- How to determine your proper reinvestment rate per lead source

- The “gaping hole” in most team’s businesses that they don’t know about and how a CRM Manager position helps close it

- Why you need a Lead Management Policy and how Keri Shull and her team created and implemented theirs

- The difference between remarketing and retargeting and two tips to increase appointments with remarketing

- How to leverage your expertise of living in and experiencing your community to create more conversations

- Why many people have “automated themselves out of relationship” with their marketplace and how email marketing can help you restore relationships

- How not to misuse AI and synthetic media

At the end, hear a question that’s better asked to Grant’s wife, a dynasty he’s pleased to experience, and a replacement for Netflix in his evening viewing.

Connect with Grant Wise:

- www.likegw.com

- https://www.youtube.com/@likegrantwise

- www.facebook.com/likegrantwise

- www.instagram.com/likegrantwise

Mentioned at the close of this episode:
- https://www.masterclass.com/
- https://ouraring.com/

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