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Matthew Mellinger

Matthew Mellinger

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson at Brown Harris Stevens, ranked top 1.5% nationally; host of real estate show "The 13th Floor"

Jun 11, 2026

36:33
yeah
36:34
a very healthy amount of money it's more money than a lot of people make in a year you're possibly signing in a week yeah that's just that's where i lose sleep or if i had a massive upset and something just imploded and i lost a big commission that's where i usually sort of get down the worst um I'm going to go back to what I said earlier, the sticking to a schedule, even though we don't have a schedule, is what keeps me somewhat grounded and as stable as I possibly can be, despite the fact that I, you know, quote unquote, made and lost, you know, let's say quarter of a million dollars in a matter of days.
37:13
Like you think you have it and then all of a sudden it's gone.
37:16
or you were up for a giant, a massive listing and you were about to sign it and they went with somebody else that, you know, obviously you didn't make the money, you didn't sell it yet, but in your head, you're already starting thinking like, what am I gonna do with this? And like, they always have that, there's on social media, there's a real estate, sort of trend fad for reels that is going around where the client calls and basically it's like, oh, we're not going to be moving forward.
37:42
And then it shows the screen of your phone and you have in your browser tabs like a Range Rover, delete, a new watch, delete.
37:49
I'm looking at this apartment, delete, vacation, delete.
37:51
So like that going to happen.

11 MINS LATER

48:52
Who are the people in your life? Matt, that help keep you grounded? And why are those relationships important, given the industry that we work in, the job that we have to do, the 24 by 7 that we're involved in every day, the ups, the downs, the goods, the bad? Who are the people in your life that can keep you grounded when you need

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