Real estate business

Ed is busy, but we'll get Johnny up.

We're talking with Riley Kachaturian, realtor with Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group.

Do you envision being friends with the people that you close houses with? I mean, does that keep going?

Oh, absolutely.

It's a really cool part that we get to stay with them and be a resource for them, but also to get to be a friend.

All right.

As a real estate agent, it's kind of a 24-7.

You're thinking about stuff.

Hello, girls.

Welcome to the Moms in Real Estate podcast.

I'm your host, Kristen Cantrell, an agent, an entrepreneur, a community builder, and definitely somebody who does not have it all together.

And this is the podcast where we're going to talk about business and real life.

And I'm so excited you're here.

So let's dive in.

Welcome back to Moms in Real Estate, you guys.

I am here with one of my very best friends, and I could not be more excited because she is a partner inside Moms in Real Estate, but above all things, like when I say she's one of my closest friends, we like do life together.

Okay, bestie, we may be fully divided on this issue, and I understand that in this episode, I may piss you off a little bit.

However, it has to be said, and we are going to talk about what the cost of doing business is as a real estate agent in 2026 or whatever year it is because I think that some of us have gotten it twisted.

Hey, friends.

I'm Rosemary Lewis, your homegirl, and I'm so excited that you are here.

I do not care what it looks like on Instagram or HGTV.

This whole being a realtor thing is not for the faint of heart.

In 2017, I quit my job as a teacher to follow my real estate dreams and quickly found myself overwhelmed and struggling.

Fast-forward to today, not only have I been recognized as one of the leaders in our industry, I have actually grown a business that I absolutely love.

But then about the one-year mark is when I had to make a decision.

I've, I have a whole podcast episode about when I came to this conclusion, but I had a lot of reservations about getting my real estate license after Michael's incident, um, for many reasons.

And the, that kind of, it kind of stayed, but I still had to choose to trust the Lord that, "Hey, I believe this is what you have given to me to do, so I need, I need to say yes, and I need to do it." So last summer I did have the privilege of helping...

I helped two people [laughs] buy new homes in the area, and that was, like, the spring and the summer of last year.

Summer, fall, winter.

And I became what I describe as paralyzed.

I did not want to do the specific real estate behaviors.

I did not want to perform.

Welcome to Above Asking.

I'm Alyssa Stalker, and this is the show for real estate agents who know that doing what everyone else is doing won't build a brand you're obsessed with.

Most real estate podcasts tell you what to post.

We're here to change how you think so you can build a business that stands out and feels like yours.

Let's get into it.

What made you bet on branding in the first place, choosing to build something very intentional and distinct?

Yeah.

So I got started in real estate as a marketing coordinator for a local team.

Here's someone who dared to step outside of their comfort zone and discovered what was possible on the other side.

Today's guest is Robin Reed Hicks, a communicator, executive, and life coach, real estate professional, voice actor, actress, spokesperson, MC, and content creator, helping people move forward with confidence, clarity, and purpose.

She coaches executives and individuals through her practice at bookcoachrobin.com. She is an ICF Associate Certified Coach, and she hosts the YouTube channel cook with me gluten-free where she has built a growing community around accessible joyful gluten-free living and she has also been my friend for over 30 years but this year robin made a decision that took every ounce of courage she has ever taught anyone else to find After more than 25 years of breast biopsies, surgeries, and scans, and a diagnosis that placed her at a significantly increased risk for breast cancer, Robin reached the point where she simply could not keep waiting.

She chose a preventative double mastectomy and reconstruction, not because cancer had arrived, but because she was not willing to wait for it to.

He is so lucky.

He is, he, I'm so lucky with everything that I've been through.

You know, real estate, I'm coming up on 25 years in real estate next year.

Yeah, early next year is 25 years.