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How to Divide and Concur in Real Estate with the Johnson and Walker Team

Episode

Cassie Walker Johnson and Jeremy Johnson of Johnson and Walker have found a winning
formula to divide and concur the business of real estate. In this episode 43, you will learn the
winning combination of presenting the numbers and managing the work to put your sellers
best foot forward when listing a home.

Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real
estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons
they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell
homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and
his real estate agent co host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home
stager serving Portland and Seattle.

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

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How to Combine Love and Business in a Real Estate Partnership with Team Franz and Joe

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Franz Diessner and Joe Overland have successfully combined a thriving real estate business with having a family together for over 12 years. It takes amazing communication, a division of labor, love and empathy to do both of those things well. Learn the secrets to their success as well as what their future looks like in the ever changing market. 

Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and his real estate agent co host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home stager serving Portland and Seattle. 

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

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Meet Daniel Vaughan our Seattle Creative Director

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Running a successful home staging company is no easy task. Dan is busy every day coordinating schedules, keeping clients and employees happy, pushing the envelope of our design vocabulary and making sure we are working efficiently.  Learn all about his rise to the top through the pandemic after returning to school to earn a degree in industrial design. Dan shares his many insights behind the scenes at a home staging company and reveals the truth about the world of making homes look their very best.

Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and his real estate agent co-host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home staging agency serving Portland and Seattle.

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

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How to Fledge Out on Your Own with Rosanne Vecchio

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Not every agent is made to be a part of a larger firm. Some of us need the independence of working on our own. Rosanne Vecchio has been doing that for nearly ten years. Learn about how figure out if you are that type of agent, what to do if you are and how to be successful on your own once you make it there. Justin and Amy also discuss what this changing market means as well as what is a “sphere of influence” and a “pipeline and how do you fill it.”

Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and his real estate agent co-host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home staging agency serving Portland and Seattle.

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

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How to Build a Brand Within a Brand with Scott Dickinson

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One of the most difficult things about starting your own business is all of the paperwork, regulations, branding, social media, and endless amounts of administration. What if you didn’t have to do any of that? You could have your own brand, and all of the behind the scenes work was done for you? Scott Dickinson of Side Inc. gives Justin and Amy the inside scoop to this new concept. Justin and Amy also discuss preparing for a recession and finding your core purpose, product and values.

Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and his real estate agent co-host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home staging agency serving Portland and Seattle.

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:38 — 55.7MB)

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How to Find Your Success Lane with Kristine Losh

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What does success look like to you? Is it measured in dollars? Number of transactions? Size of your team? Happiness? Not everyone has the same idea of what success is. We take the time to examine this idea with Kristine Losh of Ewing and Clark, Washington’s oldest real estate firm. Justin and Amy also discuss dealing with a bad negotiator and what success look like to them.

Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and his real estate agent co-host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home staging agency serving Portland and Seattle.

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:35 — 23.2MB)

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How to Build a Millennial Friendly Business with Taylor Spencer

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Millennials are now the largest residential real estate buying demographic in the world. If your business is not Millennial friendly, plan to retire soon. Want to stick around and work with this powerful demographic? Take a listen to the insights Taylor offers. Justin and Amy also discuss when text vs. email vs. call and how to keep it together with your clients when your world is crumbling. 

Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and his real estate agent co-host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home staging agency serving Portland and Seattle.

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

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How to Bridge the Millennial – GenX Real Estate Gap with Jacob Donahue

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Sometimes it’s like talking to a space alien. They just don’t get us. We don’t get them. Different generations communicate in different ways. They have different concerns and priorities. Should I call? Should I text? What the heck is a fax anyway? Am I doing it? Am I doing a Tik-Tok? Learn all the best tricks for meeting your fellow agents and clients where they are comfortable, even if you aren’t. Amy and Justin also discuss “Dream-lining” your life and finding your “Big Harry Audacious Goal.”

Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and his real estate agent co-host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home staging agency serving Portland and Seattle.

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:52 — 55.9MB)

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How to Find and Provide Grace in Real Estate with Katie Sengstake

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Learn the best tips and tricks to move through the real estate world with grace. It’s true we all make mistakes, but how do we handle them when we make them vs when other make them? What impacts does our grace or lack thereof have on our business? We also discuss Easter eggs in home staging as well as what makes us uncomfortable and why we are attracted to it.
Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and his real estate agent co-host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home staging agency serving Portland and Seattle.

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

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How To Avoid Catphishing in Real Estate with David Policar

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We get to find out all the best ways to flush out a catphish with David Policar of (W)here Real Estate in Portland, Oregon. David has wasted time and energy with catphish in the past and has a fool proof way to make sure he never does again. We also discuss topics like finding grace when it is the most difficult and how to power through a transaction even if the broker on the other side is on a different path.
Behind the Yard Sign is a podcast about the lives, struggles and successes of seasoned real estate professionals. Veteran brokers share their highest highs and lowest lows and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. You’ll find lots of tips, tricks and how-to advice on how to sell homes for more money and in less time with Spade and Archer founder, Justin M. Riordan and his real estate agent co-host, Amy Romberg. Spade and Archer Design Agency is a home staging agency serving Portland and Seattle.

Website: spade-archer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpadeArcher/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpadeArcher
Instagram: http://instagram.com/spadearcher
Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/spadearcher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spade-and-archer-design-agency/about/

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:38 — 49.9MB)

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