Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #45 with Mark Allen

Real estate was in Mark Allen's blood, but he found himself wanting to take a different path than his parents. In the end, his roots won him over and he found great success in real estate. Listen as he shares a crazy story about hosting an open house in the wrong neighborhood—but manages to make that sale anyway. In this episode, Leigh interviews Mark Allen, Vice President for Industry Relations at Move Inc. Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or in the Podcasts App on your phone. Never miss a beat from Leigh by visiting The Leigh Brown Experience. Time Stamped Show Notes:  00:22 – Introduction for today's episode 00:44 – Leigh introduces Mark Allen 01:05 – Mark currently works with Move Inc., a company that provides real estate software products and they also operate com 01:30 – Back then, Mark became a real estate agent after college 01:44 – He's an S-O-B (Son of a broker) 02:04 – When he went to college, he wanted to do anything, but real estate 02:15 – His real estate career has been wonderful throughout the years 02:20 – Mark shares a story of when he was a new agent 02:35 – One new agent, like himself, was holding an open house for one of the senior agents 02:44 – The open house was set on a Sunday afternoon, at Red Circle Drive 02:56 – The sellers were not in the house, but the door was open for the open house 03:02 – The open house lasted for 2.5 hours and had a fair amount of traffic 03:10 – Just as the agent was about to close the house, the sellers came up and were quite irate as to why he was on their property 03:19 – The agent quickly said they agreed to have an open house that day to market the home to buyers 03:26 – The sellers told him that their house was NOT for sale 03:33 – The agent realized he was not supposed to be on Red Circle South, but in Red Circle North! 04:00 – The agent had buyers interested from the open house he held and eventually ended up selling the house he showed, but didn't list 04:14 – The buyers offered a price that the homeowners did not anticipate 04:50 – The original homeowners from where the agent originally listed weren't very happy that their house didn't have that initial open house, but the listing agent was able to recover from that 05:13 – The real estate business is a very fluid environment 05:32 – 35% of the US population has linear thinking 06:06 – Mark shares another story as a realtor 06:09 – Mark was called to show a house 06:15 – He picked up the buyer from a shopping mall and drove them to the house 06:24 – As he was picking up his things, he saw the buyer get into another car and drive off 06:32 – He became an instant Uber driver 07:17 – Mark's parents both have been successful in real estate 08:08 – Move Inc. is not owned by the National Association of Realtors 08:19 – More than 2 years ago, it was purchased and is now a subsidiary of NewsCorp 09:17 – com is a website for real estate listings 11:20 – Reach Mark on his email 12:00 – Tweet Leigh Brown for your very own crazy story in real estate 3 Key Points The path you're avoiding might be the path that will lead you to success. Always double check your listings! Be open to options and don't just stick with linear thinking. Credits Audio Production by Chris Mottram Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives Cover Design by Two Minds Design Original Music by Rimsky Music