Episode 378 - Megan Farrell-Nelson, The Megan Farrell Team with REAL Brokerage, LLC

SUMMARYMegan Farrell-Nelson, a former kindergarten teacher, made a bold career transition into real estate at the age of 26 and has been in the industry for approximately twelve years. Megan's perspective on transitioning to a real estate career is that it was a challenging and unexpected journey, met with skepticism and lack of support from her peers. However, she persevered and learned to embrace the grit and perseverance required in the industry. Her background as a kindergarten teacher played a significant role in her ability to break down complex real estate concepts for clients and provide them with the necessary education. Megan, along with her husband, who is also a former educator, now relishes the opportunity to educate and train new agents in their office. Her experiences underscore the importance of resilience, learning from failures, and providing support to others in the real estate industry.QUOTES(00:00:03) "I walked in as from kindergarten world, right, where you're like, be kind and treat each other with the golden rule. And then I walked into a real estate office and I was like, hi, I'm Megan and super bubly and super, you know, just basically who I am now again. But I was greeted with not as much excitement as I had, let's, let's, let's call it that. And just a lot of like, I remember the first day I did floor time and the agent telling me that I was going to flounder just like the rest of them." - Megan Farrell-Nelson(00:09:41) "I need something. I know this is going to sound kind of weird, like, you can only go to the beach so many times when you're by yourself, right? And I was 26 and I was excited about life, and that just wasn't it." - Megan Farrell-Nelson(00:10:52) "I went from taking care of their most valuable possession, which is their baby, right, to the largest transaction. They're going to have experience. And so it's kind of like kid gloves both ways. And like you said, over explaining things is really big in real estate and education. And I went from teaching people who knew nothing about standing in line and reading and writing to breaking it down on a very low level for them. And so it really did transition naturally into helping with real estate because I was able to break it down." - Megan Farrell-Nelson(00:20:51) "I think the number one thing that agents don't do, I really think it's the number one thing they don't do, which makes me crazy, is they don't learn the contract. They just know what blank spots they need to fill in. Right. They don't understand a contract." - Megan Farrell-Nelson(00:25:14) "I think that horrible situation I went through, I think that being able to turn away from substances and being able to take care of myself when I needed to are really what helped me heal and continue to heal." - Megan Farrell-Nelson(00:33:22) "Don't quit before the magic happens." - Megan Farrell-NelsonSOCIAL LINKShttps://www.instagram.com/meganfarrellnelson/https://www.facebook.com/TheMeganFarrellTeam/TRANSCRIPT00:00:00 - Megan Farrell-NelsonYeah. So I was 26, like I said. And it, it was, I walked in as from kindergarten world, right, where you're like, be kind and treat each other with the golden rule. And then I walked into a real estate office and I was like, hi, I'm Megan and super bubbly and super, you know, just basically who I am now again. But I was greeted with not as much excitement as I had, let's, let's, let's call it that. And just a lot of like, I remember the first day I did floor time and the agent telling me that I was going to flounder just like the rest of them.00:00:36 - Bill RisserYou're listening to the real estate sessions and I'm your host, Bill Risser. With nearly 25 years in the real estate business, I love to interview industry leaders, up and comers, and really anyone with a story to tell. It's the stories that led my guests to a career in the real estate world that drives me into my 9th year and nearly 400 episodes of the podcast. And now I hope you enjoy the next journey. Hi, everybody. Welcome to episode 378 of the Real Estate Sessions podcast. As always, thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you so much for telling a friend. Today we're going to go up to the palm coast of Florida and we're going to be talking to Megan Farrell Nelson. Megan and her husband Brady have a team with Real Brokers LLC. They've been in the business roughly twelve years, kind of in that range, doing some really cool stuff. I've had a chance to work with them at the re bar camps in Florida, whether it was at the state level or one coast up in Jacksonville. So I know you're going to enjoy this conversation. Let's get this thing rolling. Megan, welcome to the podcast.00:01:35 - Megan Farrell-NelsonThank you. I'm so excited to be here.00:01:38 - Bill RisserWell, I can't tell you how much fun I think we're going to have today because you and I were re bar camp. Know we've been in a few sessions together. I'm watching you take a picture right now, so I know you're going to post this. A social thing. I wouldn't expect anything else. That's great. Well, Megan, I want to start at the beginning. This is what I do. I like to find out the backstory of interesting people in the and so, doing some research, I was looking around, I saw a lot of Pennsylvania in there, a Scotia of North Carolina. And then you've been in Florida for a little while now. So I'm just going to guess born and raised in PA. Am I right? And tell me a little bit about growing up in Pennsylvania.00:02:25 - Megan Farrell-NelsonYeah. So I'm actually from Scranton, which everyone thinks is so cool because the office, Dunder Mifflin, does not actually exist there. But yeah, I grew up in a city called Clark Summit, right outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Grew up with all the seasons, including the snow. And it was college. I can remember I was walking to class in college and my face hurt and my hands hurt and I was like, this ain't it for me. And I was going to school to be a teacher at the time. And so when I graduated, there was a big push for hiring in the Carolinas. And so I went down to the Carolinas because I knew I wanted to get out of the snow and ended up getting a teaching job.00:03:04 - Bill RisserScranton is, I think, that's closer to Philly than Pittsburgh. Right.00:03:08 - Megan Farrell-NelsonIt's northeast. So, like, the pog knows I'm about an hour and a half outside of New York City.00:03:14 - Bill RisserOkay. So I'm just going to know, do you grow up as a Phillies fan or an, when you, when you live in Scranton or does it go the other way?00:03:22 - Megan Farrell-NelsonI grew up as a New York Giants fan and a Yankees fan. Yeah. Crazy.00:03:28 - Bill RisserHow does that happen?00:03:29 - Megan Farrell-NelsonPhiladelphia is actually further away from where we live than New York. And I don't know, I guess you kind of go with your parents, right? And my dad was a Giants fan and a Yankees fan. And then my mom's side of the family, they're like hardcore eagles, like, season not. We can't be around each other if the teams play each other kind of.00:03:47 - Bill RisserStuff, which the Giants and the Eagles play every year.00:03:55 - Megan Farrell-NelsonAnd my brother moved to DC and I was like, cool. So now you're like, Redskins, Eagles, Giants. So perfect.00:04:00 - Bill RisserGot it all covered. So tell me, growing up in Scranton, I know roughly how old you were talking 20 years ago. You're going through high school, right? And before that, what is it like growing up there?00:04:13 - Megan Farrell-NelsonMy dad was a builder and my mom was a school teacher, so I was always involved around my parents because my dad, we could go to the job site whenever we wanted. Like, had a bobcat in our backyard. There's a bobcat in my parent's backyard right now, which, if you don't know a bobcat is a piece of machinery, not the animal.00:04:37 - Bill RisserIt's a little tractor.00:04:38 - Megan Farrell-NelsonIt's kind of tractor guy. But yeah. So I grew up basically, like on construction sites or at school with my mom or with my mom after school and things like that. So I kind of was immersed in the real estate business world without really knowing that, and then the teacher world, which is the path I ended up pursuing initially out of college.00:05:01 - Bill RisserBy the way, I have to ask you about college.00:05:03 - Megan Farrell-NelsonYeah.00:05:04 - Bill RisserTell me a little bit about that, because I've never heard of.00:05:08 - Megan Farrell-NelsonYeah, King's College. It's in Wilkesburg, Pennsylvania, and it's like, christ, the. So it was a religious school, I guess I was not religious. That's not why I chose to go there. I went for sports because at the time, that was my thing, was sports. And that's how I picked my college. But, yeah, I went there, majored in early childhood and elementary education.00:05:35 - Bill RisserAwesome. Now, wait, you said sports. Did you play sports there? Was that part of the plan?00:05:40 - Megan...