MyREShow™ The New WV Broker Survived an Act of God to Get Here

Episode 6 of My Real Estate Show™. CEO Sandi Lyn Burnett sits down with Brennan Cook, the newly licensed managing broker for West Virginia, in his first appearance on the show. Producer Brian holds it down behind the board.Tracy Tutor of Million Dollar Listing LA Left Douglas Elliman for Compass, taking her 18-person team and expanding into Beverly Hills, Dallas, and Austin. Sandi Lyn and Brennan dig into why agents cycle through brokerages, what it actually costs to recruit a name like Tutor, and the speculation around her recent lawsuit against the Alexander Brothers, the convicted former Elliman agents.Then the conversation goes into how Sandi Lyn and Brennan actually met. A LinkedIn comment, a Texas farm and ranch sign, and a layoff at EXP after a year where Brennan was senior manager over US teams that closed 117,000 transactions and $34 billion in volume. Brennan walks through the brutal process of earning his West Virginia broker's license, which Sandi Lyn compares to the paperwork load of a Department of Defense secret clearance.Plus the Birkin bag philosophy of brokerage building, why Brennan went to bat for customer service over price, and why agents at this brokerage thank Sandi Lyn for the extra forms instead of complaining about them.Heads up: the ReMax and Real tech adoption fight and the CoStar Q1 numbers got pushed to the next episode. West Virginia opening took the room and earned it.Brokerage contact: [email protected] with Brennan if you are a West Virginia agent: come holler at your boy.Chapters: 00:00 Cold open and intros 02:15 Tracy Tutor left Elliman for Compass 03:58 Why agents cycle through brokerages 04:49 The Alexander Brothers angle 08:17 The Birkin bag philosophy 10:09 Customer service as the differentiator 12:05 Why agents thank us for the extra paperwork 16:44 How Sandi Lyn and Brennan met 18:40 Brennan's EXP background and the layoff 22:29 The West Virginia broker's license process 26:09 Networking and getting comfortable being uncomfortable 31:18 Wrap and what is coming nextMy Real Estate Show™ goes live every weekday at 12 CST. The conversations the rest of the industry is too careful to have. No recruiting pitch, no agenda, just the daily real estate entertainment you've been missing.Get in Touch with Host Sandi Lyn Burnett on Instagram @IAmSandiLynGet in Touch with Brennan on Instagram @Brennan_CookHave a topic you want us to discuss, or want to be a guest on our show? Follow and DM the Show:YouTube @MyRealEstateShowInstagram @MyRealEstateShowSpotify @MyRealEstateShowTwitch @MyRealEstateShowLinkedIn @MyRealEstateShow