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After The Closing is a biweekly real estate podcast hosted by Sam RP, founder of The RP Group and vice president at Compass. Sam leads conversations with successful real estate professionals, revealing unique stories about how they got their start, lessons they’ve learned along the way, and what’s next.
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UniCURSEity

Aaron J. Amendola

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Jack, Chuck, and Frankie are just three students who were just assigned their most difficult homework yet: ridding Windy City University of the supernatural evil bubbling up from beneath the surface. UniCURSEity is a weekly podcast of horror, comedy, and the occasional interaction with an enchanted skull. Featuring the talents of Aaron J. Amendola, Liz Brodzinski, Caitlin Rosberg, Matt Peters, and many more! Music by Sam Begich. QA by Chris Chapin.
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In this episode, I sit down with Nate Rock, a dedicated real estate professional who's been in the industry since 2016. Nate's success story is characterized by his remarkable consistency, which has resulted in strong and steady growth year after year in his business. Nate discusses his approach to day-to-day and week-to-week operations, emphasizin…
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Kevin Caulfield is a successful realtor in Boston and the co-founder of Final Offer, an innovative platform revolutionizing the real estate industry. Kevin describes Final Offer as "a new way for top real estate agents to provide a more transparent listing and offer experience to their clients." Kevin provides an in-depth discussion about this plat…
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In this episode, we're joined by Dan Parker, a dynamic real estate agent based in San Diego, who has revolutionized his business by harnessing the power of YouTube. Dan shares how he has strategically used his YouTube channel as a cornerstone of his business, attributing a staggering 63% of his success last year to this innovative approach. Dan del…
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In this episode, we sit down with Jamie McMartin, a successful real estate entrepreneur who has built a 35-person team in just four years. Jamie shares valuable insights into how to recruit and build a successful real estate team. She discusses the importance of finding agents who match your company culture and values, as well as the best practices…
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Josh Hogan has put virtually no money into advertising or buying leads. His business has been 100% repeat & referral clients, and people within his sphere. So where does he put all of his marketing dollars? He invests in gifts back to his clients, and local community events - nothing else. If you feel like you are slacking with giving back to your …
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Known for her hands-on, consultative approach, Leslie MacKinnon is a highly successful realtor selling some of Boston's most stunning homes. Leslie knows how to take a listing, see it for its true potential, and help her clients navigate the home prep process to maximize their profits. Sometimes it's what's needed to simply get the home sold in the…
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Eric Simon, better known as The Broke Agent, came on the show to talk about how The Broke Agent account got started in the first place, how he took that original idea and grew it into a full media company called BAM, and how he's hoping to take over the world of real estate content for the future. Follow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP…
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Savannah is born and raised in Scottsdale, AZ. At an early age, she found herself immersed in the real estate business. From holding open houses with her Mother, a Real Estate Broker, or helping her parents fix and flip homes. Real Estate runs through her blood. Savannah quickly learned that cold calling expired & canceled listings, as well as door…
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While attending college in Boston, Phil began to pursue his real estate career. At 19, he quickly became a top rental agent in Boston with Warren Residential. By graduation, Phil had already built a successful business breaking into the luxury market, all while at such a young age. In addition to his success as a real estate agent, Phil began inves…
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Have you ever wondered if you're writing contracts like everyone else? Or if you're forgetting something that could help protect your clients? Are you putting yourself or your clients at risk? This episode will be for you. Walter Pawlowski spent years selling real estate until he jumped into the law side of the business. Because of this, he has a u…
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Lisa Sevajian is a top real estate agent in Massachusetts and a leading voice in the industry, getting quoted in publications such as Forbes, USA Today, Bank Rate, and the Boston Globe. Lisa has always been a hustler, starting out her career going door to door, pitching expired's, and making a name for herself quickly in her market. But it wasn't u…
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There is a reason why when Jeff Heighton speaks at a Compass meeting, everyone in the room stops what they're doing and pays close attention. Jeff has had an incredible career in the world of real estate, from an agent in his early 20's, to transitioning into management in his late 20's, which eventually led him to manage the launch and growth of C…
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Josh and his team, The Muncey Group, have sold over half a billion dollars in real estate. On this episode, we dive into how he grew his business to get to that point, how he created a team that has a focus on culture and community, and how he gives back to that community by starting a down payment assistance fund called the Welcome Home Fund. Foll…
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People often say "I just got my real estate license, but I'm having no success finding business!" In this episode I take a break from interviewing other successful real estate professionals and instead talk about my 5/3 method: 5 steps to take, every week, for the next 3 months, to jumpstart your real estate business. This is not just for brand-new…
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Charlie King started selling real estate at a small office in Boston, and when he got bored, he figured his next move was to simply start his own brokerage. That was the beginning of him starting his team, The Charles King Group. In 2019 he decided to make 2 big changes to his business. He moved away from his own small brokerage, joining Compass, a…
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Will Draper is a realtor in the Raleigh, NC area. After working in corporate America, Will decided it was time for a change, and wanted to get into the world of real estate. He made the unusual move of becoming a home inspector first and eventually became a real estate agent. Will makes Google and Video Content a major part of his business model, g…
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Shant Banosian is not only the top mortgage banker at Guaranteed Rate, but the top mortgage banker in the country, 4 years in a row, with 4,140 closed units and $2.2 billion in funded loans in 2021 alone! On this episode, Shant and I discuss lessons he's learned as his business has grown, as well as the current mortgage market, where Shant thinks r…
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After working in the retail and restaurant world for over a decade, Todd made a big pivot professionally and dove head first into real estate. He quickly found success, working as a buyer's agent on his first team, helping that team grow, to branching off and starting his own team to combining his team with another team and creating a supergroup! T…
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Nick Warren has been an entrepreneur at heart ever since he was a kid, so it's no surprise that he fell into the world of real estate. After quickly outgrowing his first small 4 person office, he decided to open up his own shop, Warren Residential. That office eventually partnered up with Berkshire Hathaway and became part of their HomeServices fra…
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Sarah Maguire used to run her own team, alongside her husband. But when covid hit and the market went crazy, she pivoted her business and started doing a lot of work with another strong team leader, Matt Aranson. After a year of lots of success together and many conversations, they realized that combining both of their teams would be the solution t…
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Before Erica Covelle had a successful career in real estate as the founding member of Covelle & Co., she thought she was going to be in the world of interior design, going to school to study interior design and selling high-end furniture. She has since used that background to offer her clients a unique value proposition that they would often have t…
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Matt Ramey is the broker and owner of Concept Properties, a relatively young but active brokerage in Boston that has a heavy focus on investment and development sales. Matt spent 6 years working in that part of the business before deciding to start his own company and teach others everything he had learned. On this episode, we dig into what it's li…
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Dana Green has perfected what it means to lead a team. Her team, The Dana Green Team, sold roughly $400M in sales last year, with just herself and 5 other licensed team members (as well as staff members). On this episode, we talk about everything it takes to run a team as if you’re the CEO of a company, from culture first, having a system for every…
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Morgan Franklin was always a struggling student growing up, so it seemed like the obvious choice to him to drop out of college and dive into real estate head first. Although he is just 25, Morgan has become a driving force in the Boston real estate scene, where he has recently joined forces with his girlfriend Hailee Walker to partner up and start …
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Jake Eddy had several years of dominating the rental market, doing 150+ rentals per year but when he decided to pivot into sales, it didn't exactly go as planned. Jake quickly learned that showing up, listening to the pros, and networking as much as possible would be his way to break into the sales market. Eventually, he was on everyone's radar, wh…
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Skye Michiels has spent roughly 2 decades working in the world of real estate. On this episode Skye and Sam chat about how he first got into real estate, leaving a short but meaningful career as a high school history teacher. He chats about how he’s experienced nearly every aspect of the real estate industry, from solo agent, to partnership, to a t…
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Craig Brody is both a successful real estate agent at Douglas Elliman as well as an experienced liquor salesman & businessman, growing up working in sales at his family liquor company. He is currently promoting his 2 new ventures, Beach Juice alcoholic seltzer, and Calirosa Tequila. So I told Craig to come over, we can sample the new beverages and …
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Dan Rubin comes over to have a conversation about how he went from having no construction background to house hacking his first multi-family property with the help of Home Depot, and how that experience lead to a decade of developing condos in and around the greater Boston area. Dan and I discuss his new goal of building larger buy-and-hold project…
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Suzanne Koller has been in this business for roughly 2 decades, and even before she had a team she was already calling her business Suzanne & Company. Over the last 20 years, Suzanne has built her team from scratch, hitting plenty of speed bumps and painful life lessons along the way, and came out on the other end with one of the most successful te…
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Shannon Lavin has had a very successful career thus far in Boston real estate, where she’s already been part of 2 major condo developments, including The Echelon, Boston’s largest condo development to date! We get into all of that, what it’s like to work on a development of that size, what goes on behind the scenes, and what she’s focusing on for t…
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Compass President Neda Navab discusses how spending time in both Iran and Rwanda when she was younger shaped her outlook on life, what it was like to work as Robert Reffkin’s chief of staff when she first joined Compass, and her journey from that position to her current position as President of the company. We dive into the tools that Compass offer…
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Randy Horn, AKA, Real Estate Randy has built his entire business on repeat and referral clients, it's close to 100% of his business at this point. Instead of spending money on leads and advertising, he doubles down on his clients and his sphere, building out those relationships. We dig into that on this episode, as well as discuss his journey to be…
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Amit Bhuta has been selling real estate for nearly 2 decades in the greater Miami area. He’s always been big on supporting other agents, coaching other agents, helping them when they have a question, and not just local in his office but nationally, on various message boards and social media. So it comes to no surprise that agent-to-agent referrals …
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Eric Dungy grew up in the world of football, played football in college, but when it was time to make a career change, Eric decided he wanted to try his hand at Real Estate. Combining his love for football and real estate, he’s made a career working with athletes & entertainers and more recently has become the official realtor of the Tampa Bay Bucs…
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Nicole Blanchard is the co-founder of 617Living, the #1 rental team in Massachusetts by dollar volume and transactions since 2015, according to MLS. In this episode, Nicole maps out how she and her 617Living co-founder, Dan built their team, and how they’ve fully leased some of Boston’s largest luxury rental buildings. Follow Nicole on Instagram: @…
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Patrick Brusil is a realtor known for stirring the pot within the online agent community, but finding his voice didn’t come easily. Listen in as he describes how he became comfortable with being himself and accepting that it’s not for everyone. Follow Patrick on Instagram: @boston.real.estate Follow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP Follow Sam on Instagram:…
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Matt Lionetti illustrates how letting his unconventional personality guide his marketing and business efforts has helped him obtain new opportunities with clients and gain wide-known success within the real estate industry. Follow Matt on Instagram: @Matt.Lionetti Follow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP Follow Sam on Instagram: @SamRP…
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Marc Savatsky digs into his journey from his very first investment in Boston real estate to forming his own company–building some of Boston’s best new boutique condo developments. Listen in to hear his approach to development and design, and what he looks for in future projects. Follow Marc on Instagram: @choose_boston Follow Sam on Instagram: @Sam…
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Chris Thoman, Sales Manager at Compass, details his career from an early start, growing from renting apartments to college students to breaking into luxury sales with one of Boston’s premier waterfront real estate teams. After he broke off on his own, he found much success, leading to a direct phone call from Compass CEO, Robert Reffkin. Follow Chr…
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In this arc finale, the gang encounters Firenze. Omelia discovers a new friend. Jack says No. Chuck finds a family. Frankie wants to increase their ranks. CAST & CREW: Aaron J. Amendola/GM: @ImAaronJ Liz Brodzinski/Jack: @PaperbackLizard Matt Peters/Chuck: @MightyInkMatt Caitlin Rosberg/Frankie: @crosberg Sam Begich/Music: @TravelingSamSam Two new …
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A new show is entering the world of Astound! The Guy Who Talks To Animals with Cal Crane is Kellen Terrett's take on what happens when the pets and creatures of the world decide to tell us their take on what's happening. The only question we have is: Will Cal listen? From the mind of Kellen Terrett comes a fun new character in the world of Astound!…
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The Wolf Alliance takes our intrepid travelers under their wing, while dishing the hot goss on what happened between Firenze and the High Table. Jack tells the truth. Chuck takes a toast. Frankie howls. CAST & CREW: Aaron J. Amendola/GM: @ImAaronJ Liz Brodzinski/Jack: @PaperbackLizard Matt Peters/Chuck: @MightyInkMatt Caitlin Rosberg/Frankie: @cros…
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In Cael, 200 years before The Dissemination, a lone Redshifter Knight approaches the tower for their first day on duty. CAST & CREW: Aaron J. Amendola/Narrator: @ImAaronJ UniCURSEity uses the School Spirits RPG system. Get a copy of School Spirits by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.com/VStheUNIVERSE Hang out with us on Discord! Here's your invite …
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The gang makes their way through the fountain to the Hell city of New Cael, where many friends are made. Chuck gets a yeti-hug. Jack shovels an imp. Frankie gets added to an e-mail list. CAST & CREW: Aaron J. Amendola/GM: @ImAaronJ Liz Brodzinski/Jack: @PaperbackLizard Matt Peters/Chuck: @MightyInkMatt Caitlin Rosberg/Frankie: @crosberg Sam Begich/…
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The gang makes a new friend, and prepares to journey into Hell. Jack reveals her true nature. Frankie gets a skele-parrot. Chuck finds strength in his friends. CAST & CREW: Aaron J. Amendola/GM: @ImAaronJ Liz Brodzinski/Jack: @PaperbackLizard Matt Peters/Chuck: @MightyInkMatt Caitlin Rosberg/Frankie: @crosberg Sam Begich/Music: @TravelingSamSam Chr…
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Anderson Lakes returns to WCU's Slow Drip Cafe to debut a clip of his new song "Hustle As Hard As You Hate." CAST & CREW: Sam Begich/Dave: @TravelingSamSam Aaron J. Amendola/Anderson Lakes: @ImAaronJ UniCURSEity uses the School Spirits RPG system. Get a copy of School Spirits by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.com/VStheUNIVERSE Leave us a 5-star r…
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