Hosted by Nick El-Tawil · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 101 episodes
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Hi, my name is Nick El-Tawil. This started as a podcast to talk about my job selling real estate in the Valley of the Sun, but evolved into me talking to me talking to people doing cool stuff in and around Scottsdale, AZ. Successful entrepreneurs, artists, anyone with a story. Check it out!
Nick El-Tawil hosts Closing Time, a business show with 101 episodes published.
Ann Rasmussen started her real estate career in 2008, when nothing came easy. But you know what they say: nothing in this world can take the place of persistence, and she persisted long enough to start her own company, s
How do you sell $10 million in your first year in real estate, without any family connections or leads handed to you? Derek Tschilar tells us how! Join Derek & Nick for a deep dive on Derek's journey from car sales to re
The last time we heard from Luka Cooley, we heard he was planning to start a collective for local music talent in Scottsdale. Well, he did just that with his partner Sheldon Angelov, and they re-join Nick to share the jo
The Phoenix metro leads the nation in build-to-rent housing. But why? Local developer and investor Mathew Avrhami joins Nick to talk about the economics of building real estate in 2026, growing up in AZ, Arizona State ca
Brandon Schneider and Nick El-Tawil both hustled their way into the real estate business, and both have a love for the game of basketball. Listen as they discuss building their teams, training agents, generating leads, l
Side Real Estate's first full-time Arizona partners, Deandre & Morgan, join Nick to talk everything about luxury in AZ!
Arizona is an international destination in 2026, thanks in no small part to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) coming to Phoenix. And Rebecca Chen is at the forefront of helping Asian homebuyers reloca
Alexa Perri comes back for round two, and she's grown her business quite a bit since the first time! Alexa - who was not on social media for her business at all during her first visit - has since expanded into live sales
It's not every day that you see a guy in his early-30's running a real estate brokerage, let alone one that operates in two states! Joey Bergandi built Velocity Real Estate in San Diego, then expanded to Arizona with Des
Nick got into real estate grinding rentals and cold calling sellers. Matt Derdivanis is doing the same, and even managed to land a $5 million sale - the most expensive ever in 85020 - through a cold call. Join Nick and M
Residential real estate is a business dominated by women, where two out of every three agents are female. Home stagers are even more lopsided: 85% of stagers are women! Lou Maccarone and his company Staged to Sell buck t
Ryan Rinaldo has been in the restaurant industry his entire life. He bought Metropolis in 2013, one of the many restaurants in Scottsdale's Optima Camelview at the time. Today, Metropolis is the only restaurant left stan
You may know Derek Deardorff as the goofy real estate agent and developer who also happens to be the brains behind the Characters of Scottsdale. Instead of having yet another conversation about real estate, Derek decided
Scottsdale resident Greg Roeberg is running for AZ state attorney general in 2026. He joins Nick to share his background and discuss his goals if he is elected. Particularly, how he can help incentivize more homes to get
Greg Lim is a serial entrepreneur in the Phoenix and Scottsdale area with exits from many of the most notable startups from AZ, including Carvana. His latest venture was born out of a personal experience where his father
When you think tech start-ups, you might think San Francisco. Austin. Maybe even New York City. But Scottsdale?! Ryan and Amit are doing exactly that in a town historically dominated by real estate and healthcare. Join N
If you know Nick, then you know he likes his suit jackets jackets. Certain colors are hard to find in men's jackets, so when Nick found a pink jacket from Colton Crain and The Grotto Menswear, he had to jump on it. Durin
Aaron Rocha founded Multivestors Group at what might have been the worst possible time to buy multifamily real estate. But what might have been bad timing for many buyers turned into the opportunity of a lifetime for him
Kyle Grant is so humble that he told me for months that he was a "consultant" at Painted Desert Consulting and I believed it. I didn't find out until we started recording this episode that he founded the damn thing! Lear
What happens after you almost lose everything? You come back even stronger! Brett Secor joins Nick to discuss how he built his recruiting business in a hospital bed after nearly dying from internal injuries. The boys als
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