
Episode 311: Craig Thompson
Today's guest is the Founder and Managing Director of North Wall Property. In this episode we discuss his business philosophy, brand positioning, evolution, operations discipline, performance outcomes, flexible fee model

Hosted by Simon Gates · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 310 episodes
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Opening The Gates To More Listings with Simon Gates is a podcast designed to help estate agents find more listings and increase the profitability of their business.There will be a variety of different guests across the industry being interviewed to share their knowledge on how to achieve this.
Simon Gates hosts Opening The Gates To More Listings, a education show with 310 episodes published.

Today's guest is the Founder and Managing Director of North Wall Property. In this episode we discuss his business philosophy, brand positioning, evolution, operations discipline, performance outcomes, flexible fee model

Today's guest is the owner of Beacons Real Estate eXp and is a multi award winning estate agent, including winner of eXp UK Best Newcomer and 2 X Capper. He is also the Founder of Real Agency & Real Agent. Having launche

Today's guest is the Group Managing Director at Rayner Personnel and Co-Host of The Two Russells Podcast. He has worked across estate agency, mortgages, and recruitment, serving the sector for almost 40 years. Previously

In more than 300 episodes of Open The Gates To More Listings, I've spent most of my time interviewing the best minds in real estate. This episode is different. For the first time, I'm going solo. Over the past two weeks,

Today's returning guest is the founder of We Are Unchained, a strategic marketing consultancy that helps businesses grow faster by enhancing their market insight, strategy, activity, and talent. Over his 8 years experien

Today's returning guest is the founder of We Are Unchained, a strategic marketing consultancy that helps businesses grow faster by enhancing their market insight, strategy, activity, and talent. Over his 8 years experien

Today's guest is the Owner and Creative Lead at London Property Staging. An interiors-obsessed property geek, she has bought, sold, developed and let properties in London and Australia and studied at the British Academy

Today's guest is the CEO and Founder of Nexpad, which was founded in February 2026. He previously worked for the Connells Group since 2000 and was the Managing Director of Mortgage Services. In this episode we discuss mi

Today's guest is Company Director at Harris + Wood. He started his estate agency career in 2009 as a trainee negotiator with Spicerhaart before moving across to Sequence and eventually launching his own business in 2017.

Today's guest is the Operations Director at Moss Properties and Fine & Country York. She started as an estate agent back in 2012 and has worked her way up the ranks ever since. In this episode we discuss the pandemic era

In episode four of Open the Gates to More Listings meets The Complete Agent, the focus shifts to the full lifecycle of getting a property sold, and why top-performing agents are achieving around 80% completion rates vers

Today's 300th episode special sees me joined by my very good friend, Matt Baldock, who kindly agreed to interview me on my journey to 300 episodes. We discuss the podcast origins, power of consistency, building a persona

Today's guest is the CEO of The Experts group, Director of Fine & Country Midlands and Franchise Owner of the Mortgage Advice Bureau. He works with aspiring entrepreneurs who are ready to start their own business - offer

In part three of Open the Gates To More Listings meets The Complete Agent, Simon Gates, James Kendall, Dave Warburton and Ian Storey unpack the journey from low-fee, high-volume estate agency to consistently commanding 2

Today's returning guest for a now unprecedented 11th appearance is the founder of We Are Unchained, a strategic marketing consultancy that helps businesses grow faster by enhancing their market insight, strategy, activit

In part two of Opening the Gates to More Listings meets The Complete Agent, Simon Gates, James Kendall, Dave Warburton and Ian Storey break down how estate agents can use direct mail properly to win better instructions,

Today's guest is a life coach who specialises in peak personal performance. He has studied and been fascinated by human behavioural psychology for over 30 years and has trained and qualified with the London College of Cl

In this episode, I'm joined by James Kendall, Dave Warburton and Ian Storey to break down exactly how estate agents can transition from low fee, high volume business into the mid to higher end of the market. The conversa

Today's returning guest for a now unprecedented tenth appearance is the founder of We Are Unchained, a strategic marketing consultancy that helps businesses grow faster by enhancing their market insight, strategy, activi

Today's guest is the Director of Sales at Duncan Yeardley & Sears Property. He has been working in the property industry since 2005, having enjoyed running his own estate agency in his 20’s and working for independent es
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