The RealTrending podcast features conversations with the brightest minds in real estate. Every Monday, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts join us to share their secrets to success, trends, and the lessons they’ve learned. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by the HousingWire Content Studio.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe RealTrending podcast features conversations with the brightest minds in real estate. Every Monday, brokerage leaders, top agents, team leaders, and industry experts join us to share their secrets to success, trends, and the lessons they’ve learned. Hosted by Tracey Velt and produced by the HousingWire Content Studio.
RealTrending is hosted by RealTrends. The show has published 405 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Performance coach James Short on the habits that help leaders stay strong through an uncertain market" (19 October 2026, 24 minutes), "Smokey Garrett on real estate’s next chapter: The market, AI and the value of the agent" (12 October 2026, 31 minutes), and "NextHome Prolific’s Kenny Pleasant on building differently in a split-obsessed industry" (5 October 2026, 23 minutes).
RealTrending publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 405 episodes.
Booking probability for RealTrending is 46%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. RealTrending requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. RealTrending's contact route on record: verified email.
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RealTrends hosts RealTrending, a news show with 405 episodes published.
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When the market gets uncertain, strong agents and brokers don’t chase quick fixes—they get back to the fundamentals. On this episode of the RealTrending Podcast, Tracey talks with performance and leadership coach James...
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The housing market may feel stalled, but Smokey Garrett, founder and operating principal of the GO Network at Keller Williams, says it’s still moving — just under a different set of rules. After years of ultra-low...
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What does it take to build a real estate business by doing things differently? On this episode of the RealTrending podcast, Kenny Pleasant of Seattle-based NextHome Prolific shares how he went from laid-off iron worker...
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In this episode of the RealTrending, Tracey Velt sits down with broker-owner Corwyn Melette of Exit Realty Lowcountry Group breaks down what legacy really means beyond a single transaction. He shares how his own family...
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On this episode of RealTrending, Tracey Velt sits down with Eddie Garcia, founder of Realty of America, a brokerage that stormed onto the Real Trends Verified rankings in its very first full year of business — landing...
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On this episode of RealTrending with Tracey Velt, founding Compass agents and Paradigm co-founders Mark Jovanovic and Scott Hustis share how Compass grew from a 50-person tech startup in Union Square to a national...
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On this episode of RealTrending, Tracey sits down with veteran executive recruiter Stephen Kowalchuk to unpack why succession planning for brokerage owners can’t wait. With so many independent owners now in their late...
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In this episode of RealTrending, Tracey Velt talks with Jack Gaughan, president of Greater Nashville Realtors and managing broker at REMAX Choice Properties, about what’s really happening in the Greater Nashville...
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On this episode of RealTrending, Jason Aleem, Redfin’s chief of real estate services, pulls back the curtain on what life looks like at Redfin one year after the Rocket Mortgage acquisition. At the center of the...
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On this episode of RealTrending, host Tracey sits down with Neda Navab, president of Compass, at what she calls a major inflection point for the company and the industry. They dig into how Compass is navigating...
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In this RealTrending episode, Tracey Velt sits down with Anthony Djon, founder and CEO of Anthony Djon Luxury Real Estate in Michigan, to unpack how his team consistently converts internet leads at a staggering 7–9%...
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In this episode, RealTrending host Tracey Velt sits down with two powerhouse independent brokerage leaders on opposite coasts: Michele Harrington, CEO of FirstTeam Real Estate in Southern California, and Bess Freedman...
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In this RealTrending episode, host Tracey sits down with James Wong, CEO and founder of MAXA Designs, to talk about what it really means to become an AI‑enhanced real estate business. While most of the industry is still...
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On this episode of RealTrending, Tracey Velt sit down with Thad Wong, founder and co-CEO of @properties Christie's International Real Estate, but under the Compass International Holdings umbrella, for a candid...
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On this episode of the RealTrending podcast, Tracey Velt sits down with Craig McClelland, a partner in McClelland & Hahn Consulting, for a wide-ranging conversation about the forces reshaping residential real estate...
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On this episode of the RealTrending podcast, Tracey Velt sits down with Rainy Hake Austin, president of The Agency, to talk about scaling a luxury brokerage without losing the culture that made it successful in the...
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On this episode of the RealTrending Podcast, host Tracey Velt sits down with Felix Bravo,managing director, international for eXp Realty, to talk about growing up in real estate, building resilience through hard work...
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On this episode of the RealTrending podcast, Tracey Velt sits down with Chris Watters for a conversation that challenges one of real estate’s biggest assumptions: most teams don’t actually have a lead problem — they...
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HousingWire’s acquisition of Keeping Current Matters (KCM) takes center stage in this episode as Tracey Velt sits down with KCM President David Childers to discuss what the deal means for agents, brokers and the future...
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On this episode of the RealTrending podcast, Tracey Velt sits down with Dan Rochon, head coach of the Greetings Virginia Sales Network, to break down his “Teach to Sell” philosophy and why relationship-driven sales...
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