Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #45 with Mark Allen

Real estate was in Mark Allen’s blood, but he found himself
wanting to take a different path than his parents. In the end,
his roots won him over and he found great success in real estate.
Listen as he shares a crazy story about hosting an open house in
the wrong neighborhood—but manages to make that sale anyway. In
this episode, Leigh interviews Mark Allen, Vice President for
Industry Relations at Move Inc.


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Time Stamped Show Notes: 

00:22 – Introduction for today’s episode

00:44 – Leigh introduces Mark Allen

01:05 – Mark currently works with Move Inc., a company that
provides real estate software products and they also operate com

01:30 – Back then, Mark became a real estate agent after
college

01:44 – He’s an S-O-B (Son of a broker)

02:04 – When he went to college, he wanted to do anything,
but real estate

02:15 – His real estate career has been wonderful throughout
the years

02:20 – Mark shares a story of when he was a new agent

02:35 – One new agent, like himself, was holding an open
house for one of the senior agents

02:44 – The open house was set on a Sunday afternoon, at
Red Circle Drive

02:56 – The sellers were not in the house, but the door
was open for the open house

03:02 – The open house lasted for 2.5 hours and had a
fair amount of traffic

03:10 – Just as the agent was about to close the house,
the sellers came up and were quite irate as to why he was on
their property

03:19 – The agent quickly said they agreed to have an
open house that day to market the home to buyers

03:26 – The sellers told him that their house was NOT for
sale

03:33 – The agent realized he was not supposed to be on
Red Circle South, but in Red Circle North!

04:00 – The agent had buyers interested from the open
house he held and eventually ended up selling the house he
showed, but didn’t list

04:14 – The buyers offered a price that the homeowners
did not anticipate

04:50 – The original homeowners from where the agent
originally listed weren’t very happy that their house didn’t
have that initial open house, but the listing agent was able
to recover from that



05:13 – The real estate business is a very fluid environment

05:32 – 35% of the US population has linear thinking

06:06 – Mark shares another story as a realtor

06:09 – Mark was called to show a house

06:15 – He picked up the buyer from a shopping mall and
drove them to the house

06:24 – As he was picking up his things, he saw the buyer
get into another car and drive off

06:32 – He became an instant Uber driver



07:17 – Mark’s parents both have been successful in real
estate

08:08 – Move Inc. is not owned by the National Association of
Realtors

08:19 – More than 2 years ago, it was purchased and is now a
subsidiary of NewsCorp

09:17 – com is a website for real estate listings

11:20 – Reach Mark on his email

12:00 – Tweet Leigh Brown for your very own crazy story in
real estate

3 Key Points The path you’re avoiding might be the path that
will lead you to success. Always double check your listings! Be
open to options and don’t just stick with linear thinking. Credits

Audio Production by Chris Mottram

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Cover Design by Two Minds Design

Original Music by Rimsky Music