Meet Allegra Moet Brantly,
Founder of Factora

Allegra's Email: allegra@factorawealth.com

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In her own words...

My story isn’t unique: I burned out at my corporate job, but felt trapped because I was living paycheck to paycheck (even though I was earning 6 figures!).

That’s when I realized the American dream needed a serious overhaul.

AS WOMEN, WE FACE SOME TOUGH ECONOMIC TRUTHS:

We’re paid less than 78 cents on the dollar to men

We live longer—on average, by 7 years

We’re the primary caretakers—for not just our children, but our aging parents

And we’re often charged with heading up the household—physically, mentally, emotionally, AND financially

To top it off, there’s a multi-million dollar marketing engine targeting us to spend on consumer goods with a culture that often values physical things over financial stability.

OUR GOAL AT FACTORA IS TO HELP WOMEN LEVEL-UP THEIR EARNING AND INVESTING POTENTIAL SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE FINANCIAL FREEDOM.

About Janie Coffey

Phone: 904.525.1008
Email: janie.coffey@compass.com

Website:https://www.thecoffeyteamfl.com/

Janie Coffey leverages almost three decades of experience in real estate, construction and development to expertly serve both residential and commercial buyers and sellers. Janie ranks in the top 250 agents in Florida, as currently identified by Real Trends and the Wall Street Journal. She has been named among the Top 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate by Inman News, was ranked as a top-ten agent in Northeast Florida by the Jacksonville Business Journal, and was the number one agent during her tenure at First Coast Sotheby's International Realty.

As Executive Director of Sales representing Compass in Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, Janie leads her namesake Coffey Team, specializing in luxury, waterfront, historic and architecturally significant residential properties, equestrian properties, and boutique commercial properties. 
 

Prior to joining Compass, Janie worked with the Sotheby's International Realty brand for eight years, most recently serving as the Director of Sales for First Coast Sotheby's International Realty in Northeast Florida, where she quickly became one of the firm's top producers. Previously, she was the Executive Vice President for ONE Sotheby's International Realty in South Florida, where she helped oversee the growth of one of the company's top affiliates. Janie has a BSBA Degree from the University of Richmond, which, combined with her experience, enables her to approach and analyze deals from a business-minded angle. Janie also relies on her licensure as a general contractor and 25 years of experience in the building industry to guide clients on projects ranging from new builds to historic renovations. 

Janie is deeply passionate about historic and architecturally significant properties, helping clients navigate even the most complex processes relating to preservation practices, income tax credits, or adaptive reuse projects. Janie's family has lived in St. Augustine, Florida since 1574, making her a 15th-generation First Coaster. She grew up in Northern Virginia and lived in Washington, D.C., Germany and Miami before moving to Jacksonville. Janie is multi-lingual, speaking both German and English. Janie regularly lends her expertise to courses, webinars, and podcasts on luxury real estate, and the list of her professional accolades is endless. 
 

Meet Thomas Echea

thomas@echearealty.com

Of all the words to describe Thomas ‘personal’ and ‘passionate’ would sum him up perfectly. With more than 25 years of sales experience, what separates him from the many others in his field of expertise is the way he communicates with not only his clients, but everyone around him. An answer for his success is simple; embrace and harness new technologies while keeping himself grounded with that personal touch and a dash of charm. 10 years ago Thomas brought his charisma and his extensive knowledge in buying or selling real estate to South Florida and the surrounding cities. Utilizing innovative marketing plans and unparalleled track record, Thomas will do absolutely everything in his power to ensure his clients success. 

His love of innovative marketing evolved into an orchestrated approach to cabin rentals in Blue Ridge Georgia...Martini Mountain.

Martini Mountain Properties

Martini Mountain Chalet 

Martini Mountain Chalet Video

Martini Mountain Downtown

Recorded live in a Clubhouse Room, learn all about how the early adapters are using Clubhouse to build connections and improve their real estate practice.

Experts:  Janie Coffey, Holly Meyer Lucas and Amit Bhuta share the stage.

Need an invite?  email Beth

More info on Clubhouse - CLUBHOUSE Guide

Steve Giachello

President and CEO Puertoricoproperties.us

Puertoricoproperty@gmail.com

Www.puertoricoproperty.us

You Tube

Steve is a former professional in line skater who has been a serial entrepreneur and for the last 5 years has been investing in vacation rental properties in Puerto Rico

Christiana Serle - Mindfulness Coach

hello@christianaserle.com

christianaserle.com

Meet Christiana Serle.....  In her own words

As a former college athlete and current triathlete, I always believed fitness and nutrition were paramount to improving my performance and overall health.  My perspective shifted completely when I attended a 10-day silent meditation in 2014 while grieving a loss. Through that experience, I began to unlock the power of the mind and body connection and began applying mindfulness principles and techniques to areas in my life like eating, parenting, and friendships.  I now work with organizations (over 200 so far!) to design wellness programs for their employees that center around mindfulness.

I also teach courses for my community, and also incorporate what I have learned at home. My intention is to improve health, productivity, and happiness of all of my teams. I have been recognized as one of the Top 10 Health Promotion Professionals by the Wellness Council of America and my clients have won many local and national awards for their employee wellness programs.   

Most importantly,  I am a real person.  I live in the real world.  I am a wife, a Mom, a daughter, a friend.  I look forward to connecting with you, and working together to be present for the lives we are living.  

Jeff Polashuk

Managing Director of Sales, Compass Florida

jeff.polashuk@compass.com

A graduate of the College of Charleston, Jeff's has a successful track record with sales teams at tech companies.  

Jeff started his career at Cornerstone On Demand, where he was a Regional Sales manager for a a team of Sales Account executives responsible for deploying an Integrated Talent Management software with enterprise accounts.

In 2014, Jeff jumped over to Zillow and was involved with enterprise sales working with major real estate brokerage companies all over the US.

His Zillow outreach led him to Compass, where in 2017, he became a Sales Manager in 2017.  Recognized for his fresh approach to the sales leadership role, he was promoted to Managing Director of Sales for Florida for Compass.

Chirag Shah

Founder & CEO

https://www.chiragshahlearning.com/

cs@chiragshahlearning.com

Instagram:chiragshahny

Chirag Shah has combined his 13-years of real estate experience with the first-hand insights he gained as the Director of Coaching & Training at Compass to launch Chirag Shah Coaching, the premiere real estate coaching company designed exclusively for Compass agents. 

Chirag believes in a people-first coaching philosophy. He spends time understanding what is most important to his individual clients, the direction they want to take their businesses and lives, and then he creates a custom roadmap to help get them there—investing in their success each step along the way.  In his 5,000+ hours of coaching Compass agents, he has found that this approach, along with concise planning, daily accountability, and specific tactical strategies leads his clients to work more efficiently, increase their earning, and live more fulfilled lives. 

By working with Chirag Shah Coaching, you can expect to create systems, structures, and processes that will integrate your business into your life, maintain healthy boundaries, and bring your vision for your future to life.

About Marci James

@marcijames on both Twitter and Instagram.

You can also join my community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/realtor.comPros

And you can email me directly at marci.james@realtor.com

Adventure seeker🌲, lifelong learner 📚, problem solver 🤔, challenge taker 🚀, community builder👷‍♀️. My 20+ years of work in the real estate industry have been driven by my desire to empower REALTORS@ with the tools, information, skills, & confidence they need to flourish and succeed.

As the Director of Industry Outreach, I manage online/off-line interactions and relationships with our customers, the industry, and the National Association of REALTORS@. I have been named to Inman’s Top 100 Industry Influencers and to Swanepoel Power 200 Top 20 Social Influencers.

Follow up Links:

David Doctorow Forbes Article

Realtor.com Pro Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/realtor.comPros

Realtor.com - Research https://www.realtor.com/research/

Training Webinars - https://support.realtor.com/s/training

Another GREAT resource is - Hub.realtor.com

If you have not claimed your profile go to: https://www.realtor.com/agentprofile/

Nick Taylor

Email - Nick@modusclosing.com

Phone - 425-495-5057

Linked in Profile

"IF IT WAS MEANT TO BE, IT'S UP TO ME"

Nick is the Vice President of Growth at Modus, a title/escrow company reimagining the future of home closing and recently acquired by Compass in October 2020. Working in real estate since 2004, Nick has been a sales and marketing executive with stints at RealTrends Top 20 brokerage, John L. Scott Real Estate, and Zillow Group, before joining Modus in 2019. A featured speaker at Inman Connect, Nick is passionate about real estate innovation and empowering real estate professionals with technology to help them excel with clients.

About Modus

Modus is a tech company operating in the title/settlement industry that works closely with both clients and agents. Our mission is to make the transaction an exciting and empowering moment in people’s lives. We marry the benefits of working with talented title, escrow, attorneys, with the technology we expect from a company in the 21st century.

Big Picture Thinking with Marc Davison

Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer 

1000 Watt 

marc@1000watt.net

Cell -805-704-1715

https://1000watt.net

About Marc

Marc has spent much of his career helping brands both inside and outside of real estate reach deep within, say something authentic and new and better connect with their customer base. He entered real estate in 1998, when he contracted with Inman News to help build their brand and market their services. That’s where he met Brian Boero. Together they formed an incredible creative bond that led to the launch of 1000watt in 2007. Marc’s 40 years of brand-building experience has helped many real estate companies discover their true brilliance and differentiation. He’s a proven speaker who can take an audience on an engaging journey inside the workings of a brand agency and reveal the hidden secrets of how to build a lasting and loved brand.

Orlando Montiel

Instagram: orlandovmotiel

Website - https://montielorganization.com/

YouTube - MontielOrganization

“We set out to revolutionize and democratize education for real estate agents by offering unlimited access to hundreds of hours of the highest quality of real estate instruction. We want real estate agents to get the world’s best real estate education at the world’s best price” 

--Orlando Montiel

In 2007, after realizing that according to the National Association of Realtors less than 5% of all real estate agents have formal real estate sales training, Orlando Montiel founded The Montiel Organization, LLC .

In his leadership role, Mr. Montiel continues his pursuit to help real estate agents set their businesses for profit, automation, and growth so its members can reach their lifestyle goals.

Mr. Montiel has trained over 8,500 real estate agents and performs over 120 real estate live events per year for some of the leading organizations in the country including; The Miami Realtors Association, the largest realtor’s association in the country, Coldwell Banker, EWM, Century 21, Remax, Douglas Elliman, and Keller among others.

In 2005, Mr. Montiel published the book “Real Estate in Florida” a Practical Guide to Buying and Selling Real Estate, in Spanish and in 2008 Paz Económica, his latest publication released in early 2016 is “The Ultimate Real Estate Agent Book” where he reveals the secrets of the top agents in the country closing more than 75 million in sales and in excess of 100 transactions per year.

He is the host of The Miami Real Estate Show where he interviews the top agents in the country. He is also the “on-camera talent” for Univision and MasterCard in the roll of financial advisor and real estate expert, he also held the same position in Telemundo from 2005 to 2009. He has been a guest speaker on the topic of real estate in several opinion programs in Latin America as well as in the U.S.A.

Peter Zalewski

Peter Zalewski, South Florida’s foremost real estate expert on the volatile condo market is founder and principal of five condo firms in Miami, including flagships CraneSpotters.com and Condo Vultures LLC providing research and analytics for industry professionals.

Under Zalewski’s direction, his firms have monitored condo construction and sales/leasing activity of more than 1,000 condo projects—built prior and post boom—located east of Interstate 95 in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.

Most recently, Zalewski was included on the South Florida Business Journal’s list of Power Brokers in Real Estate 2015. He is currently writing a book on South Florida’s real estate industry, titled, Condo Cartel: An Inside Look At Miami’s High-Rise Real Estate Market.

We are simulcasting!

The CondoVultures.com   podcast is focused on identifying buying opportunities and implementing strategies in the volatile South Florida condo markets of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Peter Zalewski, the host of this podcast, is a former financial journalist who now works as a Miami real estate broker, Wall Street analyst and expert witness. This podcast is not authorized by the real estate industry and will probably annoy many of the industry’s talking heads. The  CondoVultures.com podcast is all about straight talk and will include salty language that could be offensive to some.

About Joel Dixon,Head of Design Compass Development Marketing Group

Joel.dixon@compass.com

Joel has advised on all aspects of new development planning, programming, and design/construction at Compass. Bringing a market-driven approach to the practice, he provides highly tailored recommendations that aim to elevate project design, maximize project marketability, and increase developer/investor returns. Prior to joining Compass, Joel specialized in high-end hospitality and multi-family residential architecture where he drove the design of nearly 2M SF of development throughout the East Coast, China, and Southeast Asia. Passionate about design and development, Joel has also taught courses at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and Boston Architecture College.

kevin@kevintomlinson.com

From LinkedIn

For nearly 20 years, Kevin Tomlinson has been a pacesetter for luxury Miami Beach real estate. Described as unconventional, no-nonsense and unreserved, he is an industry pioneer whose opinion on the market is well regarded by clients, peers, real estate groups and journalists.

Kevin began his profession in 1996 as a condo specialist at Gerard International Realty, which was later acquired by Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell. At EWM, Kevin was a seven-time Chairman’s Club diamond-level performer, ranking him with the top one-half of 1 percent of all Realtors® nationwide. He was also vice president and senior vice president of another major luxury real estate brand for five years.

A well-respected real estate authority, Kevin’s distinguished, commanding presence on the Internet makes both his website and South Beach Condo Blog two of the most emulated, highly ranked and heavily trafficked resources in the industry.

The New York Times Style Magazine touted his blog as featuring “regular, insidery news updates on the market.” Kevin is also a search engine optimization specialist and an avid social media marketer with more than 15,000 total followers on the most popular networking sites.

Local and national news organizations often engage Kevin as an expert real estate source. He has been featured in stories from BusinessWeek, Robb Report, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com and the Drudge Report, to name a few. The Wall Street Journal, AOL, Yahoo, USA Today, ESPN, The Huffington Post, TMZ and many other publishers have picked up Kevin's blog posts and news.

Kevin is on the residential board of governors for the MIAMI Association of Realtors and is a member of the Master Brokers Forum, an association of top real estate producers in Miami-Dade County. He is also a board member of Miami Beach’s Bass Museum of Art.

NAR Summary

Notorious ROB Blog Post on Changes

Margy Grant, CEO Florida Association of Realtors

Grant is the state association’s chief management officer, responsible for administration of Florida Realtors’ programs, services and policies, as well as its financial condition.

Grant is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and also holds the Realtor Association Certified Executive (RCE) designation, earning recognition for specialized industry knowledge as well as association achievements and experience. She is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). 

She earned her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, at the Suffolk University School of Law in Boston and her bachelor's degree in political science at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. Grant is a member of the Florida Bar, Massachusetts Bar and the California Bar (inactive status). She joined Florida Realtors in 2005.

Maggie Buck President of Buck Mediation & Consulting Services. LLC

Consulting services specializing in overall real estate brokerage operations with reviewing and improving business strategies including analyzing financial statements, increasing profits, small-medium acquisitions/walkovers, training of staff and sales associates, presenter of NAR Code of Ethics. Assisting brokers and associates with preparing/responding to ethics complaints and/or arbitrations filed on commission disputes involving associates within the same firm or between different brokerage firm, marketing & advertising, company policies and procedures, risk management and other aspects of running a brokerage company. Serve as a mediator working with parties to resolve their dispute through mediation and avoid taking the matter through the court system

Florida Licensed Real Estate Instructor,

Council of Real Estate Brokerage Management,

Chairperson of Miami Association of Realtors Professional Standards Committee,

Member Florida Realtors Broker Engagement Committee (Formerly Top 50 Brokers),

Certified Florida Supreme Court Mediator

Member Master Brokers Forum

Misty Buck, CEO Miss-Ink

Athlete Mental Health Playbook

Misty Buck founded Miss Ink, LLC, a boutique social media and content marketing firm, in January 2008 in order to help businesses take the stress out of digital marketing. Her passion is fusing creativity and strategy to tell each client’s unique story. When she isn’t running Miss Ink, Misty is the host of the Marketing Monday show, which airs live every Monday at Noon from the Community Newspapers Studio in South Miami. She is also an executive member of the Zoo Miami Foundation’s Young Professionals group called Wild Bunch and serves on the Board of Directors of the Pinecrest Business Association.  An avid writer and wellness activist, Misty achieved her dream of authoring a book in 2020 with the publication of the Athlete Mental Health Playbook. Throughout her career, she has earned several accolades. In 2013 she was honored as a Top Entrepreneur in South Florida by Business Leader magazine. Under her leadership, Miss Ink was voted a Top 3 Internet Marketing Company in the Daily Business Review’s Best of Awards in 2018 and 2019. 

I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.    

In the meantime, please catch up on all the previous episodes.  Looking forward to reaching new treetops upon my return.

Website - meyerlucas.com

Facebook- Meyer Lucas Group

Instagram

Pinterest

About Holly

Holly Meyer Lucas is a top producing luxury real estate specialist and nationally recognized industry leader in the Sports and Entertainment real estate space. Based in the Jupiter and Palm Beach area, Holly and her team agents run a high-volume business with specialized market knowledge and expertise that is second-to-none. She is a high-energy businesswoman whose sharp business acumen resonates with her clients. Her notable national realtor network, includes Compass’ Sports & Entertainment network, and a wide range of resources in the luxury real estate industry.

Holly has represented over 100 real estate transactions involving professional athletes in the Jupiter, Palm Beach and Treasure Coast areas over the last several years. As the wife of a former professional baseball player and current Major League Baseball coach, Holly has an intimate understanding of the high stakes and quick turnarounds needed for professional athletes in the Jupiter and Palm Beach area and is often featured on local and national news media outlets discussing best practices when working with athletes and entertainers and various real estate related news stories.

Holly is a tech-savvy marketer that ensures her clients who are selling properties have a strategic online presence through targeted social media and website placement and the consistent monitoring of web traffic and analytics.  While Holly’s personal focus is on the luxury market in the Jupiter, Palm Beach, and Treasure Coast areas, she and her team will assist clientele ranging from first-time homebuyers to those searching for the ultimate waterfront luxury estate.  

Holly earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in German Literature and Business from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Originally from Munich, Germany, Holly has lived in many places before settling with her husband and two boys in Jupiter. She is the founder of a non-profit called Cupboard Cleanout, which has donated thousands of unopened, unused, non-perishable food items back to the Jupiter community over the years.  In addition to running a successful business and her community leadership, Holly also maintains an active lifestyle through her participation in an adult soccer league, running an occasional marathon and skiing. She is fluent in English and German.

MARSHALL GOBUTY

President and Founder, Pearl Homes

Hunters Point

Pearl Homes

Email Marshall - marshallgobuty@gmail.com

Marshall Gobuty is an experienced homebuilder with a passion for sustainable design and development. His success in the apparel, rental housing, and hospitality furnishings industries fuels his vision to create a true sustainable lifestyle experience. After the sellout of the award-winning, LEED-Platinum rated Mirabella community in Florida, Marshall now pushes green building even further with the creation of an attractive, modern net-zero home. Marshall’s vast experience as an entrepreneur is anchored in fashion design and in the garment industry. Starting with a small apparel business in Canada, he transformed the company into an international enterprise, establishing overseas supply chain logistics and fostering key relationships. His experience included becoming one of the first ever private labels for a large, well-known retailer. His ventures and experience eventually grew into other areas, where his company, LagoInvest, had 4,500 apartment units under management, mostly with a focus in Berlin, Germany. Later shifting towards hospitality, Marshall began supplying hotels across the United States with furnishings, giving him a network across the globe to begin redefining sustainable and affordable housing

South Florida Market Panel - From the Ground Up

Alex Miranda, Peter Barkin and Patrick Lafferty

About Alex

Instagram @alexandjoeteam

Alex Miranda, CEO and Founder of  the Alex and Joe Team is here to cover Miami Dade County updates.  The Alex and Joe team is a former #1 Top Producing Team company-wide at ONE Sotheby's International Realty in both sales and transaction volume, the team carved a niche in the luxury condo market as the exclusive South Florida partners of the Highrises.com network. With their combined South Florida real estate experience and cumulative sales volume in excess of $400 million, their reach extends to every corner of the market including oceanfront estates, luxury condos, mixed-use developments, and commercial real estate including trophy hotel and retail assets. Advocates for smart growth and planned urban development, Alex + Joe helped shape Midtown Miami from its inception and continue to do so as elected officials serving as Board members of the Midtown Miami Community Development District.

The team principals are members of the Master Brokers Forum for their outstanding performance in the Real Estate markets of South Florida.

About Peter

peter.barkin@compass.com

Peter Barkin, who joins us today to talk about the Ft. Lauderdale market, has been successfully supporting the real estate dreams of buyers and sellers in South Florida for over 20 years. Originally from Brookline, Massachusetts, Peter maintains strong ties to the greater Boston area, but has proudly called Fort Lauderdale home for more than 30 years, acquiring thorough knowledge of the local area that he skillfully passes on to clients. In 2002, Peter teamed up with Mark Gilman to create the Barkin-Gilman Group, a highly respected and successful brand within the real estate community.

Barkin-Gilman Group, which is the #1 team at Florida, is proud to be recognized as the #1 team in Fort Lauderdale & #11 in Florida for REAL Trends America’s Best (Team Rankings), as well as #167 nationwide (Sales By Volume) in this year’s 2019 Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) REAL Trends 1,000. In 2018, Barkin-Gilman Group was honored amongst Florida’s Top 25 Producers. In 2017, Barkin-Gilman Group was rated #15 in gross commission income for real estate teams throughout Florida. This impressive, leading team continues to achieve record-breaking sales, recording over $154 million in closed sales for 2018, and over $100 million each of the prior four years. Barkin-Gilman Group is three-time awardee of the Society of Excellence and Florida 100 and recipients of the South Florida Business & Wealth (SFBW) 2019 Apogee Award.

The Barkin-Gilman Group is a privileged member of the Master Broker’s Forum of Broward County and members of the Great Fort Lauderdale Board of Realtors.

About Patrick

patrick.lafferty@compass.com

Instagram @modernliving

An entrepreneur at heart, Patrick Lafferty, who will speak today to the Palm Beach Market, has always loved building businesses that solve problems and create value for clients. With an undiscovered but long-standing affection for real estate, Patrick got licensed with his wife Marcia in 2006, with intrigue for investing, while he continued to run a boutique web design company he co-founded years earlier. In the summer of 2008, while the real estate was crashing and with a baby on the way, Patrick and his wife decide to embark on a new career in real estate.

With a passion for design and love for technology, Modern Living Real Estate was birthed, a boutique West Palm Beach-based real estate brokerage focused on the luxury condo and historic home market. Patrick built a brokerage and his personal business at the same time from the ground up, focusing on internet marketing and a high level of service. After 10 years of building the business with an eye always on the future of real estate, Patrick decided that his brand aligned so well with ’s “high tech, high touch” approach, he decided to become a founding agent for Palm Beach County.

With a deep passion for people, Patrick loves to support the local community initiatives, small businesses, and his local Church. On the weekend, you will find Patrick & Marcia enjoying the city they love; whether at the local green market, boating, or enjoying a delicious meal at a “foodie” restaurant locally. When they can get away, Patrick and his family love to travel to the mountains or a lakeside getaway, always enjoying a great cup of coffee and finding new restaurants in each city along the way.