Lockbox Podcast with Sam Sawyer
Issue 91 - July 1st, 2022
I was recently interviewed by Jeffrey Brogger who is the host of the Lockbox Podcast, and the episode just went live yesterday!
We had a wide ranging discussion on the future of real estate brokerages, day to day items and how I plan my day, building tools and services for real estate agents, my internal driving motivations, and some of my business ventures prior to launching this company.
I would love for you to listen to it over the weekend, and I have provided links in all formats below!
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Show Notes:
Sam Sawyer has been licensed to sell real estate since he was 19 years old. Sawyer began his career while attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, where he helped friends find apartments and condos. Sawyer's marketing instincts lead him to be known around campus as "the guy who sells houses". Following graduation, Sawyer worked his way up to Senior VP at Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty. Sawyer later left Sotheby's to help launch a brokerage called The Collective with two other high-performing agents, which was eventually acquired by Compass. Sawyer has been included on the National Association of Realtors "30 under 30" and featured yearly in D Magazine's "Best Realtors In Dallas". Prior to launching Pinnacle (formerly Archetape), Sam worked for the Y Combinator graduate and venture-backed start-up ZeroDown in Silicon Valley as their VP of Real Estate Operations. Sam now lives in Austin, TX, and looks forward to expanding the Pinnacle brand nationwide.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The future of brokerages
- Scheduling your day
- Providing agents with leads
- What drives Sam’s development
- Sam’s first business ventures
Newsworthy Links To Share
Airbnb Makes Its Ban on Parties Permanent: The San Francisco-based company used to allow hosts to decide whether to allow parties and events at their properties. But in late 2019, Airbnb started to prohibit open-invite parties at listed properties and so-called party houses. That ban came after a series of violent incidents at parties in Airbnb-listed properties. This April, two young men were killed and eight other people wounded in a shooting at a party held in a Pittsburgh Airbnb, according to police. (WSJ)
Building a Better Mousetrap: Zillow vs. Opendoor (Mike Delprete)
The median listing price for US homes hit a record high $450K in June (CNBC)
Peek, a virtual leasing tour startup that seeks to be what it calls the “sabermetrics of real estate” by allowing renters to remotely view actual multifamily apartments and landlords to see what the prospects are looking at, has set its sights on challenging proptech giant Matterport. Founded in 2019 and based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Peek is being used in more than 150,000 units and has partnered with Greystar, Toll Brothers and Brookfield. In May, Peek completed a $2.5 million seed round led by GFA Venture Partners. (Commercial Observer)
Turbulence and turnover at Keller Williams recently…Chief Growth Officer Chris Rogers, hired just 3 months ago, abruptly departed last Friday. KWX CEO Carl Leibert left to “pursue other opportunities” earlier this month, after less than two years at the helm. A chain of other exits preceded these. It’s hard to tell if this is Keller consciously maneuvering in a time of swift industry and market changes, or if there’s something truly wrong here. Either way, at some point, optics become reality. (1000 Watt)
The housing market squeeze pushes renters into bidding wars (NPR)
The NAR 30 Under 30 Awards List for 2022 has been announced (REALTOR Magazine)
HomeLister announces $10 million Series A: Founded in 2015, the company says it combines its technology and real estate team to provide homeowners an automated sales process, that fixes the cost of the sell-side agent and allows sellers to save $21,000 on average (or 3.7% of their home price). (FinLedger)
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index in April increased by 20.39% Y/Y and the 20-city index rose by 21.23%. Tampa (+35.78%), Miami (+33.28%, and Phoenix (+31.32%) reported the highest year-over-year gains. Chicago (+12.99%), Minneapolis ( +12.34%), and Washington DC (+12.69%) were the “laggards.”