Nest Realty’s Sweat the Details podcast continues, now on Episode 74, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate — and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. Listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Summary: Jim and Greg Slater chat with Russ Edwards, President of TIger…
Nest Realty’s Sweat the Details podcast continues, now on Episode 74, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate — and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. Listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Summary: This week on Sweat the Details, Jim, Jonathan, and Keith talk…
Nest’s Sweat the Details podcast continues, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate — and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. Listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Summary: One of our favorite guests joined us — This week, Mike Simonsen from Altos Research/Housing Wire…
Nest’s Sweat the Details podcast continues, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate — and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. Listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Summary: Real estate and property taxes – they go together hand-in-hand. This week we spoke with Sally…
Nest’s Sweat the Details podcast continues, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate — and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. Listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Summary: Real estate and property taxes – they go together hand-in-hand. This week we spoke with Sally…
Nest’s Sweat the Details podcast continues. We just released our 67th podcast, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate — and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. Listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Summary: New cars, once part of the American Dream, now out…
Nest’s Sweat the Details podcast continues. We just released our 67th podcast, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate — and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. Listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Summary: Elephant and the blind mice; Divided housing market; Algorithmically noting…
Nest’s Sweat the Details podcast continues. We just released our 67th podcast, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate — and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. Listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Summary: Jim, Keith and Jonathan discuss the wild inventory issue. We…
Nest’s Sweat the Details podcast continues. We just released our 67th podcast, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate — and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. Listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Summary: Everyone made mistakes over the last three years…
A special Sweat the Details! Niki Simon and Michael Coleman, Nest HQ’s Air Traffic Controller and Marketing and Development Manager, joined Jim and Keith this week. We love talking to Nesters, and Michael and Niki were no exception. Hear how they came to Nest, and how they help build and foster the Nest culture, and…
When Will the Housing Crisis End? Mike Simonsen, with Altos Research, joined us for the second time on Nest’s podcast, Sweat the Details, to discuss the housing crisis, the state of the market, interest rates, and data points that may signal the market cool down. We even touch on a housing policy that may address…
(Also, it’s our 50th Episode!) Skylar Olsen, Principal Economist at Climate Check, joined us this week. We delve into what Climate Check is, and how they seek to make this important data accessible to all consumers and real estate professionals. We discuss how climate change will affect buyers’ choices about where they live, and how…
For this episode of the podcast, we are joined again by Rob Hahn. If you’re a regular listener, a couple weeks ago you would have heard an episode where Rob, and Jim and Keith spent probably far too long talking about some of the issues surrounding fair housing, and current market issues. Several topics came…
Let’s Talk Interior Design – Installment 2 This week on Sweat the Details, Keith and Jim are joined by Nest’s Storyteller and Editor-in-Chief of NEST Magazine, Jasmine Bible, for a series of interior design-focused interviews. For this second installment, we speak with designer, writer, and longtime blogger, Cassie Bustamante. On her blog, Cassie Bustamante, she shares budget-friendly ideas to live happily, healthily,…
Let’s Talk Interior Design – Installment 1 This week on Sweat the Details, Keith and Jim are joined by Nest’s Storyteller and Editor-in-Chief of NEST Magazine, Jasmine Bible, to kick off a series of interior design-focused interviews. For this first installment, we speak with Natalie Papier, a professional Interior Designer, who recently moved from Chicago to Charlotte,…
How Towns are Divided We were joined this week by Rob Hahn, the Notorious Rob, a Strategy Consultant in the real estate space who works with some of the largest companies and organizations in it. A lawyer by training, but not in practice, Rob is one of the most well known and outspoken voices in…
Race, Zoning, Planning, and the Future In this episode we speak with Lyle Solla-Yates, who works in the IT industry for the University of Virginia, lives in Charlottesville, VA where he serves as a Planning Commissioner, and is an independent researcher. Since 2018, Solla-Yates has been, “Investigating the connections between white supremacy, segregation, and modern anti-housing…
Jonathan, Keith, and Jim sat down with Nest’s Taylor Titus and discussed her current role, how it has evolved into the Director of Agent Services from Client Happiness Coordinator, how she supports, guides, and leads our agents, and the value of authenticity in marketing and in being human. You can listen to this podcast here, and…
Humanity, Connect(ing) via Analog & Digital with Laura Monroe Laura Monroe with Inman joined Jonathan, Keith, and Jim to talk about humanity, COVID-19, transitioning to virtual Inman Connect, and a lot more. You can listen to this podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Highlights: Her role as Global Head of Community at Inman…
Exciting Innovations, Cooperation, and Evolutions Through a Pandemic Jonathan, Keith, and Jim welcomed Vanessa Bergmark with Red Oak Realty for a discussion about real estate during sheltering in place, cooperating with competitors during and after a pandemic, and innovating and changing behaviors. You can listen to this podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Highlights of the…
This week, Jonathan, Keith and I talked with a long time friend, Brad Nix of Path and Post Real Estate, formerly of RETSO – y’all remember RETSO, right? and now Offer Barn, which is seeking to keep agents at the forefront of the iBuyer evolution, and how to solve the three things sellers are trying to…
This week, we were joined by Mark Goodwin, CEO of Charlottesville-based Apex Clean Energy, a nationwide leader in wind, solar…you know, clean energy. We talked about clean energy’s growth, sustainability, the power grid, the impact of wind on residential housing development, their coming timber frame building in Charlottesville, and how the shift from steel to…
This week, we spoke to Paigelee Chancellor, Nest Realty’s Design Director. We talked about some of the projects she and her team are working on, challenges and opportunities as Nest moves into more new markets, and what it’s like to work with her team at Nest HQ. You can listen to the podcast here, and…
A bonus Sweat the Details podcast! We just had our annual Nest summit, where we brought brokers and agents from our 14 offices to Charlottesville, VA. We were going to send this out to just our 300 or so agents, but thought you might like it too. In this episode, Jonathan, Keith and Jim talked…
Greg Fischer, Chief Technology Officer at West + Main in Colorado, joined us and we had a great discussion ranging from tech to relationships, the role of the Realtor, and community. He also gave one of our favorite “what detail do you sweat” answers we’ve had so far. You can listen to the podcast here,…
MLS Clear Cooperation Policy, life in a homeowners association, and Popeye’s chicken sandwiches. Jonathan, Keith, and Jim discuss all three topics this week. You can listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. If you enjoy our podcast, please share it with a friend or colleague, and rate us wherever you listen…
A chat with Julia Kudravetz from Charlottesville’s New Dominion Bookshop What do a book shop and real estate brokerage have in common? More than you think – competing in the internet economy, building community, and a lot more. Jonathan, Keith and I have talked for a while about the rise in independent bookstores (NYTimes, American Booksellers Association,…
This week Jim Duncan and Jonathan Kauffmann talked with Jasmine Bible, the Editor-In-Chief of NEST Magazine, and our chief storyteller at Nest Realty. Jasmine talked about the process of putting the magazine together, how she came to Nest by way of donuts, and the value that she sees in the magazine for our agents, consumers, and…
Shifting Demographics, Student Loans, Pets and the NAR In this episode, Jonathan, Keith and Jim were joined by Dr. Jessica Lautz from the National Association of Realtors for a wide-ranging conversation, from student debt, birth rates, limited inventory, changing demographics, millennials’ dependence on Realtors, and a lot more. You can listen to the podcast here, and…
Try Getting an Economist to Say Recession Danushka Nanayakkara, Assistant Vice President of Forecasting and Analysis at the National Association of Home Builders, joined Jonathan, Keith, and Jim for a fantastic and wide ranging conversation—from the economic cycle to the impact of regulations on new construction, employment and employment cycles, women in construction, and a lot more. We…