{"id":313,"date":"2021-10-26T12:52:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T12:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/?p=313"},"modified":"2021-10-26T14:42:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:42:48","slug":"why-im-building-a-real-estate-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/why-im-building-a-real-estate-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I\u2019m Building a Real Estate Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Growth. Leverage. There are so many good buzzwords out there these days when it comes to business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love being busy, but I don\u2019t love being exhausted. With historically low inventory and interest rates, plus a massive buyer pool, this market has propelled Realtors into warp speed! It\u2019s been this way for a while, and there\u2019s no slowdown in sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are listing, selling, listing, selling, and sometimes selling before even getting a home listed on the market. It\u2019s mayhem! Meanwhile, I have three sweet kids who are thriving in their extracurriculars, and I can\u2019t stand the thought of missing any of it! Add in a husband who commutes to Indy and a sweet new puppy, and well, let\u2019s just say that my life is crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, it was time to ease the burden and maneuver toward work\/life counterbalance. (I\u2019m convinced work-life balance is an unattainable goal.) You probably know that my brother, Brian, has been my business partner since day one. And while he\u2019s the managing broker and co-owner of The Russell Company (along with me), he\u2019s also leading the way over at Brokerage Brewing Co and Craft Eats and working on some rental properties. He\u2019s got a few irons in the fire, as they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while I really hate established roles (ask my husband if he cooks and does laundry\u2026), we\u2019ve found there are some that just seem to work best for a real estate team structure. So, without further ado, I\u2019d like to introduce you to my<\/em> team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My first partner in crime is my transaction coordinator, Stephanie. If you\u2019ve purchased or sold a home with me in the past year or so, you\u2019ve heard her name and likely gotten an email or two from her. She\u2019s one of my biggest cheerleaders and keeps everything exactly on track. (There are no less than 27 timelines to manage once you put a house under contract, and she has mastered this process!) Also, if this gig didn\u2019t work out for her, I\u2019m convinced she\u2019d make a great detective. She also has a strong meme game and keeps me rolling as I work through that inbox zero life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marketing and branding yourself is a whole thing, and I couldn’t do it without Sarah\u2019s brilliance! Nearly every postcard, email, or blog has come because of our brainstorming, my skeleton writing, and her copyediting finesse. She has extensive industry knowledge, and I’m convinced will someday author her own book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stacy and Sarah<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Andrea<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, I hired an executive assistant, Andrea, and she has been the biggest breath of fresh air when it comes to this crazy Realtor life. Andrea manages my schedule (a massive job) along with so many of the tasks that come along with buyer showing appointments, establishing new seller clients, loving on our past clients, and taking care of everyone in between. She has extensive experience in administration and does her job with excellence. And she literally keeps track of everything. I haven\u2019t lost a key in months! HA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stephanie and Andrea<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Scott and Darian<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The biggest point of leverage came in hiring two fantastic buyer specialists to take on the buyer side of things. Scott and Darian have stepped up to the task and are fantastic at taking care of our buyer clients. Remember the warp speed I mentioned? Yes, they move at the speed of light. And as I\u2019m working on new listing opportunities, they\u2019re ensuring our buyers see any and all homes that might be a potential fit. (Which can be quite tricky with historically low inventory!) They\u2019re door-knocking, hosting open houses, making phone calls, and doing nearly anything to get our buyer clients into homes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Darian, Scott, and Me<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As a self-professed control freak (again, ask my husband . . . no wait, don\u2019t . . .), growing a real estate business has certainly come with pains. Entrusting you, my loyal customers and clients for life, with new faces is nerve-wracking. But I\u2019ve learned that there\u2019s more than one way to cross the finish line, and my standard of client care can be maintained as I bring other trusted people into my work. Phew! This growth and leverage thing turns out to be a win-win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Growth. Leverage. There are so many good buzzwords out there these days when it comes to business.<\/p>\n

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I love being busy, but I don\u2019t love being exhausted. With historically low inventory and interest rates, plus a massive buyer pool, this market has propelled Realtors into warp speed! It\u2019s been this way for a while, and there\u2019s no slowdown in sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-real-estate-business","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Scott-and-Darian.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stacygrove.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}