Postcards From Success

Noah is a successful San Diego entrepreneur, television host and professional speaker. He shares inspiring, funny and educational stories about marketing, branding and small business tips. This is a gem of an interview from June 2017 when I was co-hosting The Mail-Right Real Estate Agent Podcast with my co-host & co-producer Jonathan Denwood; (The voice that sounds like OZZY).

You pay for the years of training, experience and wisdom; not the time it took to get the result. Other people's careers may look easy from the outside, but walk a mile in their work boots before you judge or assume it can be outsourced cheaper...results DO vary!

Samantha Belzer of Lawyers Title Insurance Company works with buyers, homeowners and REALTORS® all week long and has a great vantage point to observe REALTORS® best and worst practices. Sam also shares some basic info on "What is Title Insurance and Why Do We Need It?"

Everybody has a dream. The hard part is turning those dreams into goals, and goals into achievements. This episode, we're providing our listeners with tips on how to translate dreams into tangible goals. You will also learn how to craft a life-changing bucket list, and how that list will boost your sense of hope and purpose.

Thomas walks you through the simple comparable method or "comps" that most Realtors, real estate agents and appraisers use to establish your home's market value and the pitfalls using the presumptive and often inaccurate third party "FREE" online property valuations. Ultimately the market decides your value and Thomas explains how that decision is made.

The hardest part about being an Entrepreneur is dealing with the constant battle between the work life and the home life balancing act. How do you put on a happy face for your clients when your health is in decline, or your heart is broken or there's some other family crisis? How do ensure client confidence when your head is in dark place? For me, the husband has to open up the office with a smile and the entrepreneur has to come home and leave the stress of the day at the office; the transitions can be tough, especially when home or health is in flux. We dive in.

S. Ward Heinrichs, Esq. an Attorney at Law and founder of the Employment Law Office of Ward Heinrichs shares cautionary tales and great tips for both employers to stay out of court and employees to avoid being taken advantage of. Ward offers sage advice and a few stories from the trenches here; check it out!

Rachel Teresa Ivanovich, MBA, EA of Easy Life Management is a regular expert guest of the show who brings us updated tax information a few times per year. Rachel is an Enrolled Agent, preparing taxes for over two decades as well as training entrepreneurs and individuals alike in best practices when it comes to preparing returns and organizing finances / budgets. www.elmtax.com  

What is your definition of Success? How do you add value to your clients? To your family? To your community? How are you communicating your value in a competitive market? We discuss these questions and more: leadership skills, how we go about balancing work-family-community and personal life, etc. Jeff also shares his wonderful giving back to the community program his business sponsors; impacting and improving the lives of others in and outside of real estate. Contact Jeff Wu at AgentKnowsHomes.com or contact him direct at: 240-994-7938 can be found serving VA, MD & DC with Keller Williams Capital Properties.

As a Navy helicopter pilot for ten years and currently a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserves, Knight's philosophy is summed up here: "Life and leadership should be full of adventure, growth and fulfillment- fundamentals found outdoors, not in a conference room." Knight and his team help leaders grow to execute the vision and allow executives to focus on developing the strategy. They create outdoor adventures for leaders, team-building and even family bonding! For more information please contact Knight at: 410-980-6458 or https://www.cairnleadership.com/   

Working by referral is proactive and different than the passive waiting on word of mouth. Working by referral is easier when you are a natural giver, it's more rewarding and it's ultimately less costly in time, emotion and the expense of lead generation. It's working with warm leads and repeat clients; people that know, like, trust and respect you. But how do we accomplish this? Over the course of the next few episodes, I'll share how I took my business from unpredictable, to predictable and 100% By Referral!

On March 29, 2017, I managed to score a big opportunity; a one on one interview with Dermot Buffini, CEO of Buffini & Company-the largest business coaching company in North America! This was originally posted on my previous Podcast: Mail-Right Real Estate Agent Show. Given, I just returned from the 20th Anniversary Master Mind 2018 Event, hosted by Brian Buffini & Company, I was inspired to share this timeless wisdom from the founders brother and this world-class company's CEO; get ready to take notes!

Life S.A.V.E.R.S. and getting "up before the enemy" as Jocko Willink would profess. The world goes negative quite often, we need to meet it with our positive minds, body and souls. We need to be equipped to twin the day before the the work day starts!

Today's show addresses many great topics: women in business, the holistic approach to health and health tips offered and health myths debunked. Move over Dr. Oz,we have San Diego's very own  Birgit Witherspoon of BBalanced.net ( (619) 379-1276 ) and Nicole Stone of RemeberToBreatheCenter.com (858.291.8581) on the show today! Weight loss, breaking bad habits and approaching health preventatively and holistically are among the topics we tackle on this episode.

This episode is taken from my second most popular blog post I've published to date: No Guarantees (03/26/2012). This post has had over 5,100 people read it and earned over 100 comments. The Noblest Profession In The World is Sales; because nothing in society moves until a sale happens: no economy, no employment, no education, no financial opportunity, no wealth happens without sales.

I love meeting entrepreneurs that create industry solutions - born out of their own experience in that industry. Chad O'Donnell is Owner/operator of ListerAssister.com. He has been a licensed real estate agent in Arizona since 2000 and has taken that 16 years of experience and created ListerAssister: real estate photography and marketing services and consulting to busy Realtors in San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson and now Las Vegas!! If you sell residential or commercial real estate, you will absolutely love this "Virtual Assistant" service! Realtors, commercial brokers, developers and investors: ListerAssister.com combines affordability with time saving one stop shop services & products. Property photos, video, drone, Matterport 3D floor plans, virtual tours, property websites, digital staging, MLS data-entry, sign post and lock box installations and much more!

We love our families and we love what we do for a living, how can they work together in harmony? How can we pursue our goals? We discuss the value of setting boundaries at work and at home in order to enjoy both being an entrepreneur and family man/woman.  

New Tax Laws Affectingg Real Estate's 1031 Exchanges, W-2 Employees and Alimony 1031 Exchange expert William L. Exeter and CEO of http://www.exeter1031.com explains this capital gains tax deferred vehicle and  Rachel T. Ivanovich, MBA, Enrolled Agent and CEO of www.elmtax.com Tax Services shares how the new 2018 Tax Laws affect your real estate, W-2 employees now and alimony for 2019. 

This episode discusses the Core Values of being a "White Hat"; becoming a world-class small business owner, entrepreneur, Realtor, etc. Postcards From Success, Hosted by Thomas J. Nelson a San Diego, CA Realtor. This Podcast is for Entrepreneurs, Real Estate Sales Agents & Investors, Small Business Owners and commission-based Sales People. 

Welcome to Postcards From Success, Hosted by Thomas J. Nelson a San Diego, CA Realtor. This Podcast is for Entrepreneurs, Real Estate Sales Agents & Investors, Small Business Owners and commission-based Sales People. This is our premiere episode, thanks for subscribing! A special thank you to AShamaluevMusic for providing our theme song.