Let's Talk, with Declan Spring

Mar 11 2024

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Conversations of substance with people I admire, mostly in the field of residential real estate in the San Francisco East Bay Area. This show is both industry facing, and consumer facing, which makes it somewhat unique.

Listeners can access content about the state of the East Bay real estate market. The podcast also features local top-producing agents, brokers, rising stars, or agents who have simply niched down and can share their strategies.

Outside of real estate there are many conversations with local business owners, historians, politicians, and non-profits, people whom I believe provide value to the local community and enrich my experience of living here.

I've been a California licensed real estate agent since 2003 selling real estate mostly in the Berkeley/Oakland/Albany/El Cerrito area.

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Episode #42 - Berkeley Has A New Keller Williams Office

Mar 11 2024 46 mins

Carrie McAlister is a top producing East Bay Realtor®, founder of Calia Homes, and Team Leader for the newest Keller Williams office in Berkeley, branded as Bay Area Portfolio. This is a conversation about the newest Keller Williams office at 2089 Rose St, in Berkeley where my team, The Home Factor, is now housed. Keller Williams has taken a different approach to how this office l

Episode #41 Jodi Nishimura - The Top Producer Series

Jan 19 2024 69 mins

Jodi Nishimura is a top producing East Bay Realtor® and the founder of Kai Real Estate.Jodi has earned several distinctions both locally and nationally. Most recently, she is in the top 1% of Realtors® for the East Bay and was a recipient of Real Trends America’s “Best” designation — landing her in the top 0.5% of all real estate agents nationwide. Jodi and I talk her upb

Episode #40 Katie Macks Offers An Audacious & Beautiful Flavor Of Coaching

Dec 29 2023 72 mins

Pleasure and joy might be deemed frivolous by society at large but according to Katie Macks they are your birthright.Katie Macks is a leadership coach, and her brand is Audacious Leadership. From Katie's website: "Audacious leadership values our differences and creates an environment of belonging. We value and fortify one another with dignity, respect, and love and we’r

Episode #39 Shawn Dunning - The A B C's of Conflict Resolution

Dec 15 2023 98 mins

"Few things in life motivate me more than helping others get along more effectively. The core of everything I do rests firmly on a foundation of collaboration and collaborative problem-solving." So says Shawn Dunning, my guest on this episode of the podcast, a collaborative leadership, conflict resolution, & team development consultant. Shawn and I spend the first hal

Episode #38 Aman Daro - Real Estate Market Update.... Oh, The Things You'll See!

Nov 01 2023 45 mins

Aman Daro has become a regular on the podcast, and with good reason. If you've ever received statistical charts from me or any Red Oak Realty agent showing aspects of the real estate market in the East Bay most likely they were conceived of and compiled by Aman Daro. Aman Daro is COO at Red Oak Realty but is more fondly thought of as "the data guy". We invite you to

Episode #37 Chris Brown aka CB Las Vegas: How To YouTube for Real Estate Agents

Sep 29 2023 58 mins

Chris Brown has been selling homes in Las Vegas for 5 years and is widely respected as one of the top social media agents in the valley specializing in relocation and new-construction single-family homes. Chris is a Los Angeles native who moved to Las Vegas after spending three years in Orlando, Florida working in collegiate and professional sports. In the past year, Chris has sold

Episode #36 - Andrea Gordon: Insights from a Top Producer

Sep 18 2023 34 mins

This podcast episode is cross branded with a podcast I host and produce on behalf of Bridge Association REALTORS®: The Bridge Association of REALTORS® PodcastThe first part of my conversation with Andrea Gordon was released on April 27 this year on the Bridge Association of REALTORS® Podcast and is exclusively available here. Andrea Gordon has a robust business. She’s consiste

Episode #35 Rachel Melby, aka 'The Little Hill' - An Entrepreneur Enters the Field

Aug 03 2023 112 mins

Hailing from Sonoma County, and better known in the East Bay and especially in El Cerrito as 'The Little Hill’, Rachel Melby is an East Bay aficionado, and self-proclaimed ‘cool mom.’ After a dozen-odd years in the tech industry, Rachel finally made her dream of working within her local El Cerrito community a reality. Rachel is a tech and marketing veteran turned Realtor

Episode #34 Aman Daro - Real Estate Market Update or... How ‘bout them Giants?

Jun 12 2023 36 mins

Aman Daro has become a regular on the podcast, and with good reason. If you've ever received statistical charts from me or any Red Oak Realty agent showing aspects of the real estate market in the East Bay most likely they were conceived of and compiled by Aman Daro. Aman Daro is COO at Red Oak Realty but is more fondly thought of as "the data guy". Has the local rea

Episode #33 - Ruth Stroup, A Conversation About The Changing Landscape of Property Insurance

Jun 02 2023 39 mins

This podcast episode is cross branded with a weekly podcast I host and produce on behalf of Bridge Association REALTORS®: The Bridge Association of REALTORS® PodcastRuth Stroup is a 17 year insurance agent with Farmers®, and founder of the Ruth Stroup Insurance Agency in Oakland. In our conversation Ruth educates me on many aspects of property insurance and the changes she has s