In this special episode, John talks to Selling Sunset cast member and luxury Real Estate Agent, Maya Vander. Maya has been working in real estate for nearly 10 years and has certainly worked hard to get to where she is. First working in retail, Maya eventually got her real estate license in Los Angeles and worked in 2 other brokerages before starting at The Oppenheim Group. It took 2 years working at The O Group for Maya before Netflix came calling and Selling Sunset was born, a number 1 hit show on Netflix. During this episode, John and Maya talk all things real estate, the differences between the UK and US markets, Selling Sunset and Maya’s very own training course available for agents. They also talk about personal branding, a subject John talks about a lot on the podcast. Do you need advice on how to build your brand? Tune into this episode for a great conversation on brand building, luxury real estate and, of course, Selling Sunset!   Follow Maya on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/themayavander/ Visit Maya’s website - https://mayavander.com/ Check out Maya’s real estate training course - https://maya-vander.mykajabi.com/successful-real-estate-agent-course   KEY TAKEAWAYS You must be patient and invest time and money in yourself to build your brand. Don’t give up.  If you start to lose motivation, work on your mindset. Is there an activity you can do to get your motivation back? Maybe door knocking or cold calling. Something relevant to your industry. BEST MOMENTS “Real estate looks fun and easy but there are a lot of issues in every property and clients are very emotional. You have to be creative. You have to know how to give answers to your clients.” “When you start your business, it’s like ok you have your name, but who are you?” “Building your own brand is honestly very important and it took me 10 years to decide I wanted to build my own brand.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Leadership Revealed Podcast Castledene Sales & Lettings   ABOUT THE HOST John has several Estate and Letting Agencies in the North-East of England. He also has a consultancy business, in which he teaches other agents how to grow and scale a sustainable business. John is recording podcasts to grow in the estate agency space, but also to try and break into other industries. The formula John has developed for estate agency success, is transferable into other SME industries.   CONTACT METHOD https://www.instagram.com/johnpaulmentor/ https://www.facebook.com/agencyconsulting/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-paul-14167211/ [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.