A successful realtor knows that growth is not just about closings — it’s about alignment. I'm joined by Eric Simon; we unpack what it truly means to be a successful realtor in an era where attention is currency and visibility feels mandatory.

More agents than ever are building personal brands. Social media isn’t optional anymore. Clients aren’t just checking reviews — they’re checking Instagram, watching stories, deciding who they trust before ever making a call. But here’s the tension: scaling attention without structure can quietly pull you away from the very life you’re working to build.

The modern successful realtor must learn to grow influence without drifting from identity, family, or calling. Because influence itself isn’t dangerous — unstructured influence is.

You'll learn:

• Why authenticity beats imitation every time
• Why posting about what you actually enjoy unlocks sustainable content & how realtor systems can help
• The hidden dopamine cycle of social media & how it impacts performance

For the successful realtor, social media should amplify connection — not replace it. That means being known for more than listings. It means letting your personality, hobbies, faith, and family perspective shape your content. People don’t hire logos; they hire people.

This conversation also goes deeper into building a faith driven business in a digital world. Can you scale influence without becoming addicted to validation? Can you pursue time freedom instead of trading visibility for constant accessibility?

One of the biggest shifts discussed is this: no one thinks about your content as much as you do. That realization is freeing. It removes pressure. It allows experimentation. It reduces fear of failure. And it empowers the successful realtor to show up consistently without obsessing over metrics.

We also unpack how attention connects to long-term growth strategies like real estate agent referrals. Visibility doesn’t replace referrals — it strengthens them. When people feel like they know you, trust compounds faster. Influence accelerates relationship-based business.

Ultimately, this episode challenges you to define success correctly. A successful realtor isn’t simply the one with the biggest following or the most deals. It’s the one who builds influence with integrity, protects what matters most, and creates structure before scaling further.

Successful realtors can make more money through social media, but it can't come at the cost of presence at home.

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Eric Simon is the founder of Broke Agent Media (BAM). He started in real estate as an agent but quickly realized his true edge wasn’t just in selling homes—it was in telling the real story of what agents actually go through. He launched The Broke Agent as a humor brand that captured the chaos, rejection, wins, and absurdity of the industry.

Today, BAM produces daily content, newsletters, podcasts, and educational resources that shape conversations across the industry. Eric blends humor with insight, helping agents think differently about branding, media, and building attention in a crowded marketplace.

👉 https://nowbam.com/

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Realtors of faith, this episode is your wake-up call: being home isn’t the same as being present. If you’ve ever felt guilty at work because you’re not with your family—and guilty at home because you’re thinking about work—this conversation was recorded with you in mind.

In this powerful episode of The Faithful Agent Podcast, we confront a hard truth many high performers avoid: success in business can quietly cost us the moments that matter most. For realtors of faith, the tension between ambition and alignment is real. You love serving clients. You feel called to excellence. But you also feel the weight of missed dinners, distracted conversations, and the subtle drift toward real estate agent burnout.

In This Episode, Realtors of Faith Will Discover:

1. Formation Requires Presence
Proverbs 22:6 reminds us that training a child is relational and repetitive. It cannot happen from a distracted posture. You can negotiate contracts remotely. You can write offers from home. But you cannot disciple your children from a distance. For realtors of faith, this truth reframes what “productive” really means.

2. Your Family Feels Where Your Mind Lives
Matthew 6:21 teaches that where your treasure is, your heart will be also. Your spouse and children don’t measure love in hours logged—they measure it in attention given. Even good, meaningful work can create emotional drift if your mind never leaves the transaction. This is where work-life balance becomes more than a buzzword—it becomes a spiritual discipline.

3. Good Work Must Fit Inside the Right Order
Joshua 24:15 declares, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” God never condemns diligence or excellence. But He does care about order. Your real estate agent purpose is not just to close deals—it’s to glorify God through the hierarchy of your attention: God first, spouse second, children third, business fourth. When that order flips, even noble ambition becomes costly.

For realtors of faith who feel stretched thin, this episode also offers practical, actionable steps:

• Ask yourself honestly: Who is getting the best of my attention right now?
• Build a transition ritual between work and home.
• Turn off your phone for one consistent hour each day.
• Set clear expectations with clients around availability.

These aren’t dramatic lifestyle overhauls. They are small, intentional shifts. And over time, they protect your peace and reduce the slow drift toward real estate agent burnout.

You’ll also hear how proven systems for real estate agents can actually serve your family—not compete with them. Structure in your business creates margin in your life. When your systems are strong, your presence at home can be stronger.

This conversation is especially for realtors of faith who are winning on paper but wrestling in private. The ones who love their calling but don’t want success to cost their soul. The ones who are asking deeper questions about legacy, alignment, and what real success truly means.

For realtors of faith, reclaiming attention at home isn’t about shrinking your ambition—it’s about redeeming it.

Success that costs your family is simply too expensive.

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Real estate success isn’t just about bigger numbers, bigger awards, or bigger months — it’s about what your success is costing you behind the scenes. In this episode, I share a deeply personal story involving a $100,000 loss, a federal investigation, and a moment with my daughter that completely reframed how I think about ambition, pursuit, and what actually matters. This conversation will challenge how you define real estate success and help you examine whether your current path is building the life you actually want — or quietly undermining it.

Most agents are trained to chase production at all costs. The industry celebrates volume, rankings, and income, but rarely asks about your heart, your home, or your spiritual health. We unpack how easy it is for high performers to normalize unhealthy tradeoffs and call it growth. Drawing from Scripture and real-world experience, this episode explores how the pursuit of more can slowly choke out purpose, relationships, and calling if left unchecked.

You’ll hear a practical and faith-grounded framework for redefining real estate success through stewardship instead of accumulation, alignment instead of applause, and presence instead of pressure. We talk honestly about work-life balance and why it feels so hard for driven agents, especially those who genuinely love serving clients but struggle to turn work off. If you’ve ever felt torn between production and presence, this message will hit home.

We also dive into time freedom and what it actually looks like in a service-based business, along with time management for real estate agents who want structure without burnout. Instead of hustle without limits, we discuss building guardrails that protect what matters most while still allowing you to grow. This includes candid discussion around real estate agent integrity — not just in transactions, but in how you lead your family, steward your schedule, and pursue your calling.

At the core, this episode is about finding meaning in real estate career growth beyond commissions and closings. It’s about becoming the kind of person who can sustain success without sacrificing faith, family, or peace. You’ll be invited to ask better questions, examine hidden costs, and realign your ambition with values that last longer than market cycles.

If you want real estate success that is sustainable, faith-aligned, and deeply rooted — not fragile and performance-driven — this episode will give you both conviction and clarity.

Key Takeaways:

• Real estate success is not just production — it’s what your pursuit is costing your faith, family, and relationships.
• The most dangerous goals are often the ones the industry loudly celebrates.
• Chasing more money and recognition can quietly choke out purpose and spiritual growth.
• Ambition is good — but it must be aligned, structured, and value-driven.
• Presence at home is a truer scorecard than awards and rankings.
• Build systems that protect margin, not just income.
• Measure success by stewardship, integrity, and lasting fruit — not just numbers.

Connect with Me!

📞 Are you a high-performing agent who’s succeeding, but knows there has to be a healthier, more sustainable path forward? Let's talk. Book a Breakthrough Call here ---> faithfulagent.com

➡️ I wrote a book! And now I'm giving away the audiobook to my awesome and faithful listeners - that's YOU! Get the FREE Audiobook - The Balanced Breakthrough - HERE