Agents — even retired agents — should know better.

Every real estate deal is going to surprise you with some pain.

There’s a line where care slides into compulsion.

Video interview with Meryl Bennan

Video interview with a top Asheville, NC team

Video interview with Julia Rich

Cigarettes, ashtrays, commission breath, and more!

An interview with Mike Shaw, a prominent agent in San Francisco.

Sellers don’t get it.

You can’t do this job part-time.

There are so many more things to think about than remodeling a kitchen!

In this short episode, Cynthia Cummins talks about how to find a good buy if you’re a buyer.

In this episode our guest Jessie Mahoney explains how you can shift that dynamic by bringing “pause and presence” to your home search and your life at home. “The grass is greener where you water it,” she says.

If you’re thinking about embarking on a real estate career or if you’re among the misinformed public who believe Realtors don’t actually DO anything, listen in!

Former practicing attorneys Lisa Auer, Liz Branham and LIsa Riddle make a good case for exchanging a law career for a real estate career.

Sherry Richert Belul reminds us, if your home doesn’t feel like “home,” you may need to “practice like your hair is on fire” in order to find your way.

David Oliphant of Ocean Blue Real Estate in Half Moon Bay talks with Cynthia about how gratitude, optimism and “knowing how to act” are qualities possessed by some of the most successful agents practicing today.

Cynthia Cummins and guest Janet Krahling go way back to share some juicy real estate stories and talk about the client crush, the agent crush, and why nobody loves you like your Realtor does.

Amy Clemens of Pacific Edge Real Estate in San Francisco joins Cynthia to talk about what really goes on in a day in the life of a Realtor.

With guest Nick Sholley, Cynthia delves into the deeper meanings of home and real estate, and how that might affect a property search, the job of agenting and a life well lived.