Context with Mike DelPrete Podcast
1) Deep Dive: Building the Brokerage of the Future
If I were to start a real estate brokerage today, what would it look like? In this long-form conversation, I sit down with Austin broker-owner Eric Bramlett to answer that question. We cover:1. What’s...Show More
2) Garth Graham: The 7 Deadly Sins of Mortgage
Garth Graham, Senior Partner at Stratmor Group, and I chat about the biggest problem in mortgage, the cost of origination ($12k), optimizing the consumer experience, being worse than you think, spendi...Show More
3) Deep Dive: The Redfin Post-Mortem
Let’s try something new. I’m joined by Carey Armstrong for a deep dive on Redfin — the business, the model, and the legacy. With Redfin’s acquisition by Rocket, one chapter closes and another begins, ...Show More
4) Varun Krishna: How Do I Get You A Loan
Varun Krishna, CEO of Rocket, and I discuss when to pick up your phone in the morning, being a newcomer to the housing industry, what he wishes he knew when he joined Rocket, the industry’s adversaria...Show More
5) Levent Künzi: Aiming for #1 in Switzerland
Levent Künzi, CEO at Switzerland’s Properti, and I discuss disruption and data limitations in European markets, sustainable growth, going against the grain of an end-to-end ecosystem, moving faster wi...Show More
6) Lisa Farrar: The Hemnet Strategy
Lisa Farrar, COO at Sweden’s leading real estate portal Hemnet, and I discuss starting your day with a forest run and swim, the importance of clarity in strategy, Hemnet’s top KPIs, balancing demands ...Show More
7) Lukas Rose: Exclusive Inventory in Europe
Lukas Rose, CEO of Germany’s ProperBird, and I discuss the exclusive inventory power dynamics across Europe, how it encourages competition, the U.S. being the exception and not the rule, how to moneti...Show More
8) Rory Golod: Executing Like Hell
Rory Golod, president of Growth and Communications at Compass, and I discuss his 10 year journey at Compass, focus as a luxury, building boring products, being a lightening rod in the industry, compan...Show More
9) Justin Messer: Hand-to-Hand Combat in Mortgage
With $7.3B in mortgage origination volume in 2024, Justin Messer, CEO of Prosperity Home Mortgage, and I discuss being affiliated with Berkshire Hathaway, why attach rates top out at 25%, where tech i...Show More
10) Steve Sanders: The Real Estate Branding Masterclass
Steve Sanders, with deep brand and marketing experience from Zillow, Zillow Offers, and Pacaso (and fellow CU Boulder professor), and I chat about key learnings from iBuyer consumer research, the powe...Show More