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Opening The Gates To More Listings

Simon Gates
Opening The Gates To More Listings
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  • Opening The Gates To More Listings

    Episode 284: Iain White

    02/04/2026 | 51 mins.
    Today's guest is a consultant, trainer, mentor, and Non Executive Director for estate agency and prop tech companies, working across Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, United States and Dubai.
    With over 30 years of experience in all aspects of Estate Agency, he has a proven track record in both the independent and corporate world.
    A chief decision maker within Romans, serving as a shareholder and MD during his 22 years with the company and a part of this highly successful group’s growth and innovative thinking, not to mention impressive results over an extended period of time.
    He also enjoyed considerable success in the corporate world as MD for Countrywide Thames, running multiple brands and returning them to good levels of profit with considerable growth year on year.
    In this episode we discuss the evolving UK property market and estate agency scene, timeless skills, modern necessities, leadership, hiring, the power of collaboration and much much more.
    Make sure to check the conversation out with one of the most experienced guests I've ever had on the podcast.
  • Opening The Gates To More Listings

    Episode 283: Nigel Risner

    30/03/2026 | 58 mins.
    Today's guest is a motivational speaker and Global Communications expert, providing talks & training to big business such as the big 3 CEO groups, where he has won business speaker of the year.
    With nearly 3 decades of experience, he is a world class speaker and best-selling author of IT'S A ZOO AROUND HERE & THE IMPACT CODE.
    He has delivered over 1,000 talks across all 5 continents and his presentations have inspired thousands of FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 delegates, school children, charities, and prison inmates, in groups of 5 to 5,000 and all over the world, into taking positive strides in their work and personal life.
    The results of his work have achieved the following results:
    Staff retention dramatically increased World class presentations that motivate teamsIncreased sales

    In this episode we discuss trust, communication, leadership, negotiations, pricing strategies, an abundance mindset, learning, and loads more absolute gold!
    Make sure to check out this episode as it's one of my favourite ever conversations on Opening The Gates To More Listings.
  • Opening The Gates To More Listings

    Episode 282: Ross Final

    26/03/2026 | 1h 6 mins.
    Today's guest is the owner of Christopher Pallet and has been working in the estate agency industry since the year 2000.
    He worked at one of the largest estate agents in the country and became owner of Christopher Pallet at the start of 2013.
    In this episode we discuss his early career, business ownership, navigating crisis, seeking support, self-improvement, sobriety, technology and loads more really impactful topics.
    You definitely want to give this conversation a listen as I know it will resonate with so many estate agents and might be the push for some to make the change they know they need to.
  • Opening The Gates To More Listings

    Episode 281: Samuel Sykes

    23/03/2026 | 35 mins.
    Today's guest is the Co-Founder and CFO at DeployIQ (Including Yield and DeployIQ Ventures).
    He has a property and automation background in making UK property companies AI-native and has been building property data products since he was a teenager.
    Before Yield, he led eight-figure deals for UHNW and high-profile investors, supporting low nine-figure portfolio decisions and has been involved in 70+ deals totalling high eight figures through a land consultancy working with leading UK agencies and has driven seven-figure savings through systems and process improvement across multiple ventures.
    In this episode we discuss the limitations of estate agent websites, the increasing role of AI in estate agency, enhancing client experience and agent efficiency, plus industry challenges and opportunities.
    Make sure to check out this conversation to find out how you can make more of your website traffic and turn visitors into clients.
  • Opening The Gates To More Listings

    Episode 280: Jack Bowyer

    19/03/2026 | 59 mins.
    Today's guest started off his estate agency career as a lettings agent in Shoreditch in 2014, going on to launch his own business in 2022 and partnering with eXp in 2023.
    In the episode we discuss his hospitality background, early years of agency, human connection, AI, corporate shifts, rising costs, stagnating industry wages, financial strain, cold starting a new business, networking, collaboration, self-employment, social media, having a coach and educating sellers.
    There is so much value packed into this conversation, you definitely want to check it out and hear from someone who acheives fantastic results for their clients.

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About Opening The Gates To More Listings

Opening The Gates To More Listings with Simon Gates is a podcast designed to help estate agents find more listings and increase the profitability of their business. There will be a variety of different guests across the industry being interviewed to share their knowledge on how to achieve this.
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