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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 286: Mark Buchanan

    09/04/2026 | 49 mins.
    Today's guest is a 5x Icon estate agent, eXp Agent's agent of the year twice, and 2x #International Agent for Units Sold at eXp.
    He is also Team Leader of the current #1 International Team for both Units Sold & Volume and has built a 6-figure estate agency in West Cumbria.
    Before all of this, he started his career in social lettings in 2012, joined estate agency in 2015, and then joined Purple Bricks in 2018, before finally launching his own business in 2020.
    This has seen him travel to places such as Lisbon and Las Vegas to speak on stage about the secrets behind his success.
    In this episode we discuss the power of consistency, effective time management, social media growth, leveraging video, data-driven pricing strategies, continuous learning, the importance of a supportive community and loads more incredibly valuable content.
    Make sure to check out this conversation with one of the highest performing estate agents across the whole of the UK as he shares the formula to achieving exceptional results.
  • Opening The Gates To More Listings

    Episode 285: Phoebe Flook

    06/04/2026 | 54 mins.
    Today's guest is the owner of Real Surveying and is a residential building surveyor and valuer.
    She first got into surveying in early 2020, before starting full-time in 2022 and then launching her own business in August 2025.
    In this episode we discuss improving collaboration, RICS survey levels, the advantage of early surveys, buyer behaviour, renegotiations, property valuation process, being better prepared, transparency, business development, social media, imposter syndrome, business ownership.
    Make sure to check out this conversation to understand more about how surveyors operate and what things agents can to do to improve the working relationship between both parties.
  • 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.

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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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