Before realtor Jay Kinder made the leap into dominating real estate, he was mowing lawns for his dad, who had just purchased a Coldwell Banker franchise. One day, he went into the office to pick up his little check for mowing vacant rental properties when he couldn’t believe what he saw. An agent was getting a check for over $5000—and he hadn’t broken a sweat. It was then Jay decided he was not destined to mow the lawns of real estate properties, but to be a seller.
Jay Kinder refuses to accept conventionality when there’s a better way to accomplish a goal. This spirit led him to drop out of college to get his real estate license. The same spirit led him to find a mentor outside of the real estate industry to teach him proven methods to build his brand, generate leads, and leverage technology to scale his business. After suffering the hardships of the real estate crash of 2007-2008, Jay knew he could endure anything. By the time Jay was 28, he was the #2 selling agent worldwide for Coldwell Banker. After helping a college friend avoid years of mistakes by teaching him the same principles, the two friends took mentorship to a new level. Now, through eXp Realty, they train the top 1% of real estate agents in North America to do the same.
When Jay eagerly entered the market, there was one thing he wasn’t aware of. 80% of real estate agents fail in their first year. After quickly learning that getting clients was his biggest challenge, he invested in himself. He invested in learning from top agents from around the country. Jay bought anything anyone had to sell at events for training and coaching. This only offered marginal improvement until he found his mentor. Mentorship gives people the chance to learn from others so they can operate more efficiently and not make the same mistakes they made. Jay teaches agents efficient systems that add value to their lives so they can become the most successful agents possible.
Jay’s college friend then contacted him after they hadn’t seen each other for several years. Jay told him about his success in real estate. After spending a few hours together, his friend immediately quit his job, without fear. With Jay’s guidance, he did what no one had ever done before. Jay was able to skip many years of making mistakes and grew his business to 1.2 million in only 3 years.
Through their mentorships, Jay Kinder proved that with the right guidance, you could grow your business exponentially. “That sparked an idea. We felt like if a couple of college dropouts could do it—anybody could do it and NOBODY was teaching agents how to truly build a business,” he says.
