Bricks & Risk
Bricks & Risk empowers real estate agents, insurance professionals, and entrepreneurs with actionable insights and proven strategies to start and scale their businesses. Our podcast videos feature topics and interviews with top-performing business owners, industry experts, and thought leaders who share their secrets to success.
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, our content is packed with valuable nuggets that help you:
- Master the art of growing your real estate or insurance business
- Unlock innovative business strategies tailored to you
- Learn directly from entrepreneurs who’ve built thriving businesses
- Gain actionable advice on marketing, leadership, and scaling operations
We’re here to inspire, educate, and provide the tools you need to succeed in an ever-changing business world. Subscribe to our channel and start building the future you deserve. We drop a new episode every week!
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Episodes
110 episodes
If You're Serious About Becoming an Entrepreneur, Start Prepping Now | Episode 110
"I've always wanted to work for myself" is a common phrase that we hear within our business circles, as well as in our personal lives. And when someone says that to us, we love to hear it! But ... we're also very honest about...
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A Boots-On-The-Ground Interview with the Devastatingly Good-Looking Mason, Jimmy O'Neill | Episode 109
As B&R grows its watcher and listener community, our guest community grows right alongside it. While real estate and insurance have been a primary focus for us, they are now more fou...
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How To Prepare Your Insurance Agency for a Valuation or Sale | Episode 108
It only took us 100+ episodes and just over 2 years to finally make the "Bricks" (aka Real Estate) and "Risk" (aka Insurance) connection. Selling your insurance agency is just like selling your home. If the No. 1 rule in real estate is <...
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Episode 108
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How To Safely Navigate and Provide Solutions with Seth Lejeune & Jenn Anusky | Episode 107
Why is it that real estate clients (buyers and sellers) consistently feel like they're "wasting" their real estate agent's time? Answer, because a majority of homeowners only buy and sell a few homes in their lifetime. Therefore, it's an unf...
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Episode 107
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Why Your Team Matters, Both In-House & Outsourced | Episode 106
I mean, who doesn't like Philadelphia butter cake? Haha. In all seriousness, this episode is all about your team: employees, hourly workers, VAs, vendors, you name it. Why is your tea...
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Episode 106
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Wearing Every Real Estate Hat to Build a Business with Jason Ostrowsky | Episode 105
Since Sean & Tim are two business owners who did not have a parent in either real estate or insurance, it's always good to get perspective from someone who did have a parent in their chosen industry.
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Hey, What Gives? Why Are My Clients Not Giving Me Referrals? | Episode 104
You know I'm a Realtor, right? And that I'm really good at what I do, correct? So, what gives? Don't worry, it's common to feel this way. But ... if you want to do well in ...
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Episode 104
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How To Hit Singles & Doubles in Franchising with Mike Oberholtzer | Episode 103
This week's B&R guest brings a wealth of knowledge to those who would love to learn how franchising actually works.
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Episode 103
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Stop Filing Those Insurance Claims: The Truth Online Advisors Don’t Tell You | Episode 102
Back to the B&R insurance grind, with Sean firing off some guru-gems aimed at helping homeowners and car owners with their ...
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Episode 102
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He Moved to Philly With Zero Contacts … Now Everyone Knows "South Philly Vinny's" Name | Episode 101
Vinny Fracassi & Tim Garrity were introduced via a mutual connection,
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Only 5% of Podcasts Make it to 100 Episodes ... We Just Did. | Episode 100
Hard to believe, but we did it! 100 episodes of the Bricks & Risk Podcast. Sean was low-energy+ on this one (haha, JK), he was battling a cold; but nevertheless, we both showed up to...
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Connectors Win, and Why it's the Mindset Most People Miss | Episode 99
Being a good connector in business can be just as good, if not better, than paying for ads, sending postcards, making phone calls, and having client events. Reason being, you're constantly looking out for others, who will in turn start to lo...
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Episode 99
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Just because Cheldin Barlatt Rumer carries it well, doesn't mean it's not heavy | Episode 98
Absolutely fantastic conversation with a talented, passionate, and highly-credible entrepreneur, Cheldin Barlatt Rumer. Cheldin dives deep into her backstory about what it was like ...
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Episode 98
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Geofence marketing tactics using the "Whopper Detour" | Episode 97
This awesome topic comes courtesy of Mr. Sean P. Mooney's super-secret Google Doc: Nothing / Nothing = Nothing. Our discussion centers around creative marketin...
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Episode 97
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What Building His Own Appraisal Firm Has Taught Mike Coyle | Episode 96
Mike Coyle has been through it. From roofing homes in Chestnut Hill, to partnering with a likeminded business owner, and to running his own appraisal firm:
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Episode 96
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The Truth About Bad Business Advice | Episode 95
Question of the Day: Where do you want to go, and why? Sounds simple, right? Welp, it isn't. It requires experience, success, failure, and deep inner thought. But, when figured out as early on in your career as possible, you ...
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Why Jarrod Blackwell Believes That Empathy In Business Drives Digital ROI | Episode 94
Tim met Jarrod at the mother of all local real estate events, Triple Play
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Episode 94
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How to Fix Your Insurance Retention ... and Grow | Episode 93
Sometimes in business, no matter what field you're in, sales is treated purely as a numbers game. For example, someone may say there are 3 rules in sales: sell, sell, sell. But as much as that's true, and needing to se...
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Episode 93
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The “Milwaukee Moment” That Pivoted Justin Heath’s Career Into Real Estate | Episode 92
Although Justin Heath has been at the residential real estate game for just shy of a decade, he has a lifetime worth of real-estate-blood coursing through his veins; through both ...
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Episode 92
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How To Stop Chasing The "Realtor Joneses" | Episode 91
The Realtor ... what? Mmm hmm, Tim made that term up; haha. But, for those of you in residential real estate, this is a very real thing. Experiencing the "Realtor Joneses" happens when another real estate agent, leader...
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Episode 91
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He Turned a $35K Job Into 80+ Properties (Without Quitting His 9–5) with Cory Jacobson | Episode 90
If you've ever wanted to invest in real estate, but lack the knowledge or confidence to get started, listen to this episode. Cory Jacobson has cracked the millennial real estat...
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Episode 90
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How We Survived Year 1 - What They Don’t Tell You About Starting a Business, Part 2 | Episode 89
We took a different route on this B&R ep by focusing on "Year 1" in business for both Sean &
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Episode 89
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How We Survived Year 1 - What They Don’t Tell You About Starting a Business, Part 1 | Episode 88
We took a different route on this B&R ep by focusing on "Year 1" in business for both Sean &
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Episode 88
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