Coffee & Closings
Coffee & Closings is a podcast where top real estate professionals share unfiltered insights, strategies, and stories—over a fresh cup of locally brewed coffee. Each episode blends real talk with real estate, brewed strong for agents who want to grow.
Coffee & Closings
#040 – Julian Douglas – Building a Real Estate Media Business From Scratch
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
In this episode of Coffee & Closings, Ethan sits down with Julian Douglas, founder of JD Real Estate Media, to talk about how he built a real estate photography and media business from the ground up. Julian shares his journey from barber school to buying his first drone, learning photography through YouTube, and starting with nothing more than an iPhone and a vision to create something bigger for himself and his future family.
The conversation dives into the creative side of real estate photography, building systems, balancing a full-time job while growing a business, and the importance of consistency during slow seasons. Ethan and Julian also discuss social media marketing, client relationships, expanding throughout North Carolina, and what it takes to turn a side hustle into a full-time business. Plus, they talk football, coffee, entrepreneurship, and the pressure of wedding photography.
Coffee Highlight: Bones Coffee Company – S’morey Time Blend