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
102 episodes
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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Episode 101
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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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Episode 100
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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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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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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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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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From Burnout to Breakthrough: How Kelly Donahue-Piro Helps Insurance Agencies Thrive in Any Market | Episode 87
Kelly has an unbelievable knack to take something that is fairly complex and provide an easy-to-digest perspective on it. Both
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Episode 87
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Episode #86: The #1 Mistake Homebuyers Make When Shopping for Insurance Online
Today's Bricks & Risk Podcast ep was inspired by a recent article/video we saw about California introducing an...
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Episode 86
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Episode #85: She Lost 4 Employees In 2 Months. Here's How Missy Stallings Saved Her Insurance Agency!
Sean & Tim love that not only does the Bricks & Risk Podcast have a ni...
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Episode 85
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Episode #84: All-Inclusive vs. À La Carte Brokerages: What Kind of Real Estate Agent Are You?
Have you ever planned and booked your own vacation? In today's internet/AI-fueled world, I would say the super-high majority would answer "Yes." But which kind of vacation is right for you? All-inclusive or a la carte? That's the analogy we ...
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Episode 84
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Episode #83: Just Keep Going with Dustin Brohm
Sometimes in business, rookies ignore veterans who provide simple, sound advice, such as: "If you just keep doing it, you'll get better." It almost sounds too easy, right? It also sounds like there must be an easier wa...
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Episode 83
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Episode #82: It's not about you, it's about them.
It's very easy in business, when creating, curating, and posting content, to focus on yourself and how good you are at what you do. In all honesty, why wouldn't you tell your network and followers how good you are at what you do and how much...
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Episode 82
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Episode #81: Growing a Mortgage Team from Scratch with Rob Wishnick
We have talked shop on mortgages in past B&R episodes, as that's how Tim started his journey in business, but today's ep with Rob Wishnick is sure to educ...
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Episode 81
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Episode #80: The Life of a Small, Independent Business Owner
The daily life of a small, independent business owner (aka entrepreneur), is not something that is talked about often. Actually, the general topic of daily life is so infrequent, it's hard for us to find other podcast ...
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Episode 80
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