How Tyler Whitman Went from Craigslist to Million Dollar Listing

Tyler Whitman joins Matt Lionetti and The Broke Agent to discuss how meeting an agent on Craigslist changed his life, selling Bobby Flay’s home, how he got his role on Million Dollar Listing NY, and how you can grow one of the most successful teams in your market.
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This week on the Over Ask Podcast, Tyler Whitman joins Matt Lionetti and The Broke Agent to discuss how meeting an agent on Craigslist (who was looking for a roommate) changed his life. He talks about how different the reality of being an agent was from his perception of it (pre-license) and how he almost gave up on it before he found an ivy league client, who referred him to others. 

Tyler also shares how he met Bobby Flay and sold his home (with a “chef-inspired kitchen”), and how, after that, he was bombarded with catfishing attempts—which, at some point, had him so jaded that he hung up on the casting director for Million Dollar Listing NY

From there, the conversation turns to how his life and career have changed since starring on the show and what led to his meeting with Glennda Baker and starting the Glitter & Gay Podcast with her. 

Click on any of the timestamps below to watch: 

00:0000:37 Intro

02:16 Tyler’s backstory

05:03 The Craigslist ad that changed everything

07:15 From Craigslist to Million Dollar Listing

12:17 Working with Bobby Flay and (later) getting catfished

15:39 Why Tyler hung up on the casting director for Million Dollar Listing NY

21:10 How his business has changed since taking the role

31:10 Tyler’s team and why it works so well (for all of them)

33:22 A 97% success rate with listing pitches

36:47 On using DISC for his hiring process

44:10 Deleting social media posts 

48:24 The content that embarrassed him most

51:57 Tyler’s content strategy on Instagram

54:57 How he met Glennda Baker and started the Glitter & Gay Podcast

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