We don’t know if this could become an annual event in Dallas real estate, but we sure liked it.
Christy Berry caught wind of an event in New York City she thought was pretty cool, a panel of successful Real Estate professionals in New York City sharing their success stories to others.
I want to do this in Dallas, she said, but I don’t want to limit it to women in only ONE brokerage. So Christy, a broker associate at Compass Dallas, pulled top female agents from each of the top Dallas brokerage houses — Compass, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s, Ebby Halliday/Dave Perry Miller, and Allie Beth Allman & Associates.
“I wanted to hear what motivates these women, what makes them get up in the morning,” says Christy. “And I wanted it to be more of a real estate community event, not limited to simply one brokerage, for all of us.”
The speakers were Becky Frey from Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s, Michelle Wood from Compass, Cindy O’Gorman from Ebby Halliday, and Allie Beth Allman herself. Powerhouses all.
Appropriately, the event was held at The Crespi Estate, the most expensive estate in Dallas, now owned by Mehrdad Moayedi. It was sold by Allie Beth Allman and is now being marketed by her company with Kyle Crews and his Urban team.
About 200 Realtors, men and women alike, attended — Robbie Briggs was there, along with Kyle Crews — enraptured for an hour on folding chairs in what was once the Crespi’s main parlor.
But the most amazing part of the program, which didn’t dawn on me until I wrote this, was that Christy Berry hosted an event about and for strong women on the afternoon before the history-making hearings of Dr. Christine Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh in Washington, D.C: hearings about an alleged sexiual aggression by the Supreme Court nominee against Dr. Ford more than 30 years ago that are dominating the news, and have become the pinnacle of the partisan divide that rocks our nation. No matter your opinions on the hearings, no matter your political party, you have to agree that women are at front and center right now in this country, right? And as bitterly partisan as is the temperature in D.C., here in Dallas we had 200 deeply, deeply competitive Real Estate agents hugging each other, snapping selfies, and getting along! It was a beautiful thing to watch. #Womenpower!
Every one of the successful agent speakers brought a different take-away to the table:
Cindy O’ Gorman: “The best things about this business is you learn to work with other people, have to. You have the same end goal. “It’s not just about the client,” she said, “it’s important
Becky Frey: Becky talked about her team and how goal oriented they are. Becky is an incredible leader and manager, her team an extremely well-oiled machine equipped with a leader. Bhe spends time prioritizing her dreams and how to get there. She also talked about herself from a holistic perspective, and encouraged other agents to do the same.
Michelle Wood: Huge networker. Shes make a strong effort to really network with clients
Allie Beth Allman: for Goodness sakes, pick up the phone and call somebody! Allie Beth says she still gets a lot of referrals and some sales right from taking telephone. “You never know how far that can go,” she advised. She also told the story of how she got into real estate as a housewife, when a neighbor trusted her to sell their home.
The bottom line? Real Estate is hard work, to be a successful real estate agent, it is even HARDER. Across the board, these are all hard-working women!
