Santiago Arana has been named among the Top 250 Realtors in the United States by Real Trends in The Wall Street Journal for 8 consecutive years! Based in Los Angeles, Santiago has closed over $2 Billion worth of real estate, netting over $420 Million in sales volume in 2017 alone! Joshua caught up with him during April of that 2017 year as he was in the midst of his meteoric rise in the real estate industry and they recorded this epic podcast together, and since he has gone on to become the #7 real estate agent in the country, the #3 real estate agent in California, and has represented clients such as Lady Gaga and Larry David, check it out!   0:01 - Interview start 1:50 - Becoming an entrepreneur 6:00 - Finding a mentor in real estate 12:10 - Being persistent but not annoying 14:30 - Seeking out advice from a mentor 18:00 - Getting people’s business because he remembered each property he had listed 19:20 - Positive thoughts are more powerful than negative thoughts 26:00 - Having listings is power 29:00 - Having guests at his open house just to see who “that annoying guy” was 33:50 - How to position his buyers differently to make them stand out 38:10 - Showing up early to an open house and getting the deal 41:30 - The importance of building a database 44:00 - What percentage of new business is from open houses 51:00 - Differing his agency from older agencies 53:30 - Staying structured and organized to not be overwhelmed 55:00 - Breaking down tasks by importance to not waste time 57:40 - “the day that you stop growing you are dying” 58:40 - Advice to give to younger self 1:02:00 - Find your skill and develop it   Websites:   https://www.theagencyre.com/agent/santiago-arana/   https://www.facebook.com/SantiagoAranaRealEstate/     ? "Triple Your Real Estate Business In 90 Days" [FREE In-Depth 3 Hour Online Masterclass with Joshua Smith]:  http://bit.ly/2WQHBqM   Thanks for watching don’t forget to subscribe for daily content!  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVT1XOSdM4DhTUdA7Y9OSw?sub_confirmation=1   Join the GSD Mode Facebook Group and start Masterminding with over 11k real estate agents worldwide! - http://bit.ly/2WUrg9q   iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gsd-mode/id964583650?mt=2   GSD Mode Full Site - http://bit.ly/2RoVtHM   41 Weeks of Real Estate Tips from Joshua Smith FREE! - http://bit.ly/2WYj7RC   SUPPORTED BY   Perfect Storm - http://bit.ly/2ISyKQD   90 Day Mastery Bootcamp - http://www.90daymastery.com/   REO Mastery University - https://reouniversity.wpengine.com/   Hit Me Up!   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JoshuaSmithGSD   Instagram - https://instagram.com/joshuasmithgsd/   Twitter - https://twitter.com/JoshuaSmithGSD