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Rebecca is one of the best architects in the Bay Area. She has won many awards and is up for The Best of Oakland this year. She has been practicing for over 30 years and has applied her extensive design experience, creative thinking, and problem solving skills to a wide variety of projects from simple home remodeling to new restaurant designs. Before starting her own architectural firm in 2001, she held positions at lead architectural firms, international architectural firms, as well as small boutique design firms which has given her extensive experience with all aspects of design and construction.  Currently, Rebecca has a staff of 8 people based in Emeryville and is designing projects throughout the entire Bay Area. She is primarily working on large scale residential projects based in Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond, as well as a brewery in Pacifica, commercial offices in Napa, and multiple restaurants in San Francisco.  To contact Rebecca, visit her website at: https://www.amatoarchitecture.com/ or send he

Jeff is a loan officer with over 30 years of experience and is currently the Area Sales Manager and Bay Equity Home Loans. He has been ranked as high as 50 in the nation in funded loan volume and has previously owned First Western Home Loans, which was one of the largest loan brokerage companies in the country.  The housing and mortgage markets are constantly changing. Jeff can help you navigate the many options to find the right loan for you and your family. Whether you are buying or refinancing, buying your first home or building your dream home, Jeff can explore with you the many options for financing. You may contact Jeff either through his website at: https://www.bayequityhomeloans.com/jeff-sokol or his email  jsokol@bayeq.com

Gary has been an entrepreneur and owner of multiple businesses in Missouri since 1990. He created an acronym that has shaped his life's foundation: CHARGE (Create Habits Around Real Goals Everyday). He studied entrepreneurs such as Sam Walton, Brendon Burchard, Brian Tracy, and Charles Red Scott and learned their principles. Then he built his roadmap for personal success.  Gary created a framework, The High Achiever Mindset, using his success as the foundation. He now shares his message as a keynote speaker, trainer, and coach in order to help others reach their goals, dreams, and ambitions. He is a certified High Performance Coach from the High Performance Institute. Gary has also published his first book titled The High Achiever Leadership Formula: The 6 Ingredients of an Inspiring and Influential Leader. His new book, Positive Culture Wins: In Business and Life is available for pre-order at: www.positiveculturewins.com There you will find: 7 day CHARGE video series PDF download of the book Audible Versio

What does theater set design and staging a home to sell have in common? A lot actually! This week, Carla sits down with her own home designer Cora Sue Anthony to talk about the powerful, but a subtle art of home staging. Taking elements from her background in drama and design, Cora Sue looks at home design as a way to shape the emotions you feel when you walk into a house. Cora Sue knows that it takes a special touch to stage a house. Listen this week as she shares her creative approach to business, tips, and tools of the trade, and stories that are both funny and inspiring. Buying a home is already emotional, so let’s use design to show off the best of those emotions! Today, Cora talks about: Cora Sue’s journey from theater set designer to home stager. The theory of home staging. Modern homes v. Contemporary homes. Cora Sue’s secret beginnings to her home design business. How design generates an emotional response for the buyer. Cora Sue shares a funny staging story! Tips for people who want to begin stagin

Considering joining the many driven individuals in the world of Real Estate? Have you been in the business for years, but find yourself losing steam? Have you reached that moment where you can sit back and watch generations of hard work play out before your eyes? There is a story here for each of you! Julie has been writing articles for “The Perspective” since she first began as a Real Estate Agent. From Jazz dancer to house flipper, Julie knows a thing or two about working hard to make a career worthwhile. She knows all about leaving baseball games to show a house or picking up a paintbrush to touch up the walls herself. Real Estate is one of the most rewarding careers, but it also requires hard work and trust. Listen this week as Carla and Julie share stories to inspire you to do the work you love!   Also in this episode: Julie’s route towards Real Estate and her roots. Balancing Real Estate with family life. The competitive environment led to “The Perspective.” Stories of being a new agent, working with a

Today's episode is a tribute by Carla's guest, Vijay Mehrota, to a Real Estate agent who was very near and dear to his heart. On today's show, he tells her story.   Vijay Mehrota, from Oakland, is a scientist, teacher, writer, jogger, sports fan and an excellent storyteller. His day job is as a Business and Analytics Professor at the University of San Francisco. He holds a Liberal Arts Degree from St Olaf's College, a Ph.D from the Engineering School at Stanford University and very few grudges!   Today, Vijay pays tribute to his dear friend, Carol McNeill Bell, who lived from 1934 to 2016. His story with Carol begins on the Friday after Thanksgiving in 1986. Listen in and find out more about this wonderful and inspiring woman and Vijay's friendship with her that spanned three decades. Today, Vijay talks about: How he first arrived at Carol's house. How Carol invited him to dinner, little knowing that her house would become his home base for the next twenty years. Carol and her lovely arts and crafts house. H

Today's great, go-getter guest is Anne Feste, a mom of two grown children, who has been practicing Real Estate for eighteen years... and she's Carla's best friend.   Anne grew up in rural Washington in a town that was known for fishing and lumber. Her biggest issue, while growing up, was being told that women could only be teachers, nurses or housewives- with the ultimate goal being to marry someone and have him be successful. This looked like a losing game to Anne, so she became fierce about learning how to be independent and how to make her own way in life. She found Real Estate to be a great means for creating that. Listen in today and find out more about what gets Anne going.   On today's show, Anne talks to Carla about:   What brought her to Real Estate. Why she would recommend seeing a Career Counsellor. Her game-changing experience after finishing Real Estate School. How her one-page business plan became a game changer. Her story about why the bank took her out to lunch in 2000. The sale in her first

Today's guest, Aaron Brown, has really been an inspiration to Carla. She has  watched how much growth he's done in his business, in a very short amount of time. Aaron has a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. After graduating, he worked at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco. While working there, found a mentor, in the sales department. The wife of his mentor started up a Real Estate Brokerage in 2007 and she wanted to recruit agents who had no experience in Real Estate, as she didn't want to bring bad habits to the table. So, Aaron met with her while he was still young and dumb at So, Aaron met with her while he was still young and dumb at twenty-three, with no license and no experience in either Real Estate, or sales. He joined her company, quit his job, got his license- and then the crash came. He left there in 2008 and spent a year working in the Real Estate Industry. By the end of that year, he was broke and in debt, so he quit that company and joined a national franchise company, while doing a cate