High Proof News, June 29th, 2025

IN THIS ISSUE

1.  High Proof Tools, Links and News

2.  Save The Date! Real Estate Distilled, 2026

3.  Real Estate Distilled, Single Barrel in Orlando.

4.  Have you checked out the podcast? Our latest episode “From Hustle to $3 Billion: Gary Ashton’s Real Estate Power Move”
   

HIGH PROOF TOOLS & LINKS

We love sharing new tools and tips with our readers. If you have a tool or link that you think is worthy of sharing, be sure and drop us a note so we can share the love!

1.  Zillow and Compass head to court. Although these two companies are headed to court, this will have far reaching implications for the real estate industry as a whole. 
   

2.  The Washington Post — Secret Listing? Banned? Why Zillow isn’t showing you the whole market.
   

3. A few tools for the toolbox.
   

   1.  https://annotateweb.com/ - Working on a new web project and need to share your thoughts with the designer or your team? Give this tool a try and annotate a website easily and then share it via a link.

   2.  https://useinkless.com/ - There are definitely BETTER OPTIONS for the real estate industry. You probably use one for your day to day use. However, when that tool goes down or is having trouble, it is nice to have a back-up! Digital Signatures, oh and it is FREE.
      
      
      

SAVE THE DATE!
REAL ESTATE DISTILLED 2026

March 16th, 17th, 18th, 2026

Did you catch our 2025 video recap and our save the date announcement for 2026? Have you added Real Estate Distilled to your calendar for 2026? Check out the video and use the buttons below to quickly add placeholders to your calendar to protect the dates.

REAL ESTATE DISTILLED, SINGLE BARREL
Digital Marketing Forum

We have officially opened up ticket sales for our purposefully small mastermind gathering. This event is hosted in October near the Orlando airport. The event is limited to 40 people and we already have 15 slots spoken for.

If you are interested in participating in an intentionally small gathering of agents, brokers and team leaders to discuss all things digital marketing. Basically, the discussion of domain names, landing page building, ppc, seo, analytics, search console, social ads, YouTube ads, email delivery, AI etc. Then this event could be for you.

HAVE YOU GIVEN US A LISTEN?

How do you go from bartending in the UK to leading a $3 billion real estate empire in Nashville? In this episode, Scott sits down with Gary Ashton the founder of the #1 RE/MAX team in the world.  Gary and Scott have a conversation on scaling smart, building teams that last.

Gary shares the real story behind his rise, including the mindset shifts, marketing plays, and relationship building that took him from handing out business cards at bars to working directly with the Tennessee Titans. Whether you're a new agent or a seasoned broker, this one is packed with lessons you won’t hear on a typical real estate podcast.