Mentees Achieve Multiple Real Estate Transactions Within Their First Few Months

The benefits of the Strong Mentorship Program for Mentors is that it gives them an opportunity to do two things. One, give back and share the learnings and the amazing insights they've gathered over their many years in this industry, but also grow their business. Because as they're looking to expand their purview and everything that they touch, the ability to bring in other people who they can help grow and can also expand their business is just a natural way for them to grow. And so it has two amazing benefits that I think many of them are seeing every day. The benefits of the Strong Mentorship Program for the Mentees are that they get the industry's only program where they can come into a company like Compass that has an end to end technology platform and the most experienced and successful agents in the industry and get exposure and learning and understanding in a way that no other place provides. It almost gives them the answers to the test. It gives them the ability to skip grades, if you will, learn the business so much faster, and then ultimately set themselves up to be more successful than had they had to do this on their own or anywhere else. We are seeing a number of tangible outcomes from the work that the Mentees are doing. One, we're seeing the Mentees actually do transactions and some of them are really growing their businesses way more quickly than anyone ever could have expected. Usually this business takes a while to get up and running, but we're seeing Mentees in only their first few months, start to do a number of transactions and create great experiences for their clients. They're also learning what it means to be, to be a successful agent and build a long term, sustainable business. It's not that hard to go in and do a transaction or two, but what's really difficult is to build a long term, sustainable business. And that's what we're seeing the Mentees do. And it's probably the most impactful benefit that we see. My favorite success story of one of the Mentees is someone who's got started on the program only a few months ago and has already done three transactions. The transactions in of themselves were impressive. What was more impressive is this person was able to create financial outcomes for themselves to where they can now actually invest more so in their business. And this is someone who's on a clear path to being a top agent over the next number of years. They have all the tools that you need. This program gave them the start and they're going to get to that destination so much faster. I'm very excited for more stories like that to come together. What surprises me most about the Strong Mentorship Program is the willingness of the Mentors and of Craig Strong to give back and be willing to help and coach this next generation of great real estate leaders. It's very rare that you find people that are this successful who are willing to do that, and their commitment to helping to grow that next generation of people who want to get into this business and build great businesses is really remarkable. And it's something that I think anyone who has the opportunity to take advantage of should run towards. One of the most unique things about this program is Craig. Craig Strong is not just one of the top agents in Southern California, he's a successful entrepreneur, a leader in his community, and an incredible person. And the opportunity to work alongside someone like that and soak up all the knowledge and experience that he's had over many years in this industry is truly a one-of-a-kind experience. And so we're incredibly fortunate to have Craig at Compass and to be partners with him in building out this program. And we're incredibly fortunate that he's been willing to give so much of himself to it. That, to me, is the ultimate gift from this. Rory Golod, President of Growth and Communications based in New York, New York.