Randi Goldberg's story is one of tenacity, reinvention, and a genuine gift for connecting with people. Now at Mile High Modern in Denver, Randi was one of the first people to welcome me into this industry, and her path here is anything but a straight line. She grew up in Rockland County, New York, a thoughtful and assertive kid who loved books, art, and her bike, and who always seemed to take the reins.

Chasing sunshine, she headed to Arizona State and studied biology with a pre-med track, drawn to the challenge of understanding the human body. That plan ended when a family member's illness revealed a powerful fear of hospitals, and Randi pivoted into retail management instead. There she discovered a knack for reading people and energy, becoming the company's go-to fixer for failing stores, diagnosing what was wrong and rebuilding teams from the ground up. She was on the verge of launching her own shop when a relationship brought her to Colorado at the end of 2004.

Searching for a Monday-through-Friday career and encouraged by a real estate uncle and a grandmother who insisted she had the "Goldberg gift of gab," Randi got licensed and dove in. The early years meant juggling three jobs, learning the inventory inside and out, and a defining lesson in relying on no one but herself. She built a thriving niche sourcing deals for investors, but came to realize that the part that truly fulfills her is caring for regular clients and taking them under her wing.

In this episode, Randi opens up about hustle and resilience, why she recharges through people rather than solitude, her love of travel to far-flung places, and how she stays optimistic while so much of the industry gets caught in what she calls the Chicken Little effect. Above all, it's a conversation about energy, connection, and a truth she carries with her: the energy you put out will either draw people in or push them away.

And Randi's story… starts now!

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Amanda Snitker's story is one of curiosity, analysis, and a deep belief that honesty is a form of kindness. Now with Coldwell Banker and chair of the Market Trends Committee at the Denver Metro Association of Realtors, Amanda grew up a self-described feral kid in the tiny mountain town of Grand Lake, building forts in the woods and taking things apart just to understand how they worked. A move to small-town Iowa after her parents' divorce was a culture shock that sparked a lasting interest in the environment and water and set her on an academic path few realtors share.

She studied environmental science at Iowa State, where she met her husband, Kurt, then earned a master's in environmental engineering at CU Boulder, which drew her back to the Colorado she always intended to return to. But when the hands-on research she loved gave way to a cubicle career reporting on water rights, and she and Kurt found themselves both consumed by demanding consulting jobs with a young daughter in daycare all day, Amanda decided one of them needed flexibility. Raised by two self-employed parents in real estate, she built a plan, got her license in 2010, and bet on herself in one of the toughest markets in memory.

It took a few years to find consistency and to shift how her own network saw her, but Amanda leaned into what made her different: a genuine love of data and pattern recognition. She joined DMAR's Market Trends Committee in 2018 and now chairs it, translating the Denver metro's numbers into perspective month after month.

In this episode, Amanda offers a clear-eyed look at where Denver housing has been and where it's headed, why a home's value should be measured by fit rather than appreciation, and how she manages the anxious spiral so many in the industry know by grounding herself in the data. She also shares life with Elsa (now heading to Clemson for pre-vet), her long walks by Cherry Creek State Park, her new love of tennis, and her conviction that clear, honest communication is the kindest thing you can offer someone.

And Amanda's story… starts now!

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Jon Yacovetta's story is one of curiosity, reinvention, and a genuine love of helping people find their footing. The co-owner and COO of Guide Real Estate, and founder of the Yacovetta Collection, grew up a self-described weird kid in the heart of Denver. He was a mullet-wearing bowler obsessed with pro wrestling and rock and roll, who fell hard for whatever captured him. Ken Griffey Jr. pulled him into baseball at thirteen, and though he was too small to keep playing in college, coaching became the thing that stuck. He spent all four years at the University of Kansas as an assistant coach at Lawrence High School, earning a degree in Spanish literature and discovering he was a words-and-language person to his core.

Back home in Denver, that passion carried him through eight years as head baseball coach at George Washington High School, including the honor of coaching his younger brother, and into the classroom, where he taught Spanish and rose to chair the English department at Venture Prep. A mentor's words to him at 22, "I can't wait to see how you change the world," became a quiet driving force behind everything he did as a coach and a teacher.

When administrative changes and a missing teaching license ended his education career in 2017, his lifelong friend Brett Weinstein finally convinced him to try real estate. Jon joined Brett's team, weathered the humbling shift from classroom expert to overwhelmed rookie, and found his feet on a white-knuckle 2020 deal that told him he could do this for the long haul. When Brett opened his own company, Jon grew into a mentor and, eventually, a co-owner.

In this episode, Jon opens up about the identity shift from educator to agent, the mentors and hard lessons that shaped him, why authenticity is the real common denominator among successful realtors, and how fatherhood unlocked an entirely new way of connecting with people. He talks about family dinners with his wife, Katie, and daughter, Hazel, about Spaghetti Sundays, his love of Italy, and the single trait he'd pass to his daughter: a rock-and-roll spirit that, in his words, comes down to being ferocious and being yourself.

And Jon's story… starts now!

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Jess Arguello's story is one of persistence, family, and an unshakable commitment to doing what she says she'll do. Now with Real in Denver, Jess grew up in Thornton after moving from Albuquerque as a young kid, the youngest in a blended family of six that came together when her single mom remarried before high school. She started working at fifteen as a courtesy clerk at King Soopers, climbed into a management role, and — in one of those aisles between stores — met her husband, Simone.

Real estate wasn't the first plan. Jess was well into the hiring process to become a jail officer in 2017 when she learned she was pregnant and the academy fell away. She moved into back-end collections, where she consistently ranked near the top and where a coworker, Mike Morales, first told her she'd make a great realtor. Characteristically, she went all in quietly — studying at the library every Sunday, telling no one but her husband, and taking the licensing exam seven times before she passed, just days before COVID closed the testing centers.

She started at RE/MAX in 2020 already raising two young kids, built an audience on YouTube answering first-time homebuyer questions, and closed 20 transactions to earn Rookie of the Year — all while still working her collections job for the first six months. At deal twelve, she realized she was losing money by not committing fully, and with Simone as her biggest cheerleader, she leaped.

In this episode, Jess opens up about mom guilt and the search for balance, the discipline and schedules that keep her family of six running, her honest reflections on reaching the next level without taking more from her kids, and the long, emotional IVF journey that grew their family to four children — welcoming twins Cruz and Laney in 2025. Above all, it's a conversation about heart over commission, showing up as promised, and being remembered as someone whose intentions are pure.

And Jess's story… starts now!

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Andrew Abrams's story is one of curiosity, humility, and a stubborn commitment to doing the harder right. The founder of the Abrams Momentum Group at Guide Real Estate grew up in Denver's Tech Center — the youngest by six and nine years behind two adoring older sisters, raised by a teacher mother and a dentist father who knew his calling at age five and who Andrew says identifies more as a coach than anything else. Competitive but without natural athletic gifts, he learned early that effort was the equalizer.

He studied psychology at CU Boulder without a clear plan, then spent his early twenties working with at-risk youth on a crisis intervention team — rewarding work that couldn't sustain a living. He'd picked up a real estate license almost by accident, then found his way into an office running roughly a hundred fix-and-flips a year, where he offered to take out the trash and sweep floors just to be near people doing what he wanted to learn. That instinct became his defining philosophy: donate your time, do the harder right, and put yourself around people smarter than you.

Learning the investment side first gave him an unusual foundation — about 175 transactions by his second year — before he layered on traditional sales, his own fix-and-flips, and years of housing policy work with DMAR and Denver's planning board, where he shadowed a mentor silently for a year before eventually chairing the committee himself.

In this episode, Andrew opens up about the confidence he had to learn deal by deal, why he prefers a boring business plan that simply works, the "sleep quotient" question he asks every buyer, his December ritual of writing one-, five-, and ten-year plans, and his pragmatic read on where Denver's market is headed. He also talks candidly about balance and raising two kids — and the single trait he'd pass on to them if he could: a sense of humor, because life is hard and you don't get through it without one.

And Andrew's story… starts now!

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Treasure Davis's story is one of grit, faith, and a fierce, unapologetic love for the people she's been called to walk alongside. The oldest of five, she grew up between Kansas City and Southern California — on a lake where kids drove pontoon boats to each other's houses, selling apples out of her grandparents' orchard and riding along with her dad, an insurance man and marketer, as he knocked doors. She graduated high school with a nursing certificate, then discovered in practice that nursing wasn't hers to do.

A summer trip to visit her parents in Salida changed everything when she met her husband at seventeen. What followed was a restaurant job, a dental office, and the realization that she could not live with a ceiling over her — which led her, improbably, to five years on the administrative side of a male correctional facility. It's where she was standing when 9/11 happened, and where she led an effort that raised over $60,000 for fallen firefighters and their families. Her time there ended when recurring dreams of delivering her baby behind those walls gave way to real preterm labor; her daughter Serenity spent five weeks in intensive care while Treasure lived at the Ronald McDonald House. Serenity is 23 today and studying to become a dentist.

The move to Colorado Springs came with no safety net — no state jobs, no insurance, no retirement, and a real estate career she inherited from a father-in-law whose entire database lived in his head. Her brokers gave her three pieces of advice: never let go of a lead, never assume you know someone's financial ability, and outwork everybody. Twenty-one years later, she's built a career on exactly that, and on a deep commitment to military families — believing, as she says, that spouses are as much veterans as the service members themselves.

In this episode, Treasure opens up about her health and wellness journey, the friends who lift her chin back up, why failure is worth keeping, and what she found when she reached the top: noise and emptiness. What matters to her isn't the numbers or the accolades. It's her family — her two daughters, and the son she lost, whom she speaks about openly so that other families know there is no shame in it. It's an honest, moving reminder that you can't skip the chapter, and that comparison is the thief of joy.

And Treasure's story… starts now!

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Brandi Wolff's story is one of reinvention, intuition, and a deep belief that the right things find us at the right time. The founder of the Aster Lane Group at Guide Real Estate grew up in the foothills of Golden — a free-range 80s and 90s kid who built forts in the forest and found her voice on stage. Taught to sing by her grandmother, she performed in front of 600 people at age four (and famously insisted on holding the microphone), went on to play Belle in Beauty and the Beast at eleven, attended Colorado Academy, and earned a spot in USC's musical theater program, where Jason Alexander once taught her.

When the audition grind lost its joy and she graduated straight into the 2007 recession, Brandi began a long search for purpose. A linen-rental job in Beverly Hills became a sales role in Santa Barbara, where a deeply shy young woman grew a client base tenfold and discovered her core truth: it was never about selling a product, but about genuinely connecting with people. That entrepreneurial spark led her to freelance and ghostwriting work — bylines she'll never be able to claim in Inc., Forbes, and beyond — until relentless 24/7 work in San Francisco burned her out and brought her home to Colorado.

Recovering from surgery in 2017, Brandi took her father's suggestion to try real estate, and everything clicked. More than 100 homes later, she measures success not by her biggest sale but by the modest one that helped a man rebuild his life after the recession. Now she's stepping into development — the same arena her father, once dubbed the "Big Bad Wolf" for a hard-fought Crested Butte project, pioneered over a 40-year career.

In this episode, Brandi opens up about losing the performer identity that defined her, learning not to compare herself to anyone, and a mindset rooted in asking better questions, zooming out, and surrendering to what's meant to be. Her closing wisdom is the kind that stays with you: no one has it easy, struggle is part of the path, and the goal is to move through it without becoming the villain in your own head.

And Brandi's story… starts now!

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Maddi Abercrombie's story is one of grit, reinvention, and the kind of genuine heart you can't fake. A fellow Green Mountain grad now with the Monarch Group at Compass, Maddie grew up the oldest of three in Lakewood, with athletics as her entire identity — basketball, volleyball, and especially lacrosse, the sport that turned a passive kid into someone with a voice. With a devoted dad emailing college coaches and piecing together highlight tapes, she earned her way to Division II lacrosse at Lindenwood University in Missouri, reaching the Final Four three of her four years.

Graduation brought an identity crisis and a sports-management degree that led to internships with the Nuggets, Avalanche, and Rams — none of which she loved. So at 23, encouraged by her dad to learn from relatives already thriving in real estate, she got her license, moved into her parents' basement, and bet on herself. The start was slow: nine months to her first deal and six more to her second, before deals two through eleven arrived in one spring market. A managing broker pushed her to call all 300 people she knew, and a generous mentor named Allie shared the business honestly — lessons that built the sphere she still leans on today.

For years, Maddi also coached girls lacrosse at Green Mountain, leading the program to its first state championship while building her business in overdrive every spring. In 2022 she joined the Monarch Group — a collaborative team full of high-producing moms — and in April 2025 she and her husband, Andrew, welcomed their daughter, Maeve.

In this episode, Maddi opens up about losing the athlete identity that defined her, the slow grind of her early years, the sacrifice of high school coaching, and the humbling, beautiful work of being a mom and a top agent at the same time. She shares why she's learning to say no, to relinquish control, and to let the world see that she doesn't have to be perfect. Above all, it's a conversation about dreaming big — and knowing there's always someone there to catch you.

And Maddi's story… starts now!

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