What does a career built around helping people look like after leaving the fire service?

Matt Martinec, team leader and business coach at Keller Williams Paint Creek, joins Terra Csotty on Beyond the Bio to share his journey from more than 20 years as a firefighter and paramedic to small-business ownership, real estate, and leadership.

Matt discusses rebuilding after COVID disrupted his businesses, finding his place in real estate, and helping agents build careers that fit their goals and their lives. The conversation covers joining a team versus going solo, creating systems that give top producers their time back, and why brokerage culture deserves a closer look than commission splits alone.

They also talk about handwritten notes, consistent follow-up, using AI without losing the human connection, and the importance of family, mentorship, and a reputation people trust.

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You don’t have to tone yourself down to build a successful business. Liz Rehner, owner of Elite Leverage Inc., joins Terra Csotty on Beyond the Bio to talk about ADHD, authentic leadership, and finding work that fits the way your brain works.

After a pandemic layoff, Liz turned a request to help a friend with a real estate listing into a transaction coordination business. She shares how structure and systems help her thrive, why agents struggle to delegate, and how her team keeps the details moving so agents can focus on their clients.

The conversation also gets personal: hiding parts of yourself to appear professional, learning to work with people who appreciate the real you, and defining success beyond revenue. Liz shares a story about helping a client grow enough to hire one of her own team members, plus the accountability that comes with running your own business.

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Email: liz@eliteleverageinc.com

Phone: 313-647-8868

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Beyond the Bio with Terra the Connector: Meaghan & Lori Murphy on Authentic Social Media and Community Building

Episode is sponsored by Real Producers. Check them out at www.realproducersmagazine.com/links/michigan.

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Terra Csotty hosts Meaghan and Lori Murphy, the mother-daughter team behind Real Leverage Solutions, to discuss building a social media marketing business focused on authenticity, relationships, and telling the story behind a brand. Meaghan shares her film and reality TV casting background and how it shaped her ability to help people feel comfortable on camera, while Lori explains how their company evolved from transaction coordination for realtors into full-service social media marketing. They describe their customized client process, scripting and analytics, and their twice-monthly “Reels for Deals” meetups that film at local businesses and drive cross-promotion, referrals, and community. The conversation covers goals for expansion, a planned teaching community with Justin Barton’s Your Connex, and practical tips on ads, choosing platforms, growing beyond a realtor-only audience, and converting personal followers to business pages.

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