310: Tommy Sowers: The Collapse of the Real Estate Agent Commission

Prior to SoloPro, Tommy Sowers served as the Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and as a McKinsey & Company management consultant. He was the 2010 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Missouri's 8th congressional district and is a former U.S. Army Special Forces officer. In 2015, Sowers, along fellow founders Shayne Sowers and Narayan Krishnan created SoloPro, Inc. the first pro-agent, pro-buyer online marketplace of real estate services. Named by CNN as one of the five startups "changing the real estate game", SoloPro rose over $1.6M of venture capital and has launched in the Raleigh-Durham area. Join us as Tommy shares his Realtor mindset and a glance at his journey to becoming a Real Estate Rockstar by changing the real estate game for buyers and sellers.