Indy's Real Estate Gurus
Nov. 4, 2022

Guru Jeremy Page From Carpernter Realtors

Jeremy Page from Carpenter Realtors joins us today to tell us all about him

To Contact Jeremy Page   
call or a text at 317-413-5311 
Email-- jpage@callcarpenter.com

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Rick Ripma  Call or Text  317-218-9800
Email--rripma@advisorsmortgage.com

Ian Arnold Call or Text 317-660-8788
Email--iarnold@advisorsmortgage.com

Transcript

Rick Ripma:

Today you're in for a great treat. You're going to one of my very best friends and one of the top real estate agents in Indiana. Jeremy Page branch manager with Carpenter Realtors. He's been in business for over 15 years. He's done 1000s of dollars. He's been involved in 1000s of dollars and volume. And he knows everything there is to know about real estate. He's laughing at me.

Jeremy Page:

I wouldn't say everything right. I know a lot. And I would like to know everything. I can't claim to know everything. As far as I'm concerned. He knows. I'll just let you believe that

Rick Ripma:

all that more on this week, and he's real estate gurus,

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Rick Ripma:

Thank you so much for joining us. I'm Rick Ripma.

Ian Arnold:

And I'm Ian Arnold. And we're both with Advisors Mortgage Group. And if you did miss our last interview and stuff, definitely check out our podcasts at Indys Real Estate Gurus. And also, if you have any questions or would like to get in contact with us, contact us at HardWorkingMortgageGuys.com That is HardWorkingMortgageGuys.com.

Rick Ripma:

Yep. And we are the hard working mortgage guys. You forgot that? Oh,

Ian Arnold:

but everybody knows we're hard working. Oh, at least I am.

Rick Ripma:

But we really want to get on and start talking with Jeremy. Yes. And, you know, Jeremy, I've known you for quite some time. And but I really think it's important for people kind of to get to know, you and know what you're all about. And we'd like to start with your your background, what you've done in the past. You know, because what what you did in the past sets up for where you are today.

Jeremy Page:

Absolutely. And and Rick, I think you're totally right. You know, in business and just relationships in general. You want to spend time with that you with someone that has stuff in common with you. Right. So I think this is great.

Rick Ripma:

Yeah, great. I appreciate it. So in your on your background. I don't remember where you are you from Indiana.

Jeremy Page:

Yeah, I'm actually I've lived here in the Indianapolis area my whole life. Other than the four years I went to Cedarville University. It's a little private college in Ohio. So spent four years there getting my marketing degree and management, Small Business Management degrees. But other than that, and and when I travel and as you know, I try to travel quite often, but you love to travel. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. But no, I'm, I'm I'm here in Indianapolis area all the other times.

Rick Ripma:

You know, it's amazing to I remember when I first met you, and Cedarville is a very small college.

Jeremy Page:

Yes. In fact, I think it had like 3000 students when I was there. Yeah.

Rick Ripma:

My niece went there. Yeah, yeah. Really? Yeah. A little town. Little. And she was from Texas. So Oh, wow. Little tiny. You know? Yeah. Cool. In the middle of Ohio. Yeah. You know, I've just never thought I'd ever meet anybody else who went and it

Jeremy Page:

was a great university. They have some great programs. But yes, it's definitely on the smaller side. So that's funny that someone from Texas that you're related to, and I met you all these years later in chapter two, my alma mater husband

Rick Ripma:

there. Yeah, they're both from there. Yeah. And they know that. They're both done very well. So yeah, it was a good school. Good. It was great for them. So then you after you got out of school? I know you did. And you're actually your degree was in marketing. Yeah, I

Jeremy Page:

had a double degree. I had marketing and small business management. But yes. So I after, after I graduated, I took that marketing degree. And I worked for a basically a PR firm, that worked for a lot of the big fortune 500 type companies. It was awesome. It gave me a lot of opportunities to travel around the United States to do some PR do marketing for them. And I was interacting with everybody from the executive level of these large companies down to the general public. So I mean, there were times where we would be at a headquarter for a large, you know, car company. We've been interacting with, you know, the CEO, presidents, vice presidents, directors of marketing and everything. And then the next week we would be at an auto show or something and kind of getting the information out about technology. Primarily my main clients were tech and primarily the automotive industry and racing industry.

Rick Ripma:

That would be right up my alley. Yeah. Oh, you would have loved you would have loved it. So what did you learn? ERD there, that's that's relates over to your Is there anything that really? Oh,

Jeremy Page:

absolutely, absolutely. I mean, anytime you meet that many people and see how diverse the world is, you learn a lot, you learn how to interact with people, you learn how to interact with people, you know, I mean, I've interacted with people from, you know, the socially the lowest of the low to the highest of the high. So it's a great opportunity. And it's really helped me with my business, because my business now is working with the general public. And as you know, the relationships the most important part to me. Absolutely. I've been in some of the most beautiful homes, I've sold some of the most beautiful homes in Indiana. I've also sold some of the ugliest ones, you know, and as long as the clients happy, I'm about the relationship, not the house,

Ian Arnold:

right? So what what made you get into real estate, what was the switch,

Jeremy Page:

I'll tell you, it's actually kind of a fluke. So I did a little short stint. I, I was traveling all the time. And that got pretty old. And I realized that, you know, I needed to get myself established and call myself have a place to call home, basically. So I quit doing the traveling PR marketing gig. And then I started working for a large mechanical contractor. So while I was doing that, one of my really good friends was going to take the real estate exam. And they were struggling to get get past it. And so they told me that if they didn't pass it, I had to take it with them the next time. And so I just really, they didn't pass it. Yeah. I mean, my life would be totally different. So thankfully, I mean, you know, and they're a great person, and they've gone on to do great things outside of real estate. And I said, Okay, I'll take it, you know, I didn't know anything about real estate, I had bought one house, I had bought my house that I lived in at that point. And I just thought I'll, I'll do it and whatever, I'll do it on the side, well, then that was back when there was a lot of downsizing happening. And I didn't really enjoy the the contractors office, it just wasn't my style, I'd need to be out talking to people and interacting people building relationships. So it was a good time for me to kind of part ways there. And then, you know, fumble through real estate back when in Oh, seven and Oh, eight when it was a different market to put it lightly, you know, a scary market, to be honest. But I was blessed, I didn't have a family. You know, at that point, I had very low outlay for bills. So gave me an opportunity to kind of get in and just determined that I was going to work hard enough that I would overcome whatever the market was that I was in at that point. And I was gonna make a living doing that. And here I am, you know, 1516 years later, and I'm doing exactly that. And I'm blessed. And I'm thankful that that he felt his test. Yeah, that I had that. I don't wish I wish failure on anybody. But, but I'll tell you it worked out pretty well for me.

Rick Ripma:

I gotta tell you, I'm a little jealous. How do you still have such a great tan?

Jeremy Page:

Oh, well, I it'll be better. I'm getting ready to leave for Antigua here in 12 hours or something. So

Rick Ripma:

I know this is where's Antigua?

Jeremy Page:

It is in the Caribbean. Okay. And I don't know, because I don't have to drive. I Just hop on a plane and I'll show up there. Yeah, so we're where it's warm. And there's beaches and ocean and yeah, that's awesome. So

Rick Ripma:

I know you like you

Jeremy Page:

said you'd love to travel. Traveling is everything. So I mean, getting into the real estate. It's so funny how people come come at it from all different ways yours. Yours was just it wasn't a plan. No, absolutely not. But it's what you fell in love with. Yeah, yeah. And it's funny how that that happens sometimes. You know, and recently in the recent years, real estate has been on the bus because the values have gone through the roof. You know, it was easy selling a house. So a lot of people got into the business for you know, business purposes. Honestly, I just kind of stumbled into it. And then I loved it. And we were talking a little bit off air before we started taping and you know, we talked about if you doing something you like, it doesn't feel like you're working and that's where I'm at in life right now. You know, I love it. I I also manage our office I love helping other agents, seeing them realize a dream that I've realized. Real estate is a great opportunity. You know both personally owning investment properties And for as an agent, you know, it can provide a great life for you and your family. And I've really enjoyed that. And love that. And I love helping others realize that as

Rick Ripma:

well. Yeah, I know you do. And that's, that's part of what I think makes you really successful is because of your, your demeanor, and add your beliefs. Yeah, like it really helps. If somebody wanted to get a hold of you, for real estate, how would they do that?

Jeremy Page:

Yeah, you can go to my website, your realtor jeremy.com. Or shoot me a call or a text at 317-413-5311.

Ian Arnold:

And you'd like calls at 3am, right? Oh, hey, believe me, I

Jeremy Page:

get him. Doesn't mean I'll answer. Feel free to do whatever you want.

Ian Arnold:

All right. So we understand how you got into real estate and everything. But all right, we all need a break every once a while from work. So what type of hobbies do you just need a minute go to do get a mental break?

Jeremy Page:

Yeah, well, I'll tell you in real estate, I feel like the only way for me to truly get a mental break and rejuvenate is to take a trip. You know we yeah, we Antigua. Yeah, we've talked about that. You know, that's how I can because I My life is so when you're when you're in real estate, and you're passionate about it. It intertwines with your personal life so much that, you know, it's hard, it's hard. So you know, getting away for more than just a couple hours is what I need to really rejuvenate and come back, you know, ready to rock and roll. But I enjoy spend time with my family. And then I also really like colts games. You know, I go Rayleigh

Ian Arnold:

right now you're like, Oh, yeah.

Jeremy Page:

Yeah, I like the atmosphere. Sometimes I don't. Yeah, but yeah, exactly, exactly. But no, I mean, I enjoy going into those games and spending time with some friends, you know, they're at the game. You know, I enjoy cars not near as much as Rick, you know, I, I like go into cars and coffees from time to time and just, you know, looking at the cool cars. And, you know, other than that I, I really, I mean, it's sad to say, but I love my job. And it is kind of like a hobby, you know. So I've made dedicated decisions that I was going to spend more time with my family years ago, because when you love something, it's easy to just let it take over your life. And so luckily, I've worked on my processes and, and systems and I'm able to do that and spend more time with my family love, love on them. But still get great fulfillment out of meeting people and spending time helping people buy or

Rick Ripma:

sell houses. Yeah. Family's extremely important. We're all trying to get that. That balance, especially when you have smaller kids. Yeah, you have you don't know. Your kids. Yeah, so

Jeremy Page:

I've got a seven year old. He'll be eight here in a month, I think from yesterday. And then I've got a 12 year old daughter. And she's involved. She loves volleyball. She's going to be starting basketball. She's already started practice, I think our first games next Saturday. And then my oldest just turned 16. So he's he's got his permit getting ready to get his driver's license. And

Ian Arnold:

so you're gonna have to sell a few more houses pay for that insurance? Yeah,

Rick Ripma:

yeah. First car, that kid gets to drive.

Ian Arnold:

A stick he can learn to drive, you

Jeremy Page:

know, he can, he can take your car out if you can figure it out on your car, then maybe 20 years down the road.

Rick Ripma:

When you know the difference is my youngest is 29. Right. You know? Yeah. When my kids did that I made sure they didn't have Yeah, you know,

Jeremy Page:

crazy. I love him. And I want him to enjoy driving and enjoys driving. But yeah, I wanted to be around, celebrate with the rest of my life. So

Rick Ripma:

I understand that. We're up on a break. So we're gonna go to break after break. We're going to talk more with Jeremy Paige, and learn more about it.

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Rick Ripma:

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Rick Ripma:

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Rick Ripma:

Welcome back, and thank you for joining us. I'm Rick Ripma, your hard work and mortgage guy.

Ian Arnold:

And I'm Ian Arnold with Advisors Mortgage Group. And if you did miss our first what is 15, 16 minutes of Jeremy page, I'm telling you, us you missed out on an amazing stories and stuff. So definitely check out our podcast at Indy Real Estate Gurus. Again, that's Indys, Real Estate Gurus or if you want to contact any of us, you can go to hardworking mortgage guys.com. And also how can you make contact Jeremy page,

Jeremy Page:

they can check out my website at your real tour. jeremy.com Or they can shoot me a call or a text at 317-413-5311 emails J page pH e at cole carpenter.com.

Ian Arnold:

All right, so now it is time for a question or the week. Now it's time for questions with the gurus. question that we is brought to you by advisors Mortgage Group where we will fit your mortgage to fit your needs. Contact us today to get your free mortgage plan. Go to HardWorkingMortgageGuys.com. All right. So we have a question we'd like to ask everybody. We asked everybody the same question.

Jeremy Page:

I hope it's not a tricky one. Oh,

Ian Arnold:

it is never hopefully you have your calculator out first. What was your first car?

Jeremy Page:

Oh, I can do that. That was it's a 19 I think it was a 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. So it was not the old old body style, but it was a newer one who was sleeker. You know, I? It was a two door. Read. I enjoyed that car.

Rick Ripma:

Yeah. Do you have any great memories from that car that you can tell us on air?

Jeremy Page:

Yeah, I'm sure I do. I mean,

Ian Arnold:

if you're speeding statute of limitations is up. Yeah. I

Jeremy Page:

was gonna say wait, let me do the math on this. How many years ago was that? No. I mean, I was big into car stereos back then. And I actually worked at a tire store but go tires. So I put rims on it. New tires. Your foot? Oh, yeah. I put a big old huge stereo in it. So I could upset my parents and all the neighbors. And so yeah, I mean, I actually I do have a lot of good memories in that car.

Rick Ripma:

It's funny that first car yeah. Is Yep. It just had that holds a special part. And all of our Yep. Yep.

Jeremy Page:

I drove it until the engine mount or the engine bolt or something rusted out, and my engine fell out and broke the steering column and everything else. Yeah, it makes for bad day. Luckily, I was pulling into a parking lot. And I wasn't on a major road, because it's not good when that happens. Yeah.

Rick Ripma:

Yep. Yep. running out of gas is no fun. No, no. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that's a great memory.

Jeremy Page:

I mean, that was a good memory. But hey, I'm all about experiences in life. And that was an experience. And I survived. I lived through it. And now it's a good story. Right.

Rick Ripma:

Yeah. It's a great thing. And I think that's part of what separates you from other agents is that you, you value the experience? Yeah. So you always I think are working to help them value this experience of buying a home or selling a home? Yeah,

Jeremy Page:

absolutely. Yeah, thanks. I mean, we all want good experiences, regardless of what it is, you know, if you're going to the store, or you're buying a house, buying a car, you know, shoot, I don't know, you may be buying an airplane, you know, whatever. You're buying whatever you're doing. You want a good pleasant experience. And those experiences are what keeps you coming back from war.

Rick Ripma:

You know, it's funny, too. I was talking to somebody the other day, and they were telling me that although you think that everybody buying a home, it's an exciting experience. Sometimes the situation makes it not an exciting experience.

Jeremy Page:

It's very true. I'll tell you. I feel like recently these last couple of years most buyers and or sellers have been excited about the sale. But remember, I started back when the market was the exact opposite as has been this last couple of years. So I mean, people were having to do short sales people were are, you know, just trying to avoid foreclosure, you know, there, there was all kinds of sad situations, you know. But these last couple of years, most of the time, it's been positive. But my goal is to provide the best experience possible, whether it's a good time or a bad time. Obviously, I enjoy the good times, right? I enjoy it when my clients are as excited for you know, the the end result as I am for them. But there are times where, you know, you have to do it, and it is what's in your best interest long term, even though you may not really want to do that. So, I, I've been through it all. I shouldn't say that I'm sure that there's something I haven't

Ian Arnold:

that you said that. I'm scared

Jeremy Page:

that I said that now. But But no, I mean, that's, that's the whole thing about this business. It's not, I don't think I don't know if I could be good at selling cars, or vacuums or something like that. I mean, just the home is such a kind of personal thing and a relationship thing. That's why I enjoy about it. That's the cool part about my job.

Rick Ripma:

Right? And yeah, you know, it's your right real estate. If somebody's buying a primary residence, they're buying or selling their house and move it to another house or whatever. For the vast majority of people. That's an exciting time. Yeah. But there are always things that happen through the process, that it matters to have somebody who worries like about the experience, like you do, to make that experience and make you remember that you should be enjoying this experience, right? It's this is fun, and this is exciting. Don't let these little tiny road bumps get in the way of the of the full experience,

Jeremy Page:

the end game, man, you know, as they say, and and you're right there is, I mean, a real estate transaction is a pretty complicated transaction with lots of liability, lots of potential hiccups. But I think it's, it's a good agent who needs to try to help them through that and help them to stay positive through that as much as possible. And to focus on the end game and to ultimately enjoy the experience even through those hiccups.

Rick Ripma:

How do you do that? For somebody? What? I know you have a process, what is your process, and I'm sure that there's times you have to go off the process and do things a little differently. But I know you're a very warm and caring person.

Jeremy Page:

That's the thing about real estate, and no two transactions are really the same. Because, you know, a car, you know, most cars, they they make many of them, and you can say I want a blue interior or whatever I mean, a house is a very personal thing. It is, you know, there's only one house on one lot, you know, most of the time we end so it is very personal. I mean, so you can't say everything's the same, every client is different. But ultimately, yes, it comes down to trying to know your people and know your clients. And I'll tell you, one of the most frustrating things to me is I feel like I've met hundreds of people and done a real estate deal with them. My biggest frustration is I don't have enough time in my day to hang out with all of them every day. You know, I've got a family and

Ian Arnold:

your family doesn't matter. You

Jeremy Page:

know, family always comes first. I love my clients, but family comes first hands down. But, you know, I have so many people where it's like, you know, I could spend you know, all day every day with with these clients. And it's not one or two, there's hundreds of them. Right? And that's my biggest frustration is like oh man, I want to hang out with them all the time. And you just can't rush so

Rick Ripma:

well you're done a good job that of working to you know to work with the right people that you were you work well with. They like you you like them and you want to hang out with them.

Jeremy Page:

I've been lucky. I've got a bunch of great past clients and current clients.

Ian Arnold:

So what you're telling us is you're going to run out the colts stadium one time invite all your past clients and fill up the stadium.

Jeremy Page:

Last I heard I think advisors mortgage was pick up the tab. So yeah, we'll do that every week. Rick, why are you sweating right now? Why are you

Rick Ripma:

gonna do that for you? Put it on his task.

Jeremy Page:

Yeah. Yeah, no, I I also am a lonely realtor. I don't quite have the funds for something like that. But I love the idea. I love the idea. Yeah,

Rick Ripma:

that would be that would be very, very expensive.

Jeremy Page:

I couldn't imagine it being cheap.

Rick Ripma:

But you know, it's one of those things where if you know there's that's an a huge scale, but you can there probably ways to do something like that in a small scale. I don't Yeah, you know, I've thought about that. You know, because I like cars doing Like the mica motion? Oh, yeah, something like that, where you get a room or whatever, and that people come. Yeah, I've never other than thinking about it. I've never lived any farther along than and Rick,

Jeremy Page:

that's where a lot of us are. I got a lot of great ideas. And then it's like, Wait, how is this gonna happen? You know, and I don't take it further. But no, I mean, honestly, I love Facebook, I'm of the Facebook, err, I guess. I love Facebook, because a lot of my clients are on Facebook, and even when I'm not interacting, I just love going through and seeing what's going on in their lives. And anytime I see someone you know, what does that do? It triggers memories. Oh, I remember when we were going out there looking at it. And, you know, little Johnny was, too and now he's, you know, bout to get his driver's license or whatever the case might be, you know. So I think real estate for the most part, I mean, I do work with some investors. But a lion's share a majority of my business is primary residence. And so it's very personal. And just building those relationships is the best part of the whole gig if you ask me.

Ian Arnold:

Yeah. So this will be a good segue. And so tell us a little bit more about your company and how your office and everything works and stuff like that. Yeah.

Jeremy Page:

So So I manage my office, I've been doing that now. I don't seven, eight years, maybe maybe a little bit actually probably a little bit longer than that. But you know, we carpenter as a whole is one of the largest local independent brokerages here in the the Indianapolis area, we are one of the biggest in Indiana, we're an Indiana only company. We've built a company based around not mega offices a lot, the trend has been to have an office where you have, you know, 100 200 300 agents under one roof. Were the more it fits right in line with how I think of my clients. I mean, it's more of a personal relationship, family type of atmosphere, to be honest, you know, I originally started because of the marketing, they you know, my degree in marketing and my marketing experience, you know, we discussed earlier, that's very important to me. And we had hands down the best marketing system, and we've won international awards for our home marketing system designed to market and promote a house and get it sold. So that was very important to me. But outside of that, you know, we have I think we're up to 3334 35 offices or something around the majority in the Indianapolis area few and outlying cities and other places in Indiana. But to me, it just feels like home. You know, it is it's not that big feeling. I know, my agents all know if they need to get a hold of me, they can call me and I'm gonna get with them.

Rick Ripma:

We got to where the end of the radio show or can continuing on with the podcast. But before the radio show ends, how would they get a hold of you, if anybody listening wants to get a hold of you? Yeah,

Jeremy Page:

I can be called or text at 317-413-5311 website, your realtor jeremy.com and my email is J page pa GE page in a book at cole carpenter.com.

Rick Ripma:

And to get a hold of you enter i e n or I talk to you about HardWorkingMortgageGuys.com That's HardWorkingMortgageGuys.com And join us for the rest of the show on

Ian Arnold:

on Indy's Real Estate Gurus podcast.

Rick Ripma:

Yeah, you can go to a website or you can go to any podcast site and type in these real estate gurus and we should pop up. We'll see you on the rest of the podcast. And we'll be talking more with Jeremy.

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Unknown:

Well, first off, thank you for joining us, Danielle. I appreciate it. And I just was curious, how did you come to find out about Rick Ripma and advisors mortgage Oh, I was looking for a mortgage for myself for a brand new home that I was building. And I wasn't sure the direction to go. I didn't have anybody in mind. So I kind of just spoke to whoever I could speak to. I got their number and everything seemed to be exactly what I was looking for. So I went with them. The thing I liked the most about Rick and his advisors mortgage is that I could go and upload things online and I didn't have to always be on the phone with them or sending them documents or trying to look for certain things that I needed to get the process going. Which was really great for me. I had a processor named Mark Coleman who really helped me out in making sure I had everything I needed because I I didn't know the first thing about having a mortgage so it was all awesome to have so much help. I think probably what I've benefited from the most is really just the understanding that sometimes I would get busy. And maybe I forgot to upload a document or I forgot to do a certain part of the process in a timely manner. And they would get right back to me. And it wasn't like a, hey, we really need this right now. It was always, Hey, just wanted to make sure you still remember that we need this. Well, you don't get that too much. In this day and age, it seems like most people are either, you know, very demanding of something they need from you, and they need it right now. And, and I agree, I've seen that in Rick's attitude with us over over the last 10 years that he's very patient, but also helpful to get the right things he needs. So exactly, in conclusion is Rick Ripma, and advisors mortgage, somebody that you would use in the future and or tell your friends and family about? Absolutely. And I just want to thank them for all the effort they put in to help me find my dream home.

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Rick Ripma:

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Ian Arnold:

All right now the radio show is ended. Let's continue on the podcast, with Jeremy page here. Now your I know you're talking about your company and how carpenter does things and everything like that. Can you just continue a little bit more? Yeah.

Jeremy Page:

So, you know, I was talking about the marketing, which is very important to me. I mean, in my opinion, when I work for a company, you know, it's their offerings, that they get you in the door. But it's the relationships and the, the environment that keeps you you know, we were talking off air, you know, earlier, and I was talking about how, you know, COVID When COVID had nobody's in the office. And that was that was a frustrating time for me. Because, once again, I'm a relationship guy, and, and I like seeing my agents, I like interacting with them. I like helping them out. But that's that's the environment we've we provide, and really, the company is built on is, you know, we joke all the time, you know, the the executive level, always jokes and says partner, you know, because they really are, I mean, we're partnering with each other, they're doing things to help us succeed. Because the more we succeed, the more they succeed. So it's a it's a great company. It's, you know, we've branded recently, we went through in a pretty intense marketing company doing research on basically what's important to the carpenter employees, carpenter agents and our clients. They came back with the results, and it came back to commitment community. And I just blanked out the

Rick Ripma:

community and

Jeremy Page:

my brains fried anyways,

Ian Arnold:

but he's already on vacation. Oh, yeah, he's already.

Jeremy Page:

I mean, yeah. My mind's been on vacation for a while, I just haven't seen it with my eyes. Oh, geez, well, I'm

Rick Ripma:

not gonna go back to the marketing because how, how does that benefit? Like, you're gonna work with a client? How does that benefit a seller that you this marketing materials that you guys can put together?

Jeremy Page:

Well, obviously, you know, the goal for most sellers is to get the highest net to them with the least inconvenience.

Rick Ripma:

I like the way you said that the least inconvenience Yeah,

Jeremy Page:

it's not always I mean, the least inconvenience is always the case. But it's not always the highest price. But our systems are designed to be highly targeted to the actual buyers and or the agents that are working with those buyers, so that we're getting very targeted marketing put in front of them. To do that, you know, we talked a lot about this last couple of years when you can sell anything to anyone. We talked about finding the right buyer. It's easy to find a buyer, but a buyer may not go through the process may give you all kinds of headaches may not net you the most whatever the sellers goals is it may not be the right buyer for that seller, right. So it's getting enough out there to get multiple people interested and or finding the best buyer, not just a buyer. Right.

Rick Ripma:

And you really want the experience to be good for everybody, not just the seller. Yeah, you know, I think that's what the last the market we just came out of it was it was all about the seller. Yep. Now it's much more

Jeremy Page:

I'm interrupting you because it just popped in my head. I've been thinking about this a whole time while you've been talking and I was afraid you would miss something. connections commitment community, it was community.

Ian Arnold:

Great. Sorry. He's better than what we normally do. We'll be sitting around and be like community. Yeah.

Jeremy Page:

It was driving me bonkers. Yeah, he's very courteous. Try to be respectful.

Rick Ripma:

Courteous of his elders. Yeah.

Unknown:

I was well,

Jeremy Page:

I was gonna say that but yeah, slippery slope, get myself in trouble.

Rick Ripma:

I figured I should say it off the table.

Ian Arnold:

So what areas do you guys specialize in? Or like, Eric, when I say areas, I'm talking like Indiana, like,

Jeremy Page:

Okay. I mean, primarily, a majority of our offices are all around the Indianapolis area and or the the doughnut counties, as we call them, the surrounding counties around Indianapolis. You know, I work primarily on the north and the west sides, but we have offices all over. I mean, we have other offices that are further out, you know, whether it's Crawfordsville or Bedford or

Ian Arnold:

so what you're saying is, so somebody from Bedford and Bedford from Indianapolis is like a two three hour drive. Right, roughly, I would say, No,

Jeremy Page:

I believe I believe you. I don't have

Rick Ripma:

two hours. Alright, just to ask. Yeah, so not quite.

Ian Arnold:

I know. Like if somebody's listening right now. Well, my little hybrid doesn't go that. So if somebody from Bedford is listening to this right now, yeah. And they hear this and they love to hear, how would they work with you to find an agent down there that works for you costly conference?

Jeremy Page:

Yeah. And actually, I mean, I believe that I belong to a organization called the leading real estate companies of the world. You know, I typically go to their annual conference every year. It is a great organization that has people like myself, different agents, and brokerages, all across the United States, and really all across the world, that that Ken are highly qualified, they can help someone else, I can always help someone, find someone somewhere else. I mean, even if they're moving to some other country, I can help them out. If it's something like in Bedford, all they got to do is reach out and call me because then I can just pick up the phone and call some of my agents. You know, when we do that referrals, we prefer and we'd like to kind of find out a little bit about the person who is going to be buying or selling the house. So we can connect it with the right agent, you know, we got a lot of great agents there. But maybe one is going to be better fitted and suited for that particular client. So we want to try to matchmake, as they say, do get someone that's going to not only do well for them in the real estate realm, but also with that relationship and what never would they contact you. My cell phone is 317-413-5311.

Rick Ripma:

And so, so, and I've worked with quite a few of the people that you've you know, that you you work with, and they all say phenomenal things about you. They all love you. And I've had people who I've referred to you that were in the wrong area, right, but you've done a phenomenal job of getting them with somebody they've all ended up with, with very, very, very good agents. Who were, I would say a perfect match.

Jeremy Page:

Yeah. Well, and that's the thing. Yeah, I mean, especially this last couple of years, you know, somebody was started out saying they want to be in Indianapolis or you know, caramel or whatever Browns were, but then they start looking at stuff and they find they actually, you know, they their minds change, you know, they decide they want to go to somewhere else, I want to go to Bedford or Bloomington or something like that. And so what I do is, you know, especially in those situations where I've already been working with them, I I know them pretty well. So then I started reaching out to the agents that I think would be the best fit for them and get them connected. And yeah, I mean, I will tell you, I think almost every time I've done that it's been a positive experience. You know, I've had clients say, No, I want you to do it, but I just, I tell them honestly, I don't know the Bedford market. I mean, I can research it, but I want to, I want you to work with someone that really knows it, and can take good care of you. I appreciate that sentiment from them because I would love to work with them. But you know, logistically just you know, driving two hours to go show them some houses, you know, once or twice a week or whatever. It just doesn't make sense for for me or them. So I tried to get them in touch with someone that really knows that market like the back of their hand like I know, my

Rick Ripma:

local buyer and that's really the problem. Yeah, it's it. I know you if you you would give you would do that if that's what it took you that You couldn't get a good agent, but you don't know the market. Sometimes there's houses that come up that you need to be there. Yeah, you need to know what's going on my son bought one like that in Chicago, right? Just in the right time. You know, it just came up.

Jeremy Page:

And I have I mean, I have worked out of, you know, further out from my territory before, but it's not without explaining to them. Hey, you know, I think it would be better for you to work with someone else. And if they absolutely refuse, then okay. I mean, I'll do it. I just, I want them to get the best service possible. And if my mom right now called me and said, Jeremy, we're moving to the Bedford I'd say, Mom, I'm selling your house here in the area. You get that someone else we're we got we got some words. But

Ian Arnold:

anybody listen to this podcast right now is Bedford is the place to move. Yeah.

Jeremy Page:

And I don't know how we got stuck on Bedford. It's just what popped in my head. But yeah, let's flip it on. That's fine. We'll just use it as a distance reference. Yeah. But if I'm my mom was said she was moving, let's say Bloomington because I don't know the Bloomington market, you know, real estate market? I would say, okay, Mom, you know, for that purchase, let me get in touch with a good agent that will, you know, show you the ropes and nose area and can best provide for you,

Rick Ripma:

because you want him to be taken care of Absolutely. You take care of your client the same way you take care of your mother. Yeah. You're that's Webster's to you. That that's one of the things I love about working with you. Because that's the way you are you are. You're you're one of those people. Like for me, I'm the same as you. I want to work with people that I know know what they're doing. There. They're going to be there when you need them. They'll work with you to work through things. We work as a team. Yeah, you know, that's, that's for me the big deal. Yeah. And that's, and that's, I think, is very important for a client, they need to know that everybody's on the same page. And we're on the same page. Our client is, is our meat our reason for doing everything we're doing at that? Absolutely. You know, absolutely. And so we spend all our time working on that client. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. So where

Ian Arnold:

do you see your company and yourself going towards the future?

Jeremy Page:

I'll tell you, we've seen some great growth here in recent years, I think we're going to continue to see that. Obviously, the market is changing, and the market will impact things on a large scale. But on a smaller scale, you know, my office me, you know, I think we're going to continue to do really well, I think our company will continue to do really well, we're actually our company really excels in a market like we're in right now. So when it's easy to sell a house to anybody, you know, you don't have to do much marketing. Now you don't get the right buyer, maybe for your for your listings, you get a buyer. And a lot of times, clients don't know. So they're okay with a buyer, even if it wasn't the right buyer. So they're happy and they move on. We're really built, we spent a lot of money on marketing, advertising, or systems or processes. So we're really built for a market like this. Now, we've been, I've been telling my agents, they've been complaining for years that they want to be more of a balanced market, tell you what, we're starting to get into it. And all of a sudden, they're their tunes changing. But, you know, I got great agents, we're getting through it. But it's just, there's more stress, I guess, with a more balanced market than when it's the other way around. It's always an adjustment period. And things change always is especially initially, you know, I mean, a year from now, if things continue to kind of just stay where we're at now, it's just becomes a new norm. But right, then once the changes again, you gotta figure it all out.

Rick Ripma:

And it's funny, because the market now is not that much different than the market two, three years ago.

Jeremy Page:

You're right, you're just that it was just we had different COVID and just all kinds of factors really played into. I mean, just a really, it wasn't. It wasn't even it's not a norm. I think we're gonna look back in 10 or 15 years and say, Oh, those are two outliers, you know, and then we'll be able to tell our kids stories about COVID. Yes, and what COVID did all

Rick Ripma:

right. And I was sure he's gonna answer Antigua.

Ian Arnold:

Yeah.

Jeremy Page:

Yeah, that's

Unknown:

where he's going. Yeah, yeah. So.

Ian Arnold:

So where's one dream? vacation spot? You have always thought about going but never went? Well, I'll

Jeremy Page:

tell ya. I've been blessed. Not a lot of people know this. I've been to every continent except for Antarctica. Why not go there? And I've thought about it. I might, my wife will not be joining me. So I either gotta go with a buddy or go by myself. I got a bad rap and it's not cheap. So So there's other places I want to go first but I it's not off the table yet for sure. And I've been to every state in the United States. So one place I've never been. I think Bedford Tahiti. I wasn't Bedford I actually did have a past client here the last couple of years that did move to Bedford but that was probably the only time I've been to Bedford. Don't tell him. Where is it?

Rick Ripma:

I did. Oh,

Jeremy Page:

Tahiti, Fiji. I love those small islands. I love looking at the natural beauty guide created for us, you know, and there's nothing like being out there in a little little island in the middle of great ocean and just seeing the fish and everything. swim up and beautiful sunsets and I mean,

Rick Ripma:

can't tell he loves it. Yeah, no, I

Jeremy Page:

know. I better cut myself off. I'll miss my flight. Talking about it. Well, Jeremy,

Rick Ripma:

thanks so much for joining us. You're a fantastic agent people are I'm sure gonna enjoy the show. And, again, if they need to get a hold of you, what's the best one? Yeah, I'd

Jeremy Page:

love it if I could hear from some of your listeners. So my cell phone is 317-413-5311 for a call or text, my email Jay Paige pH. E. At Cole carpenter.com My website your realtor jeremy.com And if you'd like to get a hold of us it's hard working mortgage guys.com and to

Rick Ripma:

you know you can call us but the easiest way to call or get a hold of us is go to hardworking mortgage guys.com and all of our information is there.

Ian Arnold:

And or and listen to all of our podcasts again on Indian real estate gurus

Rick Ripma:

and I'm Rick Ripma Your hard work and mortgage guy and Ian Arnold. There's also a hard working mortgage

Ian Arnold:

advisors mortgage

Jeremy Page:

mortgage guy but I am Jeremy page. Your hard working hard working realtor guy.

Rick Ripma:

Yeah. Thanks for joining us. Thanks

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Jeremy Page

Branch Manager

My objective is to facilitate a smooth transaction for all my clients; buying or selling. My goal is to achieve the best price and terms with the least amount of inconvenience.

Education
Cedarville University
Bachelor of Arts: Business Management and Marketing

R.E.C.P.
Graduate, Real Estate License

Carpenter REALTORS
Graduate, Advanced Training Course

Carpenter REALTORS, Success Strategies
Graduate, GSS designee

Counsel of Certified Residential Specialist
Graduate, CRS designee

MIBOR
REAL Academy of Leadership, Fellow

Graduate of REALTOR Institute
Graduate, GRI designee
Former Council Member

Skills

The marketing and sale of properties in Zionsville and the surrounding areas.
Implementing Carpenter's Award Winning Home Marketing System.
Negotiating for buyers to facilitate a smooth transaction.
Work Experience Carpenter REALTORS
Assistant Managing Broker/Sales Agent, Zionsville, IN

Develop the skills of the sales agents in Carpenter's newest office which is now ranked 3rd out of 31 offices in the company
Member of the Client Service Center's Immediate Response Team
Carpenter-Zionsville Sales Agent of the Year 2008-2013 (ineligible due to management transition after 2013)
2011- 2016 Indianapolis 5-Star Real Estate Agent (Indianapolis Monthly Magazine)
Consistently the top 1% in sales of the over 700 Carpenter Agents