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Top NYC producers Kirk Eckenrode and Trevor Connolly of the CE Group (Howard Hanna New York City, formerly Elegran) join Agent Brew to talk about building a top-producing team across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens — and how they use AI to run their business more efficiently.
In this episode, they cover:
00:00 – Welcome and introductions
01:15 – The CE Group's elevator pitch: 30+ combined years of experience across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens
02:44 – Their biggest challenge: a disjointed market and estate-condition properties in a turnkey-driven market
04:12 – How Kirk and Trevor met and became a team
08:15 – Why Claude (Anthropic's AI tool) is their favorite piece of tech — from bespoke weekly seller reports to due diligence review
10:04 – A career-defining win: turning a pandemic-era Soho loft purchase into a major return for their client
11:24 – The rental deal that went hilariously wrong (and the follow-up that turned it into new business)
19:34 – Life after the move from Elegran to Howard Hanna New York City 20:37 – How each of them defines success
22:01 – Their advice to their younger selves: relentless follow-up and never stop networking
23:26 – Their favorite RLTYco member benefit and why it matters to agents.
If you're a real estate agent or broker looking to sharpen your strategy, build a stronger team, or put AI to work in your business, this conversation is worth the watch.
Agent Brew is hosted by Eric Zollinger of RLTYco — real, candid conversations with agents and industry leaders who have walked the path before you.
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