Oct. 18, 2022

#246: Holt Lunsford - Founder & CEO of Holt Lunsford Commercial

Holt Lunsford is the Founder & CEO of Holt Lunsford Commercial, a Dallas-based full-service commercial real estate company. They talk about luck in business, the process of finding and hiring great people, and Holt's advice for fathers. Enjoy! ...

Holt Lunsford is the Founder & CEO of Holt Lunsford Commercial, a Dallas-based full-service commercial real estate company. They talk about luck in business, the process of finding and hiring great people, and Holt's advice for fathers. Enjoy!

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(3:08) - Holt’s background and career

(5:30) - The Great Trammel Crowe generation of Texas Real Estate Operators

(19:26) - How much of business success is luck and how much are things that you can control? 

(21:28) - Holt’s Growth standards 

(24:22) - How long was the business going until you started making hires 

(25:24) - What were things you weren’t doing well that people could learn from? 

(28:55) - Holt on building relationships with the people he works with and loyalty 

(31:21) - Holt on the culture of people moving jobs constantly and attracting the next generation of employees 

(36:21)- What within Real Estate has changed dramatically since starting in ’86? 

(38:33) - Chris and Holt on life balance  

(43:02) - What did you give your kids for their 18th birthday? 

(46:19) - What advice would you give your 21-year-old self