Community

The Jumpstart community

Jumpstart is a free community of real estate entrepreneurs at any brokerage in the US and Canada. Here is what you get when you join.

Jumpstart members at events and dinners.

The weekly email

Each week's email carries one real member story and one small thing to go do this week.

It comes from jumpstartemail.com, and every one has a one-click unsubscribe.

Live sessions

How Top Agents Are Using AI, with the exact steps shown on screen.

Join free and the invites come by email.

Free AI tools and guides

Free AI tools, each built to remove a job from your week, with a version you can try in five minutes. Beside them sit ready-made presentations and step-by-step guides.

AI Back Office for Agents
Set up Claude for client emails, listing prep and past-client check-ins. Built for agents new to AI.
Build a Seller Portal with AI
For a listing that is sitting: one prompt in Claude builds a private page for your seller with what buyers said, what the market says and three ways forward.
Presentation Library
Ready-made presentations and talking points you can use to teach and add value.
Resource Center
Every presentation, free AI tool and step-by-step guide in one place.

Member wins

Yolanda Ames: had Claude research the seller the night before. He said 48 hours and called back in two.
Read Yolanda's story
Adrian Bidulescu: brand new, out-prepared agents with years more experience and won a Galveston listing.
Read Adrian's story
Holly Hernandez and Emily Kung: one Claude page, then time to hear the sellers out before talking numbers. Both deals closed.
Read Holly and Emily's story

Our leaders

These are the people who lead Jumpstart. Each card links to that leader's own page.

Bob Martin
Bob on LinkedIn
Paige Martin
Founder and Team Lead
Houston Properties Team
Paige Martin founded the Houston Properties Team in Houston and leads it. Her own work is training and mentoring her agents and building the systems they work from. The Wall Street Journal and the Houston Chronicle have both featured her work.
Paige's page
Sibel Caliskanlar Cope
Concierge Director
Houston Properties Team
Sibel Caliskanlar Cope works in the Houston Properties Team's concierge department, coordinating the logistics and vendors on each sale and keeping clients up to date. She speaks English, French and Turkish. She holds the Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, Certified International Property Specialist and Certified Negotiation Expert designations.
Sibel's page
Alexis Ruiz-Ney
Concierge Director
Houston Properties Team
Alexis Ruiz-Ney is a Houston native on the Houston Properties Team's concierge team. She is each client's point of contact through a sale, scheduling the next steps and connecting them with vendors the team trusts. She keeps helping clients and their families long after closing.
Alexis's page
Sandra Rathe
The Sandra Rathe Team
Sandra Rathe was a CPA at Price Waterhouse and later a corporate controller at United Technologies. She moved to South Florida in 2005 to start her own real estate business, and has since built The Sandra Rathe Team of agents and support staff.
Sandra's page
Holly Hernandez
Senior Partner
Houston Properties Team
Holly Hernandez is a Senior Partner with the Houston Properties Team. Before real estate she was a vice president of business development in the oil and gas industry, and she brings that negotiating experience to every sale. Her clients describe her as warm and patient.
Holly's page
Kim Vargas
Senior Partner
Houston Properties Team
Kim Vargas is a Senior Partner with the Houston Properties Team and a Houston native. Her clients point to her calm approach and plain, honest updates. She handles the details of a sale, from staging to vendors, so they can keep their minds on the decision.
Kim's page