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S3E3 - Meet CFO Lyndsey Gallagher - Where Family Legacy Meets Fast Moving Leadership

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In this episode of Work Hard, Play Hard, and Give Back – A Real Estate Podcast, host Michael Litzner sits down with Lyndsey Gallagher, Chief Financial Officer of Coldwell Banker American Homes, to talk about what it’s really like leading in a family-run company that’s been growing strong for nearly four decades.

Lyndsey shares how she went from answering phones in the office as a teenager to managing the financial operations that power more than 1,000 agents and 100 employees. She talks about building faster, smarter systems that help agents get paid in hours, not weeks, her legendary “Croatia yacht” story, and how compassion, culture, and community remain at the heart of the Gallagher legacy.

You’ll hear about:

How family values still guide a modern, fast-moving brokerage
The systems and mindset behind same-day commission payouts
Balancing business, leadership, and life
The ongoing impact of the Heart of American Homes Foundation
And, of course, the “Drop the Mike” moment you don’t want to miss

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Chapters

1. Welcome And Guest Setup (00:00:00)

2. Growing Up Inside Real Estate (00:01:16)

3. First Jobs And Early Exposure (00:02:23)

4. Getting Licensed At Nineteen (00:02:54)

5. CFO Role And Paying Thousands (00:03:32)

6. Stepping Into Leadership And Systems (00:04:13)

7. Lessons From Tom: Compassion And Patience (00:06:15)

8. Field Selling Informs Back Office (00:08:16)

9. Fast Commissions As Competitive Edge (00:10:35)

10. Is Tom Napping Or Number Crunching (00:12:07)

11. Five-Year Outlook And Growth (00:13:27)

12. Tech Shifts And The AI Question (00:15:09)

13. Philosophy Behind Lightning-Fast Pay (00:16:49)

14. Customizing Software To Fit Reality (00:18:53)

15. Paying From A Yacht In Croatia (00:20:24)

16. Travel, Fitness, And Boundaries (00:21:48)

17. Community Work And Fundraising (00:23:19)

18. Heart Of American Homes Foundation (00:25:05)

19. Community Karma And Agent Advice (00:27:04)

20. Drop The Mic (00:44:35)

25 episodes