How to Build a Team No One Wants to Leave
Why agent count is not the goal. How culture and community grow a team, and how to keep the great agents you worked so hard to recruit.
Inman Connect San Diego 2025It is not about agent count.
Culture and community come first.
Great people build great companies.
Blake Suddath
Agents, teams and brokerages recruited since 2019
Full-time experienced agents recruited, Aug 2024 to Jul 2026
Hires in one quarter
Agents coached

Blake Suddath is regarded as the #1 real estate recruiter in the USA. He is the founder of Inner Cirql Coaching and the Territory Takeover System, the system he built to help team leaders and broker owners recruit 5 to 10 experienced agents a month.
Before real estate, Blake spent 20 years in marketing and branding. Then he built and ran his own sales teams, and found his calling in recruiting.
He will be the first to tell you it is not about agent count. He says no more than he says yes. Culture and community come first, because great people build great companies.
The reason he is on this earth, in his words: to create environments where people feel encouraged and equipped to take the next step toward the transformation they are looking for.
For brokers, team leaders, recruiters and the agents they lead.
Why agent count is not the goal. How culture and community grow a team, and how to keep the great agents you worked so hard to recruit.
Inman Connect San Diego 2025The 15 steps of the Territory Takeover System, the recruiting machine behind 223 full-time experienced agents. Built for brokers, team leaders and recruiters.
Recruiting keynoteUnlocking the playbook with AI to dominate your zip code. How agents become the most visible name in their market on AI platforms, and how leaders lift production per agent.
AI and visibility keynoteEvery keynote runs 20 minutes, 45 minutes or 1 hour.
Founder
FounderFor 11 years Blake was the lead vocalist of Your Memorial, signed to Facedown Records. Three studio albums, then a final EP and a farewell show in 2017.
Years of leading a crowd night after night taught him how to read a room and lift it. He brings that energy to every stage he walks on.
Watch the final showTrainings, conferences and rooms full of agents.
Conferences, booking agencies and podcasts. Kelly runs Blake's speaking calendar. Send her your event, the date and who will be in the room.