RE #23: 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! For more information on Chris Powers and Fort Capital, visit www.fortcapitallp.com Follow Chris on Twitter! @fortworthchris Connect with The FORT by emailing us at thefortpodcast@gmail.com  1:40 - Holt Lunsford 4:00 - The generation of Texas Real Estate 16:40 - how much of business success is luck and how much is things that you can control 18:55 - Growth standards 21:40 - How long was the business going until you started making hires 22:40 - what were things you werent doing well that people could learn from? 26:12 - Holt on building relationships with the people he works with and loyalty 28:37 - Holt on the culture of people moving jobs constantly and attracting the next generation of employees 33:36 - What within Real Estate has changed dramatically since starting off in ’86? 35:49 - Chris and Holt on life balance  40:20 - What did you give your kids for their 18th birthdays 43:35 - What advice would you give your 21 year old self