Getting Real with Real Estate and Life Fifty, Free and Finally Me Beyond the Sign, coming soon

Two books on the shelf now and a third on the way.

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Getting Real with Real Estate and Life

Transform Your Career and Life One Honest Conversation at a Time

Coach Dondi wrote this one for agents who know the scripts and still feel stuck. It pairs the business strategies she has taught for years with the personal work that makes them hold, so the changes last past the first good month.

Each chapter reads like a sit-down with her: direct, practical and honest about what gets in the way, at work and at home.

The Getting Real workbook shown with the book

The workbook

Exercises that turn each chapter into a plan for your own business.

The Getting Real success journal

The journal

Prompts for reflecting honestly and tracking the changes you commit to.

Find the workbook and journal on Amazon

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Fifty, Free & Finally Me

A Bold Guide to Starting Over, Loving Yourself & Thriving On Your Own Terms

Dondi’s most personal book is small, with a big message: you are allowed to revise your life. It is written for anyone starting over at fifty, or at any age, who wants the next chapter to read differently.

What if turning 50 isn’t the end of something, but the edit?

Less “how-to.” More “me too.”

50 isn’t a deadline. It’s a red pen.

Format
Paperback
Length
113 pages
Published
August 14, 2026
ISBN-13
979-8188096021
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Beyond the Sign

The Heart, the Hustle and the Mindset of a REALTOR®

Coming soon

Beyond the Sign comes straight out of the training rooms where Dondi teaches. It follows an agent’s career from the first nervous week to running the business like a CEO, with field stories from three decades of listings, closings and near misses.

It will be published as a 6 × 9 inch paperback.

“The sign in the yard is the smallest part of the job. Anyone can get a license. Far fewer people build a career.”

From Beyond the Sign

Sixteen chapters

  1. Newbie Agent: What You Should Know
  2. Why Go With Me?
  3. Pricing for Today’s Market
  4. From Lead to Appointment
  5. Seller’s Disclosure 101
  6. Getting the Buyer to the Closing Table
  7. Overwhelmed to Organized
  8. Becoming Hyper-Local
  9. Networking That Works for You
  10. Leads Without Buying Leads
  11. Mindset for Real Estate
  12. From Gatherer to Hunter
  13. Expired Listings
  14. Working with Absentee Owners
  15. From Worker-Bee to CEO
  16. Seasoned Agent: Accelerate Your Business

From the Field

  • The Car Was the Office
  • The Door Behind the Christmas Boxes
  • “We’re Not Giving Up Yet”
  • The Contract That Refused to Die

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