About Clint Pardoe

For over 15+ years, I have been building what is now called “Zen Real Estate”.
Here you’ll learn about: Who I help, What I do, My philosophy, My story, and My team.

Who I help

I help new, established, and advanced Realtors. Many such Realtors are constantly bombarded by organizations, companies, and coaches with tons of information about “success”, ironically leaving them feeling stuck, disorganized, and/or overwhelmed.

What I do

I offer a simplified approach to help Realtors increase their income, efficiency, and inner peace. I call this Zen Real Estate. I do this through my speaking and coaching programs.

My philosophy

Zen Real Estate is built on 5 core principles:

1. Conscious communication – be aware of who you’re being and how you’re listening

2. Healthy self-care – take care of your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual self

3. Efficient time-management – make clients first, manage clients second

4. Powerful action – set goals and get support on achieving them

5. Service – be loving and direct, making your business about your clients’ success

My story

Part 1: Growing up

I was born and raised in Silicon Valley, the now high-tech capital of the world. Because of this, I decided to pursue an undergraduate degree in Business, however, as I was about to graduate, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. This, combined with the ending of a romantic relationship, led to anxiety, which led to depression, which led to some soul searching. I spent the next year waiting tables and reading personal growth and development books.

Part 2: Graduate school

Inspired by a former Communication Professor, I decided to go to graduate school to teach the subject matter and, after a few years of teaching at the college level, did post-graduate work in Leadership Coaching where I also began coaching entrepreneurs. Given that I taught public speaking, I added speaking to my repertoire and started speaking at companies like Apple, etc. I was teaching, speaking, and coaching.

Part 3: Real estate

My coach at the time invited me to co-lead a presentation with him at a local real estate company and, shortly thereafter, I was coaching new Realtors, established Realtors, and the #1 Managing Broker from that company. I was told that my approach to business wasn’t being taught by anyone else in the real estate industry. Within a few years, most of my clients were Realtors.

Part 4: The crash

After attempting to be superhuman for a decade (the best teacher, speaker, coach, husband, father), I crashed – I became physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually exhausted. I took six weeks off to rest and, as I started to more healthily re-enter my life, the market crashed – my income plummeted, we lost our home, and my wife-at-the-time, our two children, and I moved in with my mother-in-law. I spent the next few years doing as much as I could to stay afloat.

Part 5: Letting go

A Realtor client of mine turned his independent brokerage into a major real estate company franchise and I was hired to lead the transition and launch of this new venture – I let go of teaching, speaking, and coaching. About a year later, I was unexpectedly let go – turned out they valued more, quantity, and chaos. I valued less, quality, and peace. “Zen Real Estate” was born.