Meet Tamara
Chapter 01 — Houston
Tamara Mannen has spent 26 years in Texas real estate and title services building businesses, developing leaders and finding opportunities others overlook.
Her career began with Keller Williams Realty, where she spent 15 years as a Team Leader and Regional Trainer supporting 14 offices throughout Houston.
Chapter 02 — Title
In 2016, she entered the title industry with Fidelity National Title in Houston.
Over the following nine years, Tamara built a business-development practice that ranked in the top 10% nationally. Her team ultimately ranked #1 in Division 6, encompassing Texas, Florida and Oklahoma, placing the team in the top 3% nationally.
But the rankings were only part of the story.
Chapter 03 — The connection
Tamara discovered that escrow growth and agent growth were deeply connected. When escrow officers became stronger, more intentional relationship builders, the benefits spread across both sides of the transaction.
Throughout her career, she has coached and consulted real estate agents ranging from six-figure beginnings to seven-figure production, helping professionals build businesses designed to last.
Chapter 04 — Austin
Tamara later returned to Keller Williams as Director of Growth and Development for KW Austin One, overseeing the Northwest, Southwest and Lake Travis offices.
That chapter reinforced one of her strongest beliefs: the best ideas aren't owned by a brokerage.
Tamara discovered that she loved being broker-agnostic and working with high-performing professionals throughout the industry rather than limiting relationships to a single company.
Chapter 05 — Chicago Title
Tamara joined Fidelity National Financial's Chicago Title as AVP of Business Development, serving Lakeway, Bee Cave, Austin, Great Hills and Westlake.
Today she focuses on building relationships, developing escrow teams, finding untapped market opportunities, attracting exceptional talent and helping real estate professionals build better businesses.
The short version
Her philosophy combines sales discipline with servant leadership. She believes extraordinary results are usually created through ordinary actions repeated consistently.
Small habits compound.Relationships compound.Trust compounds.
And good people working together can build remarkable businesses.
Personality, on the record
Tamara can talk strategy, escrow, recruiting, production, leadership and business development all day.
She can also tell you when your idea is overcomplicated.
She believes the best business relationships are built when people can be smart, candid, dependable and human at the same time.
If you're looking for someone who will simply nod at every idea, Tamara might not be your person.
If you're looking for someone who will think through the problem, tell you what she sees, find the opportunity and help move it forward…
Call Tamara.
Strategy. Relationships. Straight answers. Big ideas. Getting it done. And probably making you laugh somewhere in between.
Broker-agnostic, on purpose.
Business philosophy
Tamara's approach has been influenced by practical sales discipline, servant leadership and the belief that consistency compounds.
She draws inspiration from business and leadership thinking including principles found in New Sales. Simplified., John Maxwell's leadership work and Atomic Habits.
Referenced as influences only — no endorsement by these authors is implied.
Be Consistent
The exciting strategy means very little if nobody executes it on Tuesday.
Add Value First
Relationships get stronger when people know you care about their success.
Build the Team
The right people working together can create more than individual talent alone.
Do the Work
Momentum is rarely mysterious. The fundamentals simply need to happen consistently.
A short, honest list
Situations in which texting Tamara is a perfectly reasonable business strategy.
“We just got a contract.”
Call Tamara.
“This deal is getting weird.”
Call Tamara.
“I need a great escrow team.”
Call Tamara.
“I need a class for my agents.”
Call Tamara.
“My production has plateaued.”
Call Tamara.
“I need an idea for a client event.”
Call Tamara.
“We're trying to recruit.”
Call Tamara.
“I need the right person.”
Call Tamara.
“I'm not entirely sure what I need.”
Definitely call Tamara.