Amanda sits down with longtime friend and advisor Gretchen Rehm (Rehm Financial) for a refreshingly human conversation about money, insurance, and building a small business that truly serves people. Gretchen shares her unexpected path from college soccer and sports marketing to launching a thriving insurance and advisory firm in southern Minnesota.
You’ll hear a simple breakdown of term vs. permanent life insurance, why the #1 mistake is not acting (start with your 401(k)/403(b) employer match), and how “show up” became her north star through tough claims, market swings, and rising premiums. We also go inside the realities of running a lean five-person team with her husband—protecting culture, hiring slowly, profit-sharing, and dividing roles by strengths.
The episode closes with Gretchen’s open and moving adoption journey—proof that gratitude and family can drive a career for decades. If you’ve put off a money move or felt overwhelmed by jargon, this one’s for you.
Takeaways: Start now. Capture the employer match. Keep coverage simple. Serve with presence. Hire to your strengths. Protect team culture. Lead with gratitude.
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When starting her career as a REALTOR® in May of 2003 at a young age, Amanda had already been in real estate half of her life working in the family business. She began by spending countless hours filing, making phone calls, and helping with paperwork alongside the man who would later become her mentor and business partner, her father, an industry leader himself of more than 30 years. After her initial introduction to the working world, Amanda went on to graduate from Colorado State University. With her diploma in hand and an internship spent almost entirely in a cubical, she decided to get her real estate license. Today, she is running the family business, DiVito Dream Makers, which is now consistently among one of the top producing RE/MAX Alliance teams in the Denver Metro Area and loving it! (Full Bio)
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