Charles Curry

Head of Marketing

Charles Curry oversees marketing for Smart Agents & Authorify. He has been shaping real estate marketing strategies since 2008, when he first started building real estate lead-generation campaigns for his brothers. By 2012, other agents were asking for Charles’s marketing secrets, so he crafted his first "Listing Funnel.” Charles’s funnel taught agents the exact steps he used to guide clients on a journey from lead to appointment to listing to the closed deal.

After testing the original Listing Funnel with 100 agents in markets all over the USA & Canada, the results were undeniable. Demand for Charles’s insights continued to increase and by 2015, he launched Listing Funnels tailored to different niches, including Expired, Inherited, Divorces, Vacant Homes, and FSBOs.

Now Charles manages Lead-to-Listing Generation for 6,317 Realtors across the USA & Canada. He regularly shares his strategies with the Smart Agents community through the Smart Agents social media channels, Smart Agents Magazine, member workshops, and coaching.

Michael Walter

Content Manager & Host/Producer of The Smart Agents Podcast

Michael received his degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Florida. Before joining Authorify & Smart Agents, he worked for WMBF News, the NBC affiliate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where he was the Chief Photographer and won several journalism awards, including an EMMY in 2016. Michael joined The Smart Agents team in March of 2019 and is the Host and Producer of the Smart Agents podcast.

Allyson Swanson

Training & Sales Expert

Allyson’s role is to help everyone feel empowered, knowledgeable & confident in their path toward success in the real estate world. Allyson has worked in the sales realm for over a decade and knows the importance of leading by example. She is a single mom of two very busy boys and has a passion for helping others succeed. In the Smart Agents member workshops & training webinars, Allyson can help you understand the best steps to take, the order in which to take them, and how goal setting can make all the difference in your business. As an eternal optimist, she’ll tell you that those next steps may be the ones that lead you to that next chapter and to living your best life ever! When she’s not coaching others in their business, you’ll find her spending time with her boys, friends, and family—typically at the beach. She’s also a sucker for fashion magazines and loves coffee.

Anne Keefe, PhD

Editorial Director, Smart Agents Magazine

Dr. Anne Keefe is Editorial Director at Authorify & Smart Agents. In over a decade as an editor, Anne has shepherded award-winning publications into print for agents, scholars, artists, and some of the world’s most prestigious museums. Before joining Authorify, she managed fine art publications at the Meadows Museum, SMU in Dallas, TX. Anne also held a faculty appointment in English at the University of North Texas, and has taught writing & literature at Rutgers, Emory, and the University of Maryland. Anne’s awards include an NEH fellowship, a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize, and research funding from The Mellon Foundation.