Performance Coach
Laurie Harris
Laurie leads our Power Sessions, Skills Labs and one-on-one Business Planning sessions. She helps every agent set clear goals, track the four key metrics that drive production and turn a plan into a weekly rhythm.
Careers at Ascend
Build a bigger business. Never build it alone.
Exclusive buyer and seller leads, real coaching, an inside sales team and a Transaction Success Team, all on the LPT Realty platform.
100+
Advisors
10K+
Transactions Closed
Top
Team in Texas
Top
Team in the Country
As recognized byThe Wall Street JournalRealTrendsInc. 5000Austin Business Journal
Why Agents Choose Ascend
Spend your time with clients. We build everything around you.
Most teams hand you a desk and a logo. Ascend surrounds every agent with opportunity, coaching and people whose whole job is helping you close.
Exclusive lead partnerships with
Local Services
Local ServicesFeatureAdvantageBenefit to you
01Marketing & pipeline
Exclusive buyer and seller leads, a top Zillow Preferred team and exclusive partnerships with Realtor.com, HomeValue.com, Kelley Blue Book and Google LSA.
Pipeline and opportunity are the team’s responsibility, not yours alone. Care Coordinators follow up, qualify and set appointments.
You never want for business. Your calendar fills with real conversations, so your time goes to clients.
02Leadership & coaching
Producing leaders, Performance Coaches, Power Sessions, Skills Labs and one-on-one business planning.
Leadership that treats sharpening your skills as a job that’s never finished, with weekly accountability on the numbers that matter.
You grow faster. Measured against who you were last year, not against everyone else.
03Technology
The Ascend Hub, Follow Up Boss, LPT Connect and AI-powered tools, plus a team that keeps hunting for better ones.
The industry’s best tools in one place, set up for you from day one.
You work faster and win more, with less time on admin and more on clients.
04Talent & teamwork
A team that hires and trains the best agents in our markets, with a Transaction Success Team behind every file.
Always Be Collaborating: shared knowledge, honest feedback and contract-to-close support.
Other agents want you on the other side of the table, and your clients feel the difference.
From our Mission & Core Values: to unlock every agent’s full potential.
Listing Support
You win the listing. We launch it with you.
From the first pricing conversation to the sold sign, Ascend agents have a team and a system behind every listing, so sellers get a polished launch and you keep your time for the next appointment.
- Listing Assist. Enter the listing once in the Hub and it kicks off everything else: MLS input, the Transaction Success Team and launch tasks.
- Pricing support. Request a CMA built from live comparable sales and active competition before your listing appointment.
- Professional launch. Photography, a coordinated MLS launch and digital marketing across Zillow, social media and the web.
- Buyer matching. We match each new listing to active buyers in our database and reach out to them directly.
- Luxury print. LPT Realty Luxury Collection property books and the Listing Power Pack for a magazine-quality presentation.
- Signs & lockboxes. Order installs and removals in the app; our team places the order for you.
- Open houses. A digital sign-in kiosk with QR code sends every guest straight into your Follow Up Boss.
The Ascend Hub
An AI-driven platform built around your goals.
The Hub is our private, AI-driven collaboration platform. You, your coaches and our support team work from the same place, tracking your goals, surfacing coaching opportunities and keeping every tool one login away.
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Goals you can see
Your business plan and weekly numbers live in the Hub, so you and your coach always know where you stand.
II
AI call coaching
Calls are reviewed with AI and turned into specific coaching opportunities, so every conversation makes the next one better.
III
Lead accountability
Clear reporting on lead follow-up keeps opportunities from slipping and shows where to focus next.
IV
Onboarding & On-Ramp
Your first 90 days are tracked step by step, with your coaches and onboarding team working from the same checklist.
V
Training library
Recorded trainings organized by topic and chapter, ready whenever you need a refresher.
VI
Every tool, one login
Listing Assist, CMA requests, offers, sign and lockbox orders and more, all in one place.
Meet Homie
Your AI assistant, built into the Hub.
Homie knows how Ascend runs and knows your business. Ask anything, any time, and get a real answer with a link to the next step.
- Answers in seconds. How to order a CMA, sign and lockbox, submit an offer, schedule an open house or reach the right person, straight from our playbooks.
- Your weekly business coach. Your goal, your pipeline and the appointments you need this week to stay on pace, plus your must-dos.
- Knows your listings. Showings, open house feedback and seller updates, ready to review and send.
- Keeps leads from slipping. Flags the follow-ups that need you and nudges you before an opportunity goes cold.
- Coaching from your calls. AI call reviews turn every conversation into specific next steps.
- Always getting smarter. When Homie doesn’t know something, our leadership teaches it, so the answer is there for everyone next time.
Ask Homie
How do I get a sign and lockbox on my new listing?
Open Sign & Lockbox Request in the Hub, choose install and pick your date. Our team places the order and you’ll get a confirmation. Removal works the same way when you close.
What do I need this week to stay on goal?
You’re one appointment behind pace. Aim for 3 met appointments this week. Start with the 4 leads in your queue that haven’t heard from you in 7+ days. Open my queue →
Ask Homie anything…↵
Powered by LPT Realty
A national platform behind a local team.
Ascend Group is part of LPT Realty, one of the fastest-growing companies in North America and now a Top 10 brokerage in the country, with 21,000+ agents across all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Canada. You get the personal, concierge-level support of a boutique team and the reach and tools of a national brokerage.
No. 2Fastest-growing company in North AmericaDeloitte Technology Fast 500™, 2025
No. 7U.S. brokerage by transaction sidesRealTrends Verified, 2026
$23.6BSales volume, RealTrends Billionaires’ ClubRealTrends Verified, 2026
Top 10RISMedia Power BrokerRISMedia, 2026
Most InnovativeBrokerage of the yearInman, 2024
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LPT Connect
One place to run your business: property marketing, digital ad campaigns and brokerage tools.
02
Listing Power Tools
Marketing technology built to help you win listings, market every property and turn each sale into future business.
03
Dezzy.ai marketing
An AI-enabled marketing department that creates branded, personalized marketing assets on demand.
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Listing Power Pack
A professional marketing kit for your listings, ordered through the LPT portal.
05
Ascend Institute
LPT’s education program for every career stage, plus Motivational Monday and a national agent community.
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Brokerage for life
A platform that grows with you, whether you stay focused on sales or build toward leadership.
Your First 90 Days
A clear path from day one.
- 01
Onboarding
Courtney Sanders, our Onboarding Specialist, gets your accounts, licensing and setup handled in your first days.
- 02
Systems training
Zak walks you through our systems, lead follow-up and how to work with the Transaction Success Team.
- 03
Power Session
Sit down with Laurie to build your business plan and set the weekly numbers you’ll track.
- 04
On-Ramp
Start working leads with coaching, accountability and a team cheering you on.
On The Stage
Leaders the industry listens to.
Justin and Thomas are regular voices on national real estate stages, sharing the systems that built Ascend. As an Ascend agent, you learn those systems firsthand.
Inside Ascend
Where agents level up together.
Team events, quarterly business planning and training days across Central Texas.
Meet Your Coaches
Two coaches. One goal: your growth.
From your first week to your best year, our Performance Coaches keep you accountable, sharpen your skills and help you plan a business you’re proud of.
Performance Coach
Zak Barton
Zak guides new agents through onboarding and systems training, then helps them build from their sphere of influence and make the most of Ascend’s buyer and seller leads.
Meet Your Transaction Success Team
From contract to close, covered.
Once you’re under contract, our Transaction Success Team takes the paperwork, deadlines and coordination off your plate, so you can stay focused on clients and your next deal.
- Contract-to-close file management and compliance review
- Deadline tracking with the lender, title company and the other agent
- Listing launch coordination, from photos to the MLS
- Closing coordination and disbursement
The Transaction Success Team is available to every Ascend agent for a per-transaction fee.
Transaction Success Team Lead
Tracy Woliver
Tracy leads our coordinators and keeps every file moving from executed contract to closing day.
Closing Manager
Laura Smierciak
Laura manages closings and disbursements, making sure every detail is right at the finish line.
Leadership
Leaders who answer the phone.
Co-Founder & CEO
Justin Sheppard
Co-Founder
Thomas Brown
Director of Operations
Bethany Vrooman
Branch Manager, San Antonio
George Gavito
Inside Sales Manager
Mary Lawrence
Onboarding Specialist
Courtney Sanders
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Our mission is to provide world-class real estate representation on every deal we touch, and to unlock every agent’s full potential.
Work Ethic · Client First · Honesty & Integrity · Passion · Community
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