Meet the Authors — Tom Phillips and Stacy Barton
Written by Those
Who've Been There.
Veteran lessons, practical structure, and a no-fluff roadmap for anyone ready to stop reacting to their business — and start owning it.
Tom Phillips
Real Estate Broker, Coach & Mentor
Tom Phillips is a seasoned real estate broker and mentor who grew up in the industry, watching his mom rise as one of the city's top-producing agents. Yet, his own path wasn't handed to him. After walking away from a career in casino management, he faced a grueling first year as an agent — closing just one transaction and nearly quitting.
That turning point forced a radical shift from merely staying "busy" to executing the high-volume outreach that actually builds a business.
Today, with a true heart for the industry and a deep desire to help agents succeed, Tom focuses his veteran experience on coaching others to move away from constant reaction and into true business ownership.
Credentials & Highlights
USAF Veteran
Multiple Awards for Sales and Leadership
Real Estate Trainer and Coach for over 20 years
Broker of the Year
"Failing agents quit because they stop believing long before the results have time to kick in."
— Tom Phillips
Stacy Barton
Director of Operations and Growth Strategist
Stacy Barton is a licensed real estate agent and Director of Operations for Phillips & Associates Realty. She brings a grounded, inside-the-business perspective that most books in this space simply don't have — one built from years of watching what actually works, and what quietly doesn't.
Stacy has a gift for seeing potential in people before they see it in themselves, and a talent for helping agents build the kind of structure that turns raw hustle into a real, sustainable business. Her focus is simple: stop reacting, start owning.
Her voice in Build to Win is warm, direct, and earned — the kind of guidance that only comes from someone who has truly been in the room.
"Put your all into everything you do, and don't let this business intimidate you. If you believe you can do it, you absolutely can! You just can't give up."
— Stacy Barton
Two Decades of
Expertise. One Blueprint.
Together, Tom and Stacy have distilled everything they know about reaching and sustaining top producer status into a single, actionable guide. Build to Win is the book they wish had existed when they were starting out.
