Become a Certified GRID Coach
Turn Your Real Estate Success Into a Scalable Coaching Business.
Spring 2026 Cohort | Limited Seats | Application Required
Master the proven 7 Levels of Freedom™ framework to help agents and investors build cash machines, create leveraged income, and achieve the Income Flip—while accelerating your own business growth.
This Is Coaching Built on Execution—Not Theory
GRID Coaches don’t teach what they’ve read. They coach from what they’ve built.
Built and operated a profitable cash machine
Have real investing experience
Lead with structure, systems, and accountability
Coach both the operator and the business
Deliver measurable, trackable results
This is not surface-level coaching. This is operator-led transformation.
The Framework Behind Every Transformation
The 7 Levels of Freedom™ is the operating system used to scale businesses, build wealth, and create true freedom.
As a Certified GRID Coach, you’ll guide clients through a structured journey, helping them build a cash machine, create leveraged income, achieve the Income Flip, and step into leadership and scale.
This Is For You If…
✓ You’ve already built success—and now want to multiply your impact
✓ You want income that isn’t tied to your time
✓ You’re ready to lead at a higher level—not just produce
✓ You want to coach with a proven system—not guesswork
✓ You feel called to mentor and guide others
Best fit for experienced agents, investors, and operators who want to turn real-world success into greater influence, impact, and income.
Your Path to Becoming a Certified GRID Coach
Phase 1: Learn
Participate in live twice-weekly training led by Maria Di Poce, where you’ll deep dive into Levels 1–7 and build real coaching skill through hands-on reps and feedback.
Phase 2: Launch
Complete certification testing while gaining client-ready tools, proven frameworks, and the branding and positioning assets needed to confidently go to market.
Phase 3: Scale
Complete certification testing while gaining client-ready tools, proven frameworks, and the branding and positioning assets needed to confidently go to market.
Not Everyone Will Be the Right Fit
We’re selective by design. Certified GRID Coaches represent the brand at a high standard, so this program is built for experienced operators who are ready to lead, be coached, and deliver real results.
This is not for:
✓ Beginners still trying to build their first real estate track record
✓ People looking for scripts, shortcuts, or a title without mastery
✓ Those who resist feedback, structure, and accountability
✓ Anyone unwilling to do the work required to coach at a high level
This is a room for proven operators who are ready to uphold the standard, create measurable transformation, and lead with authority.
Turn Certification Into a Revenue Stream
As a Certified GRID Coach, you’ll have multiple paths to income:
✓ Earn income coaching private clients
✓ 50/50 split on GRID-provided clients
✓ 70/30 split on self-generated clients
✓ Monthly payouts through GRID HQ
✓ All agreements handled centrally
You focus on coaching. We support the infrastructure.
President of GRID Coaching,
Maria DiPoce
With over two decades in real estate, Maria DiPoce is a powerhouse coach, investor, and leader who helps professionals unlock their full potential and build lasting wealth.
From flipping hundreds of homes to leading top-performing Keller Williams offices, she blends street-smart experience with strategic insight. As a former Team Leader at KW, she grew agent count, culture, and profitability through proven systems and a people-first approach.
Today, as the Head of GRID Coaching, Maria empowers high-achieving agents and teams to scale smartly and lead with purpose.
Known for her bold, no-fluff coaching style and mastery of business-building models, she helps agents turn big goals into actionable plans.
Whether leading masterminds, hosting retreats in Tuscany, or teaching the 7 Levels of Freedom™ frameworks, Maria’s mission remains the same: to help others build a life—and a legacy—worth living.
“Maria gave me the systems and told me what to do with them; it's a game changer.”
Chelsea
Choose Your Path
Specialize based on how you’ve built your success. Both tracks are powered by the 7 Levels of Freedom™
Agent Coach Track
Scale business, build teams, and create consistent deal flow
For individuals who generate active income as a real estate agent. This track focuses on stabilizing and systemizing commission income, building leverage, and converting earned income into long-term wealth.
Investor Coach Track
Build wealth, grow portfolios, and create passive income
For individuals who generate active income through investing activities such as wholesaling or flipping. This track focuses on deal flow, execution, team building, and turning active investing profits into scalable wealth.
Certified GRID Coach Qualifications
Each GRID Coach candidate must meet requirements across four core competency areas. Certification is granted only to those who demonstrate both execution and alignment.
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Minimum of 5 years active in the real estate industry
Ownership of at least two rental properties (long-term and/or short-term)
Ability to provide a profitable P&L from at least one operating business
Demonstrated production consistency, verified against GRID minimum standards
Proven subject matter expertise in a defined role or specialty (agent, investor, or hybrid)
Demonstrate an understanding of:
Revenue vs. profit
Cost control
Sustainable growth
Be able to clearly explain how income becomes assets in their own life
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Documented experience coaching, mentoring, or developing others with measurable outcomes
Established credibility and influence among peers and within the professional community
Ability to communicate frameworks clearly and hold others to standards
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Demonstrates clear alignment with the GRID Coaching philosophy, including:
Clarity before action
Accountability over motivation
Systems over hustle
Actively invests in ongoing personal and professional growth
Aligned with GRID’s mission to turn income into assets and decisions into systems
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Willingness to participate in all required GRID coach training, evaluation, and certification
Commitment to ongoing development, feedback, and performance audits
Availability of approximately 22 hours per month dedicated to coaching and community responsibilities
Certified GRID Coaches receive the systems, frameworks, and support needed to build a powerful coaching practice.
The 7 Levels of Freedom coaching framework
Proven curriculum and coaching tools
Access to the GRID coaching community
Opportunities to coach inside the GRID network
Leadership positioning within the GRID platform
Exclusive resources, events, and masterminds
“ I can always count on Maria to be brutally honest with me. I can always count on her to take the mirror and put it in my face and really push me to greatness. She makes business doable. She makes it attainable. And just being around her stretches you. Like never before.”
VanNeisha
Application deadline is April 2nd, 2026. Book a call with Maria today.
Only 25 coaches accepted.
Join the GRID Coach Community
The GRID Coaching Community is your key for becoming a high-impact coach inside the GRID ecosystem. You’ll learn to coach the 7 Levels of Freedom, sharpen your skills in live sessions, and follow a clear path to certification—all while being surrounded by others who are doing the same.
What You Gain From Certification
This isn’t just a credential—it’s a business model, skillset, and acceleration engine.
Launch a High-Margin Coaching Business
Add a leveraged income stream without replacing your current business
Accelerate Your Own Business Growth
Master the same systems used to scale, invest, and lead at higher levels
Create Real
Client Transformation
Add a leveraged income stream without replacing your current business
Plug Into a Powerful Ecosystem
Access clients, referrals, and collaboration inside the GRID network
“Maria’s approach to coaching is real. She has the ability to accept you where you are in your business, and in your life, and then help you sort out goals and priorities with a realistic plan for growth and achievement. Maria is passionate about helping people. She has the rare ability to combine straightforward advice with direction and understanding and compassion for each person’s life journey.”
Anne
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Investor Network
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GRID Markets
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Income Generated
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Frequently Asked Questions
“I am grateful for the professional coaching Maria has blessed me with. Her coaching has helped me clean up my database, as well as taught me the importance of loving on and touching my sphere of influence. Maria's knowledge of real estate added to her knowledge of running a business is on point.”
Sara
Lead the path. Multiply the impact.
If you’re ready to lead, teach, and help others move through the 7 Levels of Freedom, the GRID Coaching Certification is your next step.
