Power with, not power over – Lisa Pennell on leadership beyond labels
Everyone wants to get to the top. Then you get there and wonder who you can talk to. Barry Plant CEO Lisa Pennell joins Samantha McLean and Chris Hanley on what good leadership looks like once you drop the labels.
Peter Brewer and Doug Disher named REIQ life members
The Real Estate Institute of Queensland has bestowed its highest honour on two members with a combined 80 years in the profession, recognising decades of service to the Institute and…
Familiar face at open homes helps Lisa Zhang sell Tallawong house to young buyers
Lisa Zhang's regular presence at local open homes built the trust that led young buyers to a four-bedroom…
Compliant on paper, exposed in practice: Where Australian agencies stand on AML
Four months in, a clear gap is opening between agencies whose compliance works and those whose setup only…
Sydney’s next investment opportunities: Five markets agents should be watching
As affordability pressures reshape Sydney's investment landscape, Hotspotting has identified five locations where rental demand, infrastructure spending and…
Sharehouse tenancy rules are overdue for an update, researcher says
A Swinburne study of sharehouse renters argues current regulations don't fit shared living, with the ACT's reforms offered as a possible model for the rest of Australia.
Rental boom shifts back to capital cities as regional growth loses momentum
Capital city rents are rising more than twice as fast as those in regional Australia, as new data reveals a widening divide in rental growth despite improving availability.
$49,500 warning as NSW tightens rental rules for agents
New laws will overhaul rental applications, restrict the personal information agents can collect and introduce penalties of up to $49,500 for privacy breaches and $22,000 for undisclosed altered property images.
Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people
A confident interview can leave you knowing someone’s ambitions but little about their character. John Cunningham and Chris Hanley explore what to look for when…
What 2026’s BDM Summit Taught Us About Rent Roll Growth
A sold-out room, six very different speakers and one shared focus: rent roll growth. The 2026 BDM Summit looked beyond simply generating more leads to…
Dom Thurbon’s challenge to turn conference ideas into action
Data centres leapfrog offices and warehouses as $18.3bn construction pipeline takes shape
New research shows the building category that includes data centres has overtaken traditional commercial construction categories, with NSW and Victoria attracting the bulk of investment…
Why some real estate teams outperform others – and what leaders can do differently
Great real estate teams don't just function, they thrive through connection, communication and collaboration. This piece explores how authentic relationships,…
Stop relaying offers – start actually negotiating them
Why passing numbers back and forth isn't negotiation, and what to ask buyers instead to…
Why the agents who double down now will win the recovery
Charles Tarbey says the toughest markets reward those who keep building stock while everyone else…
Buyer demand fell but buyers’ agents’ revenue didn’t budge
New index data shows 76% of buyers' agents have shifted to fixed fees, a structural…
How to build a single property website with ChatGPT
I gave ChatGPT 51 property photos and one prompt. Twenty-eight minutes later it handed back…
Shorts
The chatbot era is dead (and your AI is ready for a real job)
Samantha McLean opened Transform XIV by calling time on typing questions into ChatGPT, then showed…
Bass Persuades. So does Stevie Wonder.
What a Facebook offer swarm means for the agent on the other side of the…
The property ad that chats back
OpenAI is testing ads you can talk to – and a cordless drill shows us…
Who does your customer want to become?
Use verified property features and real customer questions to explore aspirations and write more relevant…
Will AI finally kill cold calling?
A call between two AI assistants raises a better prospecting question: who would actually welcome…
Power with, not power over – Lisa Pennell on leadership beyond labels
Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people
That’s so 2025 (and what to ask AI for instead)
The chatbot era is dead (and your AI is ready for a real job)
Why good people stay – Andrew McCann on culture and the panic hire
When no one’s watching – Stavros Ambatzidis on giving back to your community
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