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Celebrity Homes
Pretty Woman star Richard Gere selling mansion for $28 million
Hollywood star, Richard Gere has listed his 50-acre, upstate New York mansion known as Pound Ridge for sale for an impressive $28 million. …
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Celebrity Homes
Hugh Jackman’s lifestyle retreat hits the market
An award-winning lifestyle retreat on the Gold Coast that is part owned by Hollywood superstar and Aussie nice guy Hugh Jackman has hit the market. …
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Celebrity Homes
Selling Sunset’s Jason Oppenheim puts his home on the market
Star of the hit reality TV show, Selling Sunset, Jason Oppenheim has listed his personal home for sale. …
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
The Gold Coast agents rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars
Clark Kent’s alter ego is Superman, Bruce Waynes’ is Batman, and now a Gold Coast real estate agent moonlights as a Hollywood actor and a stuntman. Alex Fleri and his wife Victoria, who also acts in movies, are part of the Amir Prestige Property Agents team, and when they’re not starring on the silver screen, they’re selling multi-million homes on the glitter strip. …
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Celebrity Homes
Kanye West’s original bachelor pad for sale
Recording artist, Kanye West's first home in the Hollywood Hills has hit the market, with music lovers keen to see where his journey began. …
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CONTRIBUTORS
How to find your ‘voice’, then use it to build rapport
Claudio Encina shares his top tips on finding your 'voice' so you can communicate and build rapport with prospects …
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Celebrity Homes
L.A’s top celebrity home: Sinatra to Monroe and Mad Men
Southern California’s star-studded home, Farralone, was built for Chase Bank heiress-and-socialite Dora Hutchinson. A longtime home for Frank Sinatra and, according to legend, the site of JFK’s affair with Marilyn Monroe, it has been a film site for many films and television shows including Mad Men, Californication and Dreamgirls. Recently restored, it is for sale at US$21.5 million. In 1949, Hutchinson hired futuristic-architect William Pereira to design Farralone. …
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Celebrity Homes
This Californian estate has connections to Frank Sinatra, Beyonce and JFK
This Southern Californian home truly a piece of Hollywood history, with connections to everybody from The Rat Pack to a reported Presidential love affair. …
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Celebrity Homes
Matt Damon sold his Los Angeles mansion after reducing the cost by US$3 million
He might be one of Hollywood's most profitable actors, but even the biggest stars have to follow market conditions. Matt Damon has reduced his Pacific Palisades mansion in Los Angeles by just over US$3 million, having moved to Brooklyn Heights earlier this year. …
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Celebrity Homes
The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus sold his Hollywood castle to billionaire Jon Stryker for $8.9 million
Billionaire Jon Stryker has just purchased a castle-like property in Hollywood Hills for US$8.9M from The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus and his actor-partner Diane Kruger. …
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Celebrity Homes
Dame Helen Mirren rents her Hollywood Hills estate for US$45,000 per month
Do you want the luxury of living in your own little slice of classic film history? Dame Helen Mirren and her director-husband Taylor Hackford can help you do just that, with their Hollywood Hills home for sale for US$18.5million or for rent at US$45,000 per month. …
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LUXE LISTINGS RECAPS
If you don’t like rejection, get out of real estate: Luxe Listings Sydney Episode 4 recap
Rise and grind people – we’re back with this week’s recap of Luxe Listings Sydney. And we mean grind. No dates. No roses. No boats. No bars. Just the 5am club, plenty of cold calls, a malfunctioning mouse and a very long drive over the Harbour Bridge. The end. Just kidding. We’re straight to into the action at Cohen Handler where sales are up and revenue is up and there is talk of ending the year with a bang. …
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Celebrity Homes
Vertigo star Kim Novak’s Carmel home offers ultimate oceanfront views
Best known for her two roles in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, Kim Novak is a beloved actress straight from the golden years of Hollywood. …
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Celebrity Homes
Celebrity jeweller Pascal Mouawad lists his $15 million Bel Air mansion
He’s the Hollywood jewellery designer famed for adding the final sparkles to some of the stage and screen’s biggest names. Internationally acclaimed jeweller Pascal Mouawad has listed his Bel Air mansion for US$15.75 million, according to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. Mr Mouawad’s fine jewellery designs have graced runways and red carpets from the Oscars to Paris Fashion Week. The designer jewellery has been worn by America’s biggest celebrities, …
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Elite Agent
Kelly Clarkson hopes price drop on Tennessee lake house will hit the right note with buyers
Kelly Clarkson has been based in Los Angeles since she took up hosting duties for her Emmy-winning daytime talk show in 2019 and the singer is now dropping the price of her Tennessee lake house - originally US$8.75 million - to $6.95 million ($8.9 million). …
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Elite Agent
Joan Collins set to sell Manhattan pad
Legendary British actress and star of the long-running ABC-hit Dynasty, Joan Collins, has just put her Manhattan pied-a-terre up for sale for almost $2.1 million. …
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Elite Agent
Infamous former address of Marilyn Monroe sells
On the market since 2017, priced at $180 million then reduced to $115 million, the historic celebrity-magnet Owlwood mansion, the crown jewel of L.A.’s Holmby Hills, has sold for $88 million. Completed in 1936, few Los Angeles mansions have its stature, rolling grounds or have been the center of so much… …
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Reality TV
Building a business: Scot Fuller
Hailing from Byron Bay, Scot Fuller is the Director/Sales Agent at Fuller and Co Property, and graced our screens on The Bachelorette: Season Five and 2020 Bachelor In Paradise. …
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NEWS
Hemsworth brothers’ Malibu mansion sells for US$4.9 million
A Malibu home that was owned jointly by Luke, Liam and Chris Hemsworth just sold for $4.9 million. The brothers purchased the property in 2016 for $3.45 million. Luke 40, Chris 37 and Liam 30 have had stellar careers in film and television since Luke began acting in an Australian soap opera in 2001,… …
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NEWS
Ryan Seacrest lists resort-style house for $115.5m
Ryan Seacrest is joining the long list of wealthy Hollywood stars moving away from Los Angeles, as he puts his resort-style Beverly Hills house on the market for a hefty AUD$115.5 million. …
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NEWS
New business geared towards first home buyers launches Sydney office
A game-changing real estate agency is opening Australia's first office geared specifically toward first-home buyers and investors. Sydney real-estate identity, Marites Novis is opening Qfirst Property Investment Group's first office in Blacktown after identifying a gap in the market. "I've found that in my many years of experience in the real estate industry, most first-home buyers and… …
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TECH + SOCIAL
Elite Agent primer: 5 ways 5G could impact the property industry
What is 5G? 5G is rapidly rolling out in many countries throughout the world and is the latest evolution of mobile connectivity. A step up from the current 4G, it plans to be more reliable and faster than its predecessor and could impact the property industry in a few different ways. Telstra has enabled 5G… …
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NEWS
Dexar Group Celebrates its best for 2018
Dexar Group recognised its stars of real estate over the weekend at a Hollywood themed event held at QT Hotel. Amongst the winners were Jonny Warren, who was recognised for his leadership, receiving the Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Role Model of the Year, while Salesperson of the Year was awarded to Mark Wolens. Aaron Lewis, Ashleigh Webb, Mark Larmer and Tania Butler-Kemp from Independent Property Group’s Inner North Office were recognised with Salesperson of the Year Awards, …
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EPM: Profile
Karmen Costigan: Acting On Experience
Pursing a Hollywood dream isn’t always as glamorous as it seems. Karmen Costigan explains how, after success as an actor in Melbourne, she and her partner took the opportunity to pursue the Hollywood dream. Roles as an extra in films like Being John Malkovich followed, along with a stint playing Mary Poppins for Disney. But in the late 1990s they “needed somewhere to live and were out of cash”. …
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Every Agent Has a Story
Every Agent Has a Story: Karmen Costigan
This story comes from Karmen Costigan, Business Development Executive at Ray White Queensland, who shares the key lessons she learned during the start of her career in the USA. Maintain strong customer service and experience, and be helpful and attentive Have the ability to think on your feet: consider who’s affected and what’s the best outcome for all parties involved. Every Agent Has a Story is proudly brought to you in association with Console Transcript Hi, …
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Elite Agent
Josh and Matt Altman: Billion-dollar brothers
Mention the names Josh and Matt Altman, and a room full of real estate agents is sure to tune in eagerly. The Beverly Hills and Los Angeles luxury real estate agents are the stars of reality television show Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. With the brothers set to tour Australia’s east coast in March, Nikki Horner discovered that behind the glory of flash suits and fancy cars, …
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
He who Dares: Luis D. Ortiz
It’s been an incredible year for Luis D. Ortiz. The 31-year-old was reaching the summit of success in the highly competitive and insanely lucrative New York real estate market as one of the stars of the hit show Million Dollar Listings New York. The suave, stylish and passionate Puerto Rican was a fan favourite; he was a fireball of energy and raw emotion, …
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Elite Agent
Reviving Industry Wellness: Why the Real Estate Industry Needs to Take Action
AS PROVIDERS OF PROFESSIONAL services, the wellness and well-being of people in real estate needs to be a core consideration of industry sustainability. We’ve been focused on the digital and the dollar while a silent epidemic affecting the physical and emotional health of our agents, principals and property managers appears to have crept in at higher rates than other industries. A LOT OF PEOPLE have had a ‘knowing’ that the model of profit-first real estate may be doing harm, …
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Transform 2017 Coach
A Game of Inches Part 1: Listing Presentation Challenge with John McGrath and Monika Tu
Week 10 mentor and Elite Agent regular Jet Xavier caught up with them just before the start of the challenge to find out from these two industry greats what really gives an agent the edge in a listing presentation. Jet Xavier: What makes a world class listing presentation for you both? Monika Tu: For me, it’s all about preparation. And professionalism. …
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Celebrity Homes
US portal Zillow goes inside celebrity couple’s love nests for V-Day
In honour of Valentine’s Day, Seattle-based real estate marketplace Zillow has gone inside the homes of some of Hollywood’s most sought after celebrity couples who had recently put their properties up for sale to replenished them with new dwellings. Among them is one of Hollywood’s most powerful couple, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn who recently listed their Los Angeles mansion for a cool $7.25 million last September after holding on to it for past 12 years. …
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BEST PRACTICE
What Arnold Schwarzenegger Taught Me About Success
HAVING PERHAPS PULLED OFF THE greatest ‘coup’ in Australian real estate events, Glenn Twiddle reflects on the things he learned from the Hollywood superstar turned politician at this year’s QREAS conference. When I decided to invite Arnold Schwarzenegger to Australia, I really didn’t think it was ever going to happen. But one of Arnold’s rules is ‘Have a vision’, so I put that principle to work. …
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Elite Agent
Raine & Horne Delivers Happy New Year to Winning Homeowners and Agents
Raine & Horne has launched into 2015 by giving away almost $100,000 in prizes to lucky vendors who listed their home with the national real estate group in the fourth quarter of 2014. The prize pool included a luxury Mercedes Benz, which was the highlight of Raine & Horne’s latest consumer campaign, ‘You’re a Winner’, which ran between August and November 2014. …
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Elite Agent
Arnold Schwarzenegger: “I’ll Be There.”
You’d be forgiven if you thought that this headline was a publicity stunt hoax by master ‘attention getting’ marketer Glenn Twiddle, but yes, Twiddle has secured Arnold Schwarzenegger to headline his Queensland Real Estate Agents’ Summit Two-Day Training. It started as a dream in Glenn’s ‘if I could do anything, what would I do?’ goal-setting session (in one of his own seminars) but even he thought it was to stay on the wish list for a good many years to come. …
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Elite Agent
Tips, Scripts and Moments from AREC 14
I sat in most of the sessions taking copious notes like many of the attendees, and here are 12 of the top things I took away from this year’s amazing show. 1. Listen, Diagnose, Prescribe From the moment he walked on stage and told everyone to “pretend they knew nothing, and start afresh”, there was not a moment when Tom Panos didn’t fulfil his promise of constantly summarising and adding anecdotes from his vast experience to what some of the presenters. …
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EPM
Horrible Bosses!
A recent Hollywood blockbuster starring Jason Bateman, Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston, focused on a group of friends, all frustrated by their selfish, conniving bosses, and raised issues that the majority of us will have experienced at some stage in our working lives. Nick, Dale and Kurt decide murder and blackmail is the only way to resolve their issues, but for the rest of us conservative souls who tend to steer clear of capital crime, …
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