Manos Findikakis
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The fundamentals to becoming a million-dollar agent
The key to becoming a million-dollar agent is having a hyper-focused mindset. It’s about doing fewer activities well, more frequently and deliberately. It’s about focusing on the fundamentals which have the greatest positive impact within your business. Being hyper-focused is having highly focused attention that lasts a long time. You … …
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Manos Findikakis: Minimising friction points
We manage and sell real estate every day. It’s what we have been trained to do, and our experience has given us an in-depth understanding of every aspect of the sales and rental process. This isn’t the case for most sellers, buyers, rental providers, and rental occupiers. It’s for this … …
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Manos Findikakis: Building a service-centric brand
Creating customers for life, raving fans, and customer loyalty are all terms used to describe the kind of tribe that many businesses aspire to build. Building and earning the enviable position of a business of choice with repeat clientele and referral business is a smart business strategy. …
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Manos Findikakis: Attracting and retaining great talent
Google the title of this article and you will receive more than 40,000,000 results, illustrating the sheer volume of information and expert advice that is available on this topic. …
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Manos Findikakis: Build an empire
When you set an audacious goal to 'build an empire,' every day becomes day one. On day one, you are enthusiastic. On day one you are filled with energy. On day one you take risks. On day one you make it happen. …
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Manos Findikakis: Does your vision of the future excite you?
I must admit, I entered the real estate industry in 2003 with lots and lots of apprehension. I, like many who first start, had one foot in the door and the other out. …
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Wasted time, energy and missed opportunities: Manos Findikakis
Early in your real estate career you can be forgiven for not understanding how your business really works. For many, their first few months is a baptism of fire with little formal training, little guidance and little forward planning. …
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Manos Findikakis: Leads, leads and more leads
Early in my real estate career, I heard this statement from a good friend & colleague which really resonated with me. …
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Project fatigue: Manos Findikakis
April signifies the end of the first quarter of 2021 and the beginning of the next. Many businesses and their teams will be conducting their quarterly reviews, what worked, what did not, what milestones they achieved and whether they are on target, on track or off track. …
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Volume is vanity and profit is sanity: Manos Findikakis
In an environment and culture that chases medals, awards and the membership to the 'million-dollar club’, profit often places a distant second place when it comes to goal setting and achievements. …
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Coping with the emotional rollercoaster of real estate sales: Manos Findikakis
My start in real estate was nothing short of unconventional and something I did not aspire to do. In fact, I came into the industry absolutely kicking and screaming. …
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The gold is in the work that does not pay: Manos Findikakis
When I first got into real estate some 18 years ago, one of the first 'lessons' that was shared with me by a veteran in the industry was to focus 90 per cent of my energy on 'getting the listing' and only 10 per cent working with the buyers. …
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How to achieve $500K gross commission income in your first year
When it comes to real estate sales, individuals are often lured by the prospect and promise of being able to 'write their own pay cheque' and to a realistic extent, it is true. …
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What the best agents do to be the best: Manos Findikakis
As an agency principal and network director, we get to see many high-performing agents, and on the converse side, we also get to see some low-performing agents. …
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The art and science of lead generation
Elite sales agents know that the battle to win a vendor's autograph on the sales authority begins well before the listing presentation. …
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The Agent vs Office Commission Split: Manos Findikakis
Every agent wants to make more money on their real estate transactions and the debate of the agent vs office commission split is never far from agent-to-agent conversations. …
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Shopfront or virtual office?
Manos Findikakis provides some advice on the debate between virtual office and shopfront - and how to determine which is right for you. …
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Eight traits of high-performing sales agents
Albert Einstein has famously been quoted to say, 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result". …
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Listings and appraisals: The alpha and the omega
What comes first, the chicken or the egg? The question is a metaphoric adjective describing situations where it is not clear which of two events should be considered the cause, and which should be considered the effect; and in real estate, this applies to appraisals and listings. …
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Three challenges to expect in 2021 and how you might meet them: Manos Findikakis
Eview Group Managing Director Manos Findikakis says that even though the market is booming, 2021 is likely to bring some challenges of its own. Here is how he believes they should be met. …
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Three real estate lessons for 2021: Manos Findikakis
We will all remember 2020 as the “unexpected” year. A year that began with extreme optimism, which was abruptly met with total chaos, and now exhibits signs of this centuries ‘roaring 20’s’. It’s funny, although so very predictable, how history tends to repeat itself. That is not to say that … …
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December: Wind Up or Wind Down?
Manos Findikakis from Eview Group says December is actually a good time to plan a pre-emptive strike while your competition is winding down. ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SAYINGS is to ‘zig’ when the competition ‘zags’, and December is one of those opportune times to do just that. As the majority … …
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Keep-Start-Stop: The Self-Assessment Technique That Leads To Growth
At AREC 2014, Wendy Alexander from Barfoot & Thompson spoke about a successful method of improving performance called ‘keep-start-stop’. Manos Findikakis of Eview Group explains how it works, and how some of Eview Group’s high performers are using it to set themselves up for the new year. The holiday season … …
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Real Estate: Is It All About the Money?
IN HIS NEW BOOK, The 60 Second Entrepreneur, CEO and Co-Founder of the Eview Group Manos Findikakis investigates the role money plays in new agent turnover, and why the remuneration an agent receives is of such importance. HAVE A NUMBER of quotes when it comes to money, the following being … …
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