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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS
Courageous Conversations: Nathan Casserly talks “shared leadership” and tackling hard times beyond the business world
How Nathan Casserly restructured his business and why going into “Superman mode” isn’t always the right thing to do as a leader
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Bob Wolff on discovering your ‘why’, embracing failure, and believing in your potential
Elite Agent snapshot: Bob Wolff's top three tips from AREC 2017.
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS
Courageous Conversations: Avi Khan on how to empower your team by fostering leadership from within
In a short space of time, Avi Khan has been able to create one of the fastest-growing agencies in Brisbane, driven by his personal leadership style.
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Courageous Conversations: Nicole Davidson on how to stop seeking external validation and start developing your emotional self
Navigating your way through life and in the process trying to find yourself, are some of the biggest challenges we all face.
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Courageous Conversations: Anna Cavill on launching your real estate career in your 40s
With all the demands that real estate puts on you, it can be difficult to start a career as an agent later in life.
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Courageous Conversations: Kate Smith on dealing with setbacks and overcoming rejection
Much like a professional athlete, real estate is a high-performance activity that rewards the people who are prepared to work harder and never give up.
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS
Courageous Conversations: Renee Reynolds on building a property management business that puts the client first
Fifteen years ago, Renee Reynolds was told that a standalone property management business would never work.
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
50 years in real estate: Philip Webb on real estate over the decades, building a rent roll and his legacy
After 50 years in real estate, Philip Webb officially sold his Doncaster-based business in December, closing the door on a career that saw the profession grow from humble beginnings into the thriving industry it is today.
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EVENTS
Elite Retreat is back in 2023 – in Bali!
If you’re looking to supercharge your business and gain industry-leading knowledge to power you and your team towards success, then Elite Retreat 2023 is for you.
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS
Courageous Conversations: Clarence White on how embracing imperfection transformed his career
Auctioneer Clarence White has been crowned the best in his field, but he's the first to admit it's been a long journey of rejections and close finishes to get to where he is today.
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
The buyer’s journey: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards on the art of ‘mass personalisation’, the AI boom and the agents that stood out during their house-hunting journey
'Mass personalisation' might, on the surface, appear to be a contradiction in terms. However, as you’ll discover in this special episode of the Elevate podcast, it’s one of the key issues not only affecting the real estate industry but the one with the power to supercharge your results.
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NEWS
The top 50 residential real estate influencers and innovators for 2022
There is rarely a dull day in real estate. From mergers and acquisitions, pivoting in a changing market and continued acceleration of PropTech, 2022 has been a year for the record books.
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Courageous Conversations: Jet Xavier on bringing mental health battles out into the open
High-performance coach Jet Xaiver has had a long career having difficult conversations with business leaders and elite agents to try and get the best out of them.
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Courageous Conversations: Hayley Van de Ven on the hard choices that took her from receptionist to industry leader
With four RE/MAX offices to her name, Hayley Van de Ven is rightly regarded as a real estate success story.
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Nerida Conisbee: Australia the knockdown nation
In the 12 months to June 2022, there were more houses knocked down in Australia than ever recorded before.
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Who’s more likely to be hit by rising energy costs?
With the continued push to renewable energy and the United Nations Climate Change Summit (COP27) now on, this week we take a look at where households source energy for their homes.
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Courageous Conversations: Why Tanja Neven-Jones will never let her past be bigger than her future, and why real estate success is all about giving back
As one of OBrien Real Estate’s top performing sales agents, Tanja Neven-Jones has enjoyed a career of incredible highs. It’s also had its fair share of devastating lows.
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Courageous Conversations: How Corissa Sorbello got up, showed up and created her best life
Like a lot of women, Refurb to Invest Chief Executive Officer Corissa Sorbello goes by a few titles. She’s a mum, business owner, entrepreneur and fitness enthusiast, who concedes it’s a balancing act to fulfil all those roles well.
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OPINION
Time use survey shows a more relaxed lifestyle in most, but not all, of regional Australia
Every 15 years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts a time use survey. Around 2,000 households are given diaries to record how they spend their time.
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS
Courageous Conversations: Charlotte Pascoe on saying yes to opportunity, parking the self-doubt, and the lessons she’s learned as CEO of Stockdale and Leggo
Stockdale and Leggo CEO Charlotte Pascoe never imagined heading up a major real estate group. In fact, she says if you’d put that idea to her even a few years ago, she would have laughed at the prospect.
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OPINION
Why reducing your fees is not the answer
I recently attended a seminar presented by REISA, Macquarie Bank and BDO. Drawing from the research that was presented, I would like to share my observations on what is happening in the current market, and how you can prepare your agency for a possible downturn.
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OPINION
What is the biggest opportunity in property right now?
There is an old piece of investment advice that specifies that you should buy when the market is down and sell when it is up.
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS
Courageous Conversations: The surprising story of Scott Bateman’s journey from high school dropout to Harvard alumni and Kolmeo CEO
Kolmeo’s Scott Bateman could quite rightly be described as among the smartest minds in any real estate room. He’s Harvard educated, quick as a whip and a firm fan favourite when it comes to all things business and property management.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
How to win high-end listings with Josh Flagg
Josh Flagg is one of the best-known real estate agents in the world, rising to fame in 2006 when he was picked to star in the reality TV series Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles.
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OPINION
More jobs than people? Where we are set to see the worst housing shortages
For the first time ever, there are now almost as many advertised vacant jobs as there are unemployed people and the unemployment rate continues to trend downwards.
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS
Courageous Conversations: How Jen Baird tapped into feedback and tough conversations to shift careers to become an industry leader
As the CEO of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, Jen Baird firmly believes in having tough conversations when they matter.
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
No luck about it: Million Dollar Listing’s Matt Altman on work ethic, mindset, and how he and his brother went from zero to real estate heroes
Ask Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles star Matt Altman about his incredible rise to real estate fame, and he’ll quickly tell you there was no luck about it.
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OPINION
Will Gosse: Why authenticity and identity are key for aspiring young leaders
If you're a millennial, you will likely have grown up believing you could be and achieve you set your mind to. If you're a millennial and reading this, chances are that it’s this belief that’s helped propel your career forward in real estate - Australia’s biggest industry.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Why Aussie PropTechs are turning to crowdfunding
The power to determine the future and what our industry looks like is being put back in the hands of the agents, as more and more Aussie property technology companies turn to crowdfunding.
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS
Courageous Conversations: How Sadhana Smiles broke through real estate’s glass ceiling and why she’s encouraging the industry to change the workplace conversation
As one of the industry’s first female CEOs, Sadhana Smiles vividly recalls a time when the real estate industry had a glass ceiling.
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OPINION
Will the housing downturn be over sooner than we think?
Investors in the US have just started behaving very differently.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Offshore apartment buyers are on their way back
It has been a slow few years for offshore buyer activity in Australia.
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS
Courageous Conversations: How Harriet Saunders changed perspective, created a thriving career, and encouraged others to operate ‘above the line’
There’s more than one way to look at any situation. Change can be seen as opportunity, or it can evoke fear. Failure might be viewed as the chance to learn and grow, or it can be something that defines you and holds you back. How you see any scenario depends on your perspective, says Laing+Simmons Head of Growth and Development…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
John Hellaby: the collabarative lessons learned from Inman Las Vegas 2022
The day after Inman I sat in a cabana poolside at the Aria hotel, surrounded by a combination of Inman Ambassadors, Proptech founders & execs and high performing Realtors, reflecting on the conference that was Inman Las Vegas 2022.
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OPINION
Chris Goodway: prepare for the worst, expect the best
Although I am an optimist at heart, I like to be as prepared as I can possibly be for every conceivable scenario.
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