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Transform Masters 2017
Building Super-teams and a Strong Culture
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ In this preview of his Transform Masters Coaching session, The Agency’s Matt Lahood talks leadership, company culture, and more. Matt Lahood will also be speaking at our event How to lead a winning team in 2018 on the 14th November. To book tickets, click here.…
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Real Estate News
Family and Community the winning combination for Kris Cunningham
The Josh Phegan team held their annual Blue-print conference in Queenstown at the base of the stunning Remarkables on Tuesday the 12th and Wednesday the 13th of September 2017. At the event, four incredible finalists from across New Zealand were invited to share their story of triumphs from humble beginnings in the annual Changed Agent Awards proudly supported by PropertyPress.…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Episode 3: Real Estate Awards, Virtual Reality, Storytelling, Knob turning and Anniversaries
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results.…
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Real Estate News
Roomba the Robot Turns 15
Fifteen years ago, a tech and pop culture icon was born with the launch of the very first Roomba vacuuming robot from iRobot. Today, more than 20 million of the company’s home robots have been sold worldwide. iRobot forever changed how people clean their home with the launch of the first Roomba vacuum cleaner, disrupting an industry that had remained…
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Elite Agent
Andre Frack: Leading from the Front
R&W Principal Andre Frack set a goal in 2016 to be the best in Bondi Junction. He achieved that and more, being named the Top Selling Principal, income and transactions, across the entire Richardson & Wrench network. It was a remarkable result for somebody who had put sales on the back burner for a few years to concentrate on managing…
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Elite Agent TV
Industry Supplier Update: Rockend and PropertyTree
TRANSCRIPT: My name’s Alister Maple-Brown. I’m the CEO here at Rockend. Q. What’s new for PropertyTree? So in terms of what’s coming up with PropertyTree, we’re opening up our inspection section of PropertyTree to multiple different inspection app providers through an API. That’s happening at the moment, and that’s to be released in the coming month. And also with Invoice…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Episode 2: John Maxwell’s Five Levels of Leadership
Transform Masters: Jet Xavier discusses John Maxwell’s 5 Levels of Leadership ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results. Transform…
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Transform Masters 2017
Defining Leadership and Assessing Your Effectiveness
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ Jet Xavier shares his tips on how to be a better leader, how to motivate your team and what he’ll be talking about in his Transform Masters session. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Q. What is leadership to you? Jet: Well, leadership to me varies in…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Episode 1: New Adventures in Podcasting
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results.…
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EPM: Leadership
Rebecca Freeman, LJ Hooker Residential Perth
Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at LJ Hooker Residential, Perth. I’m 37 and have been working with LJ Hooker for 18 years. I moved to Perth and joined the team here seven years ago, and I absolutely love it. Having grown up in southeast Queensland on the beaches then lived in Sydney for six years, I…
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Transform Masters 2017
How to Use Photography for Personal Branding with Jason Malouin
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ Jason Malouin of the Portrait Store shares his tips on how agents can connect to customers through their headshot, how to improve personal branding, when the right time to take a new photo is, and how to be more comfortable in front of the…
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SUPPLIER NEWS
How to respond to queries from clients faster and more cost effectively
Launching the new PM Assist service at ARPM 2017, Aimee Engelmann, CEO of outsourcing company Beepo, said one of the key factors of the growing pressure comes back to people and resources, with the allocation of workloads and the growing amount of administration within the sector. “A leading brand recently blind surveyed their offices and found that over 200 of…
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Elite Agent
Danielle Mariu of Port Hedland, WA wins Josh Phegan’s Changed Agent Award for 2017
The Josh Phegan team held their annual Blue-print conference in Sydney at the stunning IVY in George Street on Tuesday the 15th and Wednesday the 16th of August 2017. At the event, four incredible finalists from across Australia were invited to share their story of triumphs from humble beginnings in the annual Changed Agent Awards proudly supported by Agent Box.…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
REA Group appoints Val Brown as Executive General Manager – Consumer Experience
REA Group has appointed Val Brown to the role of Executive General Manager of Consumer Experience. She will be part of the company’s Executive Leadership Team, reporting to REA Group Chief Executive Officer, Tracey Fellows. Ms Brown is responsible for driving the Group’s consumer product strategy for realestate.com.au and Flatmates.com.au. With a specific focus on personalisation, her product, design and…
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TECH + SOCIAL
REA Group releases guide to protect real estate industry from cyber-crime
REA Group has released a security guide to help protect Australia’s real estate industry from cyber-crime. With more businesses moving to a digital model, data, software and personal information is increasingly becoming exposed to online hackers. The guide aims to educate real estate agents about the risks they face when operating online, and provides information on how to protect their…
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Elite Agent
One bedroom, one bathroom…
Here is the description: “This is truly a one-of-a-kind apartment in a one-of-a-kind home. This lower level 1 bedroom apartment is undoubtedly the largest 1 bedroom apartment in Athens County weighing in at an astoundingly spacious 2400 sq ft and is situated in a solidly built multi-unit home. There is a labyrinthine floor plan with long hallways, many doors and…
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Real Estate News
Whitsunday’s Island for sale
Drop the suitcases, wash away the cares of the world, sink into relaxation and become immersed in a tropical paradise … there’s absolutely nothing more to be done. That’s the message from the owner of Victor Island, in the blissful Whitsundays, who has placed the cherished property on the market for $3.5 million. Paul Sullivan and wife Megan bought the…
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Real Estate News
Elders digital strategy drives consumer holiday competiton
Elders Real Estate has announced a national competition to drive customer engagement, brand awareness, and importantly, generate local leads for agents. The competition will run until the end of October and provide potential clients with the opportunity to win a $15,000 holiday experience, through registering and receiving a sales or rental appraisal. Elders Real Estate National Marketing Manager, Belinda Connor…
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Profile
Agent Profile: Sam Bevan
Drawn into real estate by chance, Sam Bevan is now making her mark. Having started out on reception, single mum Sam gradually made her way up the ranks and is now a property consultant with Abel McGrath Claremont in Perth, WA. After just 18 months in sales Sam has written about $220K in GCI, and says that everything she has…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Sydney vacancy rates on the rise: REINSW
REINSW President John Cunningham said the July 2017 REINSW Vacancy Rate Survey saw the Sydney metropolitan area rise 0.1 percentage points at 1.9 per cent. “Vacancy rates rose across the board in Sydney with Inner Sydney up 0.1 percentage points at 2.3 per cent, Middle Sydney increased 0.1 percentage points to 1.5 per cent, while Outer Sydney availability rose 0.2 percentage points…
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Elite Agent TV
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EPM
Camera Snaps and Cling Wraps – 10 Clever Ways to Help Your Tenants ‘Hack’ Moving Day
Recently Direct Connect ran a ‘moving hacks’ competition on NovaFM to encourage people to share their top tips and tricks for moving house, with the winner receiving payment of their electricity bills for a year. While everyone understands the reality of moving is never simple, Direct Connect have been doing their bit to help make it easier by sharing information,…
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AREC2017 EA Studio
Feature Interview: Andrew Rechtman with Samantha McLean
Transcript: Samantha McLean: Hey everyone, Samantha from Elite Agent Magazine and I have the pleasure of welcoming Andrew Rechtman, who is the Executive General Manager of Residential for realestate.com.au. Hi Andrew. How are you going? Andrew Rechtman: Great to be here. Thank you very much. Samantha: You’ve got a lot of robotic devices here at AREC this year. So tell…
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SUPPLIER NEWS
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Real Estate News
Survey finds 7 out of 10 Australians believe market for Airbnb is growing
The quarterly report released by And Chill Property Management – Australia’s leading Airbnb management agency for property investors – is derived from survey responses from 1,200 individuals across Melbourne and Sydney. The Short Stay Confidence Index report examines the sentiment around the growth of the Airbnb market as well as the willingness for property investors to list their homes on…
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AREC2017 EA Studio
Feature Interview: Andrew Cocks with Samantha McLean
Transcript: Samantha McLean: Hi, everyone. Back at stand 18 in the expo for AREC 2017 and my guest is Andrew Cocks, who is the managing director of Richardson & Wrench, one of the bigger franchises in New South Wales. Welcome, Andrew. Andrew Cocks: Thank you very much. Samantha: Who, so far, do you think has been your favourite presentation? Andrew:…
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SUPPLIER NEWS
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AREC2017 EA Studio
Feature Interview: John Cunningham with Samantha McLean and Sarah Bell
Transcript: Samantha McLean: Hey everyone, back in the AREC Expo Hall at the Elite Agent Magazine stand. This time we’re almost ready to wrap up. We’ve got John Cunningham, REINSW president and head of the Cunningham ship. How are you going, John? John Cunningham: Good, really good. Thank you. Samantha: What we want to do John is just go through…
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AREC2017 EA Studio
Feature Interview: Fiona Blayney with Sarah Bell
Transcript: Sarah Bell: Welcome to the Elite Agent couch, Fiona. Fiona Blayney: Thank you very much, Sarah. Sarah: Talk to me about how our sales agents can just get more listings from their property managers. Fiona: Look I think the first thing is forget the notion that property management is in one side of the room and sales people are…
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Transform 2017 Coach
Transform 2017 Bonus Episode Josh Cobb: Providing Relevant Information to Prospects By Using Big Data
Coach: Josh Cobb, CEO of Stepps Key Points Big Data involves being relevant to fewer people through your marketing, as opposed to create advertising that many people tolerate. Digital marketing is measurable and it is advantageous when finding out what content of yours is relevant to certain audiences As digital marketing advisors, you need to a) drive website traffic and b)…
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Elite Agent
Tradition and Innovation: Toop&Toop Real Estate
Toop&Toop Real Estate, one of South Australia’s leading real estate agencies, has been recognised with three major awards at the 2017 Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) National Awards for Excellence in Canberra. From humble beginnings, this family business has gone from strength to strength since its inception in 1985. Sisters Suzannah Toop, CEO of Property Investment & Finance, and Genevieve…
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AREC2017 EA Studio
Feature Interview: Gavin Croft with Sarah Bell
Transcript: Sarah Bell: Welcome to the AREC lounge, Gavin Croft. Gavin Croft: Lovely to be here. Lovely to see you. Sarah: Welcome, welcome. Now, Gavin, you are fresh off being a coach in our Transform program. What did you make of our Super Six? Gavin: The group had a good energy to it. You can see they’re all there for the right reasons.…
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AREC2017 EA Studio
Feature Interview: James Bell with Sarah Bell
Transcript: Sarah Bell: Welcome back to the AREC couch. Now, interesting interview this morning. I’d like to introduce to you James Bell who is one of Australia’s most experienced and best real estate agents. If not, certainly the most handsome. James Bell: Too kind. Sarah: We often have conversations about how the industry has changed and how everything got quite…
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AREC2017 EA Studio
Feature Interview: Ash Weston with Claudio Encina
Transcript: Claudio Encina: Here we are at AREC 2017, and we’ve got the pleasure of meeting Ash Weston from Ray White Frankston. He’s just come off stage. Ash, thanks for joining us on the couch. Ash Weston: Thanks for having me. Claudio: Ash, tell me a little bit about your team. Ash: I’ve got a team of four. There’s myself,…
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AREC2017 EA Studio
Feature Interview: Phil Harris with Sarah Bell
Transcript: Sarah Bell: Welcome to the Elite Agent couch and AREC, Phil. Thanks for joining us. Phil Harris: My pleasure. Great to be catching up again. Sarah: And what have you made of the conference so far? Phil: I thought there were some exceptional things that I picked up on yesterday. I think Bob Wolff was extraordinary. Everything that Bob…
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