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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.
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.
50 years in real estate: Philip Webb on real estate over the decades, building a rent roll and his legacy
Legendary Doncaster agent Philip Webb had a 50-year career in real estate and talks about how he was…
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…
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…
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
Elite Agent Managing Editor Samantha McLean and Publisher Mark Edwards kick off the new year with some big…
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…
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…
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…
Nerida Conisbee: Australia the knockdown nation
In the 12 months to June 2022, there were more houses knocked down in Australia than ever recorded…
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…
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…
Courageous Conversations: How Corissa Sorbello got up, showed up and created her best life
We’re often told we can have it all, but is it possible really? Can you have a work-life…
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…
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
It’s been two years since Charlotte Pascoe stepped into the role of CEO at Stockdale and Leggo armed…
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…
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…
Courageous Conversations: The surprising story of Scott Bateman’s journey from high school dropout to Harvard alumni and Kolmeo CEO
Even the best in the business change tack, rethink their careers, and doubt their ability. Here, Scott Bateman…
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…
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…
Courageous Conversations: How Jen Baird tapped into feedback and tough conversations to shift careers to become an industry leader
Feedback. It’s a word that can elicit fear in both leaders and teams. But it shouldn’t be that…
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
He might be one of the best known real estate agents in the world, but did you know…
Will Gosse: Why authenticity and identity are key for aspiring young leaders
At age 28, Will Gosse became BresicWhitney’s first Chief Operating Officer. In this piece, he shares how he…
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…
Courageous Conversations: How Sadhana Smiles broke through real estate’s glass ceiling and why she’s encouraging the industry to change the workplace conversation
When Sadhana Smiles became the CEO of a major multi-franchise real estate brand in 2011, it was a…
Will the housing downturn be over sooner than we think?
Investors in the US have just started behaving very differently.
Offshore apartment buyers are on their way back
It has been a slow few years for offshore buyer activity in Australia.
Courageous Conversations: How Harriet Saunders changed perspective, created a thriving career, and encouraged others to operate ‘above the line’
In real estate, like any industry, mistakes happen and challenges arise, but whether you choose to learn from…
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…
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…
Courageous Conversations: How Ellen Bathgate overcame a tenant assault, why it’s not a one-off and how the real estate industry should respond
The real estate industry is well-aware that property management is a tough gig at the best of times,…
Are we in a rental crisis or not?
Last week, June inflation came in at an eye watering 6.1 per cent, driven primarily by sharp rises…
Courageous Conversations: How Leona Watson parked the perfectionism; decided what to ‘do, be and have’; and built a successful business
Every business owner, every leader and every professional needs to make tough decisions at some stage in their…
Courageous Conversations: How Louise Barton created a successful real estate career in Sydney with mindset, self-belief, and a commitment to customer service
Sydney’s a competitive real estate market at the best of times, but what if you knew no-one and…
Courageous Conversations: Emma Brown-Garrett on finding your niche, the power of a great mentor and why her career has only just begun
It’s easy to look around the real estate industry and believe success happens overnight. That’s not auctioneer Emma…