Search Results for: Fiona Blayney
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PM/One 2025
The Property Manager Who Fires Bad Clients and Helps Tenants Buy Homes
At the PM/ONE Conference, Real+ CEO Fiona Blayney sat down with Hayley Stevenson of Housemart Queenstown for a conversation about innovation, regulation, and what it means to build a property management business that’s truly ahead of the curve. Fiona Blayney: Hayley, you’re joining us from New Zealand – three hours ahead of us here in Sydney. Let’s start with what’s…
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Real Estate News
From Zero to 12,000: The Agency’s Blueprint for Scaling Property Management
When The Agency launched its property management arm in 2016, the ambition was national scale. Today, it manages more than 12,000 properties across four states — and is eyeing 20,000. At the PM One Conference, Real+ founder Fiona Blayney sat down with The Agency’s National Director of Property Management, Maria Carlino, to unpack the growth, the culture behind it, and…
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PM/One 2025
The Future of Property Management: Scale, Specialise, Succeed
Australia’s property management sector is poised to add five million new households over the next 40 years, creating unprecedented growth opportunities for agencies that prepare now. That was the message from REAL+ CEO Fiona Blayney at PM/ONE Sydney, where she addressed 500 property management professionals. Rather than fearing AI and automation, Fiona urged the industry to see the future as…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Edge Case Episode 1: Should Star Agents Get Special Treatment?
It’s the tension every office knows: Your top performer wants more. The team feels undervalued. Someone’s about to leave. But who should it be? Welcome to Edge Case, a new part of Thought Leaders, where we take controversial industry beliefs and properly debate them. No panel discussions where everyone agrees. No softball questions. Just structured debate with real data and…
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Ready25
Fiona Blayney: How to turn Property Managers into lead generation machines
Your property management team is sitting on a goldmine of leads. A typical 1,000-property portfolio creates 5,000 face-to-face interactions with future buyers and sellers every year from rental turnover alone. Agencies that stop treating PMs like admins and start seeing them as community builders are unlocking a massive, untapped pipeline. Here’s how they’re making the shift.
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Real Estate Agent Events
Industry Leader Fiona Blayney Launches PM/ONE: Australia’s Premier Property Management Conference
Two-day national event puts property management centre stage, recognising the profession's critical role in housing one-third of Australian households
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Elite Agent TV
Your Business Exit Isn’t the End — It’s Your Next Chapter
Let’s be honest, most of us don’t like thinking about what happens when we’re no longer around. The word “exit” itself makes many people wince—it sounds so… final. And a bit negative, right? But here’s the thing: planning for leadership transition isn’t admitting defeat or waving the white flag; it’s actually one of the smartest business moves you can make.…
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Elite Agent
The changing face of real estate influence: Behind the lists
Looking back through our Industry Influencer lists since 2017, one thing stands out – what we value as leadership in the real estate industry has changed fundamentally. Now that we’ve been able to quickly analyse data (thanks to generative AI) from these lists over a long period of time, it’s worth pulling some threads together and creating a story. First,…
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National
Top 50 Australian Residential Real Estate Industry Influencers 2024
What a year it's been for real estate - From AI-powered platforms reshaping the industry to market-shifting policy changes and record-breaking sales, 2024 has delivered more than its share of surprises.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Unlock the power of numbers to revolutionise your business
In the real estate world, numbers can be a game-changer, and Fiona Blayney, founder of Real+, explains why basic maths can make or break your business.
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Peter Hooymans: Coaching, Culture, and Calculated Risks – A 30-Year Real Estate Journey
How much of your current strategy is driven by luck, and how much by taking deliberate actions? According to Peter Hooymans, the founder and chief executive officer of Melbourne Real Estate, success is about perseverance, innovation, and strategic decision-making.
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Real Estate News
Our top picks from the AREC 2024 Expo Hall
The Expo Hall at AREC is always a hit with principals, agents, and property managers, and this year was no different. Attendees were spoilt for choice, whether seeking cutting-edge solutions to streamline property management or fresh strategies to boost sales leads and listings. Innovation was in full swing, networking was buzzing, and many exhibitor stands enticed visitors with treats like…
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Real Estate News
Sophie Lyon takes on a new role at Real+
Leadership and property management expert Sophie Lyon has joined national training and consulting platform Real+, with a goal of helping leaders take the next step in their career.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Serhant headline AREC24
Hollywood celebrity and entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds and high-profile US agent Ryan Serhant will be amongst some of the big names headlining this year's Australasian Real Estate Conference (AREC) on the Gold Coast.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
The top 50 residential real estate influencers for 2023
There is rarely a dull day in real estate. From mergers and acquisitions, record sales and the AI boom, 2023 has once again been a year for the record books.
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Master strategist: Fiona Blayney on solving the property management talent puzzle, amplifying revenue in a turbulent market, and propelling your business forward with venture capitalist thinking
In a climate where uncertainty reigns, Fiona Blayney stands as a beacon, redefining resilience in property management, delivering a masterclass in talent acquisition and revenue growth that turns challenging conditions into a launching pad for business success.
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Elite Agent
Alexandra Haggarty: Creating safe havens for domestic violence survivors
Alexandra Haggarty doesn’t just help change lives, she potentially helps save them.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Spring cleaning your business: dust off inefficiencies and find hidden treasures
Spring is here! We’re all getting excited to get out of our trackies, off the lounge and throw on some cleaning music… No? Just me?
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CONTRIBUTORS
Ask Jo: What steps can our PM agency put in place to maximise personal safety?
As a property management business owner, you cannot simply assume that your team are safe while they are working.
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Real Estate News
Sad day as :Different goes into voluntary administration
Australian PropTech company :Different has gone into voluntary administration, with KPMG set to sell the platform’s assets and intellectual property.
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Real Estate Agent Events
Cyber security for real estate agencies
Trust is the bedrock of every successful real estate agency and in today’s world of data breaches, that trust must now extend to digital trust, according to an expert.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Fiona Blayney: silencing digital distractions
Balancing work and family while working from home can be difficult, especially with constant digital distractions. Fiona Blayney offers her top three tips for reducing distractions and maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Fiona Blayney: the art of responsible leadership
I recently met a friend for lunch, and what we discussed resonated with me long after I digested the delicious poke bowl I ordered.
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OPINION
Fiona Blayney: how a single word can influence your success this year
I’m a Dragon, and before you’re quick to agree, which Dragon do you think I am referring to? I’m talking about the Chinese zodiac sign.
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Elite Agent
How to make the most of the hours in your day: Caroline Bolderston
One of the laments regularly heard in real estate is that there is never enough time in the day, says Coach Caroline Bolderston. How well are you managing your diary?
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OPINION
Four hidden benefits of flexible working
Sometimes you can go into a team meeting with a plan and come out with an entirely different outcome than what you anticipated.
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OPINION
Fiona Blayney: The silver linings playbook
Sometimes it can be hard to find the silver lining when you fail at something. But as Fiona Blayney explains, there are some steps you can take to make the best of a bad situation.
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Real Estate Agent Events
Rex saves agents time with all the best insights from AREC
Are you still buzzing from the AREC conference on the Gold Coast? And are you still trying to remember that wonderful piece of advice you forgot to write down?
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OPINION
Fiona Blayney: calling time on unnecessary tech
I wear an analogue watch. You know, the old school variety with a face and hands. I love my watch. I love the weight of it on my arm, how it doubles as a piece of jewellery and how when I bought it many moons ago, I felt just a little bit fancy. Unfortunately, though, our love story is peppered…
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Real Estate News
Top takeaways from AREC 2021 – Day 1
For the first time, AREC’s program combined three key industry-specific streams – residential sales, property management and mortgage broking. At the halfway point of the two-day event, we thought we’d share our top 10 takeaways from Day 1.
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Real Estate News
Only virtual tickets remaining for AREC 2021 as on-site allocation exhausted
It’s less than a week until AREC 2021 kicks off and organisers have reported that on-site tickets for the recent have now sold out.
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Real Estate News
The coast is clear for AREC’s return next month
This year’s Australasian Real Estate Conference (AREC) is kicking off next month, with 43 speakers from Australia and overseas booked for the two-day event on the Gold Coast.
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Elite Agent
Fiona Blayney: Treading a new path
Fiona Blayney reflects on the tumultuous year that was 2020, what she learnt from it and why two simple questions will help you plan the remainder of the year ahead and make better connections with your clients.
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Elite Agent
Leaders: Take a break…
As the months of 2020 wore on, the faces of those staring back at me through the ‘Zoom portal’ started to change. The make-up was removed and the coffee levels increased. The language being used, the rhythm of the dialogue, the speed of decision making, the questioning of self, the level of support required, all slowly started to resemble that…
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Brand Editorial
Fiona Blayney: Balancing tech and the human touch
Fiona Blayney will be speaking at Prop20 in March and April. To register for this event visit proprea.com.au. What is your primary passion in the real estate industry? I enjoy the work I do with my coaching clients to positively impact their businesses. I suppose you could say I’m passionate about people, property, purpose and potential. What topic(s) will you be…
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