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TECH + SOCIAL
Elite Agent primer: 5 ways 5G could impact the property industry
What is 5G? 5G is rapidly rolling out in many countries throughout the world and is the latest evolution of mobile connectivity. A step up from the current 4G, it plans to be more reliable and faster than its predecessor and could impact the property industry in a few different ways. Telstra has enabled 5G…
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Real Estate News
Dexar Group Celebrates its best for 2018
Dexar Group recognised its stars of real estate over the weekend at a Hollywood themed event held at QT Hotel. Amongst the winners were Jonny Warren, who was recognised for his leadership, receiving the Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Role Model of the Year, while Salesperson of the Year was awarded to Mark Wolens. Aaron Lewis, Ashleigh Webb, Mark Larmer…
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EPM: Profile
Karmen Costigan: Acting On Experience
Pursing a Hollywood dream isn’t always as glamorous as it seems. Karmen Costigan explains how, after success as an actor in Melbourne, she and her partner took the opportunity to pursue the Hollywood dream. Roles as an extra in films like Being John Malkovich followed, along with a stint playing Mary Poppins for Disney. But in the late 1990s they…
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Every Agent Has a Story
Every Agent Has a Story: Karmen Costigan
This story comes from Karmen Costigan, Business Development Executive at Ray White Queensland, who shares the key lessons she learned during the start of her career in the USA. Maintain strong customer service and experience, and be helpful and attentive Have the ability to think on your feet: consider who’s affected and what’s the best outcome for all parties involved.…
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Elite Agent
Josh and Matt Altman: Billion-dollar brothers
Mention the names Josh and Matt Altman, and a room full of real estate agents is sure to tune in eagerly. The Beverly Hills and Los Angeles luxury real estate agents are the stars of reality television show Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. With the brothers set to tour Australia’s east coast in March, Nikki Horner discovered that behind the…
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
He who Dares: Luis D. Ortiz
It’s been an incredible year for Luis D. Ortiz. The 31-year-old was reaching the summit of success in the highly competitive and insanely lucrative New York real estate market as one of the stars of the hit show Million Dollar Listings New York. The suave, stylish and passionate Puerto Rican was a fan favourite; he was a fireball of energy and…
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Elite Agent
Reviving Industry Wellness: Why the Real Estate Industry Needs to Take Action
AS PROVIDERS OF PROFESSIONAL services, the wellness and well-being of people in real estate needs to be a core consideration of industry sustainability. We’ve been focused on the digital and the dollar while a silent epidemic affecting the physical and emotional health of our agents, principals and property managers appears to have crept in at higher rates than other industries.…
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Transform 2017 Coach
A Game of Inches Part 1: Listing Presentation Challenge with John McGrath and Monika Tu
Week 10 mentor and Elite Agent regular Jet Xavier caught up with them just before the start of the challenge to find out from these two industry greats what really gives an agent the edge in a listing presentation. Jet Xavier: What makes a world class listing presentation for you both? Monika Tu: For me, it’s all about preparation. And…
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Celebrity Homes
US portal Zillow goes inside celebrity couple’s love nests for V-Day
In honour of Valentine’s Day, Seattle-based real estate marketplace Zillow has gone inside the homes of some of Hollywood’s most sought after celebrity couples who had recently put their properties up for sale to replenished them with new dwellings. Among them is one of Hollywood’s most powerful couple, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn who recently listed their Los Angeles mansion…
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BEST PRACTICE
What Arnold Schwarzenegger Taught Me About Success
HAVING PERHAPS PULLED OFF THE greatest ‘coup’ in Australian real estate events, Glenn Twiddle reflects on the things he learned from the Hollywood superstar turned politician at this year’s QREAS conference. When I decided to invite Arnold Schwarzenegger to Australia, I really didn’t think it was ever going to happen. But one of Arnold’s rules is ‘Have a vision’, so…
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Elite Agent
Raine & Horne Delivers Happy New Year to Winning Homeowners and Agents
Raine & Horne has launched into 2015 by giving away almost $100,000 in prizes to lucky vendors who listed their home with the national real estate group in the fourth quarter of 2014. The prize pool included a luxury Mercedes Benz, which was the highlight of Raine & Horne’s latest consumer campaign, ‘You’re a Winner’, which ran between August and…
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Elite Agent
Tips, Scripts and Moments from AREC 14
I sat in most of the sessions taking copious notes like many of the attendees, and here are 12 of the top things I took away from this year’s amazing show. 1. Listen, Diagnose, Prescribe From the moment he walked on stage and told everyone to “pretend they knew nothing, and start afresh”, there was not a moment when Tom…
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EPM
Horrible Bosses!
A recent Hollywood blockbuster starring Jason Bateman, Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston, focused on a group of friends, all frustrated by their selfish, conniving bosses, and raised issues that the majority of us will have experienced at some stage in our working lives. Nick, Dale and Kurt decide murder and blackmail is the only way to resolve their issues, but…
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