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Elite Agent
From McDonald’s to sales executive: How Cindy Cash built her real estate career with a focus on transparency
With a passion for people, sales executive Cindy Cash says the key to her success is staying true to what she believes in.
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Real Estate News
The vexing issue of vaccination: How the real estate industry is tackling the issue
How should the real estate industry approach the issue of vaccination? We put the question to some of the country’s largest groups to see how they’re handling the vaccination debate.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Century 21 Living Local principal Gary De Paoli has found his true calling
Sales is in Gary De Paoli’s blood. While many proponents say sales can be taught, for Gary, it’s something that has always come fairly naturally to him. Over the years, he’s sold spring water and garage doors, but it’s his time as a real estate agent that is closest to his heart. Gary joined the industry in 2005, and the…
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Real Estate News
NSW Government $17 billion infrastructure plans for economic recovery
The NSW Government confirmed the approval of $17 billion worth of infrastructure, including thousands of new homes
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LUXE LISTINGS SYDNEY SEASON 1 RECAPS
It’s (almost) a wrap – our recap of Luxe Listings Sydney episode 6
After six hours of flashy cars, designer threads and Sydneys best properties, our recaps of Luxe Listings Sydney Season 1 comes to a conclusion.
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LUXE LISTINGS SYDNEY SEASON 1 RECAPS
Everything is negotiable: Luxe Listings Sydney Episode 5 recap
Greetings rockstars, Glee fans and Home and Away addicts. We’re back for our second-to-last recap of Luxe Listings Sydney where we pick up on the Vaucluse-auction-cliffhanger from last week. If you remember, the quote was $14 million-plus and bidding had quietened around $17 million. Our man Simon is bidding on behalf of a girl named Sue, who hated the wardrobe…
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Real Estate News
PRD Nationwide Ballarat has used RiTA by AiRE to win more listings
PRD Nationwide Ballarat director and sales manager Jason Birch recently joined RiTA by AiRE growth specialist Tristan Lovell in a webinar dedicated to sharing ways to accelerate your leads and listings ahead of the spring season.
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Celebrity Homes
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen sell Beverly Hills home for $7.15 million less than asking price
Musician John Legend and his model wife Chrissy Teigen have sold their Beverly Hills home for around US$16.8 million.
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Raine & Horne’s new foundation set to help fight homelessness
Raine & Horne has hit the ground running with its new foundation, announcing it has partnered with not-for-profit charity, Dignity, in a bid to tackle homelessness. Launched recently, the Raine & Horne Foundation is the formalisation of the group’s social and corporate responsibility activities. The Foundation will work with a number of charitable organisations annually and will be supported by…
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Elite Agent
Chris Wilson: From crazy to controlled
Real estate and stress go together like peas and carrots. But when agents' stress levels become too high it's easy to feel overwhelmed and burn out.
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Century 21 rolls out AI technology to entire network
Century 21 has announced that it will roll out the RiTA by AiRE technology across its entire network, which will be available at no cost to the offices for the first six months of implementation. RiTA by AiRE is a lead generation and nurturing robot that helps real estate professionals generate more listings from their database using artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Real Estate News
Congratulations to the REINSW 2020 Awards for Excellence finalists
The Real Estate Institute of New South Wales (REINSW) has announced the finalists for its annual Awards for Excellence.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Rita Yousef: When is the landlord liable?
If a visitor is injured at a rental property is it the landlord, tenant or property manager that’s liable? Personal injury specialist Rita Yousef examines the most common risks and explains what a landlord’s duty of care is. Landlords of residential premises in NSW owe a duty of care to all visitors to their property. The duty is to take…
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Standing the test of time: Tony Pickering
The name Tony Pickering is synonymous with Darwin real estate. After 50 years of dedicated service in the industry, the KG Young & Associates director has been awarded the Real Estate Institute of Australia’s top gong – the 2021 President’s Award. Here, Tony shares how he got started in real estate, his long list of achievements and why he’s not…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Recent homeowners aren’t relying on the bank of mum and dad
There’s a pervasive myth that many millennials and recent homeowners are using the ‘bank of mum and dad’ to get their foot on the property ladder. But research from the Great Southern Bank (formerly CUA) has revealed just five per cent of recent homeowners relied on family to secure their first property. Great Southern Bank Chief Customer Officer Megan Keleher…
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Real Estate News
Sydney holds firm despite lockdown, Melbourne enjoys second busiest auction week of the year
Melbourne has enjoyed its second busiest auction week of the year, but all eyes were on Sydney this weekend after the announcement of snap lockdowns in four local government areas.
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TECH + SOCIAL
How AI and SMS automations have changed the way this agent works
Tristan Lovell recently had a chat with Sam Taylor, a sales agent at McGrath Estate Agents North Canberra, about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated two-way SMS conversations. The RiTA by AiRE Growth Specialist asked Sam how these two tech solutions changed his game and got him three extra listings in less than two months. When sales agents start working with…
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Real Estate News
Herron Todd White names potential growth hotspots
For every Bondi Beach, there are dozens of other suburbs that don’t have the same notoriety, yet have the potential for incredible growth. Herron Todd White has compiled its list of ‘unsung hero hotspots’, which are suburbs that might not get as much attention as their famous neighbours, but are ripe for growth in an already strong property market. NSW…
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Real Estate News
Domain and PEXA announce strategic partnership
Property portal and technology company Domain has announced a partnership with digital property settlement solution PEXA. The strategic collaboration is set to bring together both companies’ proprietary data assets to unlock new unique insights and value across the property market. This collaboration is the beginning of a relationship between Domain and PEXA, two companies that operate across highly complementary segments…
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Elite Agent
Real estate in the fast lane: Rae Mano
From luxury car sales to prestige real estate, Rae Mano loves selling opulence. As he explains to Kylie Dulhunty, property and cars have much more in common than just an expensive price tag.
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Elite Agent
Travis Williams: ERPs and why you need one in your real estate business
As an agent, your CRM is your lifeblood. It's your phone book, task manager and resource to get what you need now and in the future. But running a business is a whole different ball game.
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Real Estate Content
Balancing act: How do you expand regional centres without destroying their character?
With massive population growth in the regions over the past year, ensuring regional areas can sustainably expand without losing the character that made them attractive in the first place is often a difficult balancing act.
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Real Estate News
Receivers release second batch of Mission Beach properties
Prospective buyers looking for a tropical sea change are in luck, with a variety of houses and vacant lots in the tropical village of Mission Beach, in far north Queensland, hitting the market.
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Elite Agent
PropTech a critical piece of the puzzle: Jason Sharpe
As part of this series, Box+Dice CEO Travis Williams asks the tough questions of top-performing agents. This time around he quizzes Woodards Carlton North and Ascot Vale Managing Director Jason Sharpe about the top PropTech tools his agency uses and how those tools help foster success.
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Real Estate News
Don’t blame zoning for Australia’s soaring house prices
Among the many explanations put forward for soaring home prices, one we hear repeatedly is zoning — the regulations that govern the purposes for which land can be used, including how densely people can be housed in different locations.
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Elite Agent
Whitlam’s former home fetches prime price
A modest brick home in Sydney's west that was once owned by former prime minister Gough Whitlam has been sold less than 24 hours before it's scheduled auction and will now be restored to its former glory.
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Elite Agent
RE/MAX KRG negotiates deal to recruit Canada Bay agent Dean Kalos to Concord office
RE/MAX KRG has secured the services of one of the most respected and well-known real estate identities in Sydney’s Inner West for its team as the market picks up pace in 2021.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Amy Bennett: Collaboration and communication
Amy Bennett loves to make connections. It doesn’t matter whether it’s finding the perfect tenant for an investor client or introducing a potential vendor to a selling agent, the McGrath Caloundra business development manager thrives on recognising business opportunities and making them happen.
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Elite Agent
Luxury Hayman residences to offer the complete lifestyle – or rental
Mulpha Australia, owner of the iconic InterContinental Hayman Island Resort are taking advantage of the 'holiday at home' trend by releasing a limited number of ultra-luxury villas in the tropical surrounds of Hayman Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Elite Agent
Joan Collins set to sell Manhattan pad
Legendary British actress and star of the long-running ABC-hit Dynasty, Joan Collins, has just put her Manhattan pied-a-terre up for sale for almost $2.1 million.
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Elite Agent
Tips for a winning AREAs entry – from those who’ve won before
The deadline to enter the Annual REA Excellence Awards is creeping closer, and if you haven't yet got your entry sorted out, it's time to get busy.
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GUEST INTERVIEWS
How smart tech can supercharge lead generation
This episode of the Elevate podcast is brought to you by Connect Now Alex Ouwens is co-founder of Ouwens Casserly Real Estate, better known as OC. Helmed by Alex and his business partner Nathan Casserly, OC…
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Elite Agent
Contestants Sarah and George discuss this unusual season of The Block
From one of the most challenging years in our history, to one of the most unusual ‘The Block’ series in its history. Each contestant group is renovating a completely different style and era of home…
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Real Estate News
Rachel Ellis brings RE/MAX to Maryborough
Successful real estate agent Rachel Ellis is forging a new path with global real estate network, RE/MAX, launching her own agency in Maryborough, Queensland. Ms Ellis had four years on the RE/MAX team in Hervey Bay and the accomplished agent says she is excited to bring RE/MAX to Maryborough for her business ownership venture. “Maryborough offers something special,” she explained.…
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Elite Agent
Eview Group partners with RiTA to expand on their tech stack
In line with Eview Group’s innovative edge and tech-driven strategies, the brand has partnered exclusively with RiTA, as they look to expand their eco-system of technology. Welcoming an artificial intelligence arm of their digital portfolio, Eview Group said it would cement their position as an industry-leading agency when it comes to innovation implementation. After months of detailed analysis and investigation…
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