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Real Estate News
Rare Opportunity to Buy Entire Sydney Apartment Blocks in One Line
Another two blocks of Sydney apartments have been listed for sale – this time in Marrickville and Coogee – amid ongoing demand for residential investment opportunities. CBRE’s Peter Vines has been appointed to sell the Marrickville building, which comprises 46 studio and one-bedroom units at 11-13 Osgood Avenue. In a separate campaign, a second block of 24 apartments at 326…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
VentureCrowd and Clearstate raise close to $1 million in 4 hours
VentureCrowd, Australia’s original and most successful equity-based crowdfunding platform, and end-to-end residential property development company Clearstate, today announced the completion of an innovative crowdfunding deal that raised in excess of $900,000 for a major residential property development in Sydney. Unlike more typical property crowdfunding deals, which see investors buy equity in single homes or apartments, this is the first time in…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Striving to reach the next level – James Tostevin and Kate Strickland
Thank you our Week 12 sponsor: Agentbox – The official Transform CRM. Click here for more info. Coaches: James Tostevin and Kate Strickland Video Notes/Transcript 00:00 Introduction and Session Overview: Samantha McLean 01:26 Continuously improving James: Well yeah, it’s great to be here. We’re obviously happy to answer any questions and we look forward to bringing to a close your 12 weeks…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Managing Vendors and Buyers + Mastering your Marketing – Tom Panos
Thank you our Week 11 sponsor: My Real Estate Training.com.au – For information on license and registration in all states in Australia click here. To find out about getting your CPD points from AREC 16, click here. Coaches: Tom Panos To join Tom Panos’ Real Estate Gym and learn the strategies of million dollar agents, click here. Video Notes/Transcript 00:00 Introduction…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Better Health, Better Productivity – Emily Schofield and Chris Foy
While most of the coaching sessions have been focused on skills that directly relate to real estate, such as prospecting, listing, goal setting and productivity, just about every coach from Josh Phegan, to John McGrath, Claudio, Jet and others have talked about this one topic. Tom Panos talks about it all the time. It’s the one thing that money can’t…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Peak Performance – Susanne King
Peak Performance Coach Susanne King talked to the super six about how we need to expand ourselves to get greater results, why we need to change how we view ourselves to go beyond “the comfort zone” and how we should react to our circumstances when something goes wrong. She did this all with some great practical tips designed to strengthen…
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EPM
Rent.com.au Partners With PPMs ‘Best Of the Best’ Awards to Recognise Excellence
Rent.com.au has partnered with PPM Group for the prestigious 2016 PPM National Property Management Awards, to be held on the Gold Coast on 19 June. Entries are now open for the awards, with nominations sought from the best property managers and property management departments across the nation. Now in its second year, the group’s ‘Best of the Best’ awards recognise…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Telephone Technique and Cold Calling with Claudio Encina
Thank you our Week 7 sponsor: Real+ are the property experts providing a full spectrum of services to grow your business and yourself. Real+ offers Training, Recruitment and consultancy services… Support + Knowledge + Industry insights + much, much more! Coaches: Claudio Encina and Fiona Blayney Coaching Links: See Claudio’s week 2 lesson where he spoke about defining your Why as well as incorporating it…
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Elite Agent
Are you ready soar with Naomi Simson
Naomi was recently ranked second on the Business Insider’s list of Australia’s biggest tech influences and has received numerous awards throughout her career. She is known to be an entertaining speaker on entrepreneurship, motivation, reward and recognition; she is passionate about her own life and career, and in helping others to create their own success. She runs one of Australia’s…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Optimising your profile for the Digital Interview with Steve Carroll
Thank you our Week 6 sponsor: Vitrine Media Australia. As well as being top of mind for the residents in your BDA, your agency shopfront also helps you stand out. With Vitrine Media LED technology, you can be on the cutting edge of window communications, connecting people to the store 24/7 by capturing their attention, attracting new customers and outpacing the competition…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Connecting with Clients and Eliciting Buying Strategy with Charmaine Keegan
Thank you our Week 5 sponsor: Agentbox provided our Super Six with access to their software for the Transform period and also provided some training to them. See the Agentbox training session here Coaches: Mindset coach Jet Xavier and Charmaine Keegan from Smarter Selling Coaching Links: For more information about Charmaine, Click here Video Notes/Transcript: 00:00 Introduction and Session Overview: Samantha McLean 01:00 Everything we…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Becoming mindfit with Jet Xavier
Thank you our Week 5 sponsor: Agentbox provided our Super Six with access to their software for the Transform period and also provided some training to them. See the Agentbox training session here Coaches: Mindset coach Jet Xavier and Charmaine Keegan from Smarter Selling Coaching Links: See all articles written by Jet on Elite Agent here For more information about Jet, Click here Video…
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EPM
Bringing Them With You: Implementing New Technology As A Team
Keeping your team up to speed can be difficult when it comes to implementing change. Natalie Hastings demonstrates how to lead from the front to achieve a smooth transition. The real estate industry has been changing at a rapid pace, with technology giving smaller teams the ability to handle greater workloads while offering their clients superior property experiences. For those…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Gaining Support for VPA with Stu Benson
Thank you our Week 3 sponsor: Campaigntrack who provided the Super Six a truly amazing offer of investing into their marketing (both personal and property makeovers) a total package worth $15,000 each, total value $90,000. Coaches: Stu Benson and Melanie Hoole Coaching Links: See an earlier article written by Elite Agent featuring Stu Benson on Spring Selling for some timeless tips.…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Listing by numbers, using data to engage prospects
Thank you our Week 2 sponsor: Core Logic Australia. CoreLogic have also provided the supersix access to RP Professional for the 12 week Transform challenge, allowing them to get ahead of the game with the numbers in their local area. Coaches: Claudio Encina and Greg Dickason Coaching Links: Like the Super Six you can be an expert in your local area by finding…
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Transform 2016 Coach
Connecting your ‘why’ to your results with Claudio Encina
Thank you our Week 2 sponsor: Core Logic Australia. CoreLogic have also provided the supersix access to RP Professional for the 12 week Transform challenge, allowing them to get ahead of the game with the numbers in their local area. Coaches: Claudio Encina and Greg Dickason Coaching Links: Like the Super Six you can be an expert in your local area by finding…
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Transform
John McGrath on Goal Setting and Thinking Bigger
Thank you our Week 1 sponsor: Core Logic Australia. CoreLogic have also provided the supersix access to RP Professional for the 12 week Transform challenge, allowing them to get ahead of the game with the numbers in their local area. More on that in Week 2, but like the supersix you can be an expert in your local area by finding…
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Brand Editorial
The Moving Concierge – Streamlining PM Support Services
LOOKING TO DEVELOP relationships you can rely upon with a team of agent-focused property industry contractors? We present a select group of experts who have built their respective businesses around the timely, courteous and professional delivery of specialist services – many of whom are ex-property managers themselves. IT CAN BE TOUGH out there for a property manager. At any one…
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Elite Agent
Starting Out Right: The Road to Success
REAL ESTATE CAN BE A MINEFIELD, particularly when you’re new in the business. With the dawn of a new year and with many fresh-faced agents joining the fold, it’s important to start off on the right foot. High-profile real estate coach and trainer Josh Phegan has some top tips on how to jump-start your year. Sometimes, the problem lies in…
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Elite Agent
Love me tender: An alternative to auction
Julie Davis and Neil Williams discuss the advantages for sale by tender. I first started selling residential property by Tender back in 2002 as a result of continually being rolled by the competition. Our major competitor at the time was the premier office of one of the country’s biggest franchises and they were smashing us almost each and every time we…
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CASE STUDIES
Award winning Baffle Creek Agent: Sue Robertson
Sue Robertson came across beautiful but remote Baffle Creek in the Gladstone region of Queensland by chance. She is extremely passionate about the Baffle Creek area and has taken out several awards at both state and national levels for highest number of rural sales. BAFFLE CREEK1 is on the Queensland coast, approximately one hour from both Gladstone and Bundaberg. The…
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Elite Agent
Turn of the tide in the real estate market: Mark McLeod
Watching the industry’s reaction to market change and what many people consider to be a challenging landscape has been interesting. Markets rise and fall, and that is the nature of our industry; but it’s how agencies react that will ultimately determine their fate. When the market rises, many hitch their wagon to the beast, but when it falters they find…
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EPM
2016: Ready, Set, Goal!
A NEW YEAR always brings new promise along with a desire for success. High achieving PM professionals Michelle Delaney and Hannah Gill take a look the best way to set and achieve business and personal goals for 2016. FOR PRINCIPALS MICHELLE SAYS: If you uncover the true definition of the word ‘goal’, you’ll find that it’s ‘an observable and measurable…
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EPM
The Extra One Per Cent: Anthony Cardinale
ANTHONY CARDINALE IS the Principal of Barry Plant Preston. Passionate about property management, he believes there are three aspects to creating both a successful business and property management portfolio: to improve it by just one per cent every day, include a personal touch and become an expert in communication. Story by Samantha McLean. STARTING OUT AS an accountant and toy…
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Elite Agent
Kate Strickland: Playing to Win
TO SUCCEED in real estate, you’ve got to have a competitive edge, and that’s probably why Kate Strickland has done so well. As a former elite athlete, Kate’s mindset, ethics and discipline were bound to pay off when it came to a change in career. Now a Director of Marshall White Bayside in Victoria, Kate is not afraid to bring…
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EPM
The Four Pillars of Personal Branding
WE OFTEN ASSOCIATE the term ‘branding’ with businesses, specifically marketing, but in the modern workplace each individual has a personal brand that should be developed. Stephanie Challinor from Rockend explains. Establishing your personal brand is an important tool for your future career success and something which should be developed along with your workplace skills and knowledge. Many of us have…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Dirt Cheap Real Estate and Generous Government Subsidies Driving First Time Buyer Activity in Darwin
Darwin first home buyers have faced the challenge of rapidly rising property prices in recent years, however with land packages worth as little as $116,000 selling fast, the worm has turned for first timers. “A number of new, affordable property developments, such as Palmerston’s Zuccoli Aspire1 where land packages start from less than $120,000, are being released to the market…
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EPM
Extreme Property Management
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Some property managers will never have to experience the smell of death when walking into a property that they are managing. Many will never see a fully equipped drug lab set up. Many will never experience a threatening client over the phone or in person, or feel unsafe when visiting a property with a client. Would you…
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Elite Agent
The Block: Behind the scenes
The popular television show ‘The Block’, after 10 seasons is a significant pillar in Australia’s renovation culture of buying, ‘doing up’ and selling property. Most of us interested in property follow the transformations as well as the contestant’s highs and lows; and this weekend will bring the climax of Season 11 when five newly renovated properties go under the hammer.…
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Real Estate News
One More Step
To celebrate her recent Editor of the Year award (Business) and several years working together, magazine Sub-Editor Jill Boniface stepped up into the driver’s seat and turned the tables on Editor Samantha McLean – and the interviewer got interviewed. The agreement was no question off limits, including centrefolds, goals and how the tough editorial decisions get made. Here is how the…
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Real Estate News
Top LJ Hooker Agent John McManus to inspire at LNS15
There was a time when John McManus considered giving up real estate. He was young, new to the business and downtrodden after getting knock-back after knock-back every time he picked up the phone to prospect for new listings. “I had a fear of picking up the phone and talking to people and being told ‘no’,” he said. “I was being…
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EPM
Front Desk To Business Owner
WHEN LAURA LEVISOHN started in real estate as a receptionist she didn’t have a definite career plan. Now, with almost 20 years’ experience in all aspects of real estate and a business owner herself, Laura is self-motivated, positive and committed to her job and her clients. Having been nominated for (and won) several prestigious property management awards, Laura spoke to…
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Elite Agent
Always be Questioning
One of my favourite movie scenes is the amazing Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glenn Ross when he screams at the sales team, “It’s ABC – Always Be Closing – you close or you hit the bricks!” Aggressive, powerful, successful; but unfortunately in 2015 redundant. Don’t get me wrong; the ‘close’ is still an essential part of a real estate agent’s…
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EPM
Change Without Fear
FORMER AUSTRALIAN COMIC of the Year turned bestselling author Marty Wilson takes a shrewd look at our instinctive reaction to change and why we shouldn’t let our fears stop us from stepping outside the cave. CHARLES DARWIN, the father of the theory of evolution, said, “It’s not the strongest of the species who survive, not the most intelligent, but those…
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CASE STUDIES
Anthony Gattuso: Auctioneer and Associate, Woodards Carlton
A veteran of Melbourne’s prestigious real estate market of the inner north, Anthony has sold in excess of 800 properties in his 15 years of practice. A true fixture of the Carlton community, Anthony is as much as part of the ambiance of Lygon and Rathdowne Streets as Cinema Nova and Brunetti. An auctioneer of note, his work is informed…
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