week-21-2018
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FRANCHISE NEWS
MLB and AFL star Corey Adamson switches sports for real estate with Realmark
Corey Adamson is the latest elite sportsman to step away from the sporting arena and enter the world of real estate, kicking goals in record time with elite agency Realmark. A natural salesperson, Corey grew up in WA as the son of an Olympian and dedicated a lot of his childhood to football and baseball. At the tender age of…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
R&W builds presence Sydney’s north shore with new Wahroonga agency
Richardson & Wrench has added to its network of offices on the upper north shore with the opening of a dedicated Wahroonga agency. R&W Wahroonga will be headed up by Nick Addison who has spent the past 14 years in the area. R&W owner and Managing Director Andrew Cocks said Mr Addison’s decision to join the group would increase its…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
realestate.com.au launches ‘Pet Profiles’ for tenants and property managers
realestate.com.au has launched ‘Pet Profiles’ on 1form – a feature that allows tenants to present their pet in the best light and saves property managers time when reviewing rental applications. Tenants, property managers and landlords were surveyed as part of a national study on pet ownership to help inform ways realestate.com.au can make the rental process easier. The study found…
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TECH + SOCIAL
Style and Substance: CoreLogic revamps Signature Reports
Following the release of CoreLogic’s improved Signature Reports, the country’s largest property analytics and data provider now gives agents the power to add custom content to their Signature Comparable Market Analysis Report within their RP Data Professional account. CoreLogic product manager Mike Salway said that Signature Reports now give agents the opportunity to upload custom PDF files to their Signature…
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Sales Transform 2018
Passion or Process: what is more important for success in real estate?
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EPM: Best Practice & Legislation
A secure rental can mean a secure tenant: Sharon Fox-Slater
One in 40 Australian homes are burgled each year, sending a clear message to landlords and agents about the importance of security at rentals, says Sharon Fox-Slater. Home burglary is one of the most widespread crimes in Australia with more than 300,000 break-ins recorded each year, according to the Australian Institute of Criminology. This sobering statistic coincides with a number…
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Brand Editorial
Is kindness the new currency?
Author Jill Lublin posed the question and found that businesses whose core principles centred around kindness – like generosity, gratitude and compassion – generated surprising outcomes. “Every business person I interviewed who practiced kindness was happier, made more money, had more prospects and better publicity. They were generally more productive and fulfilled”, says Jill in her book The Profit of…
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Sales Transform 2018
I want to become an auctioneer, where should I start?
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Belle Property Commercial launch major Adelaide operation
Belle Property has launched Property Commercial in Adelaide, SA. With a solid residential footprint in Adelaide, Belle Property Adelaide consortium leader Calvin Lai said the move into commercial is part of a long-term strategic plan. “We see a tremendous opportunity in the commercial property market. Having already been involved in major projects and development site sales, we know the sector…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
NGU Real Estate launches in Toowoomba
NGU Real Estate continues its successful expansion with the launch of its seventh office in one of Queensland’s most beautiful cities. NGU Real Estate Toowoomba will be led by director Robbie Witt, a born and bred local with a background in representative rugby league. “I’m greatly looking forward to assisting Toowoomba residents sell and buy property,” Mr Witt said. “The…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
RE/MAX Living comes to Burpengary
Combining new and familiar faces, an ongoing high degree of local market expertise, and consistency of service, RE/MAX Living is now the name of the long-time established RE/MAX Ultimate in Burpengary. Well-known local community identity, businesswoman and licensed real estate agent, Kathy Sweeney, will build on the success of the real estate business as she brings all her business acumen…
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Mastering the digital interview with Chris Helder
In an online world, the ‘digital interview’ has the potential to make or break an agent’s connection with their customer. And it’s this arena that international speaker and body language expert Chris Helder will be focusing on when he joins the expert line-up at Digital Live 2018. Looking specifically at the medium of video, Mr Helder will offer agents all…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Courtney and Stephen Antico join Richardson & Wrench Bondi Junction
Andre Frack, principal of R&W Bondi Junction, is delighted to welcome dynamic husband and wife team, Courtney and Stephen Antico, to the established business. Real estate brought Courtney and Stephen together and it continues to be central to their peronsal and professional lives. Ms Antico has been in the industry since the age of 19, starting in property management at…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Ray White owner raising money to help sick children
Ray White Toronto owner Paul Wrigley is spending this week driving in his 1966 Holden HR rally car around NSW on his fourth Variety Bush Bash to help raise money for sick children. Mr Wrigley, who has owned Ray White Toronto/Wangi for more than 18 years, is one of those men who provides an iron clad service guarantee with everything…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Realmark launch artificial intelligence platform for property management
Realmark has launched a new platform called, RealmarkFIX rolling out to all tenants and owners giving 24/7 access and transparency to maintenance. RealmarkFIX is an industry first for property management. The platform is artificial intelligence lead and probes the tenant for information to assess the problem, it then offers solution-based how-to guides to aid instant results before escalating it via…
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Elite Agent
Megan Jaffe: The Human Connection
Megan Jaffe learnt an invaluable lesson early in her working life: Be true to yourself. It was a message that came to her time and again in the final words of the patients she nursed as a young health professional, and it’s a philosophy she continues as she leads Australasia’s most successful real estate agency, Ray White Remuera. The industries may…
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TECH + SOCIAL
Kylie Davis: What makes big data so big?
Every real estate agent has a database – even if it’s just the names of people you’ve formerly done business with sitting in your mobile phone. From old-school Rolodexes to high-end computer programs that automatically send emails and respond to queries, a database is an essential tool in every agent’s kit. So when the conversation turns to the concept of…
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OPINION
The results are in, the investor crackdown has hit hard: Nick Bendel
No, you’re not going crazy – investors really have been piling out of the market in a big way. The latest seasonally adjusted figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics prove the point, with investment lending in March 2018 falling to its lowest level since January 2016. The value of investment finance commitments dropped 9.0 per cent over the month…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Adam Downes’ new national role as Head of Performance Management
Australasia’s leading property group has promoted one of its top lieutenants to a new national role as Head of Performance Management. Adam Downes, currently Ray White’s head of agency operations in Queensland and a gun auctioneer, will start his new role on July 1 after designing a benchmarking program called Pulse for all of the group’s business owners to measure…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
@realty welcomes Jessica Taylor and Brian McKiernan to its network
@realty has recruited Jessica Taylor as a specialist agent for the fast-growing Illawarra region, and specialist agent Brian McKiernan to service the Perth market. JESSICA TAYLOR Ms Taylor joins @realty as a licensed real estate agent, licensed stock and station agent and auctioneer, with experience selling farms and rural property through her previous role as director of a South Coast…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Sisters make presence known with RE/MAX Revolution
Experienced real estate duo, Eiles and Brittany Hunt, have cemented their place in the popular Brisbane south-side market of Shailer Park and surrounding suburbs, securing ten properties under contract in a two-week period. The two opened RE/MAX Revolution this month with a commitment to strongly representing the RE/MAX brand and gain a reputation of exceptional service for their real estate…
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Episode 46: How to prepare for what’s next with Michael McQueen
Guest Interview: Samantha McLean talks to speaker, author and futurist Michael McQueen about the key factors currently shaping society, the main sources of disruption in real estate, and how new innovations (chatbots, driverless cars, Blockchain, affordability) will impact the industry and our lives. ‘Elevate’ is the official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers,…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Queensland ‘A List’ agent joins Ray White Marsden
ONE of Queensland’s top real estate agents is looking forward to taking her business to the next level after joining Ray White Marsden. Jess Nguyen is in the top one per cent of high performing agents across the state, with more than ten years’ experience in selling properties throughout the Logan region. “Our business has been built on transparency and…
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FRANCHISE NEWS
Robert Maher makes the move to @realty
One of Australia’s top performing real estate agents, Robert Maher, has joined @realty, a national real estate network, which has signed more than 500 agents to its banner over the past four years. Mr Maher has been ranked in the top two per cent of Australian real estate agents by sales volume, and has moved to @realty. Mr Maher says…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
realestate.com.au launches Match – matching consumers with agents
realestate.com.au today launched Agent Match, a digital experience connecting sellers to agents on realestate.com.au. Agent Match connects agents with realestate.com.au’s audience of sellers who are interested in finding an agent to sell their property, providing appraisal opportunities and the chance to pitch for their listings. How does Agent Match work? realestate.com.au targets sellers and sends them to seller content on…
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Every Agent Has a Story
Every Agent Has a Story: Andrew McSweeny
This story comes from Andrew McSweeny, Principal at Ray White Carina, who shares the key lessons he learned during his first sale under his family’s office. Be attentive and ask the right questions to know exactly what your customer wants and needs are Follow the process in place for your transactions; be mindful you may miss something if its structure…
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