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OBrien Real Estate celebrates cultural diversity in the industry
Melbourne-based OBrien Real Estate, a boutique agency with a 27-office network of over 300 people, is strong on multiculturalism. On 21 March 2019, the group celebrated its diversity with a meeting recognising an important part of the group’s uniqueness. It was a special time to come together to appreciate one another’s values and differences. “The gathering of our people was…
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AREC 2018 Feature Interview: Nicole Gleeson
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:35 A quick rundown of ‘attraction 4.0’ 01:00 What Nicole’s business is built around 01:09 How Nicole builds trust with her clients 01:58 Three seconds is all a client needs to decide if they want to know you or not 02:36 Nicole’s take away message for agents More from AREC 2018
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World first cryptocurrency auction to take place on the North Coast of NSW
History is set to be made next month on Monday April 8 2019, when James Pratt becomes the first auctioneer to conduct a live cryptocurrency real estate auction. A first also for Australia to be the country to facilitate this. Mr Pratt was asked to collaborate with international heavyweight blockchain corporation NuYen, and cryptocurrency giants Binance to offer interested bidders the…
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Episode 81: Kul Singh – The latest rental research and The ‘Real Ideas’ Prize.
In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, realestate.com.au’s General Manager of Rent, Kul Singh joins Samantha McLean to analyse landlord habits that may surprise you, share his tips on how you can stand out as the go-to property manager of choice and he also gave us an exclusive look into The Real Ideas Prize. realestate.com.au's groundbreaking new competition that aims to reimagine the…
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AREC 2018 Feature Interview: Peter Fuda
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:38 Why Peter thinks success for most people is closer than they think 01:00 The aggregation of marginal gains 01:50 Leverage and taking the two per cent steps to be a high achiever 03:02 Why seven is the perfect enemy of extraordinary 04:00 Who came second? Nobody knows and nobody cares More from AREC 2018
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Barbara Corcoran: When to ask for a raise
Barbara Corcoran will be speaking at AREC 2019 on the Gold Coast. For more information and tickets visit arecconference.com.
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Episode 80: Tom Panos – Advice for the current market, Whats happening at AREC19, The Leadership Diaries
In this weeks edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to real estate coach Tom Panos about AREC 2019. The two-day extravaganza is not far away and we got Tom, who is once again hosting this year, into the studio to give us the inside scoop of what you can expect from the…
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Episode 79: How to growth hack your business like Uber and Facebook with Anton Babkov
Want to hack your way to growth like the big guns of Silicon Valley? In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, Anton Babkov, CEO of Rexlabs, explains the mechanics of how to use the measurement tool they use - The North Star Metric or NSM.
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AREC 2018 Feature Interview: Gavin Rubinstein
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 01:08 A regular day in the life of Gavin Rubinstein 01:48 Focus on your strengths and delegate your weaknesses 02:17 Remember to never get complacent or rest on your laurels 03:36 How to have the hard conversations with your clients 04:54 The secret to standing out from the crowd More from AREC 2018
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Online auction sees the industry’s finest coaching talent up for bids
Never one to shy away from a challenge, REA Director of Industry Relations and Digital Live founder Steve Carroll has upped the ante in his efforts to raise funds for disadvantaged children, with his eye now firmly fixed on a $100,000 fundraising target that will go to the charity Hands Across the Water. Last year, Steve joined forces with some…
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Laing+Simmons springboard into action
Exclusively free to Laing+Simmons office principals and their teams, as well as team members from Laing+Simmons’ parent company Dexar Group, Springboard is the company’s annual “planning day on steroids”. It is designed to encourage and empower team members, providing an opportunity for everyone in the network to hear directly from leading industry speakers and understand how they achieve success in…
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AREC 2018 Feature Interview: Alexander Phillips and Pru Kelly
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:46 Why Alex believes continuous learning is key/what pushes him to grow 1:13 The constant state of growth and the roles that Pru and Alex play within that 2:14 Play to your strengths, get other people to do things you are not good at 3:35 Alex makes roughly 900 calls per week with support by the team 3:56…
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Episode 78: Pancho Mehrotra on motivation and how your mindset determines your outcome
Having the right mindset can either make or break your chance of success at achieving your goals. In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Pancho Mehrotra, CEO of Frontier Performance, breaks down the science of motivation, decision making and the difference between the wrong kind of stress and the right kind of stress to help you achieve whatever you…
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Episode 77: Reducing waste in your business – John Knight
In a changing market, you might be thinking you need to cut costs. But that’s not necessarily the case, says Business Depot CEO, John Knight. It is better, he says to think about cutting waste and getting as productive as possible.
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Episode 76: How’s the market? With special guest Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at realestate.com.au
“How’s the market?” It’s a question agents get asked a lot, not just by clients but by friends, family and the community. This week REA released their Demand Index for the last quarter of 2018 showing clearly that different areas are experiencing very different conditions. Our guest this week is Chief Economist at realestate.com.au Nerida Consibee who is the author…
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Market likely to correct, not crash, in 2019 says realestate.com.au
Today realestate.com.au launched its quarterly Property Outlook – January 2019 report (October to December 2018), analysing more than 80 million property searches. While the worst may not be quite over for Sydney and Melbourne, conditions remain highly variable across the country, year-on-year declines in Melbourne (-1.48%) and Sydney (-5.93%) look to be far less severe than many are reporting. Hobart,…
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Episode 75: Leading with heart and innovation: Peter Baines OAM
While you might not be familiar with the work of Peter Bains OAM many of you will clearly remember where you were when you heard about the Bali Bombings in 2002 or the Boxing Day Tsunami in Thailand in 2004. The identification of victims of both of those disasters fell to those who were first on the ground, in many…
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Episode 74: Christmas special with Rik Rushton – 2018 in review and thriving in 2019
2018 is a year that has delivered winds of change travelling as fast as a Glenn McGrath Bouncer - cricket metaphor intended! It started in January with John McGrath ‘getting the band back’ together and this week’s guest Rik Rushton at the same time released a book called “The Power of Connection”. In this podcast, Samantha McLean takes Rik along…
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2018: A year in the life of Elite Agent
The last 12 months in real estate have brought with them a great deal of amazing content for real estate professionals on Elite Agent – here are some of our highlights! Rock on in 2019 #eliteagent (and thankyou for making 2018 wonder-fallll) Want to see your video featured here? Send in your property videos to editor@eliteagent.com… More videos of the…
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Episode 73: Cameron Nicholls – Setting up and succeeding in a competitive market
One of the questions we get asked most at Elite Agent is about how much it costs to go into business in real estate on your own, Cameron Nichols of Nicholls and Co did just that about four years ago, at the age of 27. Although he’s had his ups and downs along the way, Cameron has carved himself a…
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Episode 72: Keller Williams – From Training Company to Tech Company with Angie Ponsell
This week our guest, Angie Ponsell is from Keller Williams in Atlanta, Georgia. Angie Ponsell has been with the company for all of her 17 years in real estate and she says Keller Williams has always been more of a training company than a traditional real estate ‘franchise’. But under the stewardship of industry legend Gary Keller the company is…
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Episode 71: First National Group CEO Ray Ellis – global trends and industry predictions for 2019
In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Ray Ellis, CEO of First National Real Estate network, about the NAR 2018 which is held in Boston. Their important takeaways, new expo trends, and lessons Australia's real estate industry can learn from the National Association of Realtors plus, the future of First National taking into account the…
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Video of the Week – Jingle bells on the beat
Want to see your video featured here? Send in your property videos to editor@eliteagent.com… More videos of the week
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Episode 70: Compass, Leonard Steinberg and the future of real estate
Compass are a name on everyone’s lips right now, whether it’s to do with technology, attracting top talent, making acquisitions or simply raising capital. For this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, we are in a New York State of Mind with Samantha McLean meeting Chief Evangelist of Compass Real Estate, Leonard Steinberg who talks about how they attract top…
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Episode 69: Gina McCartney’s tips on lead generation and conversion, maintaining balance in leadership + marketing predictions for 2019
In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to Gina McCartney, Executive GM of Marketing and Events at realestate.com.au, about digital marketing, lead generation and conversion plus her own leadership journey, some marketing predictions -- and what's next for the Edge (Elevate, Match and Reach) product series.
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Winners announced for the third Annual REA Excellence Awards
Twenty-one winners were honoured at the third Annual REA Excellence Awards (AREAs) in Sydney last night. Recognising the most innovative, community-minded and highest-achieving individuals and businesses in property and media, awards were presented across the categories of Innovation, Service & Marketing Excellence and Community. This year saw the introduction of three new Gold AREA awards – Agent of the Year,…
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Episode 68: Edward Smyth and Karen Stewart on building a team and playing to your strengths
On paper Edward Smyth and Karen Stewart’s partnership seems peculiar. Coming from very different backgrounds, Karen has been in real estate for 15 years on the Gold Coast whereas Ed joined the industry just two years ago after working as an investment banker in the UK, it’s hard to see how their styles would mesh. But in this episode of…
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NAR Day 4: Where everyone knows your name
More from this series: Converting Online Leads, the 5 Second Rule, Video hacks and more How to Build a Long and Successful Career in Real Estate Protecting your fee and how consumers see value
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Protecting your fee and how consumers see value
Transform Digital – NEXT ROUND starts November 15
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Converting Online Leads, the 5 Second Rule, Video hacks and more
Transform Digital – NEXT ROUND starts November 15
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Episode 67: Stefanie Dobro’s tips on building trust and closing more deals
In the last few months, there has been a fair bit of talk about the “changed market” but it’s been a challenge over in the west for some time now, where agents have needed to put their all into getting deals together. In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Stefanie Dobro, a top performing agent…
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How Dexar Group are capitalising on AI
On 10 August this year, Dexar Group unveiled its first sales project involving artificial intelligence. Launched at The Grounds development in Canberra, the initiative saw a virtual assistant employed to handle initial sales queries and assist in providing real-time information. Within two hours of the site’s launch, the team had its first sales lead. By Wednesday the following week more…
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Episode 66: Investors and short term letting – one size does not fit all
In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Mike Johnson of MadeComfy, a short-term letting platform. Many of your investor clients out there have probably heard stories from colleagues and friends about how much money can be made on places like Airbnb and Booking.com, but not every property and every situation will bring high returns --…
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