Real Estate Agent Events
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Rent Roll Starter launches new social media marketing training program
Rent Roll Starter has launched a free social media marketing-focused training event called The Social Summit.
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Australasian Auctioneering Championships postponed until 2022
REIA and the REINZ announced the postponement of the Australasian Auctioneering Championships (AUSTROS) until 2022.
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Openn Negotiation announces their Excellence Awards winners
Australian real estate tech platform Openn Negotiation has virtually held their fourth annual awards night, announcing their 2021 Excellence Award winners. The night celebrated the agents and agencies achieving outstanding success using the digital sales platform, which recently listed on the ASX. Queensland agent Brad Scott, Principal of Smart Real Estate, was a stand-out winner this year. He received multiple…
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REA Group partners with Realtair to support agent development
REA Group, alongside its partner Realtair, is offering customers complimentary six-week memberships to the interactive Complete Salesperson Digital course. The offer comes while a large segment of Australia’s property market remains in lockdown and unable to conduct in-person interactions. REA Group General Manager Residential, Simon Hope said REA is committed to supporting customers and values the importance of taking time…
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New webinar reveals how to successfully prioritise agency legals
O*No Legal founding director Kristen Porter will explain in an upcoming webinar why the biggest challenge real estate agent principles, head of operations, or business owners face is protecting their most valuable asset - their agency.
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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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REIA to host ‘getting real’ policy forum to address housing issues
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) will meet with key political and industry leaders in Darwin on June 9 to present Getting Real, REIA's 2021 Strategic Policy Forum sponsored by realestate.com.au
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Top 10 takeaways from AREC 2021 – Day 2
A host of great insights and takeaways were on offer on Day 2 of AREC 2021. Here are our top 10 takeaways...
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Top takeaways from AREC 2021 – Day 1
For the first time, AREC’s program combined three key industry-specific streams – residential sales, property management and mortgage broking. At the halfway point of the two-day event, we thought we’d share our top 10 takeaways from Day 1.
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Only virtual tickets remaining for AREC 2021 as on-site allocation exhausted
It’s less than a week until AREC 2021 kicks off and organisers have reported that on-site tickets for the recent have now sold out.
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PPM National Property Management Awards goes virtual
June’s PPM National Property Management Conference may have been postponed but the National Property Management Industry Awards are set to proceed virtually.
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Perth’s property management sector set to celebrate with June’s PM Collective Summit
Perth property management sector is set to celebrate its success, with an industry-specific conference scheduled for next month.
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The biggest Privacy Act mistake you need to avoid
Oh, no! You don’t comply with the Privacy Act as you have been told you don’t need to, but you have fallen into the biggest privacy trap out there.
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The coast is clear for AREC’s return next month
This year’s Australasian Real Estate Conference (AREC) is kicking off next month, with 43 speakers from Australia and overseas booked for the two-day event on the Gold Coast.
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Sherrie Storor masterminds new program for high performers
Building a business that is profitable, with healthy revenue margins, encompasses a high-performing team, is structured, enables you to develop your leadership skills and allows you to build wealth and legacy and provides you with freedom is all within reach.
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Control the controllables: Matt Lahood
He’s one of the most-talked-about figures in the Australian real estate industry and The Agency’s CEO Matt Lahood lives by the motto “great leaders are those that empower and inspire others”.
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Heidi Howe of Harcourts St Helens named winner of Transform 2021
Heidi Howe, Director and property representative of Harcourts St Helen’s office, in Tasmania, has been named the winner of Elite Agent’s Transform challenge for 2021.
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‘The Event’ on the Gold Coast nets more than $35m in sales
More than $35m worth of Gold Coast property was sold at a massive annual auction held by the Ray White Surfers Paradise Group.
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Homely signs on as a major sponsor for Transform 2021
Homely says that after a fantastic response and positive feedback from agents and property managers who attended Transform 2020, they are seizing the opportunity to partner again with Elite Agent.
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Michael Sheargold expands leadership toolkit with Coach the Coach
With a tough year now entering its final stretch, there’s never been a better time for real estate leaders to expand their toolkit and bring out the best in their team, according to renowned real…
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10 ideas that will make you more successful in real estate sales: Alex Mintorn
Over the past nine years, Alex Mintorn has become one of the leading agents on Sydney’s Upper North Shore. He is also one of the top four agents in the McGrath network of more than 900 agents Australia-wide. Along with his partner, Maddie Stock, they have been involved in more than 79 sales, worth almost $150m with average days on…
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How to sell a property every 1.7 days: Tom Hector
At the age of 28, Tom Hector is already a veteran in the industry. He got his big break when he was still a teenager, winning the 2008 South Australian Auction Idol competition, and has never looked back. Having pressed pause on the plumbing apprenticeship he took up after leaving year 12, his success in the industry means he is…
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Top 10 Takeaways from AREC 2019 – Day 1
Todd Duncan – High trust selling Takeaway 1: “When you create trust, have confidence, and connect emotionally, you have less pricing pressure and greater sales growth.” In a keynote speech on high-trust selling that covered everything from confidence to finding the right clients, US sales entrepreneur and real estate broker Todd Duncan noted trust was an agent’s “superpower”. “Trust is…
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Top takeaways from AREC 2019 – Day 2
Barbara Corcoran – The common traits of great superstars Takeaway 1: “Real estate is an entirely fair business. The better you are, the more you are paid. You are not getting anything you don’t deserve.” Day 2 of AREC kicked off with a lively satellite presentation from New York real estate queen Barbara Corcoran, who offered her insight into trust,…
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Your most valuable clients: Fiona Blayney
In the final instalment of our Transform/19 highlights series coach Fiona Blayney is back to examine how the 80/20 principle can be applied to your customers. Fiona gives her best advice on accurately determining the return on investment of every client and how you can improve - in every area - of the four segments of employment and functionality within…
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Building your database from scratch: David Stewart
In this instalment of our Transform/19 highlights series, coach David Stewart draws on his years of experience as a sales agent and as an innovator in the tech space to advise people on how to effectively build their database from scratch.
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The bottom 20 per cent: Fiona Blayney
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:10 Applying the 80/20 rule to your team on an individual basis 00:51 Determining the reasonable performance level of every person in your organisation 01:25 Lessons of effective delegation from Jack Welch and GE 02:55 Customer satisfaction is the number one metric of a great property management business 04:20 The three reasons why a customer chooses your service…
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Working with the right clients: Claudio Encina
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:10 Categorising your database by what kind of vendors you currently have 02:20 Understanding the difference between positive and negative tension 02:42 How to best eliminate risks which prevent people from taking action 04:24 How to work with expired listings 05:55 Understanding and defining what the ‘A grade’ buyer and seller you want to work with looks like.
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Overcoming call reluctance: Jet Xavier
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:10 What studies say about agents not putting themselves out there 00:36 It’s all mental, how the brain creates limitations 01:31 What you tolerate, you accept 01:50 You need to accept that changing your behavior will be hard 02:19 Asking the right questions is the best way to find a solution 02:45 How agents should think about interacting…
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Walking a mile in the client’s shoes: Andy Reid
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:10 Andy’s most valuable transferable skill from hospitality to homes 00:50 The little things you pick up from analysing your product in the eyes of a client 03:21 The 10 second rule for initiating interactions and why it works 05:10 How ‘asking questions in motion’ liven up a client interaction to build rapport.
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Productivity in prospecting with buyers and sellers: Caroline Bolderston
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:10 How Caroline views the 80/20 rule and how it applies to real estate 01:03 Coach Caroline explains the concept of “starting from core” 02:09 How the 80/20 rule applies to choosing the most important people you should be speaking to 03:29 Persistence and the benefits of getting curious about who you should be tracking.
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AREC 2018 Feature Interview: Chris Hassall
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:27 Chris’ key messages for his AREC audience 01:11 What the next five years will look like for Chris and where the industry will be 01:38 The human connection versus digital marketing in his experience More from AREC 2018
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