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Elite Agent
You win or you learn
Real estate is a tough gig mentally, emotionally and sometimes physically too. Taking time out to focus on yourself outside of work hours can make a world of difference to how well you perform when you’re on the clock and the pressure is on. For many successful agents, the best ‘R&R’ is exercise, and they find the practice of religiously…
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Brand Editorial
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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Brand Editorial
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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Brand Editorial
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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Brand Editorial
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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Real Estate News
Brad Henderson launches new Adelaide agency with a marketing twist
Sales agent and auctioneer Brad Henderson has opened new boutique agency BHEN & CO Real Estate, in Adelaide. Currently staffed with a team of five, BHEN & CO offers a full range of services including sales, rental management, market value appraisals, development advice, and buyer assistance. When making the decision to go it alone, Mr Henderson admitted he held some…
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AREC2018 EA Studio
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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EPM
Corey Rotunno-Grant: Customers come first
What was your first job, and what did it teach you? McDonald’s Bondi Junction where I learnt that customers always come first as without customers we don’t have a business. While we need to set boundaries with our clients, they need to be treated as if they are our only client, whether that be a landlord, tenant or contractor. What…
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Real Estate News
Victorian high-achiever Anton Zhouk is set to go it alone
Victoria high-achiever Anton Zhouk has recently announced the launch of his own agency, Anton Zhouk. Based in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn, Mr Zhouk said he chose to set up shop there because he loves the area and would like to offer the client base something different. “We have no interest in being known as the agency who sells the…
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Brand Editorial
Smoke alarms: What you need to know
A smoke alarm provides the best opportunity to detect fire, protect investments and save lives. Regular smoke alarm maintenance is required to make sure all alarms are functioning optimally. SMOKE ALARM TYPES There are many types of smoke alarms, and the basic terminology you need to know is photoelectric or ionisation, hard-wired, radio frequency or battery operated. Most Fire Services…
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Real Estate News
Rising star Domenic Maxwell joins Ray White Upper North Shore
Ray White Upper North Shore has bolstered its sales team with the addition of Domenic Maxwell. Mr Maxwell recently made the switch from McGrath Wahroonga alongside sales assistant Alex Connors. In an interview with Managing Director of Ray White Group, Dan White, Mr Maxwell said he changed agencies to take advantage of the various opportunities on offer “I saw an…
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EPM
Having a ball: 60 years of life, love and real estate
Luton grew up on a cattle and sheep farm near Adaminaby in New South Wales, where he learned the true meaning of hard work. Working on the farm before and after school every day, plus all weekend, taught him solid values around work and money. “My parents were the average Snowy Mountains sheep farmers,” says Luton. “What they gave me…
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AREC2018 EA Studio
AREC 2018 Feature Interview: Josh Phegan
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:32 What great agents do, according to Josh 00:47 Josh’s top tip on successfully navigating hard conversations with a client 01:48 Obstacles preventing agents from growth and how to overcome them More from AREC 2018
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Real Estate News
Catalano acquires regional mastheads from Nine
Nine Entertainment has announced the sale of its Australian Community Media (ACM) assets to former Domain CEO, Antony Catalano and Alex Waislitz of Thorney Investment Group. Mr Catalano and Mr Waislitz acquired 170 regional and country mastheads including The Canberra Times, The Border Mail, The Courier Mail, The Land and Queensland Country Life. The cash proceeds of the sale are…
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Real Estate News
App developer turning house pictures into 3D models raises US$87 million dollars
San Francisco app developer Hover announce they have now successfully raised US$87 million to turn photos of houses into 3D models. The capital raised will go towards growing the company’s team and continue to develop the cloud-based platform, which takes smartphone photos of houses and creates a fully measured, customisable 3D model that clients can use to make estimations of…
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AREC2018 EA Studio
AREC 2018 Feature Interview: James Tostevin
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:37 How James maintains the high of AREC after it’s over 01:11 His evolving systems and processes through the years 02:07 The structure of his team 02:41 The benefits of being good to your team 03:24 James’ favourite AREC speakers. More from AREC 2018
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Elite Agent
50 lessons that will make you a better leader
The Leadership Diaries, an exclusive set of Elite Agent podcast interviews, turns one next month. Over the past 12 months, and with much more still to come, we’ve discovered leadership is a skill, an art and an essential ingredient for your business to achieve growth. To celebrate the milestone we’ve put together, in no particular order, our top 50 tips…
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EPM
Diamondz are forever
It was 2008 when Jack Fontana experienced a critical epiphany in his career and personal life. He’d been in real estate since 1999, first in property management and then sales, but without listings on the books and with a baby on the way things were looking dire. “I was at a point where I had a daughter due in about…
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AREC2018 EA Studio
AREC 2018 Feature Interview: Brendan Pomponio
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:24 How Brendan created his own wolf pack 01:00 Linking arms when someone joins the team 01:55 EBUs (Effective Business Unit) and organically growing your team 03:10 A different approach to BDMs and property management More from AREC 2018
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Real Estate News
Queensland group of LJ Hooker agencies unveil centralised operations in new Robina HQ
A group of LJ Hooker agencies have made a $2.05 million investment in the central Gold Coast market, purchasing a Robina headquarters to cater for growth in its hinterland-to-coast operation. LJ Hooker Burleigh Heads directors David Manby and Raymond Pienaar say the move is central to their growth strategy for 2019, which aims to increase the number of sales, property…
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Elite Agent
Neil Webster: Breaking the mould
What was your first job and what did it teach you? My first job was working behind the bar at the local tennis club. It taught me many things that have proven to be invaluable in my working life, namely risk assessment, customer service, multi-tasking and communication skills. The last factor has been the major one. If you can deal…
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Elite Agent
Behind the suits
You’ve made a name for yourselves with ‘Behind the Suits’. Why a podcast? Adam: Bobby’s mission was to change the negative connotation of real estate agents one person at a time. My challenge to Bobby was to think of a universal way to target more people at once. Most people think you need to be granted permission to do a…
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Real Estate News
Three important takeaways from Momentum 2019
The Momentum 2019 series, presented by realestate.com.au, has wrapped up for another year and attendees were treated to some stellar advice that’s sure to amplify productivity throughout the rest of the year. Hitting all the major capitals and taking a quick detour to Wagga Wagga, this year’s event headliners brought out the big guns for their presentations. Motivational speaker Yossi…
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AREC2018 EA Studio
AREC 2018 Feature Interview: Cathy Berenberg
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 00:28 Cathy’s impressions of AREC 2018 and the Gold Coast 00:58 How AREC stands up on the world stage 01:36 Some of Cathy’s top take home messages from her favourite 2018 speakers 02:54 Cathy’s AREC experience in one word More from AREC 2018
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Real Estate News
Colliers International ACT to expand with a new office in the Civic Quarter
After recently taking out the 2019 Real Estate Institute of Australia Commercial Agency of the Year, Colliers International ACT has outgrown its current office space and will move into the A-Grade Civic Quarter (CQ) when it is completed later this year. “Our business has continually performed strongly year-on-year and this has allowed us to continue to welcome new members to…
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Real Estate News
Hello Alfred, can you find me a cleaner?
Everyday we hear about a new platform which is leading the charge in making property management easier. Earlier this week, Hello Alfred announced an in-app assistant program which sets up building managers to a range of services for easier up keep. The Hello Alfred app provides apartment residents with on-request services from cleaning, grocery delivery, prescription refills and tech support,…
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EPM
Property Management Performer: Maria Page
Real estate may seem a world away from amateur theatre, but not for Maria Page, Director of Property Management at Barry Plant Mitchell Sunbury. Here she explains to Elite PM how the confidence she gained during her time on stage stands her in good stead as a property manager. After 15 years as a property manager, Maria has certainly seen…
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Real Estate News
RE/MAX Precision’s Scott Mackey recognised as one of regional Queensland’s most influential people
The Power 50 is a list of ‘movers, shakers and shapers’ put together by News Mail in association with Central Queensland University. More than 100 names were put forward for consideration in the selection of the region’s most influential, which were then reduced to a top 50. Scott Mackey rounded off the list last year at #50 and this year…
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Real Estate News
Ray White wraps up biannual training event, Ignite 19
Ray White have kicked off the first quarter of 2019 with a bang, holding its biannual training event, Ignite19, in each capital city earlier this month. The exciting program features inspirational keynote speakers as well as special sessions to help agents excel. The focal messages of this year’s Ignite were to live a life beyond fear and how to adapt…
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AREC2018 EA Studio
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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NSW Real Estate News
Peake Agency honour founder Christine Peake after taking home dual ARERA awards
The annual Australasian Real Estate Results Awards (ARERAs), honouring the top real estate network results in 2018, was held on 25 February 2019 in Sydney. We caught up exclusively with the team at Peake Agency after being awarded the Marketing Campaign of the Year and Boutique of the Year awards collectively. Coming off a win from last year’s ARERA awards…
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Real Estate News
CoreLogic Home Value Index: Downward trend continues in February
CoreLogic released its February home value index results showing a a fall of 0.7%, across the combined capitals increasing the cumulative decline to -6.8% since values last peaked in October 2017. Head of research at CoreLogic, Tim Lawless said, “The fact that we are seeing weakening housing market conditions across regions where home values were previously rising at a sustainable…
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Real Estate News
rent.com.au release half-year report
rent.com.au (ASX:RNT) released their half-year results this week, showing improved revenue for 2018 was $1.05 million with a net EBITDA loss of $1.3 million, a 21.5 per cent improvement on losses reported in the previous financial year. The Group say they have continued to realise a savings benefit from ongoing search engine optimisation and other work done in previous periods…
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Real Estate News
RE/MAX names Cyndi Ward as an everyday hero
Cyndi Ward spoke exclusively with Elite Agent, giving us a glimpse into why she was chosen to receive the prestigious and heartfelt Everyday Hero title, which has only been awarded once before. It’s not every day that you come across a hero, but then again, chances are you may not have even known it. The Gladstone property manager and business owner is…
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AREC2018 EA Studio
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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