OPINION
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Halloween styling tips for 2022
Halloween is almost here for 2022! Leading Interior Designer and Property Stylist Justine Wilson from Vault Interiors shares her tips to create a spooky vibe with a focus on the ‘Witches Kitchen’ this year.
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Darren Krakowiak: A two-step antidote to defeat negativity
There's an antidote to all the doom-and-gloom forecasts that are currently going around amid the change in economic conditions. Darren Krakowiak shares it here.
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You didn’t come this far to only come this far
When you started out in real estate, what did you imagine? Chances are you knew it would take work, commitment, and an unwavering belief in yourself to carve out a niche in an industry that can be tough but incredibly rewarding.
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Andrew Cocks: Half-baked reform falls flat
For a policy that had done the media rounds when it was first put forward in the June Budget, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s “affordability busting” land tax proposal for first home buyers garnered a lot of attention in the past week or so.
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Nigel O’Neil: Opportunity knocks when the tide turns
Post Covid, buyers came out of the blocks waving their wallets and it was very much a case of, ‘if you can list it, the sale will take care of itself'.
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Sydney penthouse trends that hold their value
Nothing beats the view from on high! Despite a slowing market, it’s still been a landmark year for Sydney penthouse sales.
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Time use survey shows a more relaxed lifestyle in most, but not all, of regional Australia
Every 15 years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts a time use survey. Around 2,000 households are given diaries to record how they spend their time.
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If you don’t plan your exit, you plan to fail
I often hear from agency principals that the bulk of the goodwill and value of their business is directly tied to them – in other words, if they were to exit, so too would that goodwill value. That’s why it’s critical to have someone lined up – experienced and appropriate hands – to take over and run your business if…
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Why reducing your fees is not the answer
I recently attended a seminar presented by REISA, Macquarie Bank and BDO. Drawing from the research that was presented, I would like to share my observations on what is happening in the current market, and how you can prepare your agency for a possible downturn.
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Manos Findikakis: How small actions can lead to big wins
Have you ever stood at the bottom of a lengthy staircase and been overwhelmed by the long journey to reach the top? Real estate can feel like that from time to time.
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What is the biggest opportunity in property right now?
There is an old piece of investment advice that specifies that you should buy when the market is down and sell when it is up.
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Tim Snell: How to build a team that stays with you
Everyone is leaving you. It’s just a matter of time.
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How much does renovating add to the value of your home?
The level of renovation activity has slowed a little bit since the start of the year, driven by rising interest rates and difficulties in finding builders.
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Tiffany Bowtell: Tenants a prime source for business leads
In property management, just as in property sales, you have to focus on looking after your customers.
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Four predictions about the future of commercial real estate
Don't you wish you had a crystal ball that could tell you, with clarity, what the future holds for the commercial real estate market?
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Real estate is the business of finding solutions
Sure, as real estate agents we transact properties. That's the core function of our job. But that's not necessarily the true business that we're in.
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Michael Choi: Five strategies to double your income
Michael Choi, founder of national real estate network Area Specialist, explains 5 ways you can double your commission income in the next 12 months.
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The importance of your client’s data – has your agency been breached?
Your client data is important to you, but it’s also important to them. That’s why there are laws in place to protect them.
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Fiona Blayney: The silver linings playbook
Sometimes it can be hard to find the silver lining when you fail at something. But as Fiona Blayney explains, there are some steps you can take to make the best of a bad situation.
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James Leslie: No second prize in real estate
When James Leslie's appraisal to listing ratio dropped and three potential clients had the exact same reason for not selecting him as their agent, he knew he had to make a change.
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Manos Findikakis: Does your database excite you?
'Great bones', 'solid foundations' and 'a timeless design'. As agents we use these terms often, with an eye for properties that have the right foundations and are set to stand the test of time.
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Three examples of why to consider business insurance
Whether you’re selling luxury condos in the Gold Coast or helping a family sell their home in the suburbs for a great price, business insurance is something every real estate business needs to think about.
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Andrew Cocks: Uncertain times require certainty from leaders
Business needs certainty. It enables sound evidence-based commercial decisions to be made along with the ability to plan ahead.
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More jobs than people? Where we are set to see the worst housing shortages
For the first time ever, there are now almost as many advertised vacant jobs as there are unemployed people and the unemployment rate continues to trend downwards.
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Manos Findikakis: What car racing and real estate have in common
Way back when we established Australia's first multi-brand network in 2015, we had two key beliefs front of mind.
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Tiffany Bowtell: How the human touch solves office headaches
Automatic communications are becoming standard practice in business but sometimes we really miss the nuances that come with talking to real, live humans.
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Hannah Gill: balancing the benefits and risks of innovation
Hannah Gill explores why innovation is essential to real estate, and how you can embrace the failures that come with doing something different and turn them into lessons.
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Why today’s Australian property market is a real auction market
As an agent, you know auctions have been the key selling method over the past few years.
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Manos Findikakis: how to activate your success strategy
Every day in real estate is game day. It's the chance to expand your business, raise your profile, and meet more people, with the singular aim of listing and selling more properties.
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Nerida Conisbee: rent control isn’t the answer to the rental crisis
There are almost twice as many people under rental stress than those experiencing mortgage stress, with ‘stress’ defined as spending more than 30 per cent of household income on rental or mortgage payments. In the most recent Census of Population and Housing conducted in 2021, there were 915,000 households spending more than 30 per cent of their income on rental…
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Ellen Bathgate: the devil is in the detail
It's no secret that property managers are busy. More than busy. So it's easy to understand why you might be tempted to make life a little easier for yourself and do a 'good enough' job on some tasks.
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Will Gosse: Why authenticity and identity are key for aspiring young leaders
If you're a millennial, you will likely have grown up believing you could be and achieve you set your mind to. If you're a millennial and reading this, chances are that it’s this belief that’s helped propel your career forward in real estate - Australia’s biggest industry.
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Manos Findikakis: how to achieve real estate success one client at a time
As much as real estate success involves goal setting and reverse engineering, the simple reality is it's all about serving one client at a time in the knowledge small steps add up to create momentum.
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Tim Snell: why failure is the centrepiece of success
An unfortunate lesson I’ve come to terms with, is that watching Tiger Woods play golf isn’t making me a better golfer.
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