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Electricity optimiser PowerX closes US$4m seed round, including investments from SpaceX and Tesla
AI company PowerX, which uses AI to optimise home-owner’s electricity, gas and water usage announced a $4 million investment from SpringTide Capital, Antler Global, and senior executives from Tesla and SpaceX. The announcement reads: PowerX, a tech startup on a mission to prove that saving the environment and saving money can go hand in hand, today announced a $4 million investment from SpringTide…
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REA announces carbon neutral certification
REA Group has announced it is now a carbon neutral organisation after completing the Climate Active certification process for its FY20 carbon footprint. REA’s carbon neutrality was achieved with the introduction of initiatives that directly reduce emissions across the business and by offsetting 100% of the remaining carbon footprint. This year, REA has invested in carbon offset reforestation, renewable energy…
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How to create next level digital proposals
It can be hard to know where to start when selecting digital proposal software. Bill Shields explains the must-have features you should look out for and how they can help you win your next listing. The newest wave of digital proposal software gives you an unprecedented opportunity to create and deliver polished, personalised introductions that remind potential clients why you…
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Nick Brown: The reality of reviews
A property manager's job is never easy, but what happens when a bad review turns up online? Nick Brown offers some tips on responding and what you can do to set the record straight.
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Joel Davoren: When is it wrong to focus on bragging rights?
Real estate as an industry is very focused on talking about records, and now more than ever! We do it because we are proud of what we do and what we achieve.
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Manos Findikakis: Leads, leads and more leads
Early in my real estate career, I heard this statement from a good friend & colleague which really resonated with me.
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Imogen Callister: Mastering content curation
Standing out in the social media crowd is essential for your personal and business brand. Imogen Callister takes a look at the best tools to help you curate your content with ease.
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Paying it forward: 30 minutes with Stu Benson
There's nothing Stu Benson loves more than a live auction. An industry expert synonymous with the sales technique in Sydney's north-west, Stu has weathered the COVID-19 storm to have his best quarter yet at the end of 2020.
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Andrew Cocks: First-home buyers seize the moment
In the past few months, calls for the Reserve Bank to 'do something' about runaway house prices have become louder, ignoring Governor Philip Lowe’s repeated response that it is not the job of the central bank to meddle with house prices.
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Ellen Farley: Owning the digital space
As a senior digital strategist with LJ Hooker, Ellen Farley knows a thing or two about navigating the online landscape.
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Image of health: How a new model helped group reach new heights
It’s clear there is strong demand from agents keen to create their own success, with our agency team at Image Property soaring by a staggering 540 per cent in just six months.
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Fiona Blayney: Treading a new path
Fiona Blayney reflects on the tumultuous year that was 2020, what she learnt from it and why two simple questions will help you plan the remainder of the year ahead and make better connections with your clients.
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Travis Williams: ERPs and why you need one in your real estate business
As an agent, your CRM is your lifeblood. It's your phone book, task manager and resource to get what you need now and in the future. But running a business is a whole different ball game.
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Luke Kenyon joins Homely’s Executive Team as Head of Product
One of the nation’s leading industry-backed real estate portals has appointed a new Head of Product, with Homely.com announcing Luke Kenyon has joined its Executive Team to take on the newly created role.
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The value equation: Trish Varker-Miles
Trish Varker-Miles says creating valuable, effective content that educates and builds brand awareness will gather more traction with potential clients.
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Anything is possible: Mat Steinwede on running a high-performance team
Mat Steinwede has been described in many ways over his 25 years in real estate, but one word you’ll never see connected to his name is ‘dictator’.
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Three trends getting results in property management: Tiffany Bowtell
Standing out in a crowded property management marketplace can be hard. Tiffany Bowtell reveals the 'secret formula' that can help your business grow and why automation, artificial intelligence and effective outsourcing solution technology all have a role to play.
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Build-to-rent surge will change apartment living for Australians, but for better or worse?
Australia’s emerging build-to-rent sector is growing — “booming” by some accounts with a 70 per cent jump in value in the past year.
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Simon Pressley: Going against the grain
He’s a three-time REIA Buyer’s Agent of the Year and Australian Real Estate Hall of Fame inductee, and as Managing Director of Propertyology, Simon Pressley has built a well-earned reputation as one of the nation’s most astute property analysts. Simon is renowned for challenging conventional wisdom and has correctly forecast some of the biggest market trends that others in the…
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Finding strength in adversity: John Knight
There's nothing like a worldwide crisis to test a business's resolve and ability to adapt. John Knight examines what great real estate businesses did when the going got tough and what lessons you can adopt at your agency.
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Project fatigue: Manos Findikakis
April signifies the end of the first quarter of 2021 and the beginning of the next. Many businesses and their teams will be conducting their quarterly reviews, what worked, what did not, what milestones they achieved and whether they are on target, on track or off track.
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Creating habits that stick: Hannah Gill
Too often we promise ourselves we will beat a bad habit or replace it with a new, improved version, only to give up trying soon after. Hannah Gill explains why resolutions fail and what you can do to stay on track.
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The trouble with hiring a rainmaker: Pancho Mehrotra
Pancho Mehrotra explores which personality traits are essential when hiring a rainmaker and how to avoid common blindspots to ensure you choose the right agent.
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Why isn’t there a big increase in tiny house living?
Heather Shearer, Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University and Paul Burton, Professor of Urban Management & Planning and Director, Cities Research Institute Griffith University, contributed this article to The Conversation. The original title was Loving the idea of tiny house living, even if you don’t live in one.
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Leap of faith: Etienne Labuschagne
Etienne Labuschagne isn't afraid to take chances. Once the top Harcourts business owner in South Africa, Etienne is now one of the driving forces behind Brisbane's successful Harcourts Solutions.
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Experience that counts: Deepen Khagram
Commercial real estate runs through Deepen Khagram's veins. From owning and running petrol stations to selling multi-million dollar properties, there's not much the RE/MAX Commercial Director hasn't done.
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Volume is vanity and profit is sanity: Manos Findikakis
In an environment and culture that chases medals, awards and the membership to the 'million-dollar club’, profit often places a distant second place when it comes to goal setting and achievements.
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Nick Psarros – Consistency the key to success
Industry veteran Nick Psarros has amassed dozens of awards over the past decade-and-a-half, and he’s recently added another to his trophy cabinet.
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Video of the week – Chip off the old block
Noel Jones Real Estate recently listed a century-old Melbourne terrace house at 438 Lygon Street, at Carlton, which is in need of some TLC, but rather than hide from the fact, the agency has decided to give a warts-and-all video tour with a tongue-in-cheek nod to The Block.
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Three ways to get more referrals – Ellen Bathgate
Growing your rent roll can be difficult, particularly if you're a new business. Ellen Bathgate examines the importance of generating referrals and how you can secure them when your rent roll is too small to return the favour.
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Coping with the emotional rollercoaster of real estate sales: Manos Findikakis
My start in real estate was nothing short of unconventional and something I did not aspire to do. In fact, I came into the industry absolutely kicking and screaming.
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PropTech a critical piece of the puzzle: Jason Sharpe
As part of this series, Box+Dice CEO Travis Williams asks the tough questions of top-performing agents. This time around he quizzes Woodards Carlton North and Ascot Vale Managing Director Jason Sharpe about the top PropTech tools his agency uses and how those tools help foster success.
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How NSW’s best real estate agent sells prestige property at volume
When you’re widely considered Australian real estate royalty, you could be forgiven for doing a Harry and Meghan and resting on your laurels or taking easy street. Not if you’re Alexander Phillips.
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New Zealand’s Don Ha Project Sales wins global RE/MAX awards
New Zealand’s Don Ha Project Sales is continuing to make its mark on the global real estate stage, winning three awards announced at RE/MAX Global headquarters this month.
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Let’s work together: George Giannakakis
Purchasing a block of land and building a new home can be tricky for buyers at the best of times. George Giannakakis explains why he believes new home consultants are every land agent’s strongest ally.
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