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Elite Agent
Stay Smart Online Week 2017 Part 2/5 – Privacy
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ This week, nationally, it is Stay Smart Online Week (9-13 October 2017). Protecting yourself and your business has never been more important so we asked REA Group’s head security coach Craig Templeton to join us for a series of videos about how you can…
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Real Estate News
Domain launches new online series, The Circle
Created by Felix Williamson, co-director, screenplay author and star of Domain’s INMA-award winning video series Avalon Now, and brought to life by producer, Hamish Roxburgh, The Circle follows two couples who decide to leave their poky apartments in Sydney and Melbourne for a new, more affordable life in Queensland’s beautiful, sub-tropical Sunshine Coast. One character from Bondi decides to become…
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Elite Agent
Stay Smart Online Week 2017 Part 1/5 – Passphrases
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ This week, nationally, it is Stay Smart Online Week (9-13 October 2017). Protecting yourself and your business has never been more important so we asked REA Group’s head security coach Craig Templeton to join us for a series of videos about how you can…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 10: The A List, New ways of buying and selling, REINSW awards, Knowing your numbers, PM BD for experts and more
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results.…
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Real Estate News
Charles Tarbey honoured with REINSW’s top award
REINSW President John Cunningham paid tribute to Mr Tarbey as a true leader in the industry with incredible vision. “Charles has dedicated his life to the real estate industry and has been a great supporter of REINSW throughout his career,” Mr Cunningham said. “He is one of the greatest real estate visionaries, particularly where technology is concerned and has trained…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
REINSW recognises top performers for 2017
Real estate’s outstanding performers have been recognised at the 2017 Real Estate Institute of New South Wales Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner. REINSW President John Cunningham said in its 20th year the award winners highlight the professional standards that the real estate industry is striving for. “The winners across 20 categories are paving the way as our commitment to professionalism…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 9: How to manage your business numbers to greater profitability
Transform Masters: Fiona Blayney from Real+ is back to talk to the 2017 Masters about budgeting, improving profitability, the economics of hiring a BDM, why as a principal you need to know your hourly rate (and keep track of what the company owes you!). Note: In this podcast, Fiona mentions some budgetary worksheets. If you would like a copy of…
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Transform Masters 2017
Starting from scratch, Building a pipeline
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ In this preview of her next Transform Masters Coaching session, BDM Academy Director Tara Bradbury talks about rent roll growth; how she would build a pipeline of contacts if she was starting from scratch, how to best leverage social media, how to handle an…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 8: Free Fridges, AirBnB for first homebuyers, Beating the Interceptors, Marketing Tips and more
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results.…
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Transform Masters 2017
Breaking Down the Profitability of your PM and Sales Business
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ In this preview of her next Transform Masters Coaching session, Real + CEO Fiona Blayney talks about which numbers are the magical numbers that impact your business. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Hi, I’m Fiona Blayney, the Head Coach at Elite Agent for Transform Masters 2017. The…
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Real Estate News
Evolve Housing launches “for purpose” real estate agency
Evolve Housing, one of the largest not-for-profit national Community Housing Providers in Australia, has launched a new for purpose real estate agency called Echo Realty, a new division designed with a difference to serve the growing demand for affordable housing solutions in NSW. Speaking at the official launch this week, Member for Parramatta, Dr Geoff Lee MP, said, “Affordable housing…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 7: How to recognise your leadership style and better engage your team.
Transform Masters: Kylie Davis from CoreLogic talks Leadership Insights from their recent survey, and why leadership excellence brings bigger financial rewards. As a special bonus, she also breaks down those clever Market Scorecards to allow our transformers to make better decisions about growth in their area based on data. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for…
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TECH + SOCIAL
How to Take the Perfect Selfie for Real Estate Agents: Jason Malouin
TRANSCRIPT: When it comes to the five steps for the ultimate selfie headshot, I teach people how to take control of their own image. We have this machine in our pockets. It can do amazing things, and as long as we know a couple of tips and tricks, we can really get a lot out of it and not just…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 6: Is Soho Linkedin for property, Hands-off productivity, Back to Basics, Owning your strengths, What did you do?
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results.…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 5: How to build an attraction culture in your business
Transform Masters: Matt Lahood ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results. Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with…
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LEADERSHIP
The Long-Service Myth
Long-service leave is practically a myth in today’s jobs market, where the common trend amongst Australian workers is to change jobs instead. I am constantly faced with questions and statements by prospective employers, such as ‘Why have they moved around so much?’ or ‘Their CV is too jumpy’. As a collective, I think it’s important that we all understand what…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 4: The 8 fundamental areas of goal setting in life and in real estate
Transform Masters: Fiona Blayney and Samantha McLean talk about getting what you want in your career and life – but at the same time making sure your goals are realistic and achievable. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the…
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Transform Masters 2017
Building Super-teams and a Strong Culture
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ In this preview of his Transform Masters Coaching session, The Agency’s Matt Lahood talks leadership, company culture, and more. Matt Lahood will also be speaking at our event How to lead a winning team in 2018 on the 14th November. To book tickets, click here.…
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Real Estate News
Family and Community the winning combination for Kris Cunningham
The Josh Phegan team held their annual Blue-print conference in Queenstown at the base of the stunning Remarkables on Tuesday the 12th and Wednesday the 13th of September 2017. At the event, four incredible finalists from across New Zealand were invited to share their story of triumphs from humble beginnings in the annual Changed Agent Awards proudly supported by PropertyPress.…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 3: Real Estate Awards, Virtual Reality, Storytelling, Knob turning and Anniversaries
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results.…
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Real Estate News
Roomba the Robot Turns 15
Fifteen years ago, a tech and pop culture icon was born with the launch of the very first Roomba vacuuming robot from iRobot. Today, more than 20 million of the company’s home robots have been sold worldwide. iRobot forever changed how people clean their home with the launch of the first Roomba vacuum cleaner, disrupting an industry that had remained…
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Elite Agent
Andre Frack: Leading from the Front
R&W Principal Andre Frack set a goal in 2016 to be the best in Bondi Junction. He achieved that and more, being named the Top Selling Principal, income and transactions, across the entire Richardson & Wrench network. It was a remarkable result for somebody who had put sales on the back burner for a few years to concentrate on managing…
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Elite Agent TV
Industry Supplier Update: Rockend and PropertyTree
TRANSCRIPT: My name’s Alister Maple-Brown. I’m the CEO here at Rockend. Q. What’s new for PropertyTree? So in terms of what’s coming up with PropertyTree, we’re opening up our inspection section of PropertyTree to multiple different inspection app providers through an API. That’s happening at the moment, and that’s to be released in the coming month. And also with Invoice…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 2: John Maxwell’s Five Levels of Leadership
Transform Masters: Jet Xavier discusses John Maxwell’s 5 Levels of Leadership ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results. Transform…
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Transform Masters 2017
Defining Leadership and Assessing Your Effectiveness
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ Jet Xavier shares his tips on how to be a better leader, how to motivate your team and what he’ll be talking about in his Transform Masters session. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Q. What is leadership to you? Jet: Well, leadership to me varies in…
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THE ELEVATE PODCAST
Episode 1: New Adventures in Podcasting
Weekly wrap: Samantha McLean and Mark Edwards recap the week that was. ‘Elevate’ is the new official podcast of Elite Agent Magazine for real estate industry sales professionals, property managers, and leaders. Each episode, we will bring you behind the scenes coaching, news analysis, exclusive interviews, technology, and more to help you list more, sell more, and elevate your results.…
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EPM: Leadership
Rebecca Freeman, LJ Hooker Residential Perth
Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at LJ Hooker Residential, Perth. I’m 37 and have been working with LJ Hooker for 18 years. I moved to Perth and joined the team here seven years ago, and I absolutely love it. Having grown up in southeast Queensland on the beaches then lived in Sydney for six years, I…
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Transform Masters 2017
How to Use Photography for Personal Branding with Jason Malouin
Transform Masters 2017 is brought to you with thanks to our sponsors Property Tree, realestate.com.au and Real+ Jason Malouin of the Portrait Store shares his tips on how agents can connect to customers through their headshot, how to improve personal branding, when the right time to take a new photo is, and how to be more comfortable in front of the…
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SUPPLIER NEWS
How to respond to queries from clients faster and more cost effectively
Launching the new PM Assist service at ARPM 2017, Aimee Engelmann, CEO of outsourcing company Beepo, said one of the key factors of the growing pressure comes back to people and resources, with the allocation of workloads and the growing amount of administration within the sector. “A leading brand recently blind surveyed their offices and found that over 200 of…
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Elite Agent
Danielle Mariu of Port Hedland, WA wins Josh Phegan’s Changed Agent Award for 2017
The Josh Phegan team held their annual Blue-print conference in Sydney at the stunning IVY in George Street on Tuesday the 15th and Wednesday the 16th of August 2017. At the event, four incredible finalists from across Australia were invited to share their story of triumphs from humble beginnings in the annual Changed Agent Awards proudly supported by Agent Box.…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
REA Group appoints Val Brown as Executive General Manager – Consumer Experience
REA Group has appointed Val Brown to the role of Executive General Manager of Consumer Experience. She will be part of the company’s Executive Leadership Team, reporting to REA Group Chief Executive Officer, Tracey Fellows. Ms Brown is responsible for driving the Group’s consumer product strategy for realestate.com.au and Flatmates.com.au. With a specific focus on personalisation, her product, design and…
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TECH + SOCIAL
REA Group releases guide to protect real estate industry from cyber-crime
REA Group has released a security guide to help protect Australia’s real estate industry from cyber-crime. With more businesses moving to a digital model, data, software and personal information is increasingly becoming exposed to online hackers. The guide aims to educate real estate agents about the risks they face when operating online, and provides information on how to protect their…
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Elite Agent
One bedroom, one bathroom…
Here is the description: “This is truly a one-of-a-kind apartment in a one-of-a-kind home. This lower level 1 bedroom apartment is undoubtedly the largest 1 bedroom apartment in Athens County weighing in at an astoundingly spacious 2400 sq ft and is situated in a solidly built multi-unit home. There is a labyrinthine floor plan with long hallways, many doors and…
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Real Estate News
Whitsunday’s Island for sale
Drop the suitcases, wash away the cares of the world, sink into relaxation and become immersed in a tropical paradise … there’s absolutely nothing more to be done. That’s the message from the owner of Victor Island, in the blissful Whitsundays, who has placed the cherished property on the market for $3.5 million. Paul Sullivan and wife Megan bought the…
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Real Estate News
Elders digital strategy drives consumer holiday competiton
Elders Real Estate has announced a national competition to drive customer engagement, brand awareness, and importantly, generate local leads for agents. The competition will run until the end of October and provide potential clients with the opportunity to win a $15,000 holiday experience, through registering and receiving a sales or rental appraisal. Elders Real Estate National Marketing Manager, Belinda Connor…
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