Thought Leaders – Real Estate Re-imagined (formerly The Elevate Podcast)

When is the right time to expand your business and take on a team member? And what sort of person should you hire? It's always great when we get to look beyond our own borders and learn from top performers from around the world. After selling 47 homes in her first year in the business, Kathleen Black quickly rose to the top in real estate before becoming part of the first team-specific coachi...

The real estate landscape in the era of COVID-19 changed rapidly as sales agents, property managers, buyers, sellers and tenants all had to find new ways of getting the job done. In March, Elite Agent ran a series of webinars to help agents navigate these changing times and in this episode of Elevate, Cunninghams Managing Director John Cunningham and performance coach and business expert Michael S...

A few years ago, second-generation real estate professional Suzannah Toop was lucky enough to enjoy a coffee with Google Australia Head of Engineering, Alan Noble. When she asked him about the role of real estate in the future, his response struck a chord. But this conversation, in recent times ways, has been a driver for the company. Mention the name Toop & Toop to anyone in real estate and the w...

The day to day life of an agent is often walking a fine line of risk versus reward. As Ivan Sarakula signed up to appear on one of the biggest reality shows in the country, Married at First Sight, it was about finding love - but he found both his personal and professional life under the microscope. In this podcast, we talk exclusively to Ivan, taking a look at how launching yourself into the publi...

This week, we'd like to introduce you to our podcast editor Carey Green and talk to you about why podcasting could actually the new blogging. In this episode, Carey reveals how you can become a podcaster, create content people want to listen to and build an audience that eagerly awaits your next episode as an authority on real estate and community events, issues and happenings. For the past s...

With more than 45 years in the real estate industry, there isn’t much Ray White Surfers Paradise Group Chief Executive Officer Andrew Bell hasn’t seen - including a crisis or 10. He witnessed the ‘70s credit squeeze, survived the 1987 stock market crash, made it through the national pilot strike and weathered the storm that was “the recession we had to have” with 18 per cent interest rates in the...

Over the last month, marketing in real estate has changed dramatically. In a world where emotions are amplified and compassion is key, it's clear we now need to be able to connect with other humans in a completely different way. Valerie Garcia has been involved in the real estate industry for the past 22 years, including time working for Belle Property in Australia. Working now in Canada and...

Thanks to COVID-19 we humans are now all trying to work out how to build relationships via tools like Zoom. But the real winners will be those that understand the new nuances of body language that appraisals and other meetings via electronic methods. Allan Pease is a body language expert with an extensive career spanning over 50 years with a swag of media appearances including Kerri-Anne Kennerley...

From gracing our screens on Escape from the City to playing the airwaves on his hit podcast, The Property Couch, Bryce Holdaway is a go-to authority on property investment. In this episode of Elevate, Bryce, a leading buyers agent, shares his property investing secrets, including why finding the perfect property is just the first of many investor pain points. He also explains the four rules he enc...

The fear and uncertainty that has hit Australian shores since the arrival of COVID-19 is impossible to escape. Real estate agents, sellers and buyers alike have been caught up in a whirlwind of doomsday rhetoric, but two of Australia’s leading real estate experts say COVID-19 need not spell disaster for the industry. In this insightful…

Before the global health crisis that is the Coronavirus pandemic hit hard, we picked Jet Xavier’s brain about how to stay on track and get back on top during tough times. Little did we know how fortuitous that conversation would become.  In this enlightening episode of Elevate, Jet shares some of his top tips and best kept secrets to help you manage yourself and your business in uncertain times an...

Pancho Mehrotra is the CEO of Frontier Performance and an expert in communication, influence and the psychology of selling. As Frontier’s principal and founder, Pancho brings considerable experience gained over 30 years of corporate sales success. He marries his passion for psychology with his business experience to help others achieve the results they want.

John Minns is the Managing Director at Independent Property Group and a business transformation leader. He believes uniting CX and EX (Client and Employee Experience) is fundamental to delivering the rapidly evolving expectations of consumers. Success is delivered through collaboration, energy and belief when great people unite around a common cause. Combining a track record…

Tameka is an award-winning real estate professional who has both worked for others and now owns her own boutique agency - Key2 Property. Her plethora of personal achievements include the President's Award (REIT) 2018 and winning the REIA (National) Residential Property Manager 2019. She was also the winner of Elite Agent's PM Transform in 2018. In this episode of Elevate the theme is how...

When it comes to real estate in the United States, Jim Remley is pretty much a superstar. A college dropout made good, Jim started his own agency as a 24-year-old and set about opening 17 offices over the following 15 years. Still a lead performer and a highly sought speaker and author, Jim helps good…

Tyrone Shum is the host of the popular podcast Property Investory. It is ranked #1 for property podcasts on iTunes Australia with more than 1.2 million downloads since 2017. The podcast shares the latest investor stories, strategies, and examples from Australia’s most innovative property experts. Tyrone has been interviewed across 30 different podcasts around the world, featured on numerous world-...

Family comes first in Darin Butcher’s life.  That includes his wife Renee, their three children and his employees at the Wiseberry Heritage Group. After a 28-year career in the real estate industry there’s not much the affable agent hasn’t experienced. Just like he learnt from his father, his son Toby is now moving up the…

Soho founder and CEO Jonathan Lui is a proven entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Airtasker, which has two million users and has raised $65 million of investment. Jonathan also co-founded the $20 million venture capital fund Tank Stream Ventures, as well as the 700-member Australian network of startup co-working spaces Tank Stream Labs. Download…

Regarded as one of Australia’s leading agents, Mat has a journey that has been anything but easy. Starting from the bottom and working for the first year with no car, Mat door knocked all day, every day for years to start building his career. Known for his relentless prospecting, even today, 25 years later, he…

Leanne Druery was a latecomer to the real estate industry, joining the fold when she was 40. But they say with age comes wisdom and the Gardian agent certainly has plenty of that.  In this revealing podcast Leanne talks about her start in the industry, her success and how she fought back following the death…

Ben Collier doesn’t like the limelight, he prefers his results, and that of his team, to speak for themselves. And what an eye-popping collection of results they are. In 2018 Ben was involved in the sale of Rona for a suburb record in Bellevue Hill for $58.37 million. He also achieved the record for the…

Wayne Marriott isn’t just fast on his feet, the national masters 100m hurdles champion also knows more than a thing or two about real estate. In this episode of Elevate, Wayne takes Samantha through his early career working for a Melbourne-based sound company that supplied equipment to rock ‘n’ roll artists such as Billy Thorpe…

The Hon Kevin Anderson MP, was appointed the NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation in April last year following the re-election of the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government. The Minister oversees a broad range of regulations that affect the day to day operations of business in almost every Australian industry. Over the last 11 months the Minister…

Owen Wilson likes spending time with customers. The REA Group Chief Executive Officer loves nothing more than finding out their needs and then doing his best to see that those expectations are met. In an authentic 'spur-of-the-moment' chat, Owen tells Elite Agent Managing Editor Samantha McLean about his first year in the top job and…

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