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

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, realestate.com.au’s General Manager of Rent, Kul Singh joins Samantha McLean to analyse landlord habits that may surprise you, share his tips on how you can stand out as the go-to property manager of choice and he also gave us an exclusive look into The Real Ideas Prize. realestate.com.au's groundbreaking new competition that aims to reimagi...

In this weeks edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to real estate coach Tom Panos about  AREC 2019. The two-day extravaganza is not far away and we got Tom, who is once again hosting this year, into the studio to give us the inside scoop of what you can expect from the event happening on the Gold Coast.

Want to hack your way to growth like the big guns of Silicon Valley? In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, Anton Babkov, CEO of Rexlabs, explains the mechanics of how to use the measurement tool they use - The North Star Metric or NSM.

Having the right mindset can either make or break your chance of success at achieving your goals. In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Pancho Mehrotra, CEO of Frontier Performance, breaks down the science of motivation, decision making and the difference between the wrong kind of stress and the right kind of stress to help you achieve whatever you set your mind to.

In a changing market, you might be thinking you need to cut costs. But that’s not necessarily the case, says Business Depot CEO, John Knight. It is better, he says to think about cutting waste and getting as productive as possible.

“How’s the market?” It’s a question agents get asked a lot, not just by clients but by friends, family and the community. This week REA released their Demand Index for the last quarter of 2018 showing clearly that different areas are experiencing very different conditions. Our guest this week is Chief Economist at realestate.com.au Nerida Consibee who is the author of the report. In this podcast,...

While you might not be familiar with the work of Peter Bains OAM many of you will clearly remember where you were when you heard about the Bali Bombings in 2002 or the Boxing Day Tsunami in Thailand in 2004. The identification of victims of both of those disasters fell to those who were first on the ground, in many cases Australians including Peter who was one of the team leaders. In this podcast,...

2018 is a year that has delivered winds of change travelling as fast as a Glenn McGrath Bouncer - cricket metaphor intended! It started in January with John McGrath ‘getting the band back’ together and this week’s guest Rik Rushton at the same time released a book called “The Power of Connection”. In this podcast, Samantha McLean takes Rik along through a whistlestop of the months, hits and misses...

One of the questions we get asked most at Elite Agent is about how much it costs to go into business in real estate on your own, Cameron Nichols of Nicholls and Co did just that about four years ago, at the age of 27. Although he’s had his ups and downs along the way, Cameron has carved himself a niche in the area, along with a tribe of exceptionally loyal clients.

This week our guest, Angie Ponsell is from Keller Williams in Atlanta, Georgia. Angie Ponsell has been with the company for all of her 17 years in real estate and she says Keller Williams has always been more of a training company than a traditional real estate ‘franchise’. But under the stewardship of industry legend Gary Keller the company is making deliberate changes from training company to te...

In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Ray Ellis, CEO of First National Real Estate network, about the NAR 2018 which is held in Boston. Their important takeaways, new expo trends, and lessons Australia's real estate industry can learn from the National Association of Realtors plus, the future of First National taking into account the global Trend towards pers...

Compass are a name on everyone’s lips right now, whether it’s to do with technology, attracting top talent, making acquisitions or simply raising capital. For this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, we are in a New York State of Mind with Samantha McLean meeting Chief Evangelist of Compass Real Estate, Leonard Steinberg who talks about how they attract top talent, how people fuel a technology...

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to Gina McCartney, Executive GM of Marketing and Events at realestate.com.au, about digital marketing, lead generation and conversion plus her own leadership journey, some marketing predictions -- and what's next for the Edge (Elevate, Match and Reach) product series.

On paper Edward Smyth and Karen Stewart’s partnership seems peculiar. Coming from very different backgrounds, Karen has been in real estate for 15 years on the Gold Coast whereas Ed joined the industry just two years ago after working as an investment banker in the UK, it’s hard to see how their styles would mesh. But in this episode of the Elevate podcast, Hannah Blackiston discovered that the se...

In the last few months, there has been a fair bit of talk about the “changed market” but it’s been a challenge over in the west for some time now, where agents have needed to put their all into getting deals together. In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Stefanie Dobro, a top performing agent with Caporn Young in Fremantle in WA, who has featured in the magazine...

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Mike Johnson of MadeComfy, a short-term letting platform. Many of your investor clients out there have probably heard stories from colleagues and friends about how much money can be made on places like Airbnb and Booking.com, but not every property and every situation will bring high returns -- and some properties are sti...

In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast Samantha McLean talks to Colin Anstie of Raging Digital about what social platforms you need as an agent including how to optimise them, how to give yourself the best chance of ‘going viral’, and Colin also shares with us some of his favourite productivity tools that he says can save you plenty of time and effort in your social media campaigns.

In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean and Shane Kempton of Drive Performance Coaching dig into answering the question a leaders born or made, why team experience or TX is critical for a good customer experience, and why you need the trifecta of documented vision, purpose and values to achieve both.

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast Samantha McLean talks to Brian White AO and Paul White, Joint Chairmen of Ray White about what they remember of their grandfather Ray, their father Alan, the growth of the company from one Shed to over 1000 franchisees, plus advice for future leaders.

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to Alister Maple-Brown, CEO of Rockend, about excellence in customer service, becoming an employer of choice, what businesses should be looking for in moving to the cloud -- as well as his own leadership journey, how innovation decisions are made -- and what's next for Rocke...

In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to Kate Strickland, Director of Marshall White Bayside, about her journey in leadership, how to keep your energy levels up, whether or not there is a place for ego in real estate, as well as her advice for aspiring leaders and routines for success.

In this episode of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Mark McLeod, Chief of Growth at Ray White, about the approach agents should take in the slower market, the 'sequence of sale', how to have the right conversations at the right time and his advice for fellow industry leaders.

Usually, things are never as bad as you think they're going to be. Fundamentally, if you just stay present to right now, the worst thing that's happened is, it's done. Move on. If you're working in the future and you're constantly in a place that hasn't occurred yet, it really just is all make-believe. The only thing I'm ever certain of is right now. The Leadersh...

In this podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Michael Sheargold, CEO of Real Estate Results Network and Founder of Drive Performance, about some of the trends his clients are seeing, current coaching topics, how to deliver real points of difference to your clients in a changing market, improving team performance and what to expect at The Business of Real Estate conference.

In this podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Sharran Srivatsaa, CEO of Kingston Lane, about why he got into the business of real estate, what he learned growing Teles Properties by 10x, how he used content marketing to motivate his team, how to value businesses and why you need to think of your own exit plan in 7-year cycles.