Ignite your career in 2010 – network with other young agents over a drink at The Loft in Sydney, and be inspired to do what it takes to achieve industry-recognised excellence.

Young agents Eddy Piddington, Jessica Thei and Adrian Wilson are all recent REINSW Awards for Excellence winners and will share what drives them to succeed.

Come along to the Young Agents’ first event for 2010!

Thursday, 15 April 2010 at The Loft in Sydney 4.00pm – 6.00pm (includes a short panel discussion)
$35 REINSW members / $55 Non-members (cost includes drinks and canapes)

To book your seat or learn more Click Here

I’m looking forward to attending this event and catching up with many of the dynamic young agents who are part of the REINSW Young Agents Chapter.

If you’re not in Sydney, there’s a great event being held for Young Agents next week (Friday 19th March) by the REIV on Creating A Successful Future.

This looks like being a great event, featuring one of the GenYre = energy contributors Braden Walters.

Here are the details of that event.

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If developing a career in real estate sparks your interest or you’ve recently entered the industry and you would like to lift your game, there’s nothing like being able to tap into tried and proven techniques and lessons learned from those who have been there and done that.

The perfect entrée is Ray White Young Agent’s Industry Day (YAID) where you can rub shoulders with Ray White high achievers who are on hand to personally share their methods and ingredients of success.

The next YAID will be held on December 2nd at Brisbane’s Emporium. There will be the opportunity to hear from a smorgasbord of sprightly presenters mostly in their 20s – not because Ray White’s seasoned real estate veterans have been called to Santa Claus duties around Brisbane shopping centres, conversely it’s a sign that Gen-Y’s can and are making an impression in the real estate industry.

In town to reveal the recipe underpinning his database farming mastery, is former army chef Billy Schroeder who served in East Timor and Baghdad. After putting down his culinary tools at age 24 and commencing in sales at Ray White Ferntree Gully, Mr Schroeder has taken to the craft of real estate, like a duck to water. He was awarded Rookie of the Year in 2007 for the Ray White Victoria and Tasmania Group only to top that with Premier Membership status having settled $200,000 in sales during 2008. Evergreen industry training guru Mark McLeod (one exception to the panel’s youth policy on the day!) will chat to Mr Schroeder about his motto, “build and they will come.“

Attendees will learn how he went about constructing a 1500-strong database and how harnessing and understanding that technology can lead to meteoric business growth and market share.

Co-organisers of the event are Ray White Corporate trio: Sam Kelso, Lachlan Cadden and Rebecca Geldard who each have business development  and training roles – testament to their individual achievements.

As an aspiring Ray White business owner, Mr Cadden says his recent appointment at Ray White Corporate, “provides an opportunity through the network of seeing the different ways in which many businesses are run.”

He says attending several YAID events early in his career was invaluable for “simplifying the real estate industry and highlighted – that if you do the simple processes properly and put them in place then you can have success, you can really learn from someone who has done it all before.”

Mr Cadden entered real estate at age 20 as a personal assistant at Ray White Bulimba, soon progressing to sales where he achieved stellar performances and added a business partnership in the rent roll to his CV.

“At the YAID, young people can see what the real estate industry is like, they can see what it takes to be successful, talk to people who have done it and really go from there to make an educated decision as to whether the real estate industry with its many options is the career for them.”

“There’s the added value of swapping notes with an agent from another office, seeing what they’re doing, picking up hints and ideas from them and vice versa.”

David Price, principal of Ray White Bulimba will speak of his journey which kicked off at a young age as a sales consultant in 1996. Two years on he was awarded Rookie of the Year for Ray White Brisbane 1998, and accepted an associate position at Ray White Corporate Office the following year.  He opened Ray White Bulimba in 2001 and set a new record as the first office ever to reach top 10 status in its second year of opening. His message on the day will surround the value of “working hard and having a go at everything.”

Part of that is being open to acquiring new information through forums such as YAID.  “It gets people out of the environment they are comfortable with to see what their peers are achieving,” says Mr Price.

For Rebecca Geldard whose career progressed from administration at Ray White New Farm at age 20, to personal assistant, sales, independent contractor and now Ray White Corporate, “attendance at YAID provides a realisation that other young peers can achieve success.”

And while suggesting that Gen-Y’s should draw great confidence in their adeptness with technology, she cautions, “for a young person to succeed in real estate it’s about balancing technology with traditional methods – combining doorknock, open for inspections and brochure drops with effective database management and the goal of converting contacts to clients.”

According to Sam Kelso who is an exciting auctioneer and trainer, “The world really is an oyster” for people in their 20s entering real estate.”

It’s a view backed by average attendance figures of approximately 100 at previous YAID’s held in Brisbane in June and September this year.

“Real estate has arrived as a career destination,” says Mr Kelso who took out Ray White Brisbane Cadet of the Year in 2006 flourishing as a result of his post secondary school career decision. Now a fully licensed Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer, Mr Kelso inspires other young people to follow in his footsteps.

The proof is in the pudding. Real estate is an industry where vintage, fledgling or mature is an asset not a hindrance.

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FURTHER INFORMATION & REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT

Sam Kelso 0433 338 925
Lachlan Cadden 0428 879 415
Rebecca Geldard 0409 721 671

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Australia’s Number 1 Real Estate Franchise, Ray White have decided to open their doors to The 2009 Ray White Wealth Conference by allowing agents from outside of their network to also attend their premier 2 day event  (normally exclusive to their franchise members only).

Some agents outside of the Ray White network will see this as a great opportunity to catch a glimpse of where Australia’s number 1 franchise are heading into the future.

On the other hand, there will also be some of the Ray White members that may feel a bit uneasy about this decision, but in my opinion I feel that this is a great initiative.

By opening their doors, Ray White are displaying some refreshing foresight & the sort of abundant mindset that a lot of franchise groups will need to start embracing as our industry keeps rapidly moving forward.

The invitation has been extended out to any member of apmasphere.com.au ( a free website designed to help property managers & real estate agents) whether they be part of the Ray White Group or not.

Ray White said, “This year’s Wealth Conference is focused on growth and the future of our industry. And so it is appropriate that this year we are exploring some new ideas, like inviting apmasphere members to attend the conference.

Some have wondered “how can that work?”. For us, it’s pretty simple – we know that what we are going to talk about is relevant to everyone in our industry, and that Ray White property managers can only benefit from having some of the other forward thinking property managers in our industry be part of our conference.”

Embracing collective thinking is definitely the way forward for our industry & by allowing others to experience first hand what the Ray White network has to offer displays a sign of strength, belief & an open-minded approach towards moving forward.

It will be interesting to see the post-event feedback from both apmasphere members & the agents attending from within the Ray White network.

To learn more about this event, you can read Brian White’s invitation to apmasphere members here.

Disclaimer: I will be speaking at this event about Social Media, but it wasn’t until today that I found out that agents outside of Ray White could also attend.

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Hey guys and gals,

The Real Estate Institute Young Agents Chapter is holding an end of year party again this year due to the huge turn out last year.

We would like to invite all the Gen Y agents to get involved if you are free on the 11th November.

We are holding it at Rydges World Square from 4pm-6pm and onwards. Tickets are $60 for members and $80 for non-members but includes food and drinks for the two hours.

For more info visit here or contact me and come along, we love to meet more young agents and the networking is fantastic.

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