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Proptech predictions for 2021

With more residential Proptech adopted during the Covid lockdowns in Australia than all of the three years prior, what are the tech trends that will define 2021? Much of the ...

6 things Covid-19 has taught us in real estate

There’s absolutely no doubt Covid-19 made 2020 one of the toughest times ever experienced for our entire economy and society – not just those of us working in the real ...

Why real estate agents need to tell stories, not sell promotions right now

After five weeks down the coast*, I came home to a letterbox stuffed full of real estate flyers. Every single one of them talked about themselves – their Google reviews, their qualifications and the ...

What does coming out of COVID-19 look like and what should agents do now?

How badly has COVID-19 affected the property market, how long will it take for the market to get ‘back to normal’ and what on earth can agents do right now ...

How to use the Covid-19 lockdown to future-proof your business

When Shakespeare was quarantined due to the Black Plague back in 1606, he wrote King Lear. Isaac Newtown wrote his theory of gravity in 1665 under similar circumstances. Sometimes good ...

Proptech to help real estate agents survive Covid19

With multi-party inspections and auctions now shut down, real estate agents everywhere are looking for tech options to help them to continue to list, sell and manage properties digitally. Here’s ...

Building your business through content marketing

I recently presented at the Stockdale and Leggo Kickoff on Growing Your Business through Content Marketing. As real estate agents, we have great processes and the tools in our businesses ...

The future of property management from 2020

Property managers rejoice! The future of property management from 2020 will see the rise of property managers as the lifeblood of the real estate industry increasing in importance and integral ...

6 predictions for real estate in 2020

What does the future of real estate look like? In 2020 we look into the crystal ball to see what the next decade holds for real estate agents.

7 proptechs disrupting the Australian Property Institute conference – and one big thinker!

This week, I’ve been honoured to moderate the proptech panel at the API Conference on the Gold Coast. It’s a huge event of more than 800 people with a strong ...

3 startups helping agents extract more from their data

One of the new essential skills of running a real estate agency is the ability to collect, crunch and manage big data. It’s now the ‘new oil’ helping agents identify ...

Why call lists don’t build relationships

Have you ever been to marriage counselling? I’m not going to air any awkward dirty laundry - it’s far too dreary. But the thing that astonished me back at the ...

How venture capital is changing real estate

Even venture capital funds are not immune from competition with new trends in funding – and new players - changing the dynamics of proptech and its capital, the INMAN Connect ...

Everyone at INMAN is talking about iBuying

HomePrezzo here. I'm at the Inman Conference in Las Vegas. Back in January, I was here in New York, it was like minus 30 degrees. Over here, it's been like ...

5 ways AI can make you more efficient and win more clients

Much of the debate around AI and automation in real estate has focused on whether a robot will take the job of an agent. But that’s the wrong conversation. The ...

It’s time for home selling to stop being a ‘shitty process’

Selling a home is a shitty process according to Brad Inman and its time the industry stopped defending old habits.