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Tips & Tricks: When things go wrong!

Article by Debbie Palmer, Managing Director of PPM Group & the Property Management Journal Licensed Real Estate Agent, Author, Speaker, Trainer, Consultant, Coach, Owner & Editor of the Property Management Journal, System Designer, REIQ Gold Coast Property Manager of the Year 1996 & 1997, State Finalist in 1998 & Gold Coast Finalist in 1999. It [...]

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Tips & Tricks: Top 5 secrets of successful brokers

A recent article in Mortgage Professional Australia Online1 reported on the “Top 5 secrets of success of Australia’s top franchise brokers”. These five vital elements can also be enhanced even further with your RP Data subscription. The top five secrets of success were listed as: Brand: “A strong brand can be a massive boost to [...]

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Tips & Tricks: Brokers more positive as consumer confidence increases

A recent article in Australian Broker Online1 reports that a swing in confidence in the housing market is having a positive effect for brokers as Australians express more confidence in property. The article quotes the recent release of the AFR’s Smart Investor Index which showed a 45% swing in property market confidence for the first [...]

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Tips & Tricks: ‘Winging it’ at appraisals

By Gil Davis If I asked you to jump out of a plane mid-air without a parachute and just ‘wing it’, you’d think I was crazy. Why? Because your chances of negotiating a successful landing would be very slight. Yet day after day, agents go to appraisals completely unprepared and somehow think they can muddle [...]

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Tips & Tricks: Integrating old and new marketing techniques

In order to attract new clients in today’s market an agent needs to utilise various elements of their marketing toolkit including creating an online presence and social media. However it’s important to remember the tried and tested methods that have served property professionals well in the past. Word of mouth marketing and testimonials, are inexpensive [...]

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Tips and Tricks: Identifying property “Hot Spots”

To get the best returns when marketing to prospective customers, you need to target your efforts at the most active spots in your local area. Have you noticed that once you see one FOR SALE sign go up on a street, more signs start to spring up over the coming weeks? RP Professional can help [...]

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Tips & Tricks: Your Marketing Matters

Deena Janes from Your Client Matters talks about having regular marketing campaigns to ensure you are reaching your client base in a timely manner. Last month we talked about how to get more referrals from real estate agents. This month we are focusing on having a regular communication strategy with your clients to ensure every [...]

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Australian Housing Market Update March 2012

Australian Housing Market Update March 2012 on YouTube

New daily index shows solid February offsets soft January In a world-first, RP Data and Rismark today commenced publishing ‘daily’ home value index results reflecting the current state of the housing market. Capital city home values were up 0.8% in February 2012 leaving the market relatively flat (-0.2%) over the first two months of the [...]

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RP Lister still a popular tool for Real Estate Agents

Wayne White is a Property Consultant with LJ Hooker in Camden, NSW. A local born and bred with a diverse career background, he is always looking into ways to improve customer service levels. Whilst attending one of RP Data’s recent Ready Set Go! 2012 Seminars, Wayne learned about the RP Lister iPad application and downloaded [...]

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Tips & Tricks: Attract buyers with a CMA

Tips & Tricks: Attract buyers with a CMA

RP Data has observed more and more mortgage brokers using Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) reports to promote engagement with property purchasers and as a key component of marketing campaigns. A direct marketing campaign which offers local statistics for the area and, upon request, a free detailed report on a property with no obligations could prove tempting [...]

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