Musings
The Client Base of One
As the ideas for Independent Agent came together, I realised that I needed to create something that would work for me if nobody else liked my great idea. I had heard a few ‘business builders’ talk about their ‘Client Base of One’ – in my case this was me. While having a focus on growing… Read more »
Independent Agent – Origin Story Part II
So I had an idea. But it was not very specific to be fair. Let’s delve into what fed the concept of Independent Agent, and how we took our first steps to get where we are today, three and a half years later. My BackgroundMy first real estate boss, Martin Dunn from City Sales, told… Read more »
Origin Story Part 1
Hi there, I hope that you are having a great week! I am doing some more work on Linkedin, and developing a ‘post cadence’ is a real challenge for me. For some reason sticking to a recommended ‘post schedule’ is also a challenge, but the habit is forming! Here is my post that I shared… Read more »
Inaction
There seems to be a lot of decision-making going on at the moment. I don’t know how to name what we (as in New Zealanders) are going through at the moment, and specifically as realtors in New Zealand. We have brightline changes coming into effect. We have interest deductibility changes. We have stubborn interest rates… Read more »
Being Late and other Crimes
I HATE being late. Yesterday morning I was late. I am coaching my son’s basketball team and we have an 8am morning practice on a Wednesday, which even with multiple diary entries wasn’t on my radar (nor my sons either). We were a little late in getting to practice. I was not happy with myself… Read more »
Addressing some of the Elephants in the Room
‘Not interested, no shop window, no real internet presence, no team, doesn’t matter about the split – we have plenty of ‘Homeless’ low commission ‘hit and hope’ agency (sic) already! But thanks anyway.’ I almost allowed myself to fall headlong into an online argument in response to this one. The real estate agent writer had… Read more »
When you think you Should
I’ve been saying this for years. I should really get my social media presence sorted out. I am not sure whether I am quoting accurately, nor whether I can give credit to Tony Robbins, or Tim Ferriss, or Elisabeth Gilbert or maybe it’s just a mash up of a whole lot of ideas. If you… Read more »
Tension
It’s not a good thing, right… Well that is where this post started from. But I think it’s more about balance. When I started thinking about tension, it was all negative. I am talking about stress and tension. I have my stress signs that pop up – a sore back, maybe an ache in the… Read more »
Lest We Forget
My family history does not weave itself into the history books of WW1 however my grandfather served in the Pacific as an airforce trainer and instructor in WW2. He was awarded an MBE in 1949. My wife’s grandfather landed at Gallipoli where he lost a shoulder and survived, returning to New Zealand and a shoulder-less… Read more »
Putting it back in perspective
March was really busy and I’ve been running non-stop for the last few weeks, and as with most of us at one time or another as we run our business, manage family, be a good friend, look after our health, challenges collide and time is stretched even more thinly than usual. This has been me… Read more »
Trust… Accounts
Trust… Accounts…. I kind of got mentally and practically stuck on trust accounts yesterday, as did the amazing Leanne Prinsloo who works with us and handles our trust account. She was certainly having a challenging day in this space too. When I was trading property, I made a few deposits through the New Zealand Real Estate Trust… Read more »
The Greatest Night in Pop
Have you seen ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ on Netflix? Set in January 1985 it documents the recording of the charitable hit “We are the World”. I watched this documentary with a real smile on my face the whole way through (I probably looked pretty dopey…) as some of the most famous voices of the 80’s rubbed shoulders… Read more »