Ray White Sherwood general manager Troy Sheehan said Real Estate of Origin was the envy of all the other real estate groups .
“ This is not something that can be replicated within another network ; the connectivity across the group internationally is incredible . planning to sell soon , so he booked in the appraisal .
“ After spending more than two decades in real estate in Melbourne , I know that everyone wishes they could get a day like this together but Ray White ’ s scale and focus makes it unstoppable . Ray White needs to be applauded for this consistent approach to appraisals ,” he said .
“ We are making it a focus to get in front of people . Technology makes things a lot easier , but we are still really a face-to-face business .
“ Between now and the end of January , it is the most important time to set up your business for 2025 .
“ All our teams are behind this and driving it .
This is an amazing opportunity .” Some South Australian agents got out and about in the sun to make their calls
Ray White Glenelg | Brighton sales manager Nick Benneke said his team were focused on getting stuck into their database .
Ray White AKG ’ s BDM team - Tiana Etri , Bec Turner , Olivia Daw and Ben Rimal
Ray White AKG head of investment management Bec Turner said her team called every single one of their 2,500 landlords during Real Estate of Origin .
“ I have three people here from my growth team at Victoria Park and we love REOO as it ' s a brilliant time to give our owners an update about their investment and what ’ s happening in the market ," she said .
" Many of them are interested in buying another investment property , in fact many of them have already bought and are looking for a management appraisal .
Ray White Springfield director Phill Broom ( pictured above ) said Real Estate of Origin was crucial to making sure the One Group launched 100 properties on 7 January .
“ REOO is instrumental to our success and this will help us hit our target of 100 properties in the first week back in the new year ,” he said .
“ We ’ ve got 20 people here from our two businesses . This is our last big day pre-Christmas and a good opportunity to book appraisals before the break so we can go into 2025 in a strong position ,” Nick said .
Selling principal Jamie Wood of Ray White Barossa Valley | Two Wells said his team were aiming for 10 appraisals per person .
“ 100 appraisals for our office in total would be amazing ,” Jamie said .
“ I ’ ve been operating my business for six years and in that time , I ’ ve only done one private treaty sale and I won ’ t do it again . All our stock is auctioned even though previously our area wasn ’ t a huge auction market .
" Some 70 per cent of our owners live interstate or even overseas . Our market has gone through massive growth . We will generate sales appraisals today from our calls .”
Steve Mutton from Ray White Robina , who rejoined the group a few months ago , said he was excited to partake in the 16th Real Estate of Origin .
When he was with another agency , he said he felt nervous about Ray White ’ s appraisal drive days , with the group ’ s substantial energy behind it .
“ We saw the results and we started heavily seeing the outcomes from days like today ,” Steve said .
Ray White South Australia hosted a Real Estate of Origin event at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre with more than 175 salespeople from across the state attending ( pictured above ).
Collectively , they set a goal of 600 appraisals , a 10 per cent rise in last year , and ended up booking 572 appraisals by the end of the day .
Proof that the simplest ideas can be the most effective , Ray White Port Adelaide | Largs Bay Chairman ’ s Elite agent Rick Schultz asked one of the security officers at the venue if she ' d like an appraisal and she confirmed that she was
“ Scheduling our auctions during the week means we are free on Saturdays to focus on open homes which has helped build our presence in the region . We probably do an average of about eight open homes per Saturday .”
In Western Australia , Ray White sales performance specialist Patrick Derrig spent the day with several top teams in the state including the Ray White Cottesloe | Mosman Park business .
“ Cottesloe is a team full of ‘ big hitters ’,” Patrick said . “ Key offices who get involved in this drive , are the highest performing offices in the state .”