RE/MAX Events RE/MAX Australia July Rally RE/MAX Australia held its July 2018 Rally at the Victoria Park Golf Complex in Brisbane.
growth. Lachlan Anderson from RE/MAX First, Caloundra, was the top sales agent for the period, while RE/MAX Bayside Properties produced the top sales teams, the Neilson Team and Team Gould.
Michael Sheargold, one of Australasia’s most well-recognised thought leaders, who’s known as a champion of change for the real estate industry, was the first of two keynote speakers on the day. Bruce Sullivan, who managed his own businesses from his teens and established a million-dollar network by age 24, was the second, and concluded the program the message: ‘Be your BEST you!’
The Rally program included ‘edge-ofthe-seat’ auctions with the 2018 RE/MAX Australia Auctioneer of the Year’ competition where the three finalists gave it their all. Paul Gaffney, from RE/MAX Executives, Holland Park, triumphed over Yianni Mooney, from RE/MAX First in Caloundra, and Greg Mulvihill, from RE/MAX Riverside at Graceville, to take the title.
The network’s January to June top performers were awarded, with RE/MAX Bayside Properties named top sales and RE/MAX Ignite, in Brisbane’s River Hills, named top office for property management
RE/MAX Australia presented Make-A-Wish® Australia Business Development Manager, Rhiahne Ralph, with a cheque for $43,899, representing the previous 12 months of the network’s fundraising efforts.
Rally time in New Zealand RE/MAX New Zealand held its August 2018 Rally at the Novotel Ellerslie, Auckland, where the successful full-day event brought a focus on leadership to RE/MAX members. The first keynote speaker was Justin Nickerson, who is formally recognised as the leading auctioneer across Australasia. Relationships are the cornerstone of real estate business, he said, as he examined the power of information and transparency between the agent, buyer and vendor. Second keynote speaker was pilot, Everest mountaineer, adventurer and dedicated family man, Mike Allsop, who is living proof of his philosophy ‘if you believe you can, you will’. His accomplishments include an unguided Everest expedition and
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running seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. RE/MAX New Zealand awarded its top performers for the first half of 2018 to complete the Rally program. Winners were RE/MAX Go For Sold, Palmerston North; Team Lewis, RE/MAX Go For Sold; Donna Russell, RE/MAX Central, Rotorua, and Lisa Walden, RE/MAX Zest, Pokeno. Zoran Mulovski, RE/MAX Zest, Remuera, was announced the top performing commercial agent. Denver-based Cheryl Luster, RE/MAX Senior Global Development Consultant, travelled to New Zealand for the event, and presented RE/MAX International Hall of Fame awards to Debbie Aldred, RE/MAX Realty Group; Jeff Bracegirdle, RE/MAX Partners; and Cherry Holden, RE/MAX Team Realty.
