The edge

Real estate agents today cannot afford to be ‘average’. In the business of helping sellers sell homes and buyers buy homes, an agent’s future is in delivering exceptional services. People’s experiences and the relationships you build with them… that’s the ‘people matter’ in RE/MAX. And in a network of exceptional agents, there are those whose initiatives are extraordinary – giving them ‘the edge’. Introducing…

RE/MAX PREMIERES

For four years now, Martin Hood and his teams at RE/MAX Riverside in the Brisbane suburbs of Graceville and Seventeen Mile Rocks have held an annual cinema event.

The occasion is his Exclusive Client Appreciation Film Night. He’s held eight to date with the 2016 event being his first under the RE/MAX brand.

The venue each year is the Regal Twin Boutique Arthouse Cinema in Graceville, where Martin has exclusive advertising rights. He takes the cinema’s advice on movie premieres so the event date can change from year to year.

The very first premiere screening was Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which proved a great ‘feel good’ movie for the audience.

This is a ‘by invitation only’ show to thank RE/MAX Riverside’s loyal client and strategic partners.

Each year, Martin invites approximately 200 past, present and potential clients, suppliers and local community members with connections to the office.

“People are eager for their invitation each year as the event gives us the opportunity to all get together socially and talk about the market and how we can help each other, while enjoying the brilliant film offering itself.”

He says having a complex like the Regal Twin Boutique Arthouse Cinema as part of our community is a great advantage and RE/MAX Riverside’s involvement with the local cinema impacts positively on his office profile. Here’s how they rolled…

27 September 2016: Love, love me do: Invited guests loved The Beatles show

More than 120 guests joined the team at RE/MAX Riverside for the premiere week screening of Ron Howard’s latest film, ‘The Beatles - Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years’ on 21st September.

The guests enjoyed a relaxed and entertaining evening with an hour of hors d’oeuvres and refreshment at the start, a brief welcome and ‘lucky seat’ prizes through to the movie’s end.

“The feeling after The Beatles was something else. You could tell that it had been a great night and there was a definite buzz in the air.”

8 November 2017: Early train for RE/MAX special cinema guests

Just shy of 200 invited guests were privileged to a World Premiere Screening of Murder on the Orient Express on Monday 6th November.

The film, based on Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel of the same name, was scheduled for release by 20th Century Fox in Australia, as well as United States and Canada, four days after the Exclusive Client Appreciation Film Night.

Murder on the Orient Express stars Kenneth Branagh as Inspector Poirot. A lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into the thrilling mystery of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone’s a suspect and the Inspector must

race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again. Branagh’s co-stars include Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Michelle Pfeiffer Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi and Daisy Ridley.

The personal invitation also treated the guests to hors d’oeuvres and refreshments to celebrate the screening, along with a photobooth opportunity.

27 August 2018: Agency shows appreciation with premiere screening

More than 150 invited guests enjoyed a premiere screening of the movie, Book Club, on Wednesday 22nd August, courtesy of RE/MAX Riverside. Book Club stars Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen as four friends who read Fifty Shades of Grey as part of their monthly book club.

The night began with drinks and canapes for guests, and, in keeping with the movie’s theme, had a prize draw, awarding winners with red wine and copies of Fifty Shades of Grey.

20 June 2019: RE/MAX Riverside launched Rocketman at client event

Martin secured an advanced screening of the Elton John biopic, Rocketman, for his eighth annual client appreciation event on 20 June this year.

More than 200 guests packed the cinema for the first ever Australian screening. The RE/MAX Riverside team, from its Graceville and Seventeen Mile Rocks offices, served food and wine to guests on arrival, then strutted down the aisle decked out in Elton John gear prior to the start of the film.

A further surprise for guests was the karaoke version of Rocketman that Martin had secured, which lit up on the screen and started a ‘pub choir chain reaction’ as laughter and song filled the cinema.

“Everyone was talking about this year’s RE/MAX Riverside event being the best one yet and that they can’t wait to see what the team has in store for them next year,” said Martin, “but then again, they say that every year.”