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GOING THE EXTRA MILE (OR TWO) FOR HIS CLIENT W

hat do you do when the seller asks can you fly to Ankara, Turkey, to complete the sale? Say yes and jump on a plane.

That was the response from Morris Short, broker owner of RE/MAX Xtra in Parramatta.

Short had a Sydney client wishing to sell a commercial property in Turkey. He reached out to ‘sister’ agency, RE/MAX Lot in Ankara, to provide all resources necessary to enable the successful transaction.

With a sale agreement in place, the physical title deed needed to be taken to Turkey to finalise the transaction.

“This all began around three years ago,” Short explained, “when the seller’s daughter walked into our Paramatta office and asked whether we were the same RE/MAX that sells in Turkey.”

For one reason or another, mostly relating to pandemic restrictions, nothing progressed back then.

“In June this year, she returned to our office with her elderly mother, and I got things underway with RE/MAX Lot,” Short said.

“In less than eight weeks a sale price had been agreed on and all the paperwork was in order… all except the fact that the original title has to be sighted by the Title Office in Turkey.”

With neither of the ladies in the position to be able to travel with the document, they asked Short could he do so on their behalf, covering the airfare cost.

“It was then straight to the Turkish Consulate in Woollahra, I was given Power of Attorney, and left for Ankara on Saturday, September 16 after a morning of open inspections,” he said.

“When I arrived, my counterpart at RE/ MAX Lot, broker owner Can Alisbah, ensured everything was lined up and ready to roll.

“Monday the 18th was a whirlwind of meetings – with the tax department, with the Notaries Office, with a government authorised passport translator and other offices and

officials. By Tuesday lunch time it was done. I flew back to Australia on Thursday the 21st.”

Short said it was a huge team effort from the seven of them involved in the transaction.

“The language barrier was significant but fortunately one of the RE/MAX Lot agents spoke excellent English as did the broker owner’s wife,” he said.

“IT IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP THEM”

“RE/MAX Lot also has a compliance officer on its team and that person resides in the Titles Office and effectively walks through the transfer of title with each agent who brings their seller and buyer to him.

“Once the original title was sighted in the Titles Office, I signed some paperwork and a new title was handed to the buyer. We organised the transfer of monies to the seller in Parramatta.”

The empty office space sold for around $190,000 AUD. Short said he wasn’t doing it for the commission.

“It is all about people and what you can do to help them. Though flying from one side of the world to another isn’t insignificant – and I did ask myself about 12 hours into the first leg of around 18.5 hours total flight time just what was I thinking – it really is ‘little’ things that mean the most!” he said.

The unusual sale proceeding has given Short a personal experience of the power of the global RE/MAX network.

“It is hard to put into words what it felt like walking into RE/MAX Lot, in a completely different country, but feeling like you still had your own team around you,” he said.

“Walking into Lot felt immediately like home. I was greeted with open arms, quite literally.”

If you had a private jet and flew in the fastest possible straight line, the flight distance between Sydney and Ankara is 9,070 miles or 14,596 kilometres. You might say Morris Short went more than the extra mile for his client!

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BROKING BREAKDOWN The Experts

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s it looks like we are facing another Christmas weighed down by cost-of-living increases and even a further hike in official interest rates, it will be tempting for many people to dive into more credit card debt to make ends meet.

According to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), total credit card debt in Australia currently stands at around $40.57 billion, based on the total balance of all cards.

While this is down considerably from the peak of more than $52 billion in 2018, credit card usage in Australia has never been higher.

Following a relatively brief lull during the COVID-19 pandemic, spending has

surged to almost $35 billion per month. That’s almost 20 per cent higher than it was pre-pandemic.

With no let up in increases to fuel prices and many other essentials, it seems there will again be less Christmas cheer for many people struggling to pay their bills.

In previous Broking Breakdown columns, I have stressed I am not anti-credit cards. They have their place, although according to RBA data the average credit card interest rate is almost 18 per cent. This looks extravagant when compared to just under eight per cent for a fixed term personal loan.

Credit cards need to be handled with care. If

you are disciplined, only use them for purchases and not cash advances.

If you can, pay off the balance in full during the interest free period, and then there can be great benefits from using the cards through rewards and points programs.

If you have overspent on a credit card, there is the option to reduce the debt into a home loan or personal loan at a lower rate, and also a loan that will be repaid over time.

If you do end up getting into strife with a credit card, do not to hesitate to

call your bank and say you need hardship support, or do so through a brokerage such as Bell Partners.

There are a range of options to get you out of trouble such as deferring payments, reducing payments or lowering your interest rate.

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hild safety is in the news this week with the launch of a new Government campaign encouraging adult carers to talk to children about the dangers that can face children. The statistics show that educational facilities including schools are an extremely low risk environment – 79 per cent of children who are based in Australia were abused by a relative, friend, acquaintance or neighbour, and only 11 per cent of cases of sexual abuse in children under 15 are perpetrated by a stranger – however one child experiencing such a thing is one child too many, and we take child safety seriously – both in and out of the water.

Within the water, swimming lessons are the absolute best way to ensure the safety of your child around water, along with other layers of protection including supervision, barriers such as fences and gates, and learning resuscitation techniques in case they are ever needed. Our babies and early swim levels are focused on safety skills such as being able to turn around, get to the side and exit the pool should a child fall in.

Additionally, we maintain low instructor to student ratios in all of our programs, have on deck showers for parents who would prefer to give their children a quick rinse off in their swimming costume if unable to accompany

them into the change rooms, and have strict policies regarding parental supervision in and around the centre, and especially in the water when not participating in a lesson.

We also do all within our power to guarantee the personal safety of children within our centres. All of our employees, at all levels of the company, must have a Working with Chil-

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Our change room policies are such that there is zero tolerance for cameras, recording devices or even mobile phones to be used in our change rooms, and we ask that school age children use the gender appropriate change room, and provide a family change room at Nepean Aquatic Centre for families with children of both genders. Whilst we encourage that parents capture their own child’s progress on camera, our policies state that no other child is to be included in the image or recording unless express permission has been given by the other child’s parent or guardian – the same applies for sharing pictures of other people’s children on social media, and for our use of students’ images in any promotion or marketing of our centres.

As an industry, we also take this issue seriously, with the Australian Swim Schools Association recently engaging leading Child Protection experts, Child Safeguard, to further assist all Member Swim Schools with its child protection policies and procedures.

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TALKING TECH The Experts

SHOP SMART AND SAVE BIG FOR CHRISTMAS B

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etween Friday, November 24 and Monday, November 27, one of the most significant sales periods of the year occurs. It is known as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

This is a perfect time to snag a bargain for Christmas. Many vendors offer deep discounts and specials throughout the whole weekend. The best deals are released on Friday and again on Monday. It is becoming common for early release specials from mid-November as a teaser to the sales period.

You will benefit from between 50-80 per cent off at the following stores: Amazon, eBay, Big W, Myer, The Good Guys, Kogan, David Jones, JB HiFi, BCF, Koala, Rebel, The Iconic, Nike and Chemist Warehouse.

You won’t want to miss the biggest and best sale event of the year in Australia.

Whether you’re looking for fashion, beauty, tech, homewares, toys or anything else, you’ll find fantastic deals and discounts

from hundreds of online and offline retailers nationwide.

Research the items you want to buy well in advance to identify a bargain and move quickly. Check the vendor and retail websites for the product you want, as often retailers make the vendor throw in a gift card or extra warranty.

Remember to check the return policies in case you have warranty issues.

How to shop smart and save big

on Black Friday 2023 in Australia?

You need to be smart and savvy to avoid scams and overspending.

Here are some tips to help you get the best deals: • Compare prices across different retailers and websites to find the lowest offer.

• Check the product reviews and ratings to ensure the quality and reliability of the item.

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tions of the sale, such as delivery fees, return policies and warranty information.

• Set a budget and stick to it.

Don’t buy things you don’t need or can’t afford.

• Use a secure payment method and avoid sharing your personal or financial details with unknown sellers.

• Subscribe to newsletters and follow the social media accounts of your favourite retailers to get notified of their latest deals and promotions.

• Use websites that track deals and offer coupons and cashback rewards, such as OzBargain.

• A lso, be suspicious of links posted on social media or in SMS or emails with deals too good to be true, as this is a period when scammers are also hard at work.

Black Friday in Australia is a shopping event you don’t want to miss. With these tips, you can shop smart and save big on your favourite products.

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aving a positive and healthy relationship with food is key to long-term change for consuming a nutritious and well balanced diet.

Many people overlook this and believe they can make choices in the short-term to have results in the long term.

For example, have you or someone you know undertaken a “shake diet” to lose weight, and after a month or even a few months they see great weight loss? They then go back to some of their old eating habits and expect the weight loss to remain, only for the weight to start creeping back on, and more of their old bad eating habits start to creep back in, as they lose motivation, resulting in being of more weight than what they were before they started the “shake diet”?

If this is you, you’re not alone, many people try these types of diets, sometimes known as “fad diets” in the hopes that they will reach their health and fitness goals. However, the key to reaching these goals is

to change how you think and feel about food and nutrition. This change will allow you to have long-term success because you’re changing your lifestyle and food choices for good.

How to build a better relationship: 1.

Find foods that you enjoy in all the important food groups, like the proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vegetables, fruits.

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Just looking back at the past few decades, we have the ‘Instagram brows’ of the 2010s – thick, bold and ultra-defined – and the pencil-thin brows of the ‘90s and early 2000s.

Currently, fluffy brows are all the rage, with products all aiming to help users replicate the look of eyebrow lamination at home.

If this is your goal, there are a few key players in the game – it’s all about working out just which brow gel works best for you.

Benefit Cosmetics 24-Hr Brow Setter Invisible Brow Gel When it comes to brows, Benefit Cosmetics is widely known as

the go-to brand. Famous for their variety, which includes cult classic products like Precisely, My Brow Eyebrow Pencil and Gimme Brow+ Brow-Volumising Gel, Benefit can help you create almost any look.

For natural-looking, fluffy brows, the 24-Hr Brow Setter Invisible Brow Gel is an obvious choice. The product, which aims to shape and tame brow hairs, whilst also locking in makeup so that your brows don’t ‘pull a disappearing act’, retails for $48 from Sephora, and also comes in a travel size option.

THE VERDICT: There’s no denying that this is a good product! The wand really helps to coat the brow hairs evenly, and it leaves your eyebrows shaped yet soft – though this can be a pro or a con,

depending on what you’re after.

In saying this, it is definitely on the more expensive side, and I believe there are more cost-effective options out there.

ONE/SIZE BrowKiki Clear Nourishing Brow Gel If you haven’t heard of ONE/ SIZE, where have you been for the last few years?

ONE/SIZE is a relatively new brand founded by digital creator Patrick Starrr. It has a real focus on artistry, and embodies the message that makeup is a ONE/SIZE fits all.

Their clear eyebrow gel, the BrowKiki Clear Nourishing Brow Gel, retails for $34 from Sephora, and is described as a 12-hour waterproof and smudge-proof clear brow gel with coconut oil and castor seed oil to nourish, lift, and feather brows.

THE VERDICT: If you’re someone who needs your

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The product is 100 per cent vegan and cruelty-free, with a super-setting glycerin and flax seed oil-spiked formula for brow strength and conditioning. But, what makes it even more special is the innovative dual-ended brush.

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We have been working hard to acquire as many doses of the core F3 vaccines as possible but with a shortage of F5 vaccines also, this has proven difficult. We anticipate that the current low quantities will be insufficient to vaccinate all our feline patients who are due over the expected shortage period.

In order to ensure the greatest community benefit from the limited vaccine supply available, we have sought the advice of the Australian Veterinary Association and vaccine manufacturers.

This has resulted in a temporary change to our feline vaccination

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What should cat owners do?

We encourage all cat families to arrange their pet’s annual health check as normal. Your cat’s risk profile and specific vaccination needs can be discussed with your vet, and an individual plan tailored. If the decision is made to delay your cat’s vaccination, you may want to keep your cats indoors as much as possible, away from other cats.

It is crucial to remember that vaccination represents just one component of your cat’s annual health checks. Our veterinarians will still be conducting an important physical examination and health assessment, and providing you with advice and tools to maintain your cat’s wellbeing. This check-up is also an important opportunity for you to discuss your cat’s nutrition,

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JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19

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The Mars/Uranus opposition could stir up your restless and reckless side, as you unleash your Inner Rebel. But try to do so in appropriate ways that don’t upset loved ones, antagonise authority figures, or endanger your personal safety! A professional or domestic challenge could also test your mettle. Aim to approach problems with a brand-new perspective.

Be inspired by singer-songwriter (and birthday great) Neil Young, “One fresh take can change everything.”

With the Sun, Mercury and Mars activating your aspirations zone, it’s a wonderful week to dream big dreams and set ambitious goals for the future.

But family and friends must be handled with an extra big dollop of diplomacy and discretion. As birthday great Joni Mitchell reminds us, “There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.” On the weekend there’s an accident-prone Mars/Uranus opposition so drive extra carefully.

On Monday you’ll find being resourceful and strategic pays off well at work.

Tuesday and Thursday favour creative ideas and thorough research. On the weekend there’s a Mars/Uranus opposition so don’t blow your budget with a spontaneous spending spree. Or commit yourself to an ambitious project that you don’t have the time or enthusiasm for.

Short-term big talk is no good if it doesn’t translate into long-term action. Patience and persistence are the keys.

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Your ruler Venus transits through Libra (from Wednesday until December 4) which highlights food, fashion, wine and good times. But remember adventurous Jupiter and disruptive Uranus are still charging through your sign, so expect some thrills and spills along the way.

Your motto for the moment is from singer-songwriter-musician Neil Young (who turns 78 on Sunday), “As you go through life, you’ve got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.”

Have you been wondering (and worrying) about your professional options in the future? The ideal is to follow your dreams and make your day-to-day work a pleasure rather than a full-time chore.

This week Neptune, Pluto and Saturn push you to turn an abstract idea into a rock-solid reality, via an inspiring vision and a strategic plan. From Friday onwards, you’ll find clear communication and lively conversation are the keys to harmonious relationships.

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The week starts well when the planets promise a financial boost and/or pleasant interactions with colleagues, clients or customers. But on the weekend – courtesy of the tricky Mars/Uranus opposition – expect some disruptions or surprises when there is friction between family needs and work responsibilities.

Things will gradually settle down if you choose diplomacy over drama, encouragement over criticism and acceptance over judgement.

Are your goals for the future ambitious enough? This week (with Jupiter and Uranus activating your aspirations zone and your ruler Mercury charging into confident Sagittarius) there’s no room for false Virgo modesty or passive procrastination! The Sun, Mercury and Mars also stimulate your thought processes and encourage you to come up with a cracking plan and stick to it. Begin with a dream and then work hard to make it a robust reality.

With Venus (your power planet) trining Pluto and then transiting into your sign, you’ll be at your magnetic and charming best! So it’s a wonderful week to create, collaborate and communicate, in your charming Libran way. As birthday great Albert Camus wrote, “Charm is the way of getting the answer yes, without having asked any clear question.” But avoid making impulsive financial decisions.

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Wisdom for the week is from Scorpio singer-songwriter Lorde (who turns 27 on Tuesday), “Take care of your thoughts when you are alone and take care of your words when you are with people.”

Sassy Sagittarius – you’ll experience the greatest satisfaction if you share your goals, aspirations and dreams with likeminded colleagues and friends. Group projects and creative collaborations are favoured. But this week’s stars could also disrupt your daily routine or stir up an old health issue. So do your best to get the balance right between being creative and being thorough; between having inspirational ideas and making practical progress.

Fault-finding Saturn could exacerbate a problem with a friend, neighbour or family member. But hopefully Mercury and Venus will come to the rescue and teach you an important celestial lesson.

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