First National
Group NZ Ltd
18th January 2013
The General Manager’s Corner
Welcome 2013, a great year for ‘real estate’ according to Mike McGarry. Mike has
been tracking the number ‘3’ year and told me that after a recession or difficult
years for the industry the years ending with ‘3’ means a great year. Mike used the
examples of 1993, 2003 and now 2013. This is probably our usual cycle within the
property market reaching the peak of the market approximately every 10 years.
We welcome a visit from any members when in
Auckland. The office is now set up and functioning well
so we can focus on the year ahead, Already we have
had numerous members visit and suppliers which was
the intention of the
relocation, building our
network and brand
presence.
NATIONAL OFFICE
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Group NZ Ltd
The General
Choice Television advertising and individual offices promotions are certainly driving hits on our
web site.
We are currently investigating changing the ad (for those of you watching Choice – the current
advertisement has become too repetitive). The proposal is to give away Home Buyers Guides
when people go to our website to register. National office will then forward their details to the
relevant offices. Feed back on this proposal is welcomed.
STATISTICS
Corporate Property Website Hits & Choice TV
SEEK ADVERTISEMENT – placement from Monday 7 January to Friday 1 February
MEMBER SERVICES MANAGER
for Leading Real Estate Organisation
If you are:
Passionate about the real estate market
Commercially astute
IT savvy
And a great relationship builder - then
WE WANT YOU!
This exciting role is due to growth demand. Our real estate business owners and their teams require the
services of a person passionate about this industry who is able to quickly build rapport and support
members with the breadth of our service offerings.
We are looking for a multi-talented person who can quickly assimilate and implement information on
the products and services designed for our members to grow their businesses. It includes the ability to
learn and apply new IT programs; assist in the development and use of marketing and promotional
materials; and provide training and development opportunities as required.
This role is based in the South Island and the person must be able to travel on a regular basis including
organising, attending and participating in conferences, seminars, webinars and field days. This person is
professional, self-motivated, organised and flexible.
If you believe it is you we want, please email your CV in the first instance to Colleen Milne at
[email protected]. Applications close Friday 1 February 2013.
First National
Group NZ Ltd
The General Manager’s Corner
FIRST NATIONAL BURTON GROVES GETS A MAKEOVER
IT SYSTEM TRIAL – BOB BRERETON
Bob has completed the implementation of the new IT systems demonstrated
during our Shareholders Conference. The delay has been caused once again
through a mapping issue (similar to the Portplus issues) this is now resolved.
Please view Bob’s website: http://web-motueka.multiarray.com/
Gina discussed Utopia with the Australian MSM when she was in Sydney for a
weeks training and conference, they explained that members should be imple-
menting the platform program with Utopia. Please see attached for application
form for your own Multiarray website.
These are
pictures of Russell
Burtons
( Chairman FNA)
new offices.
They certainly
have the
Factor!
“WOW”
First National
Group NZ Ltd
I have attached a copy of an RTW (Registered Training
Workplace) agreement. This enables you to conduct on
job training for your “rookies” using your own registered
assessor/s. As I mentioned, the criteria for becoming an
assessor is you must hold the qualification (salesperson level
4) and Unit standard 4098 (details below). The only Unit
standard your assessor cannot assess is 23137 (Demonstrate
knowledge of the sale and purchase agreement and facilitate sale of real estate). This
will need to be conducted by one of our contracted assessors at this stage. By
undertaking this model, once a trainee completes 10 of the 11 unit standards and are
still employed by your company, you will receive a rebate of $450.00 +GST per trainee.
Unit Standard 4098
As mentioned above, all our on-job assessors must hold unit standard before they are
able to assess anyone. The course is run over 2 days at a cost of $350+ GST. I have
attached the Unit standard so you are able to get a feel for what is involved.
Dates for the 4098 course are: AUCKLAND
12-13 February 9-10 April 4-5 June
13-14 August 22-23 October 3-4 December
The General Manager’s Corner
Annette Tan from Realito met with me to
discuss an opportunity for Principals and
licensed agents who have the qualifications
to become “assessors”. This will be particularly
helpful if you are assisting team members
when completing their license. I know that Jill
Quaid was frustrated last year when working
with a new staff member to obtain his license
that they waited 2-3 weeks for assignments to
be returned, and then resubmitted if the
answers were incorrect.
REALITO ASSESSOR OPPORTUNITIES
RTW CONTRACT
First National
Group NZ Ltd
The General Manager’s Corner
Colleen Milne
General Manager
P: 07 577 9693 ext. 208 M: +64 29 771
0750
NEW LISTING AUTHORITY
We have engaged John Weymouth’s to update First National’s listing authority.
There were areas in our current Listing Authority that does not provide sufficient
protection should it be challenged. John has also provided us the changes that are
required under the Real Estate Agents Act ( Professional Conduct and Client Care)
Rules 2012.
We will advise once the new Listing Authority is available for use.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an
act but a habit. -Aristotle
The Regional conferences
are coming up in March,
Make sure you register
today to make sure you
get a spot!
Agendas will be released
by the end of January
CE VERIFIED TRAINING AND REINZ TRAINING
I met with Helen O’Sullivan (CEO) REINZ this week. The details of the face to
face sessions for CE training are available on the REINZ site. At this stage,
they are proposing $169 + GST for the two day training
program. However, I am currently negotiating a better rate
for our membership which will be administered through
National Office.