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All Episodes

Cut To The Chase — 208 episodes

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Episode 207 - A Busy Agent Doesn’t Always Mean a Good Agent

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Episode 206 - Agents Who Aren’t Using AI Are Doing You a Disservice

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Episode 205 - Print Media Won’t Sell Your Home in 2026 — Here’s What Will

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Episode 204 – Is Ego Impacting the Sale of Your Home?

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Episode 203 – Are Agents Good at Selling but Failing at Connection?

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Episode 202 - Is Your Agent Giving You Cruel Optimism?

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Episode 201 - Five Things Buyers are No Longer Tolerating in 2026

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Episode 200 - Where Sellers Overspent in 2025 and How to Prep Smarter for 2026

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Episode 199 - Smart Agents Will Start Doing These 3 things in 2026

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Episode 198 - This is What Actually Triggered Offers Last Year

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Episode 197 - Auckland Suburbs to Watch in 2026

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Episode 196 - Our 2026 Predictions

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Episode 195 - The Emotional Rollercoaster Every Seller Hits

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Episode 194 - Don't Make These Three Mistakes When Selling a House

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Episode 193 - What Really Sells a Home

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Episode 192 - The Hidden Cost of Hiring a Hobby Agent

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E191 - Think AI Can Sell Your House Better Than an Agent

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Episode 190 - What Really Happens If Your Property Doesn’t Sell at Auction

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Episode 189 - How to Set the Right Auction Reserve and Why It Matters

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Episode 188 - Auction Day Explained: What Every Buyer Needs to Know

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Episode 187 - Auction Day Explained: A Vendor’s Step-By-Step Guide

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Episode 186 - Selling a Home: Avoid These Costly Mistakes

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Episode 185 - What Not to Do as an Agent

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Episode 184 - What Investors Want in 2025: The Stock That Actually Moves

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Episode 183 - Maximise Your Property’s Value: Proven Tips That Work

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Episode 182 - The Off-Market Trap

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Episode 181 - Watch Out For The Squeeze

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Episode 180 - Didn't Sell? Do This Next

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Episode 179 - Why 84.6% of Homes Didn't Sell

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Episode 178 - AI Valuations: Can You Trust Them?

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Episode 177 - Spring Selling: Don't Make This Mistake

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Episode 176 - Comparison Is the Thief of Value: Mastering Compression Selling

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Episode 175 - First Five Enquiries: The Golden Window Most Agents Waste

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Episode 174 - Feedback Faux Pas: How Poor Follow-Up Kills Credibility

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Episode 173 – Offer Time Fumbles: Mistakes That Blow the Deal

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Episode 172 - Listing Presentation That Fall Flat - What You Didn't Say Matters Most

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Episode 171 - The Appraisal Trap Errors That Cost You the Listing

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Episode 170 - Navigating Sales Through Separation

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Episode 169 - Should You Take the Offer or Go to Auction

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Episode 168 - The One-Bidder Auction: Negotiating in a Vacuum

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Episode 167 - Why Buyers Say No

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Episode 166 - The Currency of Credible Agents

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Episode 165 - Winning The Second Time Around

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Episode 164 - Reinventing Personal Branding for Success

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CTTC Episode 163 - Understanding Auckland's Real Estate Market

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Episode 162 - Mastering Goal Setting & Mentorship in Real Estate

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Episode 161 - The Art of The Calendar: Essential Tips and Tricks

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Episode 160 - Mastering Real Estate Meetings: The Power of Asking the Right Questions

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Episode 159 - Small Habits That Make a Big Difference in Real Estate

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Episode 158 - Mastering Communication in Real Estate

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Episode 157 - Essential Auction Night Tips

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Episode 156 - Working with Buyers

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Episode 155 - Mastering Client Meetings: Face-to-Face vs. Virtual Strategies

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Episode 154 - Mastering Appraisal Techniques

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Episode 153 - Facts Over Opinions: Enhancing Real Estate Decisions

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Episode 152 - Kickstarting 2025 with Smart Real Estate Strategies

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Episode 151 - Reflecting on 2024 and Predictions for the 2025 Market

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2024 NZ Housing Market Wrap-Up: Insights with Nick Goodall, Diego Traglia & Steve McMenemy

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Episode 150 - How to Bring Your Best Self to Every Meeting

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Episode 149 - Going Above and Beyond for Clients

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Episode 148 - Never Display the Difference

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Episode 147 - What is the Best Agent?

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Episode 146 - Auction Talk with Shane Cortese

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Episode 145 - Last Episode of Cut to the Chase with Aaron Davis

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Episode 144 - Toxic Positivity

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Episode 143 - Invest in Loss

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Episode 142 - Appraisals

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Episode 141 - 25% One in Four People Lives with a Disability

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Episode 140 - What do I report, when there's nothing to report

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Episode 139 - If you're always looking for it, it's always there

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Episode 138 - How A.I Helps in Real Estate

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Episode 137 - Aristotle (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)

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Episode 136 - Open Homes

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Episode 135 - Auction 2.0

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Episode 134 - Uniformity & Conformity

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Episode 133 - List of Appraisal

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Episode 132 - $50,000 Dollar Day

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Episode 131 - Davis Journey in Cut to the Chase

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Episode 130 - Email Response Time

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Episode 129 - Post Appraisal

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Episode 128 - The Most Valuable Lesson

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Episode 127 - Five Life Buckets

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Episode 126 - Online Valuations

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Episode 125 - People Will Follow Your Soul Before Your Goal

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Episode 124 - Digital Bluebox

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Episode 123 - Thinking Twice Before Cancelling Auctions

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Episode 122 - Mastering Digital Appraisals in Under 2 minutes

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Episode 121 - Unsubscribed: Find Out The Reason They Left

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Episode 120 - Cracking The Code: Social Media

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Episode 119 - The Perfect Service

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Episode 118 - Tackling the Bull

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Episode 117 - What's Your Weekly Story?

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Episode 116 - Extended: With Ilse Wolfe

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Episode 115 - What's Your Motivation?

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Episode 114 - A Different Approach

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Episode 113 - Price Optimisation

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Episode 112 - Hustle vs Hassle

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Episode 111 - Day One

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Episode 110 - Property or Price?

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Episode 109 - Manufacturing Buyers

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Episode 108 - Work Your Database This Xmas

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Episode 107 - Every Conversation Counts

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Episode 106 - Advice, Advice, Advice

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Episode 105 - Improve Your Business

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Episode 104 - First Mover Advantage

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Episode 103 - Price Realignment

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Episode 102 - Forget the Boundaries

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Episode 101 - 101 Real Estate

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Episode 100 - Welcome Peter Walker

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Episode 99 - Unlocking Auction Success

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Episode 98 - Winning in a Changing Market

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Episode 97 - Ignite Vendor Motivation

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Episode 96 - Personal Maturation

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Episode 95 - Goal Setting

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Episode 94 - Creating Competition

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Episode 93 - Optimism vs Reality

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Episode 92 - Uneven Markets

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Episode 91 - Top 5 Trends To Learn This Year

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Episode 90 - Words To Avoid

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Episode 89 - The 100k Client Lifecycle

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Episode 88 - Buying The Listing

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Episode 87 - Live Q&A

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Episode 86 - Is The Buyer Still There?

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Episode 85 - Executive Presence

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Episode 84 - Converting Expired Listings

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Episode 83 - Social Media Content

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Episode 82 - Real Estate Ecosystem

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Episode 81 - Mastering Texts & Emails

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Episode 80 - Unrealistic Buyers

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Episode 79 - Changing Tactics

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Episode 78 - Key Questions When Talking To People

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Episode 77 – Set 2 Sale Meeting

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Episode 76 – Who Should You Listen To

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Episode 75 – Take Control

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Episode 74 – I Don't Like You But I Respect You

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Episode 73 – Anonymous Survey

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Episode 72 – Smarter Failures

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Episode 71 – Distressed Listings

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Episode 70 – It's Too Late

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Episode 69 – Appraise It Right

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Episode 68 – Survival Of The Fittest

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Episode 67 – Change It Up

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Episode 66 – Beating Buyers Objections

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Episode 65 – Making It Work

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Episode 64 – The Art Of Anticipation

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Episode 63 – Present The Best

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Episode 62 – 10 Days of Summer

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Episode 61 – The Year's End

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Episode 60 – Uncomfortable Truth

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Episode 59 – Second Time Lucky

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Episode 58 – Nail The Feedback

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Episode 57 – Unique Selling Points

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Episode 56 – The Last Sprint

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Episode 55 – Don't Be So Bloody Serious

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Episode 54 – Create Valuable Conversations

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Episode 53 – Dealing With Fatigue

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Episode 52 – Be Better Branded

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Episode 51 – Ultimate Vendor Experience

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Episode 50 – Out Of The Shadows

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Episode 49 – The Hidden Transaction

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Episode 48 – Just Like Family

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Episode 47 – Owning Open Homes

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Episode 46 – Skin In The Game

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Episode 45 – It's All Good

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Episode 44 – Less is More

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Episode 43 – Is It A Good Offer?

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Episode 42 – Don't Waste Your Time!

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Episode 41 – Thank You For Caring

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Episode 40 - You've Got To Let Go To Make More!

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Episode 39 – Now Is a Horrible Time!

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Episode 38 – If It's Free Then You're The Product

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Episode 37 – The Market Within The Market

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Episode 36 – Bridging The Gap

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Episode 35 – Three Common Vendor Sayings

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Episode 34 - Create the Market

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Episode 33 - Why To Auction In This Market

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Episode 32 - Success Routines

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Episode 31 - Creating a Point of Difference

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Episode 30 – Digital Marketing

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Episode 29 – Bias in the Market

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28 - All in Moderation

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27 - The secret to a successful team

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26 - Uncertainty in the market

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25 - The Answers You’ve Been Looking For

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24 – Trust the process

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23 – Ending On A High!

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22 – Be liked or be respected

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21 - The winds are changing

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20 – Zone of Lost Credibility

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19 – The Current Market

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18 - How to Price a Property

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17 - Lessons Learnt from Hiring Staff

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16 - High Volume Auctions

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15 - Bridging the gap when all seems lost between sellers & buyers

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14 - How to get buyers ready to buy at Auction

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13 - How to Close a Listing Presentation

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12. How to deal with a complaint

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The Most Precious Commodity - Time

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Digital checks

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Success routines in lockdown

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Bringing the energy with cold calling

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Door knocking with a purpose

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Building Trust with Buyers

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The Private Lister

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Timing is everything

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Mistakes around price

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Database diving

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Digital Leads