Marshall White’s association with You Matter began as a simple fundraising relationship but has evolved into so much more.

On this episode of Secrets of the Top 100 Agents, host Juliet Helmke speaks with Deborah de Rossi, CEO of You Matter, and Nicholas Brooks, director and auctioneer at Marshall White Stonnington, to hear about how the Melbourne network has grown its involvement with the organisation that plays a key role in housing women and families fleeing violence.

Deborah explains how You Matter’s work – furnishing homes for vulnerable women and families – plays an integral role in maintaining housing security for these Australians. She shares how Marshall White’s role now goes beyond fundraising, including sourcing furnishings that are set to be discarded from the homes they are involved with.

Nicholas describes the meaningful experience he had representing the real estate industry as one of You Matter’s “Top 8” – eight men from across the community who have pledged to stand up against domestic violence – and speaks about what the network’s charitable efforts mean to its staff.

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Hundreds of property management professionals from across the country have weighed in on the pressures and positives of the job at this point in time.

On this episode of Secrets of the Top 100 Agents, host Juliet Helmke is joined by Dr Sarah Bell, director of strategic partnerships at MRI, who digs into the firm’s latest Voice of the Property Manager survey, now in its third edition, to uncover how professionals are feeling about their jobs.

The duo discuss some of the challenges that are evident – such as long hours and heavy work loads – and extrapolate how this is impacting mental health and average tenure in the sector.

Sarah compares the data to the larger real estate sector and Australia’s working population more generally.

They look at the valuable feedback gleaned from the survey that suggests how positive improvements could be made, and assess some of the sector’s greatest strengths.

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On this episode of Proptech Pulse, REB’s Phil Tarrant is joined by Cohabit’s Thom Richards, who explains how the innovative proptech is aiming to shake up the strata sector. Specifically, the way that records about strata buildings are accessed by stakeholders such as prospective buyers and owners.

Thom explains how the company is able to build a “digital twin” of a strata property to provide interested parties with an easy-to-navigate summary of the building’s overall health. The duo also discuss the importance of keeping tabs on any changes to an asset as a property investor, and increasing efficiencies in monitoring any property issues.

They discuss how Cohabit can be helpful to agents who are involved in strata sales, both as a service they can provide to buyers and a way to quickly gain an understanding of a property’s positives and pain points.