Stephen & Jacqui Johnston joined the One Agency Group in New Zealand in January 2016 as One Agency Dunedin.
With a combined 56 years of real estate experience in Dunedin, Jacqui and Stephen have owned and operated an Independent Real Estate Agency and a RE/MAX Franchise.
“We first noticed One Agency with their classy email campaign and strong branding,” says Stephen. “When we looked into the group further, the vibrancy, number and sheer calibre of people they were attracting really appealed. We had been with RE/MAX for 6 years but it just didn’t resonate for us any more.”
“We weren’t keen on another joining another complicated franchise and initially our thoughts were on creating our own brand,” says Jacqui. “But we realised how much time would be wasted in starting from scratch as an independent real estate agency, and our business momentum would have suffered.”
“One Agency offered a better platform than being an independent for attracting other agents to join us,” she says.
The pair felt the timing to be right and the fact that One Agency were flexible with the launch date helped them to make the decision to choose this successful real estate brand.
“Plus the set up costs were minimal,” says Jacqui, “there were no built-in costs for things we didn’t want or need and also the bonus of low on-going fees. After having a chat with John Stewart, the Head of Australasian Membership, we felt it was a good fit. We wanted to be part of their successful journey.”
Their business set up was simple and straightforward as they already had an existing operation and so managed to hit the ground running.
After only 8 months of operation, they are progressing with their projected expansion and cover the Otago region as One Agency The Property Specialists, bringing with them vast experience in Residential Sales, Property Management, House and Land Packages, Subdivisions, Lifestyle and Rural, Commercial and Industrial.
It’s a superbly simple business model that is definitely going places. If you’re thinking of joining, just do it!
“Paul, John and the team were super supportive and more importantly they’ve actually listened to suggestions to make things even better for the future,” says Stephen. “We were very warmly received when we recently popped into head office in Sydney on return from our recent holiday in Thailand.”
They’ve already met almost all of the NZ members at a one day forum at Wellington Airport and say that they were very impressed with the discussion, ideas and cooperation between members.
One Agency also have a closed Facebook Group Page for members to communicate with other members across Australia and New Zealand and their Branch Manager found it an excellent place for the sharing of ideas, especially in the initial set up stages.
“It’s a great way to see what others are doing and for exploring ideas,” says Jacqui. “We’ve had a great fresh start, with lots of positive comments from clients and other local agents. There’s still plenty of work to do to establish the brand in our area to make it synonymous with real estate but we’ve made good headway so far.”
This dynamic and expanding team would highly recommend the One Agency Brand to other agents considering a move.
“One of the strengths of the brand is that it is simple and we are able to to structure our business in our way,” says Stephen. “Plus it’s such a good crowd to work with. Very transparent. It’s very easy to get a yes or no. Everything Paul and John say, they do. Darelle and the team at Head Office are brilliant. It’s a superbly simple business model that is definitely going places. If you’re thinking of joining, just do it!”
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