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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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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.

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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”

http://web-motueka.multiarray.com/

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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


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

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Group NZ Ltd


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.