Real Estate Webmasters Sets Canadian Firm on the Path to Continued Success
AJ Hazzi, founder and managing dealer of Vantage West Realty Inc. in Canada’s Kelowna, British Columbia, fell into actual property at a very younger age.
“I purchased a dwelling with a pal at 19, and the course of impressed me to get licensed,” says Hazzi. “Reading books like ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ and ‘The Millionaire Real Estate Investor’ sparked a curiosity and a ardour for actual property.”
That was in 2002.
With almost twenty years of trade expertise below his belt immediately, Hazzi notes that in spite of everything this time, it nonetheless feels wonderful to barter a nice deal for a shopper.
“There’s a lot I like about the enterprise of actual property,” he says. “I like investing in actual property, because it’s been superb to me. I like serving to others discover monetary freedom via shopping for cash-flowing properties. I like the artistic aspect as nicely, from growing and creating new communities to fast property makeovers. On the gross sales aspect, I like being a information for folks throughout a high-stakes transaction.”
In 2008, Hazzi seen a hole in the market and based his boutique agency. Since then, his brokerage has grown to incorporate 14 frontline brokers, three licensed inside gross sales brokers, six licensees in supportive roles, three property managers and 12 administrative specialist staff members. While the funding house is Hazzi’s private area of interest, the staff works to create five-star experiences for each shopper.
“Our whole mannequin revolves round differentiation,” says Hazzi. “Our shared imaginative and prescient of making the actual property workplace of the future has prompted us to rethink the whole lot, from the mannequin and the companies supplied to the profession trajectory of our brokers.”
One of the finest choices he’s made throughout his profession? Becoming a shopper of Real Estate Webmasters (REW).
“I signed up as a result of all of the massive groups I appeared as much as at the time appeared to be working with them, so I figured there needed to be some motive for that,” says Hazzi. “We are always receiving constructive suggestions on the person expertise of our web site. We have purchasers inform us all the time that it’s their favourite platform to go looking for properties.”
In reality, because of REW, the agency has seen a 20:1 return on advert spend and has scaled to seven figures value of enterprise from its PPC (pay-per-click) campaigns.
“It’s not going to be your least expensive choice, however in life, the precept of getting what you pay for stays true,” says Hazzi. “The tech is nice, it performs nicely, and Real Estate Webmasters continues to innovate.”
These are integral items of the puzzle as the trade faces new challenges, together with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hazzi admits that he was “very scared” final March when issues floor to a halt, the inventory market dropped, and everybody was getting laid off.
“I believed we have been in deep, deep hassle. Then issues began to ramp up once more by May, which I initially assumed was simply pent-up demand taking part in out. By late summer season it turned clear that this was greater than that,” says Hazzi. “This was a behavioral shift fueled by document low-interest charges, which created the strongest bull market we’ve had in 15 years.”
This resulted in Vantage West Realty ending 2020 with document numbers, regardless of the two-month pause.
“I really feel extraordinarily blessed that our trade is so resilient,” says Hazzi. “This yr might be received and misplaced on the battlefield, competing for the scarce itemizing stock. Polishing up our abilities for a vendor’s market and being extraordinarily proactive for our purchasers is the recreation plan to have one other document yr in 2021.”
For extra data, please go to www.rew.com.
Keith Loria is a contributing editor to RISMedia.
