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A Cairns agent picked a good time to strike out on his own, launching an office with the support of @realty at the same time as Queensland’s border restrictions eased.
“We’re getting absolutely smashed,” Chris Eustace reported of his new business, Revolution Real Estate Cairns.
The agent, who worked as a boilermaker before charting a path into real estate, said the Queensland border reopening had an immediate effect on the market, as well as his nascent brand.
“As long as a property is priced and presented right, it’s selling before we go to market. It’s a very, very strong market here at the moment,” he said.
Mr Eustace started his career with First National before spending two years at an independent Cairns firm. In branching out on his own, he considered opening an office under the umbrella of a major network but ultimately decided he wanted to create his own entity.
From his standpoint, “@realty gelled with me”.
“For me it was about being a standalone business but having that support on the other end,” he said.
In just three months of operation, he’s managed to acquire listings for a dozen homes on Queensland’s gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, as well as a 47-lot land estate.
He feels his deep roots in the local community have gone a long way to helping get his business off and running.
“I’m a Cairns local. I came from blue collar industries early on doing boiler making and entered the hospitality and events and tourism side. I have a large following and I know a lot of people in Cairns.
“As soon as I launched my own business and brand, I got inundated with phone calls and congratulations and people calling into the office,” he said.
James Taylor, @realty chief executive, said Mr Eustace was a perfect example of how an agent can kick off an independent venture.
“Agents like Chris Eustace want the comfort of knowing they can focus on listing and selling while all the nuts and bolts of real estate from the trust accounts through to marketing materials and settlements is taken care of,” Mr Taylor said.
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