Tyson Edwards, Amity Dry – SA real estate sold by celebrities

The Advertiser has profiled 11 well-known South Australians who now promote houses – from sports activities stars to entertainers – to search out out why they acquired into the trade and what they love about actual property.

Singer Amity Dry turned to actual property in 2020 when the pandemic hit, taking away her likelihood to earn a residing entertaining packed audiences together with her hit cabaret exhibits.

“I’ve all the time liked working with individuals and my favorite factor as a performer was connecting with an viewers,” she stated.

“And now as an actual property agent, my favorite factor is connecting with my shoppers and making a distinction of their lives.

Harris Actual Property’s Tyson Edwards loved a high-flying AFL profession with the Crows earlier than concentrating on serving to others obtain the Nice Australian Dream. He stated there have been apparent similarities between promoting actual property and taking part in soccer.

“It’s about being in line with what you do day-to-day and never getting down on your self if you miss a couple of listings, and it’s about sticking to what works and constantly doing it … you don’t get anyplace with out placing in any exhausting work,” he stated.

And former Miss South Australia Gabrielle Overton, of LJ Hooker Kensington/Unley, has been working in actual property since 1972 and plans to for a few years but.

“I’m hoping to be energetic and impressed in one of the various careers till I bodily can’t untwirl my open inspection flag any extra,” she stated.

So with out additional ado, right here our checklist of 11 family names who went into actual property:

AMITY DRY, OUWENS CASSERLY REAL ESTATE

A singer, author and composer, and now a full-time actual property agent, Amity Dry wears numerous hats. The previous star of the favored actuality TV present, The Block, Dry’s foray into the world of actual property was introduced on by the pandemic.

“When Covid hit, all of my performances dried up in a single day. I spent six months ready for all times to return to regular however when that didn’t occur, I quickly realised that I needed to do one thing else,” Dry says.

Presently working as a promoting agent with Ouwens Casserly Actual Property, Dry admits she had all the time considered actual property, having renovated and embellished houses on the fact TV present.

“I began my journey as an actual property agent in November 2020. I now completely find it irresistible, much more than I had thought,” she says.

“The largest studying for me has been that I assumed actual property can be predominantly about homes however I now realise it’s predominantly about individuals.

“I’ve all the time liked working with individuals and my favorite factor as a performer was connecting with an viewers. And now as an actual property agent, my favorite factor is connecting with my shoppers and making a distinction of their lives.”

Whereas she admits she would “all the time be a performer”, Dry says actual property has her full consideration.

“It’s a tough profession to juggle, and whereas I’ll proceed to carry out on the facet, once I can, I’m absolutely engaged and targeted on actual property,” she says.

TYSON EDWARDS, HARRIS REAL ESTATE

Using the ups and downs of the property market is second nature to Tyson Edwards, who previous to promoting, navigated the highs and lows of knowledgeable soccer profession. Having beforehand performed for West Adelaide within the SANFL, Edwards made his AFL debut with the Adelaide Crows in 1995 and established himself as one of many AFL’s most constant midfielders of the time. He performed some 321 video games for the Crows, showing within the facet’s legendary 1997 and 1998 premiership sides.

Edwards retired in 2010, was an assistant coach on the Port Adelaide Soccer Membership from 2012 to 2015 and began a profession in actual property in 2016, promoting along with his spouse Mandy for Harris Actual Property.

“Mandy and I, since we’d been collectively, we’d performed some developments, we’d renovated a house, and constructed from scratch, so we’d all the time had an curiosity in actual property and had performed most issues and loved the journey of all of it, and thought ultimately probably we’d change into actual property brokers and thought we might do it with integrity, honesty and provides good recommendation,” Edwards stated.

“I like attending to know individuals and with the ability to assist them on their journey. Getting nice outcomes for individuals is good, however getting them to the place they wish to go subsequent is my favorite half.

And the similarities between the 2 careers?

“It’s about being in line with what you do day-to-day and never getting down on your self if you miss a couple of listings, and it’s about sticking to what works and constantly doing it, and clearly you don’t get anyplace with out placing in any exhausting work,” he stated.

“I’m all the time making an attempt to enhance and do higher, which is what footy’s all about.”

KATE SMITH, HARCOURTS SMITH

Recognized annually as one in all REB’s high brokers, and having just lately been recognised in The Advertiser’s checklist of SA’s high feminine actual property brokers, Harcourts Smith’s Kate Smith success could possibly be described as one thing of a slam dunk.

It turns on the market’s an excellent purpose for that, as previous to throwing herself absolutely right into a profession promoting SA homes, Ms Smith was a professional basketballer.

Provided a full scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport when she was 15, she was later recruited to the Adelaide Lightning after which headhunted by the Dandenong Rangers, earlier than returning to Adelaide to proceed taking part in for the lightning.

She was additionally a member of the Sapphires junior nationwide crew representing the nation. She began working for Raine & Horne in administration after on the lookout for a job she might match round her coaching and taking part in commitments, and later left to begin her personal Harcourts workplace, Harcourts Smith.

“I developed a ardour for actual property and determined to retire from basketball in 2003 and focus on promoting,” she stated.

“A number of the abilities I learnt all through my basketball profession had been related inside the true property trade ­– self self-discipline, resilience, with the ability to work exhausting, and with the ability to roll with the punches.

“I really feel like all of that mixed has propelled me in my actual property profession, and now I like actual property greater than basketball.”

ROY LAIRD, HARCOURTS PLAYFORD

On the subject of promoting property within the northern suburbs, Roy Laird is one thing of a legend.

Partly as a result of he’s been plying his commerce within the space because the ’80s, but in addition due to his involvement with Central District Soccer Membership.

Laird began taking part in for the membership as a junior in 1988, the identical yr he acquired a job at a neighborhood actual property company.

“I began at 18 at Casserly & Mitchell Actual Property, by means of a mutual household buddy,” Laird stated.

“It was a little bit of a cadet’s job and I did all the errand-type duties whereas I used to be beginning to play soccer.

“I began stepping into gross sales in my late 20s and simply balanced that with taking part in, and later in 2003, teaching.

“Soccer was a part-time job, however the calls for of these hours imply I used to be doing late nights and early mornings, however we made it work and happily I had good individuals round me in each fields.”

Laird performed for each Central District’s seniors and reserves crew between 1988 and 1998, taking part in 87 within the seniors and 83 within the reserves, earlier than forging a profitable profession because the Doggies’ coach. His 17 yr run in that function noticed them carry dwelling seven premiership flags from 9 grand last appearances. He purchased Casserly & Mitchell in 2011, later rebranding it Harcourts Playford.

“It’s all the time been an awesome trade from a individuals perspective,” he stated.

“You’re doing various things on daily basis and seeing various things ­– it’s removed from a ‘sit behind a desk’ sort job and it has numerous selection, which I like.

“Soccer was part of my life for lengthy sufficient and I’m completely satisfied to throw all my efforts into work now.”

GABRIELLE OVERTON, LJ HOOKER KENSINGTON/UNLEY

For LJ Hooker Kensington/Unley’s Gabrielle Overton, working as an actual property agent permits her to implement the wide selection of abilities she’s gathered in her lengthy and assorted working life.

Among the many greater than 50 jobs she’s had, she labored in TV, doing informal TV work on the Tremendous Dooper Flying Enjoyable Present in Adelaide from 1971 to 1972, and later produced and hosted the greater than 300 episodes of the longest working stay girls’s morning TV present, Contact of Magnificence, again after they operated with out notes, autocue or computer systems. But it surely’s successful the Miss South Australia crown in 1972 that helped actually set up her public profile.

“The 50 years from then to now, has flown by,” she stated.

“I’m nonetheless residing life to the complete, it simply takes me a bit longer to “scrub up”.

After being crowed Miss SA, she discovered an empty store in Gays Arcade and began SA’s first second-hand boutique of preloved up-market garments, RECYCLE ­– a enterprise she ran for 23 years.

She’s additionally lived within the bush, in Mulka, about 1000km from civilisation, working as a business fisherman within the driest completely inhabited place on earth. At some point whereas fishing for callop, Dick Smith arrived at her camp and supplied her a job working with him on his Australian Geographic TV present, which she hosted for one sequence.

But it surely’s her work in actual property, one thing she has performed since 1972, the place she was promoting dwelling and land packages in Tea Tree Gully and Hallett Cove, that she loves a lot.

“I’m fiercely aggressive and I like on the lookout for methods to make use of my assorted talent set to worth add for my consumer and get them the very best end result,” she stated.

“I’m hoping to be energetic and impressed in one of the various careers till I bodily can’t untwirl my open inspection flag any extra.”

GRANT FIELKE, FIRST NATIONAL REAL ESTATE – PEOPLES’ CHOICE, GAWLER

An acclaimed footballer, Grant Fielke kicked off his sporting profession in 1979 taking part in for West Adelaide Soccer Membership the place he was a a lot valued participant, and have become the video games performed file holder. With 364 SANFL video games and 255 objectives to his credit score, he retired from skilled footy in 1997 and determined to make his mark in actual property.

However this was not the footballer’s first brush with a brand new profession. “I owned and managed a sports activities retailer for shut to twenty years,” he says.

“After I offered the shop, I took a while off and determined to strive my hand at actual property on the insistence of a buddy.

“With all due respect, I imagine the true property and retail trade are very related as you might be there to service individuals.”

Having performed for the Collingwood Soccer Membership and Adelaide Soccer Membership as nicely, he admits an actual property career may be daunting at first.

“Initially, if you get into it, it is rather exhausting as it’s important to construct up a database, get referrals and so forth. However the additional you get into it, the better it will get. As we speak, 90 per cent of my enterprise relies on referrals,” he says.

CHRISSY ESAU, LJ HOOKER KENSINGTON/UNLEY

Previous to coming into actual property, Ms Esau stored us entertained and knowledgeable as style editor for The Advertiser, beginning as a cadet in 1974 and labored there till 2009. She was additionally a contributing journalist for one of many world’s most prestigious magazines, Harper’s Bazaar, writing options about style and sweetness, wellness and tradition, artwork and procuring from 2009 till 2017, and likewise wrote for SA Life from 2012 to 2017. Having a lifelong ardour for houses, and frequently attending open inspections, she attained her actual property license in 2012, nevertheless, in search of a greater work/life stability, solely started promoting in 2017.

“I rapidly realised that I ought to have moved into actual property 20 years earlier,” she stated.

“I genuinely love serving to individuals realise their desires and I benefit from the conversations with patrons and distributors. It’s a really rewarding profession.

“I’m proud that inside 4 years of shifting into actual property I’m the present winner of REISA Award for Metropolitan Salesperson of the Yr and REISA Marketer of the Yr.”

STEVEN STRETCH, GARY J SMITH

Having made his debut with West Torrens Soccer Membership in 1982, Steven Stretch is a former footballer who went on to play for Melbourne and is usually credited for serving to the membership obtain continued success.

Born and bred at Henley Seashore, he’s additionally the recipient of the 1987 Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Trophy for the Demon’s finest and fairest participant. He performed in 13 finals for the membership together with the 1988 VFL Grand Closing earlier than shifting over to Fitzroy Soccer Membership in 1994 the place he performed his last two seasons.

A life member of the AFL, he’s now an intrinsic a part of the gross sales crew at Gary J Smith Actual Property.

“I’m very obsessed with actual property, and perceive the significance of correct {and professional} recommendation while additionally offering a caring and moral service,” he says on the company’s web site.

SAM JOHNS, HARRIS REAL ESTATE

A former growth participant with the Adelaide 36ers, Sam Johns cuts a tall determine in SA actual property. The previous nationwide degree basketballer now works with Harris Actual Property and is co-agent to Man Barrett.

Johns gained the 2016 Adelaide Premier League title with Southern Tigers earlier than captaining the membership to the 2018 crown.

“I’ve all the time had an curiosity in actual property. It’s been a unbelievable journey thus far, working with my colleague Man Barrett for a year-and-a-half,” he says.

Having had the “ardour” for actual property, he admits the exhausting work ethic and self-discipline of sports activities has helped him in his gross sales profession.

“If you’re working in gross sales, it doesn’t matter what profession it’s, you must put in exhausting work. As a sportsperson, the power to work exhausting and be disciplined has helped me in my work as an actual property agent,” he says.

DAVID HAMS, MAGAIN REAL ESTATE

A Fleurieu Peninsula specialist, David Hams has been working in actual property for greater than 16 years. Having performed for the South Adelaide Soccer Membership, Glenelg Soccer Membership and Willunga Soccer Membership, the footballer all the time knew he would step into actual property at some stage.

“My father was a profitable gross sales supervisor with Elders and with my mum’s background in conveyancing, actual property was all the time part of dinner desk conversations,” he says.

“We additionally purchased property once we had been younger, so I used to be all the time involved in actual property.”

A proud supporter of sporting teams particularly the Willunga Soccer Membership the place he performed for eight years, he says sports activities has taught him some necessary classes that work in actual property as nicely.

“Simply as in any sport, the more durable you prepare, the higher you play – it’s the identical with actual property as nicely. You get out what you place in,” he says.

“It’s necessary to do the correct factor, as you’ll do in coaching.”

KANE CORNES, (FORMERLY) HARRIS REAL ESTATE

In one thing that’s changing into a little bit of a sample of footballers swapping the boots for a go well with and tie to promote houses, who can overlook when Port’s Kane Cornes joined Harris Actual Property.

The previous Energy star performed 300 video games for the membership from 2001 to 2015, and the four-time best-and-fairest winner joined Harris Actual Property in 2011 whereas he performed, working in the direction of getting his actual property license.

“I first acquired enthusiastic about actual property after I went to an public sale at Glenelg once I was 18. Ever since then I’ve all the time had a eager curiosity in it,’’ he instructed The Advertiser on the time.

“Hopefully I’ve acquired 3 or 4 years left of footy so it offers me a good period of time to get expert up and study all of the issues I have to know.’’

He stayed with Harris for 2 years, earlier than occurring to affix the SA MFS, and in 2016 he took up a full-time media profession.

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