RE/MAX Australia has strategically located the latest addition to its business growth team in Sydney with the appointment of Ben Jacobs. Managing Director Joel Davoren described Mr Jacobs as a standout candidate and an exciting appointment.
RE/MAX Australia has strategically located the latest addition to its business growth team in Sydney with the appointment of Ben Jacobs. Managing Director Joel Davoren described Mr Jacobs as a standout candidate and an exciting appointment.
“Ben has a residential real estate background in sales, as an auction-focused agent, and, very importantly, as a successful business owner in the industry.
“In addition, he is experienced in areas of business coaching and mentoring, management services and business development.”
Taking up the corporate role with RE/MAX Australia returns Mr Jacobs to Sydney after growing a very successful Brisbane-based real estate business.
When establishing Ben Jacobs Real Estate in 2015, he demonstrated the initiative and entrepreneurship synonymous with the RE/MAX culture. A forward thinker, he saw that mobility was not only possible in the industry, but it allowed him to build a team that better served its clients and customers.
“I had my challenges, but I faced them and my business prospered. I found being a business owner was very fulfilling.
“Following a very profitable 2018, I was thinking about Sydney and looking for an opportunity to place myself in the market there. I wanted to find the best way to make the most of two skill sets from two different industries. I was asking myself, ‘What would be my best fit in Sydney?’
“Having been an independent with Ben Jacobs Real Estate, I realized the critical edge to be gained through a big brand and more so, a global brand.”
Mr Jacobs had fielded his share of job offers while in Brisbane and had been approached by competitor networks about various roles, so why RE/MAX, and the role where he is responsible for facilitating of the franchise network in New South Wales and providing support and accelerated growth to existing franchises within the state?
“I could tick off quite a few reasons. The opportunity for RE/MAX growth in Sydney, and throughout New South Wales, is exponential.
“RE/MAX is a global brand and a world leader, whose values align with my own.
“I was really keen to make a professional and lifestyle choice to be in Sydney. I already have a good client list through BJRE including many top shelf clients with Sydney links, which provides a foundation and leverage into the Sydney market.
“The Business Growth Manager role builds on the strengths of my experiences.
“It delivered the corporate focus and that excited me because I would be part of, and make a difference to, a global powerhouse real estate brand.
“Finally, in taking the BGM role, I was creating a future for myself not just for the short term. It was where I’d wanted to be a few years on, so why wait!”
RE/MAX Australia’s corporate headquarters is in Brisbane Its four Business Growth Managers are based currently in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia.