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Spring is here and so is RealEstateTube, a free service for finding tenants, rental homes and housemates. We are active in 75 countries around the world, so get browsing now to be matched with the perfect rental home or housemate. The people you live with can set the tone of your life, so we have made it as easy as possible of you to meet the right ones via video. The team have worked hard to create a fresh look site, with a colourful, easy to use interface – housemate hunting no longer has to…

Safety First for Chinese Buyers

July 1, 2017July 4, 2017 Camille Bianchi chinese buyers, foreign buyers, global online classifieds summit, how to get chinese investors, sydney house prices0 comment

Some of the latest insights to come from property portals at this Global Online Classifieds Summit in Miami in June show there is still much to learn about luring Australia’s most coveted buying demographic. Chinese buyers purchase overseas for 4 reasons: investment migration luxury lifestyle According to 2017 data from Juwai.com users, close to 80 per cent of Chinese buyers pay for properties in cash – staggering, but not news to anyone familiar with that market. But in a country where property developers are pulling out all the stops to…

If Content is King, Cash Flow is King Kong

June 25, 2017June 29, 2017 Camille Bianchi cashflow, entrepreneur, gocs17, revenue, startup0 comment

Three quarters of innovations fail to reach their goals, according to a survey of businesses buy Simon Kucher & Partners 2017. ‘Failure’ in a business environment almost always comes down to revenue. According to the same survey of classifieds businesses, two thirds of companies are currently considering tweaking their pricing model. The advisory firm has some tips for product pricing online. MORE IS NOT MORE Feature shock – a phenomenon that was represented in the presentation by a Swiss Army Knife. “Someone can look at a product with all the features and…

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Pain relief for renters: Realestatetube.com

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 Camille Bianchi housemates, housesharing, tenants0 comment

In 2017, the property-related tech space is a very crowded dance floor, but a spate of apps seem to be hitting the right note with a very frustrated public. RealEstateTube.com for example has hit 21, 000 users in 12 months – it’s one of several emerging platforms entering a space dominated by major players in an industry ripe for disruption. Why? RealEstateTube CEO Steve Makris sees it as a mass reaction to the economic climate – the current system isn’t working. “In other words, the dance floor of property tech may be…

Real Estate Tube is heading to the USA

May 17, 2017May 24, 2017 Camille Bianchi 0 comment

It is exciting times for the team at Aussie-based property sales, rental and share platform RealEstateTube.com. CEO Steve Makris and Content Director Camille Bianchi are heading to the Big Apple in June to soak up the sun and scout out some locations for a New York office. “We believe some of our biggest opportunities will come from dense rental markets such as the United States east coast, and it makes sense to be operating in the same timezone,” Ms Bianchi said. Real Estate Tube has just come from the Wholesale…

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Extra money? Yes please!

April 11, 2017April 11, 2017 stevek housemates, housesharing, tenants0 comment

We’re not joking, keep reading. What if we told you, you could make a minimum of $7,800 a year? No, not by working extra hours or by selling unwanted goods… What if we told you, you could make a minimum of $150 a week by doing nothing at all. Yep, we’re serious! Do you have a spare room? The median price to rent a bedroom in a sharehouse is $150 per week nationally. Studies have shown the average person in Australia moves out of home between the ages of 18-25….