From left: Vantage West agent Jared Franczak, Kelowna City Councillor Colin Basan, brokerage owner A.J. Hazzi, Argus Properties director Rob Smith, senior partner Nick Hazzi, Kelowna Chamber CEO Caroline Grover and client care manager Gayle Helbig.
A. J. Hazzi, managing broker/owner of Vantage West Realty in Kelowna, B.C. says he has opened “the real estate office of the future.”
“The old brokerage model has existed more than 100 years and hasn’t really changed; it creates a sink or swim environment for agents while homebuyers are paying for a service that’s not meeting their needs,” says Hazzi.
“Generally, a Realtor is wearing 20 hats, juggling the many parts of the home buying and selling process. Here, all of our agents spend no time searching for the next client or dreaming up new marketing plans, and no time doing administrative tasks. All they do is serve their client.”
The brokerage says this super team concept is more efficient as resources are pooled for marketing. It says Vantage West is seeing increased productivity, with agents selling more than three times that of their competitors. Vantage West sales grew by 77 per cent last year, while the Kelowna real estate market saw an increase of 22 per cent, the company says.
