By applying his enthusiasm, energy and natural empathy for people, Josh Powell has an awesome career ahead of him in real estate. Right now, Josh is happy to follow in Anne Duncan's footsteps, working as her right hand man. While he's a fast learner, Josh believes the best way to get ahead in the business is to work your hardest to obtain the best education possible; learning from the best mentor there is as well as a great team.
Education he says must be ongoing and he plans to constantly upskill. He's certainly not afraid of hard work. He's already proved that.
Josh grew up in Mt Albert and for the past few years has been one of the offices top agents. Before joining the Anne Duncan Team , Josh saw an untapped market and helped develop organic merchandise selling to garden centres, while also running a successful organic spraying franchise company that looked after commercial and domestic properties.
He enjoyed many long-lasting relationships with clients who were passionate about great landscape design - and a veritable who's who of high profile Aucklanders in some of the cities most affluent suburbs.
It's that relationship building aspect of real estate that appealed, combined with his passion for business, property and architecture.
He gets a real adrenalin rush from making sales - seeing people's reactions; their enthusiasm - and thrives on offering fantastic service. By listening to people carefully, he fulfils their needs in a courteous and honest, open-book manner.
One thing that sets a good sales consultant apart, he says, is the ability to provide information and knowledge so people are better equipped to make more satisfying choices.
The challenge ahead, says Josh, is to take this business a step further by helping to create even more professionalism in the industry with an elite service.