Warwick Austin began selling real estate, part-time on week-ends, at the age of nineteen in 1963. He was immediately successful and became very popular with buyers and sellers. Colleagues nicknamed him āAce Austinā. But, he says, he never āsoldā houses ā people bought them.
In 1970, in Sydneyās southern suburbs, he established his own business which won consumer-based business awards, and recognition āFor Service to the Local Communityā, at Local Government level. During his career Warwick studied āConveyancing Law and Practiceā at Macquarie University, part-time. He became an exceptional student, and was commended for gaining āThe highest mark ever awarded in the history of the courseā. Warwick was offered a position at the University, but he declined, preferring to remain in real estate.
He has seen all of the ābooms-and-bustsā: the credit squeeze of ā61; the boom of ā72; the bust in ā74; recovery in ā81; the frenetic boom of ā88; the recession in ā90-91; the strong growth boom from ā97 to 2003; and the downturn from ā03 until now, ā06.
Warwick Austin was born in Sydney and still lives there with his wife of thirty-six years, Elizabeth. They have two daughters, Kathryn and Sally, and four grandchildren. Elizabeth joined Warwick in the business in 1997. After forty-three years in the real estate business, having dealt with many thousands of buyers and sellers from all walks of life, and met hundreds of agents ā good and bad, the time finally came for Warwick Austin to write Real Estate Agents and You!
Book by Warwick Austin