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 “Ace Austin”. But, he says, he never ‘sold’ houses – people bought them.
In 1970, in Sydney’s southern suburbs, he established his own business which won consumer-based business awards, and recognition ‘For Service to the Local Community’, at Local Government level. During his career Warwick studied ‘Conveyancing Law and Practice’ at Macquarie University, part-time. He became an exceptional student, and was commended for gaining “The highest mark ever awarded in the history of the course”. Warwick was offered a position at the University, but he declined, preferring to remain in real estate.
He has seen all of the ‘booms-and-busts’: the credit squeeze of ’61; the boom of ’72; the bust in ’74; recovery in ’81; the frenetic boom of ’88; the recession in ’90-91; the strong growth boom from ’97 to 2003; and the downturn from ’03 until now, ’06.
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 – good and bad, the time finally came for Warwick Austin to write Real Estate Agents and You!
Book by Warwick Austin
