Simon Francis

A bit about Simon. After continued study and training in the principles of

negotiation, communication, and professional selling techniques, with over 24 years of Real Estate experience. Simon achieved the exclusive right to be in the top 5% of agents through-out Australia in the Australian Real Estate Institute, after 3 years in the industry. Simon is a talented and skilled communicator and experienced in strategising and planning marketing campaigns to suit each individual listing. No Home is the same. Using the simple psychology and major principles and powers of negotiation allows Simon to be stress free and unconsciously competent to go about his business in an aloof, relaxed manner that is refreshing and professional. Simon having a 98% clearance rate for every property he has exclusively listed as the marketing agent; he has sold at or above the client’s expectations. Over 24 years of selling real estate, that is a pretty impressive list to sell ratio. A testament to Simon’s education skill and passion in the real estate industry.

Simon joined the Professionals Mermaid Beach team in 2015 along with his partner Tania Pears to offer you the best in service, knowledge, experience and marketing know-how. Having the confidence of an agency with 50 years' experience in the local area, and a trusted name in real estate renowned for achieving benchmark prices and increasing the values throughout the area.

Going in to meet home owners looking to sell and having the experience of the oldest and most trusted name in real estate for 50 yrs. is a great feeling, knowing you have the best and most experienced real estate professionals on the Gold Coast.

A bit about the John Henderson Professionals. Having all the local

knowledge and support of a team of professionally trained agents that care and are willing to give back to the community, like John Henderson

Professionals Mermaid Beach, the agency is a great resource to have when you're selling your home. Having an experienced team of professionally trained experienced salespeople as your agents working coherently together is reassuring.

Simon specialises in residential sales, and knowledge of all segments of the market from commercial to amalgamated sales to high-end luxury sales.

Simons highest sale in his career is $19,000,000. With many sales in the

$5,000,000 to $6,000,000. If you would like Simon to provide important

market updates the relevant information you need to know. The information as to when to buy and when to sell. Knowing what is happening in the area that will change values of the properties in your area. New proposed infrastructure for the area is all important, need to know information when dealing in Property in such a fast growing area, if looking to buy or sell and protecting your major investments and assets is important to you, The please just ask to be put on Simon's fan base, or just call and have a chat and then you decide as whether his expert knowledge and experience to help you save money when doing property transactions, and plan and strategise to your benefits to achieve the ultimate outcome for you his clients.

Knowledge is power and when an agent is negotiating with one of your major assets in life you need someone with all the skill and know-how to achieve you the best result. Simon has specialised in all types of real estate transitions and negotiations from single individual residential sales to multimillion dollar amalgamated unit blocks. The success to most transactions in negotiation is accurate knowledge.

Clients have asked Simon to do a feasibility study to see which and whether it is beneficial for his client to look to sell with a different method or in a way where the clients are in the best position to make the highest profit from the sale. Simon has amalgamated unit blocks in the past with great success to achieve a SIGNIFICANT premium price for all sellers in the unit bock. Some of Simon’s successfully orchestrated sales include a block of 6 in a 3-storey walk up. These are target marketed to development companies and Simon has been successful in site sales of this nature throughout his Real Estate career. Also amalgamated 2 X blocks od six units and sold both for $19,000,000. Simon has also successfully amalgamated two residential towers with 101 separate lots and unit lot owners, and is currently in negotiations with an offer.

The results Simon has achieved over the years is a testament of his proactive attitude, knowledge, skill along with his genuine duty of care for all clients. Always going one step further to make sure you get the right buyer, and this buyers walkaway (maximum) price. There is only one right buyer, this is the buyer with the most motivation and resources to pay the highest price above all other active buyers today! for your property. A good trained agents job now is to make sure the right buyer is paying his maximum price, and not your minimum price. This is an acquired skill that is rarely taught in the industry, but often taught in conflict resolution and negotiation courses.