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Lee Woodward, "From Plumber to Superstar" CEO & Creative Director of Realtair Academy shares his story on Global Luxury Real Estate Mastermind with Michael Valdes Podcast #136Lee Woodward is arguably the #1 real estate coach in Australia. He has a true passion for agents and cares deeply about their success. It has been a wonderful privilege to get to know Lee recently and learn more about his incredible program and success he's had in one of the most beautiful countries in the world.More About Lee Woodward: Lee has been widely acclaimed for having transformed the real estate industry and profession. His dynamic, cutting edge business systems and career development solutions enable thousands of real estate professionals to excel in their chosen careers and countless businesses to thrive in an increasingly challenging commercial environment.Launching his real estate career in 1992, Lee catapulted his way to the top 2% of sales agents in the country within his very first year. Breaking multiple industry records in compressed time, he quickly captured the attention of the nation. Vocally passionate about real estate and the people who, like him, have chosen to make it their profession, Lee set his sights early in his career on enhancing the professionalism within the industry to such an extent that consumer perception of real estate agents would dramatically improve. He accomplished his mission through the delivery of strategic training, systems and solutions that specifically targets the needs of real estate agents and enables them to connect more effectively with their customers.Today Lee is one of Australia and New Zealand’s most in-demand real estate sales trainers, leadership coaches and keynote speakers. As founder, CEO and Creative Director of Australia’s largest real estate training and systems development company Real Estate Academy and founder and CEO of Complete Data and Real Estate Hot Topics, Lee and his team continue to set the bar for training, continual improvement and systems development within the industry.Lee was recognized as one of the world’s top 10 trainers under the age of 40 in 2009 and is the author of two industry best selling books, ‘What to Say, What to Send’ and Frameworks - Foundations & Systems for Success in Real EstateMore About Michael Valdes:Michael Valdes is the newly named executive vice president of International Expansion at eXp Realty. Previously Michael was the senior vice president of global servicing for Realogy Corporation, one of the world's largest real estate companies and parent to Coldwell Banker, C21 and Sotheby’s.Earlier in his career, Mr. Valdes was Director of Private Banking at Deutsche Bank for just under a decade where he oversaw a book of business of just under $1 billion. He has the distinction of being the first Director in the United States of Latino descent. Mr. Valdes is the Chair of the AREAA Global Advisory Board and co-host of the 2020 AREAA Global Luxury Summit. He is also a current member of the NAHREP Corporate Board of Governors and a member of Forbes' Real Estate Council. Additionally, he is the Executive Chair of the ONE VOZ, Hispanic ERG for the firm and a member of Forbes Real Estate Council. He is a former Board Member of Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach as well as the Shanti Organization in San Francisco. Michael was also a Board Member of Pink & Blue for 2, an organization started by Olivia Newton-John to promote breast and prostate cancer awareness.