FREE WEBINAR

Securing Your Start-Up: The Legal Essentials for Real Estate Agencies

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Who Is This Session For

If you're a Sales Agent or Property Manager looking to open your own agency, or you're a Principal who has already started an agency but hasn't yet sorted out the legal foundations, and you want to:

  • Build a valuable and sustainable asset for your future

  • Learn the legal must haves your start up needs for success

  • Have peace of mind knowing your a*rse is actually covered

Then this webinar is for you!

What You’ll Learn

In this legal webinar, you’ll learn all about legally building your agency’s foundation, including:

Your agency’s legal must-haves throughout the business life cycle, and how they can increase your agency’s value

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What to consider when starting your agency alone or with business partners

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Which corporate structure is right for your agency

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What you need to do to create and protect your brand 

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How to set up your legal framework with our Start Up Sorted Program, without breaking the bank

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How our real estate legal experts can help your agency grow with confidence

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Going out on your own in real estate?
Whether you're starting your agency or already running one, getting your legal foundations right from the start is the key to long-term success.

This webinar is designed to walk you through the legal must-haves that will protect your agency, help it grow, and set you up for success.

Meet Your Hosts

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Kristen Porter
Partner, Realgate Legal

Kristen Porter has Real Estate in her blood. As a third-generation, Kristen was born into the real estate industry and has a passion for it that no other lawyer has. Kristen is an expert in business and privacy law for the real estate industry and loves helping agencies just like yours.

With over 18 years of legal experience, she has a proven track record of helping agencies start and grow their agencies, buy & sell rent rolls, getting ready for sale, and assisting with matters related to shareholder agreements, employment law, commission arrangements, franchising, and all things real estate business and privacy.

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Luke Shumack
Partner, Realgate Legal

Luke brings a unique mix of legal expertise and industry insight to his work with real estate agencies across Australia.

As a trusted legal advisor, he helps principals, agents, and support staff navigate their compliance obligations without the jargon.

Luke is known for breaking down complex legal concepts into plain English and helping agencies implement practical systems that actually work. Luke helps clients on a daily basis to sell and acquire rent rolls.

Want to experience the same insights for your agency? Register now & learn how to build a legally strong & sale-ready business.

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Realgate Legal is a law firm built for the real estate industry. We help agency principals protect their business, manage risk and make confident commercial decisions so they can build stronger, more valuable agencies.

Our team includes lawyers, some with real estate licences and firsthand experience working in and operating real estate businesses. By combining industry knowledge with strategic legal advice, we help agencies establish strong foundations, navigate growth and protect what matters.

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Boring legal stuff: Whilst this webinar has been designed and prepared by experts and lawyers, this is general advice only and cannot be relied upon as legal or valuation advice as it does not take into consideration your exact agency circumstances. This information is for guidance only as there are many variables in your agency. Contact us to find out if any of these variables apply to you. Whilst we may provide high level advice in live group sessions, you are not covered by professional legal privilege in those settings and anything sensitive or potentially litigious should only be discussed privately to maintain privilege. When we have 1 on 1 sessions with you, those sessions are regarded as legal advice. PS - congratulations if you have read this far, you must love legal disclaimers or are a sucker for punishment.