From the Netherlands to the WA coastline — Nikki de Rijcke’s real estate story is one of resilience, growth and serious results.
As Director of JW Residential, Nikki has led her boutique agency to win Top Boutique Office by Listings Sold at the 2025 REIWA Awards, while also ranking in the Top 5 Assisted Salespersons by Listings Sold.
In this episode, Nikki joins Shane and Jess to talk about her journey into real estate, the lessons learned building a business through change, and how hard work leads to results.
If you’re an agent looking for practical insight and motivation from someone who’s done the hard yards — this one’s for you.
Real estate is high-pressure, and mental health can take a hit. Engel Prendergast from Mental Strides joins us to share practical tips for managing stress, spotting when someone’s struggling, and building resilience in this fast-paced industry.
Shane also gets personal, sharing his own experiences and strategies for surviving, and thriving , through the highs and lows. Whether you’re just starting out or have been in the game for years, this episode is packed with advice you can use right away.
In our second episode back, The Crunch chats with REIWA President Suzanne Brown about leadership, the industry’s image, and what’s next for WA real estate.
Suzanne shares how she went from being the youngest woman in WA to earn a real estate license, to representing the industry as REIWA President.
From shifting how agents and tenants are seen, to what’s ahead for the property market in general and what Suzanne sees as some of our biggest challenges and opportunities, this episode is full of real, practical insights for anyone working in WA real estate.
Jess and Shane kick off the new season with a quick catch-up and a look at how much the market has changed since we last recorded. Shane gives us the lowdown on where things are at right now — from East Coast investors shaking things up to why the hype around Perth’s property boom isn’t the full story.
Ronnie and Georgia of The Block fame join us for this episode of The Crunch. The newest REIWA Ambassadors talk us through the ins and outs of selecting a proeprty to renovate or develop and how they choose an agent to work with as well as the differences between the Perth market and the Eastern states.
Plus Shane gives us a rundown on the latest market stats - things are looking up!
This week Jess is back hosting solo and welcomes Chris Jones from Davey Real Estate into the studio. Chris lives and sells in Duncraig and they discuss the benefits of working with your neighbours.
Chris also chats about why he took a risk to change careers and become a real estate agent with a 1-year-old at home and how the skills from his past career helped him succeed. And they discuss how the current market conditions and managing huge numbers of buyers at a home open can be positive and negative.
If you enjoy the episode please rate and review and if you have any feedback or anyone from within the Perth property market who you'd like to hear from, please let us know in the comments!
In this episode David James is back as co-host and we welcome Dave Murray from Realmark Urban to the studio to let us in on his secrets to his successful first years in real estate and how his apprenticeship under one of Perth's best agents set him up and gave him the confidence to go out on his own
Dave discusses how like attracts like, why hard work always prevails and the difficulties of staying the course in real estate.
We were pretty impressed with Dave (who's only 25) and we think you will be too!
If you enjoy the episode please rate and review and if you have any feedback or anyone from within the Perth property market who you'd like to hear from, please let us know in the comments!
This week we welcome Mark Grogan from O'Neil Real Estate back onto the show along with the Golden Gavel himself, Ross Hunter
The guys kick us off with a discussion about the changing property landscape in Perth and how it's affecting their approach to marketing. We then turn to the topic no one can get away from - investors, east coast investors and AirBnB investments versus Long Term tenants.
If you enjoy the episode please rate and review and if you have any feedback or anyone from within the Perth property market who you'd like to hear from, please let us know in the comments!
This week Team Trolio from The Agency join us on The Crunch.
Craig, Luke & dad Nick have been working together for 20 years predominantly servicing the suburbs surrounding Hamilton Hill.
The team talk to us about why they are still getting multiple offers on properties, despite mounting interest rate rises, how they split work between the three of them and why they chose to join The Agency after many years with another franchise.
This week on The Crunch we get into the nitty-gritty of the Government's proposed changes to the REsidneital Tenancy Act.
Who do the changes benefit?
What should agents, property managers, landlords and tenants be looking out for?
Is it all too little too late or is there some unnecessary overreach?
Shane and Kirstin have thoughts and we want to hear them.
This week David James - Sales Coach joins Jess as co-host, bringing his always-on-positive attitude. He's been doing his research and he thinks the current Perth market is looking a lot like the early 2010s. Good news for Perth agents!
Plus Di Addenbrooke, Director & Licensee of Pulse Property Group talks about building trust in your community and what new agents need to do - how can they compete with an agent who has 25+ years of experience?
Shane's back this week and once again we're talking about interest rates. Combined with the rising cost of living, are buyers & sellers concerned? And what are investors in Perth doing?
Dean Sims, Director of Bellcourt also joins us to give his opinion. Selling in South Perth & Como means he sees a lot of investors - what advice is he giving them at the moment?
And with Bellcourts recent rebrand and many new real estate brands in Perth we ask- what are consumers looking for in a real estate brand now?
This week Shane Beaumont joins Jess to talk all things REIWA Awards - what do they really mean to the winners?
Our special guest this episode is John Hunter from William Porteous Property International.
John has benefited from some incredible mentors in his career so we ask how that has helped him get such early success in an area dominated by very experienced agents.
And as John hit the REIWA Grandmaster list for the first time this year we ask him, what made the difference.
We're relaunching! Same name, similar faces, same great content!
We've brought Shane Beaumont and Ross Hunter over from Off Market and we'll be back monthly talking all things property in WA with expert opinions and some very special guests.
This week we catch up with Shane and Ross, find out what's changed and talk about how we can expect interest rates to affect the Perth property market - are the media blowing things up as usual? Plus the guys give some great tips for tenants and landlords.
Have a guest you'd like to hear from or want to ask a question for the show? Hit us up on jess@cribcreative.com.au
This week on Off Market we're talking all things rentals! Jamie Horner from Empire Estate Agents - Your Local Real Estate Agent joins us on the show to talk about Perth's real vacancy rate, what record low vacancies means for landlords and tenants and gives us some tips on how to write the perfect rental application.
0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - Kalari House Tour
1:32 - Under The Hammer
7:10 - The Real Press
9:05 - In The Industry
16:29 - Hood Highlight
21:39 - Under The Hood
27:30 - Property of The Week
