{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a7a3151c399196b515e6d40/6ad68c5e9c828fecf850d38e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The day he listed his childhood home | Richard Thode ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a7a3151c399196b515e6d40/1792458626776-06e23f4f-ecb5-478d-9316-40f6d8a3f600.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Episode summary</strong> </p><p><br></p><p>Richard Thode didn’t recognise the address at first. Then he looked it up and realised he’d been asked to appraise the Meadowbank A-frame he lived in as a teenager. </p><p>Richard is Ray White’s number one salesperson nationwide, but his first sales gig started much closer to home, with budgies bred in an aviary he and his dad built in the bush behind their home. He talks to host Rishi Ankus about a family that kept moving up, the first home he and wife Kate renovated themselves, and why he’d keep working even after a Lotto win. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Highlights </strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Walking into the appraisal, his first thought was “that was my bedroom there”. The house still had its two A-frames, set among the bush. </li><li>As a teenager he bred budgies and sold them for about $10 each, then moved on to doing up second-hand bikes, hand-painting them and selling them on. </li><li>His family moved every three or four years, with his mum improving each house before they stepped up to the next. The first home he remembers is where his father started the family business from the garage. </li><li>The first home Richard bought was a stucco house, bought for about $160,000. They painted it, put in a new kitchen, redid the bathroom and garden, then subdivided with the neighbour and sold.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Guest bio </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Richard Thode is a licensee salesperson at Ray White Epsom, where he leads Team Thode. Ranked Ray White’s number one salesperson nationwide, he brings more than 30 years of residential, commercial and high-end development property experience. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Host bio </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Rishi Ankus is General Manager of Sales at realestate.co.nz, New Zealand’s longest-standing property portal, running since 1996, before Google even existed. Today it connects millions of Kiwis with homes, rentals and commercial spaces every month. Rishi leads the team that works directly with real estate agents, offices and property managers right across the country, which keeps him close to the industry’s day-to-day pulse. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links </strong></p><p><br></p><p>realestate.co.nz: https://www.realestate.co.nz </p><p><br></p><p>Richard Thode, Ray White Epsom: https://rwepsom.co.nz/agents/richard-thode/111117 </p><p><br></p><p>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardrealestatenz/ </p><p><br></p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamthoderealestate/ </p><p><br></p><p>If Richard’s story has you thinking about the home where it started for you, follow It all starts here wherever you get your podcasts. </p>","author_name":"realestate.co.nz"}