Episode 44: From cleaner to building an international company

In episode 44, we talk to Brian Sango, aka The Property Guy, whose story reads like Paolo Coelho's "The Alchemist", so be prepared to believe in dreams. 

 

Brian is originally from Zimbabwe, he moved to Cape Town in his teens after having a dream about Table Mountain and the city. 

 

He told his mom about the dream and she suggested he move to Cape Town. So he did. He didn't know anyone in the city and started off as a parking attendant and cleaner at a Woolworths restaurant in Durbanville. 

 

One day, one of the waiters at the restaurant fell sick and he was asked to help serve customers and was soon promoted to a permanent watering position. 

 

During his tenure as a waiter, he met a couple that always wanted to be served by him and they'd always try to invite him to their offices. Little did he know that that couple owned the largest Remax franchise in the Western Cape; they eventually hired him as a PA and gave him a rent free apartment in Vredehoek. 

 

Brian stayed at Remax from 2010 to 2013 where he learned a lot about the real estate business, especially advertising and marketing.

 

In 2012, he became a licensed real estate professional, left Remax in 2013 and joined a family business selling real estate.

A few years later, when the company relocated to Johannesburg, he was invited to join another property company, where he was tasked with selling property online in Johannesburg and Pretoria, from Cape Town. 

 

Over a period of 5 years, he was able to sell 540 flats (apartments) online without ever having set foot in the apartments or neighborhoods where the apartments were located. 

 

His success in this business, led him to launch his own company, Property Made Easy, which works with clients all over the world and helps investors invest in the metros and township properties in South Africa. 

 

If you feel stuck and are doubting yourself and your resources, then this is another inspirational episode for you. 

 

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