MY REAL ESTATE STORY
Funke Kehinde-MD, Brilliant Concepts
EXCERPTS FROM THE VIDEO
The CEO of Brilliantconcepts- A leading real estate agency in Nigeria-, Funke Kehinde, discussed her real estate journey and how she evolved over the years to become one of the leading realtors in Nigeria who, through her wealth of experience, established a body of professional realtors called Real Estate Millionaires (REMS)
Narrating her story to the audience, She explained:
The humble beginning
“My first office job was with a law firm where I was the personal assistant to the managing partner to the chamber for 2 years. While I was there, I had an encounter with cases relating to real estate and that spurred my interest in the profession. I got a better offer in another company that’s into oil and gas, real estate and Forex. In this company, I was the P.A to the executive director of property and anytime my boss was not around, I would engage myself in activities that’d make me learn and be more productive. I would meet the Head of Property and start learning about real estate. When she’s going for inspection or visiting a client, I would go with her. I was doing all these for the fun of it not knowing that it would later be a source to livelihood.”
Light shined on me
“After six months, the Head of Property had to resign because She needed to relocate abroad because of her husband. So, her position was vacant and someone suggested that I could fill her vacant since I’ve been following her. Eventually, I was put under probation for six months and afterwards, the management gave me an appointment letter, confirming me as the Head of Property. That was how I took the job officially for ten years. Being the Head of this department, I had a lot of complaints from potential customers saying they needed a property that they could pay in instalment contrary to the company’s policy which only accepted outright payment.”
A hard decision which eventually paid off
“Even though it’s a hard thing to resigned after 10 years of hard work and dedication in the company, I knew it was time for me to leave and establish myself. I resigned and I started out my own company called Brilliantconcepts. With my wealth of experience, I started looking for properties with an instalment payment plan in areas that people could afford to live in. As I was doing this, I met people who asked me to mentor them in how they can become a real estate agent. This gave birth to REMs- Real Estate Millionaires, a body of professional realtors selling real estate the right way.”
In the video, the sales strategist talk about the powerful strategies she uses in achieving tremendous sales over the years, qualities of a good marketer, the mastery of copywriting, the trajectory of property investing after Covid-19 and how realtors can position themselves in order to tap from the unseen opportunity.
Funke Kehinde is a quintessential realtor with an excellent pedigree and a force to reckon with, in the real estate market space with so many unbeatable records to show for it. She started her entrepreneurial journey about 5 years ago after working for over 10 years in a real estate company as the Facility Manager and then as the Head of Property ( Sales and Lettings). Her drive and passion for clients satisfaction lead her to start Brilliant Concept limited to carter for the real estate needs of her numerous clientele and also to form a bond for a lasting partnership.
