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Congratulations to two of my northern suburbs practitioners Alchin Conveyancing and Christine Korobacz Solicitors on their PEXA Certified Graduations this week.   Both Karen & Christine were proud as punch to receive their trophies and of their achievements so far.    Christine looks forward to a time when all of her settlements can take place on PEXA. She is already seeing the benefits to both her clients and business.   Karen is making a conscious effort to keep up to date with all new releases, webinars and training on offer to ensure she is as prepared as possible  for when electronic settlement becomes mandatory.   Keep up the great work ladies! If you have a settlement with Alchin Conveyancing or Christine Korobacz Solicitors be sure to send them an invite!   ... View more

It takes a positive attitude to effectively navigate change and Smart Conveyancing have that and more. It's wonderful to see how Jacqui and the team are embracing digital settlements, to help deliver a seamless experience for their clients.   Your recognition as being 'PEXA Certified' is testament to the progress you've made in recent months, it's fantastic to work alongside you and I look forward to continuing to watch you grow!   As your motto goes: Your clients houses are in good hands with Smart Conveyancing!   Angela, Maddie, Jacqui, Renee & Lisa ... View more

Since taking over the business, Nicole has made a conscious effort to introduce e-conveyancing as their preferred method of settlement. She is enjoying the flexibility and convenience that PEXA gives them, especially the time saved on travelling to the CBD to attend to paper settlements.   I'd like to congratulate Nicole, Karen & Chris at Strathalbyn Conveyancing on their PEXA Certified Graduation! You should be very proud of the fantastic effort you have made in the transition to e-conveyancing! Keep up the great work! Your positivity and fantastic feedback is much appreciated! Love working with you!   Karen & Nicole showing off their PEXA Certified Trophy ... View more

Congratulations to Julie Schreiber and her team at Schreiber Conveyancing on their Graduation from the PEXA Certified Program!   The team began their PEXA journey at the beginning of 2018 and have made a great effort in transitioning so far. Being located in the Northern Suburbs of Adelaide, it is quite a distance to travel to the Land Titles Office to attend to paper settlements. They look forward to the time they'll save when all of their settlements take place on PEXA!   Keep striving ladies, we'll get there together! Love your work!   ... View more

Thursday night footy at its finest! The SA Conveyancing Community is a close group of professionals, so much so we watch footy together.   Despite the result (the mighty Crows losing), I and my colleague, Jeff Wulfsohn, spent yet another fun night out with some of our inspiring industry leaders, including representatives from LSSA and AIC SA .   It was a great opportunity for our members to come together and share their advice and experience in how they made the changes within their businesses to implement PEXA - between the footy talk of course.   Thank you for joining us guys!   ... View more

Congratulations to Oakridge Conveyancers and Howitt-Smith Conveyancing on their PEXA Certifications this week! Both firms have completed a number of settlements electronically and are enjoying the days when they don't have to leave the office to venture into the city to the LTO settlements room.   Keep up the great work Tania & Ian! It is great working with you on your journey to 100% digital settlements!    ... View more

Congratulations to Paul Sande and his team at Asset Conveyancing Services on their PEXA Certification in early March. They were very proud of their graduation and how far they have come to date, and so they should be!   The team enjoy the ease of the platform and that they are able to seamlessly undertake electronic property transactions for settlements in all States from their Adelaide office.    Well done team! It is always a pleasure visiting your office. Looking forward to continuing to work with you in 2019.   ... View more

Yesterday I had the privilege of hosting our members at the Property Council of Australia’s International Women’s Day Breakfast, held at Adelaide Oval.   We heard from inspirational speakers, notably Para-Olympian Katrina Webb, who was empowering with her wise words and experience in coming from a place of adversity to succeed.   Thank you to all those who attended, it was lovely spending the morning celebrating women’s achievements with you!   I’d also like to express how proud I am to have been accepted into the Property Council of Australia’s 500 Women in Property Program for 2019. I’m looking forward to meeting inspiring, like minded women who I can learn and grow with. I am committed to engaging with my peers, enabling them to embrace change, empowering action and making a difference in our industry.   ... View more

Congratulations to @BenMcDonald and the team at Fentons Conveyancing on their PEXA Certification this week!   Fenton's are making a fantastic effort in the transition to electronic conveyancing, and are driven by wanting to provide the best possible service to their clients by utilising technology to perfect their business procedures. Ben has played an integral part in the development and implementation of PEXA since I've had the pleasure of working in partnership with him and his team. Ben continues to involve himself in discussions around adoption, implementation and providing practical solutions to pain points and blockers with settling online. His ideas and feedback are much appreciated, as are the rest of the Fentons family!   Keep leading the way for the South guys! It is great working with you.   ... View more

Congratulations to Sara Cox of Premier Conveyancing Services in SA on her PEXA Certification!   Sara has been making a conscious effort to introduce e-conveyancing into her business. She is loving the challenge of learning to transact electronically and enjoys the enhanced level of service that she can provide to her clients.   It's been a pleasure working with you so far Sara. Looking forward to working together on the next 10 :)   ... View more

On Wednesday of last week, I had the pleasure of catching up with the lovely Maria Mignone of Adcocks Conveyancing. Over a coffee we discussed all things conveyancing in SA, where I learned that she has been a Conveyancer for almost 30 years and has been in the industry since 18 years of age! What a fantastic achievement. She is an absolute wealth of knowledge.   Maria mentioned that e-Conveyancing was something that had been discussed back in the late 80’s early 90’s but it was only eight years ago that PEXA came into play and began to introduce the first e-Conveyancing platform. She advised that the way it was portrayed originally made it seem scary, as change often is, and she was instantly off put.   Not so long ago, Maria considered retirement as she did not want to contemplate the idea of e-Conveyancing being mandated. She had no interest in learning to complete her day-to-day duties in a different way, no matter what the benefits were. However, after discussions with her colleague Kathy Stolinski (Director/Registered Conveyancer, Adcocks Conveyancing) and other industry leaders about their thoughts and experiences she was encouraged to just give it a go.   She had her reservations and began with tentative steps, but now she is using PEXA regularly, she has totally embraced it. Maria was pleasantly surprised how simple it was. She loves the ease of the system and the time she saves, especially since her office no longer needs to waste time lining up at the LTO Settlements room.   Maria’s message to her peers who have yet to embrace e-Conveyancing is: “Get practising. Iron out the kinks internally now while you have time. You won’t look back!”   From me, I’d like to say a big thank you to Maria, for your time and for sharing your interesting and knowledgeable stories with me.   Catching up with Maria Mignone, Adocks Conveyancing ... View more

Congratulations to Aaron Conveyancing on their PEXA Certification this week!   The team at Aaron's made a conscious decision to introduce e-conveyancing as their preferred method of settlement mid-way through 2018 and have not looked back. They have been enjoying the flexibility and convenience that electronic conveyancing gives them, and the enhanced level of service that they can provide to their clients.   The team have made a fantastic effort in transitioning and are fast approaching a huge milestone! You should be very proud. Keep leading the way for SA guys! I look forward to continuing to work with you in 2019!     ... View more

The ladies at Mckay Business Services have just completed their 100th PEXA Settlement!    Mckays have secured their place firmly in SA as experts in Electronic Conveyancing and should be very proud of such an outstanding achievement.  A really good indication of the momentum that electronic conveyancing is building in SA with yet another firm joining the 100 Club.   On Wednesday afternoon we celebrated with lunch and a glass of champagne! Great work Denise and team, it's always a pleasure working with all of you!     ... View more

I had the pleasure of graduating Roger Scott of Conveyancing Centre from the PEXA Certified program this week.   Roger was involved in the FIRST EVER SA transfer settlement, has been a leader in e-Conveyancing and a great supporter of ours since. He was happy that he could finally prove his PEXA qualification with his new trophy!   Congratulations Roger, keep up the great work! It is always an enjoyable experience visiting your office!   Roger Scott proudly presenting his trophy     ... View more

Introducing our newest addition to the PEXA Certified Graduates in SA… CXT Legal   Christos Tsonis – Director, CXT Legal, said: “We are thrilled to implement PEXA to compliment our secured finance practice at CXT Legal. From establishment, our business has been tech focussed with the sole aim of delivering a better client experience, as well as ensuring efficient processes internally. PEXA is a key part of that and has been seamlessly adopted by our team and appreciated by our clients.”   Congratulations and welcome aboard Christos and team, it’s been a pleasure working with you so far. Looking forward to continuing this relationship on your journey to 100% digital. ... View more

I’d like to give a shout out to this amazing lady, Michelle Lihou from   @goolwaconveyancing! Such a strong, positive woman and an absolute inspiration.   On Thursday afternoon we caught up for lunch to celebrate her efforts over the past few months at the lovely Hector’s Café on the wharf at Goolwa. We got very lucky with perfect weather.   Michelle firmly secured her place in SA as an expert in Electronic Conveyancing some time ago and should be very proud of her efforts to date. She continues to smash all sorts of transactional records and is fast approaching a huge milestone! She is a continued supporter of ours and such a valued member to us here at PEXA in SA.   Goolwa Conveyancing continues to support and encourage peers on their e-conveyancing journey and are always willing to lend a hand when called upon. Don’t hesitate to contact the team for advice.   Keep up the great work Goolwa Conveyancing! It is always such a pleasure spending time you.     ... View more

Congratulations to Stella Sinanis on graduating PEXA Certified!   It is always a pleasure to acknowledge and recognise the efforts and support from our subscribers. You all play an integral part in leading the way towards 100% digital conveyancing.   I just love popping into Stella's office, she always welcomes me with open arms and an infectious smile!   So, if you have an upcoming settlement with Stella, please send her an invite! She'd love to accept it.   Awesome effort Stella!   Stella holding her PEXA Certified Trophy ... View more

Small businesses and sole traders are the lifeblood of the conveyancing industry. It’s important to recognise the unique and challenging circumstances they can find themselves in each day, particularly in an industry where concurrent activity is hard to achieve and you must wear multiple hats, like being a business owner, marketing specialist, accountant, file manager, settlement agent and often family member.   No matter how beneficial technology is, human nature still craves human interaction. At PEXA, we recognise these unique challenges, and through PEXA Direct we can deliver a humanised service that goes beyond the transaction; especially valuable for people who work for themselves or as a small enterprise.   I met with Sandy Rollison from Sandy.K Conveyancing and discussed how she saw the transition to digital settlements and what value she derives out of PEXA Direct.    Congratulations on making the move to take your business online. How did you find the experience?   My experience with PEXA was fantastic! It is a simple, user friendly, straightforward system that easily guides you through the process. I loved that when I went home on Friday night, I knew I was ready and organised for settlement after the long weekend.    How does going digital compare with the paper-based way of settling property transactions?   The fact I can sit at my office (or anywhere for that matter) and control and monitor settlement is brilliant!  I don’t have to consider additional costs with attending settlement, nor be worried about last minute panics!  No parking, no traffic, no weather to worry about! I made myself a coffee, sat back and waited for it (settlement) to happen!  What’s the feedback from your team using the system? Is it user-friendly?   Very user friendly! Nothing difficult about using PEXA.  Help is easily and readily available – nothing is too difficult!  It is a pleasure to deal with PEXA Direct – their commitment to the systems success shines through!    Have you had any feedback from clients after transacting online?   My client (vendor) was very impressed with the speed at which the sale proceeds were accessible and visible – and obviously available!   The three main wealth classes are cash, shares and property. Consumers have had internet banking and shares trading solutions for a while now. What needs to change from now to take paper out of the equation for property transactions?   For me…nothing.  I have established my new business based on the fact that the industry is going to transition fully to e-Conveyancing.  It is my intention to settle as much as I can via PEXA.  This is the reason I entered the industry!  Bring it on!   How can e-conveyancing help grow your business to be more competitive?   E-conveyancing brings time saving – improved efficiency – greater time to build new business reduces costs – less reliance on settlement clerks and admin staff easy to communicate and ensure you are up to date – rather than spending time on the phone on hold, risk management for clients, improved settlement times, errors can be corrected, and settlement rebooked same day.   South Australia boasts one of the best representations on participation in e-conveyancing. If you could reach out to firms who haven’t yet looked to e-conveyancing, what advice would you offer?   The ease at which you can transact will impress you, be sure to understand the benefits to you and your clients, reduces stress and pressure on settlement day, extremely time efficient.   Crystal ball gazing time. What’s your ideal future vision for your industry and clients in the digital era?   100% electronic settlements!   Any other observations or points that you want to make about our industry and your hopes for the future?  As practitioners, we need to embrace technology in our businesses.  Technology can be feared by some but brings great benefit.  The true benefits and cost savings will come when this system is fully embraced.   For further information on the PEXA Direct program visit www.community.pexa.com.au or contact @danielroesler. ... View more

This week marks my third week with the business as a PEXA Direct Specialist and WOW, it certainly is a wonderful company to be a part of! From an outsider’s view, working for a national mortgage services law firm, I knew electronic conveyancing was the way of the future but since starting with PEXA it has become much clearer just how necessary and exciting it is for the entire legal and financial industries.   My last week was spent in Melbourne at the PEXA Head Office, training, shadowing staff and basically learning the ropes. I was absolutely blown away by the knowledge, enthusiasm and positivity of each person that I met. I can’t thank everyone enough for all they taught me, I know it will be invaluable going forward.   This week the AIC welcomed me on their Women’s Retreat. It was such a privilege to spend a day with such an amazing group of women. We heard from inspirational speakers, we hiked, we attended a cooking class, we ate but mainly, we had fun and shared our wealth of knowledge from across the generations. Special shout out to my buddy Stella Sinanis who welcomed me from the get go and partnered up with me during the activities. It was a pleasure to meet such an incredible group of women and look forward to working closely with them in the future. Thanks again to Rebecca Hayes from the AICSA for taking me under her wing and allowing me the opportunity to attend and learn from a proud and powerful group of professionals. This week I’ll be seeking to introduce myself to as many eager and enthusiastic South Australian practitioners as I can. I’m really excited about the potential of PEXA to change people’s businesses and work/life blend for the better. Can’t wait to start working for each and every one of you! I have included a few pictures from the day, be sure to check them out.   Jessica Kolb PEXA Direct Specialist SA   Mt Lofty Summit Relaunch My Life with Juliet Lever Sticky Rice Cooking Class & Presentation by Tamsin Kate ... View more