Meet The Team

Our Educators

 
 

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Facilitator

Renate Oosthuizen

“The absolute passion for helping people find their dream homes, and now, that passion has rolled over into training up new recruits to the industry so that each student can taste the wealth of knowledge. To see one of my students eyes light up when he/she learns something new is what makes me tick.”

Education

Services SETA

NQF 4 Qualification, 2008

SAQA, ETDP/SETA

Qualified NQF 4 Facilitator, 2017

Activities & Affiliations

  • Property Agent of the Year, Realty 1 Elk, 2006

  • Agent of the Year, Realty 1 Elk, 2003

  • Rookie of the Year, IEASA, 2000

Admissions

• Certificate in Estate Agency, EAAB, 2005

 
 
 

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Facilitator

Vangelis Kyriazis CA(SA)

“Facilitating for BrainTrust has enabled me to combine my experience in commercial property; accounting and tax knowledge as a chartered accountant and my enjoyment of empowering others through education. I love simplifying and expanding my students understanding of property returns, leverage and tax so that they can advise their clients and themselves on what drives a great property investment.”

Education

University of the Witwatersrand
BAccSci Cum Laude, 2011
BAccSci Honours, 2012

Activities & Affiliations

• Golden Key

Admissions

• CA(SA)

 
 
 

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Facilitator & Assessor

Anemi Leach

“I have discovered over the last 35 years of being involved in teaching, that it really is a journey of personal growth. For all the parties involved. To be part of it, is a tremendous privilege. Every learner you encounter, changes your life in some way or another.”

Activities & Affiliations

  • National Rookie of the Year, RealNet, 2004

  • Director, IEASA Gauteng North, 2008-2009

  • Lecturer, Traansvaal College of Education, 1981-1997

Admissions

• EAAB Board Examination, 2004

Education

University of Pretoria

Ba (Ed) Degree, Ba Hons Degree, 1977-1981

SAQA, EDTP/SETA

Accredited Assessor/Moderator, 2008

 
 
 

Assessor & Facilitator

Jan-Louis Thomas

Although he has been a property professional for the past 7 years, Jan-Louis has spent most of his time training real estate principals, agents and interns in obtaining their qualifications and passing the Professional Designation Examinations. He himself successfully passed the Estate Agency Affairs Board’s Professional Designation Examination in 2014 and as such holds a Fidelity Fund Certificate as a Professional Practitioner in Real Estate. He is also a constituent assessor registered with the ETDP SETA and the Services SETA. He is qualified to mentor and supervisor to intern agents who wish to enter the real estate industry. He assists interns to achieve their goals of mastering the whole sales cycle, becoming qualified, and thus becoming financially independent, whilst professionally and ethically serving the best interest of clients.

Education

Services SETA

Accredited NQF 4 Assessor, 2017

University of Johannesburg

BA Law, LLB, LLM International Law, 1992-2002

Activities & Affiliations

  • Business Law Module Manager, IMM GSM, 2018

  • Senior Lecturer, Tshwane University of Technology, 2014-2015

  • Lecturer & Author, South African School for Para-Legal Studies, 2005-2006

Admissions

  • EAAB Board Examination, 2004

 
 
 

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Assessor

Alberto Ochetta

“Having owned my own real estate agency for 5 consecutive years, I had come across some unethical and incompetent estate agents. I fully support the fact that individuals in this profession need to be afforded the necessary training and career development possibilities not to bring the real estate industry into disrepute. I feel my duties as a constituent assessor contribute towards having a well regulated environment in which estate agents can feel proud of their career choice.”

Activities & Affiliations

  • NQF 5 Real Estate Qualification, 2010

  • Structured Trade & Commodity Finance Course, EuroMoney, 2007

  • Management Course, GIBS, 2001

Admissions

  • FAIS Regulatory Examination, 2011

  • First Level Regulatory Examination, ABSA Bank

Education

BankSETA, Services SETA, Wholesale & Retail SETA

Accredited Assessor, 2015

University of Pretoria

B.Com Financial Management, 1995-1998

 
 
 

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Assessor & Moderator

Anita Jurgens

“Its It gives me great joy in telling a learner they are competent as one knows how much time is needed to achieve a qualification. There is an amazing sense of accomplishment when a whole group can be signed off as competent. I love what I do.”

Activities & Affiliations

  • Independent Moderator, EDTP, SETA, 2011-

  • Certificate in Real Estate, SETA, 1999

  • Accredited Assessor, MerSETA, CathsSETA, 2011-

Admissions

  • EAAB Board Examination, 2010

Education

Services SETA

NQF 5 Qualification, 2010

University of Stellenbosch

BA, Psychology Major, 1978

 
 
 
 

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Facilitator

Ashley Habib

Ashley Habib has been a registered Estate Agent since 1997 along the Atlantic Seaboard and has been involved in the empowerment of Estate Agents across the country since 2002. Her training interventions have known to be highly informative, motivating and game changing! In her own words ‘the Real Estate Industry has experienced great change and with the shift in this exciting arena comes the need for a re-defined and unique skill set which will equip the Estate Agent with everything necessary to ensure that the client wether seller or buyer; makes an informed decision! My training interventions are refreshing and empowering. I have always loved the race to the top and nothing gives me greater satisfaction than witnessing the growth and development of a learner as we journey forward and upward together!”

Activities & Affiliations

  • Accredited Assessor, Services SETA, 2006

Admissions

  • EAAB Board Examination, 1998

Education

Services SETA

NQF 4 & 5 Qualifications, 2002

Gen MAN 3/4/5

NQF 4 Marketing

NQF 4 Project Management

Business Administration L2

MERA L1 

 
 
 

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Facilitator

Paul Davies

"Coming from a Mine Survey and 3D Underground Mine Design career, it was easy enough to slot into Real Estate. The paperwork is a mere fraction of what was required to learn for Mine Survey and Mine Design. Launched into an area of a couple of thousand townhouses, I gained ample Sectional Title experience in both sales and rentals. I quickly found out that I was recreating paperwork and was teaching experienced agents about their legals, as well as their careers. NQF 4 took a mere 18.5 hours outside of the mandatory four day spaced training. Throughout my Real Estate career that ended as a Team Leader for a small company, I have found that recreating the legal paperwork, and teaching the staff to use such, besides teaching how to improve and utilise their selling skills, became more required of me than actually selling or renting. As such, it was a small step to step into training. Computer skills lead to having training courses designed as slide shows, and almost daily memes created for Facebook to educate and assist agents not only in South Africa, but internationally too, which lead to my training agents all over the country, as well as internationally."

Education

University of Stellenbosch

MPhil, Applied Ethics, 1999

Knightsbridge University, Denmark

PhD, Business Administration, 1993

Education

Services SETA

NQF 4 Qualification, 2013