Gmaven’s commercial real estate (CRE) clients range from the big to the boutique, from brokers to property owners. Business is about relationships, and every business has a story.
Shaun Coghlan took a leap of faith 2019, and started his own brokerage. He trusted Gmaven to manage his data and automate his processes.
In the same year, Shaun’s wife fell ill with cancer.
Then, soon after, Covid struck South Africa.
Despite all these setbacks, Shaun, an experienced CRE professional, with a strong grasp of CRE’s complex data, soldiered on – worked steadily and consistently.
From a small start…
We’re thrilled to see Shalan Properties winning, and, equally importantly, know that CRE industry tenants and investors are being well serviced.
It’s incredibly fulfilling to play a small part in someone’s deserved success. It feels, quite simply, fair, to see hard work, perseverance and courage rewarded. We look forward to seeing this fine business and others of its ilk growing from strength to strength.
In case you’re wondering, Shaun’s wife made a full recovery too!
For more info on Shalan Properties, and a deeper dive into Shaun’s experience, see the CRE brokerage white paper here (slide show):
Some interesting takeaways:
On avoiding the painful double work and admin of moving data around:
A system that will grow with you:
Gmaven’s second and third values are being of service and team – we see ourselves as tech and data partners to our clients…
Amidst sometimes-despairing news of incompetence and injustice, we hope this story brightened your day and provided inspiration that good can and does prevail.
Thank you and well done to Shaun for the hard-won success.
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