{"id":171640,"date":"2025-10-04T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=171640"},"modified":"2025-10-03T20:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:26:36","slug":"agent-profile-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/real-estate\/agent-profile-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Agent Profile: Ben Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ben Smith <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Director, Licenced Estate Agent and Sales Manager<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Hayden Real Estate Torquay<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NOW with more than 15+ years of experience, Ben understand the best methods and marketing techniques, and has fine-tuned his negotiation skills to obtain the premium price for his vendors every time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being upfront and open, and delivering what I promise is important to me,&#8221; Ben says. &#8220;I believe success comes from listening rather than talking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ben&#8217;s clients appreciate his no-nonsense, straightforward approach to selling, but also that he is approachable and helpful.<\/p>\n<p>As a leading agent within the Surf Coast area, Ben enjoys a lot of repeat business and referrals.<\/p>\n<p>Since moving to the Surf Coast, Ben has always been active in the Torquay community, including working with schools, the Torquay Surf Life Saving Club, local businesses and the Torquay Rotary Club.<\/p>\n<p>With Ben&#8217;s local knowledge, and enthusiasm for the Surf Coast, he aims to bring a higher level of service and expertise to every sale, and provide all his clients with an experience they will remember.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Smith Director, Licenced Estate Agent and Sales Manager Hayden Real Estate Torquay &nbsp; NOW with more than 15+ years of experience, Ben understand the best methods and marketing techniques, and has fine-tuned his negotiation skills to obtain the premium price for his vendors every time. &#8220;Being upfront and open, and delivering what I promise [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/real-estate\/agent-profile-8\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":171920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-171640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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