Built by people who started on the floor.

Before Rsolute, I spent about a year in property. I knew early on that academics were not my strongest advantage next to some of my peers, so I decided that a real, practical skill set was what would carry me. I was young, with little experience and almost no network. Property was one of the few paths I knew about, so I took the leap.

What I did not have was a system, or anyone to teach me the fundamentals of selling. Most of what I did was putting money into advertisements and hoping they would turn into something. After a year, most of what I had to show for it came from rentals rather than sales. I had no grand plan. I was doing what I thought I had to do, learning by experience, trying to work out what I was actually capable of.

Looking back, that year taught me the thing I needed to know. I was not looking for another opportunity. I was looking for an environment that could teach me the skills, the structure and the mindset to grow.

Then my mother had two strokes, and my father had to step up as her main carer. I am an only child, so I always knew more responsibility would fall to me one day. That day stopped being far away.

It showed me how much having options matters. The difference between private and public care, the choices in front of you, how long it can take to be seen. Stability is not about having more. It is about having a choice when the people you love need one. It also reminded me how short and unpredictable life can be, and that I did not want to wait until circumstances forced me to change.

The hardest part of my first year wasn't sales, it was learning how to lead people. Within my first year I built a team of around 7 to 9 people. I thought I was doing well. I was working hard, producing results, and I assumed that if I kept pushing, the team would grow with me. But eventually, almost everyone left.

Looking back, the problem wasn't that I wasn't working hard enough. I was working, but I wasn't truly building. I had my own goals and vision, but I didn't know how to connect them to the people around me. After a year of hard work and watching the team I built disappear, that was probably the closest I came to quitting. I remember questioning myself: maybe team building just isn't for me, maybe I'm only good at sales.

Instead of letting that season define what I was capable of, it forced me to start again from scratch. I had to learn that leadership wasn't about becoming someone else. It was about learning how to lead as myself.

Growing up, I never really had a life mentor, someone who could guide me, challenge my thinking, or show me what I was capable of. I don't blame my family for that. They did the best they could with what they had. But one belief I've carried with me is this: we may not get to choose where we start in life, but we can choose where we end up.

When I entered this business, that changed for me. I met mentors who invested their time in me, believed in me, corrected me when I needed it, and helped me become a better version of myself. Eventually I realised I wanted to do the same for others. I want to become the leader I wish I had when I was younger.

Rsolute is the environment I could not find. Everything we build here, the training, the structure and the way people are promoted, exists to teach the part nobody taught me.