Aussie cricket star reveals ‘humbling' career move

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Will we hit the national home building target? 02:18
Next time you get a knock on your door and you're a cricket fan, you might just be bowled over.
In a surprise move, Aussie cricket veteran Ben Cutting has started selling real estate, while his model/TV presenter wife, Erin Holland, has nearly finished getting her real estate license.
Cutting, 38, has been working under the radar as an agent with U Real Estate in Brisbane, and already has a couple of big sales under his belt.
His first transaction was a luxury apartment at 6/16 Riddell Street, Bulimba, which he sold for $3.3m, in conjunction with his colleague, Jonathan Peck.
Cutting also recently sold a five-bedroom house at 3 Hurlstone Street, Wishart, for $1.885m.
'(Real estate has) definitely got the highs and the lows like cricket does,' he said.
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'Starting afresh is quite difficult when you're competing with big brands like Place and Ray White in our area.
'I've been doing everything from cold calling, to door knocking, to letter box drops.
So, does he ever get recognised?
'Sometimes. Other times I get told to f*** off; it's rather humbling,' Cutting said.
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As for Holland, she has one more module left to finish before she too can call herself a real estate agent — although you might not see her at an open time just yet.
'At this point in time, it's another string to her bow,' Cutting said.
'She's not going to go into sales full time tomorrow, but she might help out here and there and slowly build up from there.'
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It's not their first foray into property. The power couple is the driving force behind Golconda Property Group — a residential and commercial property development company.
'I'm still very much in the development side of things, but as you know, it can be a two or three-year process per project, so I've got a lot of downtime and I enjoy real estate, so it's a comfortable shift.'
It comes as the cricket all-rounder puts his Cannon Hill investment property up for rent.
Records show he's asking $1200 a week for the four-bedroom house at 14 Aster Street, which he bought for $525,000 in 2016.
The glamorous couple are currently renovating a grand Queenslander in Hawthorne which they paid $2.86m for last year.
On a 810sq m block, the early 1900s residence has six bedrooms, three bathrooms and original features such as soaring ceilings, traditional VJ boards and timber floors.
'We've nearly finished the back yard and are getting a cabana built,' he said.
Cutting's demanding cricket career has been riddled with injuries, including two spinal surgeries within 18 months.
But he will continue to play overseas; picking and choosing the tournaments that fit around his new work schedule.