Educated and raised in Hong Kong, Michael went down to enter
the Real Estate industry and joined LJ Hooker in Sydney
in the late 1970's. Wanting to return to Hong Kong, Michael approached a number
of Australian real estate companies about opening an office in Asia,
before joining up with Ben Boyd Real Estate( Sydney) in 1982 to establish their
office, solely focusing on Australian property marketing.
Based on the success achieved, he was recruited to head up the establishment of
Central Equity Asia Ltd, a subsidiary of Central Equity Ltd (CEL) in Melbourne,
where he acted as Asian Managing Director from 1993 through to 2001.
In this time Michael Bentley grew the operations of CEL to become the most
successful Australian Property marketer in Asia and established permanent
offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, with sub-agents and marketing branches in Jakarta,
Kuala Lumpur and Brunei. He embarked upon numerous "road
shows " to other areas, which included the Middle East, Shanghai,
Beijing, Medan, Manila, Bangkok, Surabaya
and other areas. All of these gained him valuable experience of all markets
along the way.
In 2001 Michael resigned from CEL and
subsequently established Citylife Property Group, based in Hong
Kong.
Citylife is an independent sales agent working with developers from
all over and assisting them market their products
internationally.
His depth of knowledge and experience have taught him many lessons, and his
ability to quickly provide information and product that the overseas buyer
seeks has seen his website become the most popular site visited by overseas
based Australian property investors.
Michael is a regular contributor of information and editorial on the
Australian property market and in addition to the wide range of articles
Bentley provides through his website, he has also been featured in The South
China Morning Post (Hong Kong), the Straits Times (), The Australian newspaper,
and many other local Asian papers, as well as being featured on TV and Radio..
"Michael Bentley's proven track record in one of the toughest real estate
marketing places in the world, throughout all of Australia's property cycles,
has stood the test of time."
(This article on "Michael Bentley" kindly reproduced
from the Mortgage Summit Speakers Profile)
