On a mission

We're driven to rebuild property management

While helping our retired parents get their finances in order, we found they'd been paying an agent, what seemed like an obscene amount of money in fees for the past 20 years. In the meantime, their property manager had changed every few months, sometimes with no notice, and they weren't getting real value for their money. That’s when we realised, it's time for a change in property management. So, we're redefining it. Our incredible team is focused on delivering an amazing service enhanced with intuitive, easy to use technology.

Locations

Sydney, Central Coast and Melbourne

We have offices in Sydney and Melbourne. More locations coming soon.

Our team have worked at

Meet :Different

The perfect mix of experienced property managers and software engineers

Mina Radhakrishnan

Co-Founder

Product, design, engineering and customer support. Mina was Global Head of Product at Uber (as employee 20). She's also worked for Google, Goldman Sachs, Redpoint Ventures, and ModCloth. When not working, you'll find her practicing yoga, or tweeting on @minarad. She's also former competitive scrabble champ.

Ruwin Perera

Co-Founder

Ruwin looks after finance, operations and marketing @ :Different. Undergrad @ Melbourne Uni + an MBA from Kellogg in Chicago. Ruwin has worked for BCG, part of Google's global strategy team and as a Director at Softbank. He's passionate about excellent service and cricket (though not necessarily in that order).

Andrew Leung

Growth (VIC)

This guy will make you laugh. Andrew has been in the Melbourne real estate game for years. From running a Ray White franchise to being part of the disruptive team at Purple Bricks.

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Keely Borg

Operations (NSW)

A total team player, Keely brings a wealth of experience to the team in all aspects of property management and leads maintenance at :Different. Keely will go the extra mile and work towards the best outcome.

Scott Dolce

Growth (NSW)

With more than 10 years experience in real estate from McGrath & LJ Hooker, Scott understands what it takes to look after your properties.

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Reji Eapen

Operations (NSW)

An investment banker and founder of a financial education venture, Reji came with a passion to bring real change for property owners like himself.

Leigh Patrick

Growth (NSW)

The creative Leigh joins us with years of property experience at Raine & Horne and Sotheby's International Realty. She is also a qualified Interior Designer.

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Lindsey Sawtell

Operations (NSW)

Lindsey joins :Different with 7 years experience with strong legislative and hands on experience within all facets of property management.

Charlene Xia

Operations (VIC)

Charlene has 5 years experience in property management, starting her career at Ray White in the Melbourne CBD.

Mehdi Valikhani

Software Engineering Lead

Leading the technology team. Mehdi has a fine eye for detail to deliver a reliable platform for our owners, tenants, and operations managers.

Stephen Leung

Software Engineer

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Board and advisors

Craig Blair

Managing Partner @ AirTree Ventures

Craig is a Board Director. He's the Co-founder, and Managing Partner at AirTree Ventures.

Cass O'Connor

Ex-Chairwoman @ McGrath

Cass is an advisor to :Different. The former Chairwoman of McGrath Estate Agents, her professional career has spanned investment banking, M&A, IPO’s, private equity and strategic planning. Her industry sector expertise includes real estate, media, entertainment, tech and premium consumer goods.

Parker Thompson

Partner @ AngelList

Parker is an advisor to :Different and a Partner at AngelList. Before that, he was a member of the 500 Startups investment team, seed investing and managing their accelerator program in San Francisco

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