- Steve Starke
About Steve Starke
About Steve
Steve is a seasoned negotiator, investor, and property professional with deep expertise in residential real estate and project marketing sales. His career spans renovation projects, personal property acquisitions, and commercial ventures.
Renowned for his ability to identify opportunity and maximise value, Steve is highly respected by clients navigating today’s fast-moving and competitive market.
Holding a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, along with additional diploma-level qualifications, Steve is also a passionate mentor and educator. He has built a strong reputation for helping new and aspiring investors achieve financial independence through smart, strategic property decisions—empowering individuals and families to create long-term wealth and security.
A lifelong learner, Steve has refined his expertise through world-class training programs with sales leaders Tom Hopkins and David Forman. Influential works such as Rich Dad Poor Dad and the teachings of Napoleon Hill helped shape his financial mindset, while his studies at the University of Auckland further strengthened his strategic thinking and mind-mapping capabilities—skills he now shares with those he mentors.
Steve’s real estate career includes senior leadership roles with Don Ha Real Estate and a pivotal role in the evolution into RE/MAX Revolution and now RE/MAX New Zealand. He played a key role within Don’s project team, contributing to international recognition at the RE/MAX Global Awards, including #1 Global Top Team in Closed Transactions (Owner Team), along with other top global rankings, and achieving RE/MAX Platinum Sales Status.
Steves day to day work still involves home-owners, but reaches to business sales, commercial property and residential development. As Business Growth Manager and a practising award winning salesperson, Steve will help you achieve your goals.
Top skills
Negotiation
Marketing
Advertising
Experience
Practice management
Communication
Patience
Customer service
Knowledge
Top suburbs
Henderson
Manurewa
All Listings by Steve Starke
- For sale
- Sold
- For lease
Testimonials
Professionalism And Amazing Attention To Detail Hi Steve, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much for the excellent service you afforded to us recently with the sale of our rental property in Manurewa. You made the whole process easy for us and that was down to your professionalism and amazing attention to detail. We were impressed with how you explained everything clearly and contacted us regularly with updates on progress. We will have no hesitation in recommending your services to friends and family when they have a need for a trustworthy and reliable real estate agent. - Steve and Zandra Kennedy
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Thanks for all your help Hi Steve, with the sale of our property in Weymouth. Being out of town you helped us navigate through the sale & provided us a quick speedy result we were more than happy with. With the multiple offers received after just the first open home we knew you were the agent to sell our home to get the result we wanted. Your pleasant nature made the whole experience hassle & stress free. We highly recommend using Steve for the purchase or sale of your properties." - Steve and Lee Roper - 2018-
"When we first met Steve Starke he was about to show another couple a selection of Lifestyle Blocks at Runciman, it was no problem for Steve to take us along. As we were looking at the sites he made us feel welcome and kept us in as part of the group, explaining all the aspects of the various sites. After our first meeting Steve has been very helpful and not pressured us into any decisions. He has worked with us in the purchase of one of the lifestyle blocks and has guided us through the purchase process in a very professional way. I would have no hesitation in recommending Steve to any future purchasers as his guidance and honesty has been very helpful. -Gary Featherstone (19-6-2016)-
Selling At Auction Was A New Experience For Us. We wish to thank Steve Starke for his help and expertise in the recent sale of our Mangere property. We acknowledge that a very short time frame was given to market the property and that it was listed just as the market appeared to be stalling. Despite that the marketing strategy identified a number of buyers leading to vigorous bidding at the auction. We had some doubts that the appraisal price range would be achieved at auction however the property ultimately sold for a figure in excess of the appraisal. It was a commendable result given the market conditions and reflect the time and effort Steve put into marketing and promoting the property. Selling at auction was a new experience for us. Steve showed patience and expertise in clearly explaining all aspects of the auction and making us very comfortable with the process. Throughout the build up to the auction we received frequent feedback following open homes and the tenant was dealt wit-
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