The real estate industry fits Babak Paymani like a glove. His diverse professional background, together with his experience in commercial and residential property investment, residential to commercial property conversion, and property renovation, give him a well-rounded understanding of how the industry operates.

Real estate is more than just bricks and mortar to Babak. It's about people, listening and responding to their needs, gaining their trust and building strong relationships.

Originally from Iran, and married to a Kiwi, he is comfortable in diverse cultural settings. He's also a whizz in the kitchen and his culinary skills are often in demand.

He and his wife are small business owners, well-known in the community. Before transitioning to real estate, Babak spent 25 years in management. His extensive background in retail management and hospitality included working for major nationwide retailers in roles that required him to lead, motivate and train staff as well as ensure customer needs were taken care of through the delivery of professional, high quality service.

Babak works long side Tom Shields, Summer Hieatt and Janine King and together they make up Team Paymani. Tom is highly successful real estate agent with the best part of a decade of experience in the Real Estate industry. Summer is our team buyer specialist and has an unwavering passion for helping people achieve their goals and a knack for building strong relationships. Janine has been the cornerstone of Team Paymani’s success for several years. She is both a residential sales consultant and our marketing and administrative whiz. With Team Paymani you get four top real estate agents working for you to achieve your goals.

New Zealand Certificate in Real Estate Level 4 New Zealand Certificate in Real Estate Level 5