Merv Barrett
Founder at Real Estate Connected
Perth, Western Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMerv Barrett is a founder and product-driven entrepreneur with 12 years of experience building digital marketing and real estate technology businesses from Perth, Australia. After a decade selling premium waterfront property he taught himself internet marketing and turned a personal need for a scalable, easy-to-use listings system into Easy Property Listings, a widely adopted WordPress plugin launched in 2014. He combines hands-on web design, SEO, PPC and WordPress development with real-world sales and auction expertise, having been involved in over 700 transactions and driven high-performing marketing campaigns. Merv also runs Real Estate Connected, an agency focused on practical, results-oriented online strategies for real estate professionals. Notably, his background in print and production management led him to build productivity systems and lightweight software before moving fully into web products, reflecting a pragmatic, systems-first approach to product design. He’s passionate about helping agents and developers make a living from online real estate tools and scaling solutions that simplify complex workflows.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Real Estate Auction Mastery, Real Estate Auction Mastery at HighgroundInternet Marketing and Niche Targeting, Internet Marketing and Niche Targeting at Online Dominance
Portuguese
Github Skills (20)
listings10
estate10
xml-schema10
data-import10
edifact10
edi10
nodejs10
x1210
mongodb10
plugin9
wordpress9
wordpress-plugin9
schematron9
epl9
xml9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
easypropertylistings/epl-api-docs
Mar 2016 - Jun 2026
API Documentation for Easy Property Listings
Contributions:4 PRs, 95 pushes, 3 branches in 10 years 4 months
apiapi-documentationlistingsopenapiproperty-listings
easypropertylistings/Easy-Property-Listings
Apr 2014 - Jan 2023
Easy Property Listings is ready to make your real estate website faster, safer and better!
Contributions:148 releases, 7 reviews, 2789 commits in 8 years 10 months
real-estate-websitefasterreal-estatenodejslistings
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