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Five months ago, a competitor publicly called my suburb recommendation garbage. 'Poor area, bad safety, won't grow,' they said. I said nothing. I waited for the data. The data is in now. And it's abso
Nobody talks about this at open inspections. The agent won't mention it. The vendor's statement won't flag it. But if more than 18% of the housing stock in your target suburb is social housing, your p
Your real estate agent shows you photos and a floor plan. SQM Research shows you vacancy rates, clearance rates, asking price trends, and stock on market. One of these helps you make better investment
A subscriber asked me to analyse a Box Hill listing — 600 square metres, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, double-storey, dual kitchen. On paper it looks like a dream investment. I ran every metric we u
School rankings. Crime rates. School zone boundaries. And a website that shows you something nobody wants to talk about. If you're buying a home for your family, these four free tools will tell you th
Frankston is having a moment. A rezone in March, a billion-dollar hospital, and median prices still under $800K. A subscriber asked me to analyse a 550-square-metre listing at $740K. The numbers are g
I'm going to walk you through a real granny flat build we completed for a client. The purchase price was $635,000. The bank revalued at $710,000 in under twelve months. I'll show you the build specs,
A follower sent me this listing last Tuesday. Bulleen, northern suburbs, 580 square metres, four bedrooms, three bathrooms. Listed at $1.25 million. My first reaction was that the land-to-price ratio
Another DM, another Chinese suburb, another familiar conversation. Doncaster, 850 square metres, and the question is always the same: is it worth the money? I pulled up the data and the answer is more
I am genuinely tired of watching buyers agents charge $20,000 to sit at a desk and click through a piece of software. So I am going to show you exactly how they do it. Every filter. Every metric. Ever
Every buyers agent has a list of suburbs they love. Nobody talks about the suburbs they hate. Today I am talking about the suburbs I hate. With data.
Wheelers Hill keeps landing in my inbox. Beautiful streets, strong schools, high owner-occupier rates. But every time I run the numbers for an investor, the yield makes me wince. So let me do this pro
The ABS published the latest inflation number last week. 2.7 per cent. Every content creator on the internet immediately declared that rate cuts were imminent. Most of them are wrong, and I am going t
Mount Waverley is one of those suburbs that photographs well, schools well, and prices terribly for investors. But this particular property has a wrinkle that most people will either miss entirely or
You found the property. You inspected it. You fell in love with it. Then someone else bought it before you even submitted an offer. Sound familiar? I watch this happen every week, and the reason is al
I drove past the site last week. The landscaping is in, the tenants have moved into the granny flat, and the first rent payment has landed. This is the point where the spreadsheet becomes reality and
The before photo shows a tired three-bedroom house renting for $400 a week. The after photo shows three self-contained units pulling $1,200 a week. The renovation cost $60,000. I want to walk you thro
I had a client last month who had built a three-property portfolio worth $2.1 million. Single name on every title. No marriage. No kids. Then his partner of three years filed for a property split. He
Renovation is supposed to create value. That is the whole point. But I keep seeing investors pour money into upgrades that add nothing to the valuation and nothing to the rent. They end up with a beau
Most buyers think making an offer on a property is simple. You pick a number, you tell the agent, and they say yes or no. That is roughly 10 per cent of the process. The other 90 per cent is positioni
Every property investor hits the same wall. The bank says your borrowing capacity is exhausted. No more loans. Your portfolio is stuck at three or four properties and your wealth-building engine has s
Everyone assumes $700,000 in Melbourne means you are stuck in a growth corridor buying a house-and-land package next to a construction site. That assumption is wrong. There are two established suburbs
Hampton Park is our home turf. We have bought more properties in this suburb than any other single postcode. So when a corner block at Hazeldean Court popped up with dual driveway access and obvious g
I filmed this walkthrough standing in a freshly poured slab that was still warm from yesterday's pour. The granny flat at Vivien Court is three months into construction, and the numbers have already b
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