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Buy. Rehab. Rent. Refinance. Repeat. The strategy sounds almost too clean on paper. But I did it three times this year with real money, real properties, and real tenants paying real rent.
I left a comfortable IT career to become a buyer's agent. The first year nearly broke me. But the sales lessons I learned transformed how I negotiate property deals for clients.
My mum nags me about a dozen things every day. None of it is useful. But the moment she says 'dinner's ready,' I move. That's signal versus noise — and the same principle separates good property decis
Fish was a food blogger with a $700K budget. Every agent pointed her toward apartments. We bought her a 700-square-metre corner block, renovated the layout for dual tenancy, and she's now collecting $
A friend in Kew sold his house within a week of a stabbing 300 metres from his front door. I get it — safety is visceral. But panic-selling based on headlines is one of the most expensive mistakes a p
Stocks or property? It's the wrong question. The right question is: which one first, and when do you switch? I invest in both. Here's the complete comparison — with actual numbers, not vibes.
The client paid $850,000 for a 750-square-metre house. The rear 278 square metres alone is worth $417,000. After selling the back yard, the effective cost of the house drops to $433,000 — renting at $
He thought 600 square metres was enough for development. It wasn't. He put the property in his SMSF without understanding the restrictions. Then he planned renovations that would have triggered penalt
I fed a Cranbourne land parcel into an AI architecture tool and asked it to design the maximum number of compliant residential units. Six seconds later, I had a rendered concept. Is it ready to replac
Two hundred students entered Melbourne University's actuarial program with me. Fewer than ten made it through. The survivors learned one thing above all else: build in a safety margin for everything.
Most investors pick suburbs the way they pick restaurants — word of mouth, gut feeling, maybe a quick Google. I built a scoring framework instead. Some of the results will make you uncomfortable.
Every other state in Australia shows the same boring pattern — consistent population inflow or consistent outflow. Victoria just did something none of them have done. The migration trend reversed. In
Everyone and their cousin started buying regional property during the pandemic. The returns looked incredible. Two years later, a lot of those same people are quietly trying to sell. Here's why the 40
There's an indicator I track that almost nobody talks about. When it rises in a suburb, property prices slow down. When it maxes out, growth stops entirely. It's the unit-to-house ratio, and it just t
One of my clients spent $5 million on a property for her daughter. The marriage lasted under two years. The ex-husband walked away with half. A $2,000 family trust would have prevented the entire disa
I left a blockchain company where I grew a department from 5 to 25 people and generated $1.7 million USD in revenue. My boss thought I was crazy. Three years later, I still help him land deals. That a
I don't care how good the location is. I don't care that your mate's cousin made a fortune on the next street. If the property has structural issues and the vendor is deflecting, you run. Not walk. Ru
The Victorian government just announced the biggest change to commercial property taxation in decades. CIPT replaces stamp duty with an annual tax. Sounds good on paper. The reality is more complicate
A Hugo Boss sales assistant earning $80,000 a year just bought 17 properties in a single year. His total portfolio sits at 38 houses. Before you call it impossible, let me walk through the mechanics —
Last weekend I watched a family drive to four open inspections across Melbourne's southeast. Three of the four properties had deal-killing issues visible on Google Maps. They could have saved five hou
An Australian developer literally put a clause in their sales contract banning a specific building inspection company. That company's offence? Having one million followers and a reputation for finding
An interstate buyer's agent rang me last month asking about a property in Cranbourne. He'd never been to Cranbourne. He was going to 'inspect' it via video sent by the selling agent. The selling agent
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