This week on the Development Ready podcast we have Property Specialist and Co-founder of Secoya Property and Project Marketing, Spiro Skiadopolous.

We speak to Spiro about his journey into the property industry, and discuss topics such as:

•    What makes a development project successful
•    The evolution of amenities within apartment developments
•    How the emergence of the local buyer is changing the development landscape and
•    Why listening to consumer demand is so important plus much more.

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Show notes

• 01:33 - Introduction
• 02:19 - What he does and how he got started
• 03:25 - How has the industry changed
• 04:13 - Secoya Property
• 05:36 - The current project marketing space
• 06:29 - Oversupply
• 08:38 - What stock is in low supply?
• 09:41 - Development areas of interest
• 10:32 - Sale case study and the wow factor
• 14:21 - Developer approach
• 15:25 - How Secoya works with developers
• 18:21 - When Secoya gets involved
• 19:40 - What value Secoya offers the consumer, investor
• 20:48 - Consumer’s deposit to settlement process
• 24:46 - Local and foreign buyers
• 27:00 - FIRB’s impact on foreign investment
• 28:26 - Where he’s finding the most opportunity
• 30:41 - Difference between good & bad project marketer
• 32:04 - Best advice

Links

• Secoya Property
• Foreign Investment Review Board