#008 - Adam Di Marco of The Urban Developer

This week on the Development Ready podcast we have Managing Director of Di Marco Group and publisher and founder of The Urban Developer, Adam Di Marco. We speak to Adam about his journey from property developer to start-up founder & entrepreneur, plus discuss topics such as: ⁃ Boutique development and its place in the Brisbane market ⁃ How technology is changing the way we find and acquire property ⁃ How the urban developer was conceived and founded and ⁃ What the future of information looks like. Remember as always to like and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see who have on next weeks series.   Show notes 01:34 - Introduction 02:31 - Who he is and what he does 03:08 - His business startups 05:29 - Background 07:32 - The purpose of The Urban Developer 09:46 - The Urban Developer 14:37 - Events and connecting with community 18:09 - Urbanity Conference, September 2018 22:57 - Their content readership 24:30 - Extracting and sharing information 26:49 - Education and delivery 29:36 - Current market trends 31:37 - Foreign developer data 34:58 - Biggest problems facing developers right now 36:24 - Offshore funding 37:35 - Di Marco Group 40:15 - Brisbane boutique development 42:06 - Target market area 43:02 - Lessons learned and key traits 45:10 - Getting started 46:30 - The future of the Urban Developer 48:51 - Founding core values 52:50 - 1 focus, 1 goal 53:47 - Best advice   Links The Urban Developer Cityshape Urbanity Leighton Properties Marquette Properties Neometro