Australian Property Investor Stories | Investment Conversations

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Cate Bakos, founder of Cate Bakos Property - an independent buyers advocacy business which has been granted Buyers Agent of the Year - will discuss the lessons learnt throughout her journey, how you can use her experiences to improve your own portfolio choices and make a multiple property investments a possibility, even on a small salary!

A finalist for Telstra’s Business Woman of the Year, Bakos analyses and then breaks down how she helps investors and first home buyers find their dream properties using numbers-driven science. Follow her journey from chemist to advocate, while learning from her how it’s never too late to get started on your passion and why sometimes a quick decision can turn out better than if it were planned beforehand.

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Steve Stemp has grown both his investment portfolio and both his businesses from the ground up since the early 80’s from humble beginnings all over Queensland. Having struck luck in his first investment as a young man, Stemp grew in knowledge and confidence to become the businessman he is today.

Join us in this episode of Property Investory where Steve Stemp shares his story with you, including what inspired him to get into property, how he learnt the tricks of the trade, and some of the highs and lows of his journey so far.

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Keith Grisman, founder of Property Only, will take us on his journey from a kick start at investing when he was 17 to building a portfolio of over 30 properties by the age of 30! We’ll find out the mechanics behind this and how he used mathematics to leapfrog equity.

Also uncover how the property surfer recovered from the GFC and what precautions he is taking to avoid a financial flogging again, why neither the police academy or working for a property developer was for him and how he went all in and began his own flourishing businesses.

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Patricia Cheah’s passion for property and real estate cultivated at a young age. She has been brought to house openings since she was a child. Eventually leading on to her purchasing an investment property only at 19. Now owning 5 properties in Western Australia, Cheah has had her fair share of ups and downs when it comes to property investment, learning from both her successes and mistakes.

In this episode of Property Investory, discover how Cheah saved up enough for the deposit on her first property, how she intends to grow her property portfolio in the near future and how she balances her full time marketing position at Caporn Young Estate Agents with managing her personal property portfolio.

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https://propertyinvestory.com/building-winning-relationships-steven-truong/

Steven Truong credits much of his success in property investment to the advice he’d received from property, bank and relationship managers during his first few years in the industry. His connections combined with his willingness to take risks inarguably allowed him to achieve the success he has today.

Join this week’s podcast with Steven Truong on realising the importance of networking in property investment and how playing safe is not always the quickest and most successful road to profit-making. Truong also shares his favourite resources to getting into the property investing world.

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So I guess I think what they call paralysis by analysis would be the worst thing to suffer from. No, don’t over analyse. I think it’s better to be in the market than to not be in it.

Relationship managers and bank managers who maintain a relationship with you and know the tricks of the trade, how to get your loan application approved quicker and so forth.

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https://propertyinvestory.com/wrap-renovate-10days-cherie-barber/

Cherie Barber is the owner of Renovating For Profit. She is here to divulge the real reason why she jumps out of bed at 4am every morning to turn ugly houses into beautiful homes. She’ll discuss her in-and-out strategy for renovating within 8-10 days and how you can emulate it to achieve your goals in the simplest way possible!

Barber will also unveil her thoughts on variations on her strategy such as buy, renovate and sell, disclose how she became Australia’s queen of renovation - totally by accident - and about her affluent neighbours, who are living proof that you don’t need a university degree to attain wealth.

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https://propertyinvestory.com/corporate-design-property-development-amy-tang/

Amy Tang has never let her motherly duties stop her from delving deeper into the property investment industry. She is both a property developer and investor with a background in commercial design. Despite her busy lifestyle, Tang is happy to be working in the field, with her fair share of development projects and investment experiences under her belt.

Join us in this episode of Property Investory where Tang shares both her best and worst moments in her property investment journey, how she translated her skills from the corporate design world into property, and also why she has settled on development as her core strategy to property investment.

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https://propertyinvestory.com/buyers-remorse-ko-ko-naing/

Koko Naing is a mobile app developer and property investor. He will discuss the nuts and bolts of the strategy behind his $2.8 million positive geared portfolio and divulge his secret to increasing the rental yield on his properties!

Also discover what criteria you need to look for when researching for the best property for you, how you can recover from a serious case of buyer’s remorse in the aftermath of purchasing a property, why the land always matters more than the actual building and why Naing thinks of growth as a bonus.

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John Comino bought his first property in an attempt to impress his now-wife. He then realised that his property investments could safely offset the risks of his other life-long commitments, such as starting a business or even having children. Now with his own buyers agency, Comino hopes to help his clients feel just as secure within their property journey and to spread his mindset that investment properties actually become a safety net when bought and used properly.

Listen to this episode to discover Comino’s own start into property investment, his most eye-opening moment during his property investment journey and why he left his previous job as a chartered accountant to spread his knowledge on property investment at his buyers agency.

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https://propertyinvestory.com/efficient-original-investment-strategies-darren-standish/

Darren Standish is an experienced property investor and advisor, with involvement in over 1000 property transactions, despite learning everything about property investment from scratch. With so much first-hand experience in the field, he has crafted his own three-staged investment strategy called the "O Principal" and shares with us how his strategy guarantees success in property investment.

In this episode, learn how to find previously unseen opportunities in property investment and the necessary mindset to ensure profitable results. Standish also explains how first-hand experience will always be superior to the knowledge gained from books and how to create value out of an advisory property investment business.