Buying Gold Coast

This episode originally aired on Freedom Renegades with Aaron Thompson and Emily Greenaway, founders of Fast Flip Formula and Aussie Property Flippers → https://www.youtube.com/@freedomrenegadespodcast

Matt joins Az and Em on Freedom Renegades to talk identity, the athlete mindset and what footy taught him about business. 

Then they get into Gold Coast supply, spotting gentrification, breaking through borrowing limits and why the best deals are won on terms, not just price.

Plus the four free habits behind his morning routine.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• From NRL to buyers agent, and losing your identity when the game ends

• Why discipline creates success in sport, business and property

• What his Polish father taught him about action over words

• Why business is a mind game, and why rest is productive

• How meditation builds the awareness behind better decisions

• Buying his first investment property at 22, and keeping it from his dad

• Why time in the market beats waiting for the perfect strategy

• Buy, renovate, hold: one simple real estate investing strategy for 14 years

• Why Gold Coast property market supply can't keep up with demand

• How to spot gentrification on a suburb's main street

• Breaking through your borrowing capacity with second tier lenders

• The biggest lie about property investing, and how generational wealth is really built

• Property negotiation tips: why terms win deals, not just price

• What separates a great selling agent from an average one

• Hydrate, invigorate, illuminate, meditate: a morning routine that costs nothing

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BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V 

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/ 

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Connect with Freedom Renegades

Freedom Renegades on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@freedomrenegadespodcast 

Freedom Renegades on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/033LA1nO3JEUwBwJCnukO1?si=11ab2f4438b6445a 

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If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist 

Recently Matt was interviewed for Bothsides Podcast by Daniel Beardall. This week we’re sharing that episode for all of you.

The most expensive thing buyers are doing right now is staying out of the market.

Not because they aren't motivated. Most have finance approved. They're just waiting for a certainty that never comes.

Matt joins buyers agent Daniel Beardall on Bothsides to break down why low urgency markets are where the best buyers move. The Buy Zone framework, the Gold Coast price bracket Matt rates right now, and the bridesmaid suburbs picking up the ripple.

 🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Why staying out of the market is the most expensive mistake buyers make

• The Buy Zone framework: positioning vs urgency

• Why the best time to buy property is when urgency is low

• The emotion of certainty, and why it stops most buyers

• Why a fair price for a good property beats a good price for a fair one

• How to spot gentrification early, and what's happening in Tweed Heads

• Barefoot, shoes, e-bike or car: the four price points of beach access

• The Gold Coast owner occupier bracket Matt rates right now

• Bridesmaid suburbs from Elanora to Labrador and Mermaid Waters

• How to find motivated sellers, and the question most buyers never ask an agent

• Why off market properties aren't always the best deal

• The property due diligence most buyers skip

• Negative gearing changes and buying through a company or trust

• Why granny flats are an S-tier asset for real estate investing

• Pigeon pairing: balancing capital growth with cash flow

Connect with us

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Connect with Daniel:

Bothsides by Daniel Beardall 

Youtube → https://www.youtube.com/@bothsidespodcast 

Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/3wNWmFad9vzMqAwHfNaNzT?si=7510743792304c96 

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Some of the best pockets on the Gold Coast don't come up when you search.

Not because they're secret. Because they're not suburbs. They're pockets inside suburbs, and unless you already know the name, you'll scroll straight past them.

Matt sits down with Srama's northern Gold Coast specialist Olivia McCrea to go through five of the best hidden. Real streets and real price points. 

Plus the search tip that changes how you look for property anywhere.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Why searching by suburb and postcode makes you miss the best pockets

• Behind the Broadwater in Biggera Waters, and where to start looking

• Why units there start around $750K while houses sit in the early ones

• How to value a pocket when there's no local evidence yet

• Chirn Park in Labrador, and what's happened to sub $1M duplexes there

• Monterey Keys in Helensvale, and why the bad press created the value

• The only northern pocket with waterfront homes outside a gated estate

• Arundel Hills, bigger blocks and the Parkwood effect

• Oxenford and Riversdale Road: acreage without leaving the coast

• Why dual living is the fastest growing request on the northern Gold Coast

• Two separate houses on one block, secured under $2M

• Brisbane connectivity, 2032 and where the northern end is heading

• The best pocket around $2M for an owner occupier right now

• Where to eat and where to take the kids on a Sunday

Connect with usInstagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

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BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Can $800k get you anything on the Gold Coast? Should buyers act while the market is moving more slowly?

In this Q&A episode of Buying Gold Coast, Matt and Justin answer your property questions.

Matt also shares how buyers can use a slower market to strengthen their negotiating position. He explains when commercial property may fit into an investment portfolio and why capital growth can be important when trying to scale. 

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 www.srama.com.au 

In this episode, we cover:

• What $800,000 can buy on the Gold Coast

• Property investment opportunities and negotiation strategies

• Commercial property and rentvesting

• Capital growth versus cash flow

• Rising Gold Coast rents

• First-home buyer advice

• Granny flats, duplexes and cosmetic renovations

• New-build and house-and-land investment risks

• Creating value through renovation

• Finding reliable Gold Coast trades

Episodes mentioned:

• Jason Pate episode https://youtu.be/qCQK5FS_X48 

• Grimmond episode https://youtu.be/JxMLF_0PsSc 

• Darren Palmer episode https://youtu.be/w-fxGGZ1Kmo 

Connect with us

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8

647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → www.srama.com.au Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

The budget announcement stopped the market cold. For about three weeks barely anyone showed up to opens.

That's turned around now. Open home numbers are back and so is agent confidence. More appraisals usually means more listings on the way.

Matt sits down with Brandon for a chat on where the southern Gold Coast market actually sits. Brandon is one of the lead buyers agents at Srama. Then they walk through three deals the team just secured across the price points that move this market. 

Plus the best runs and the new spots worth eating at on the southern end.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Where the Gold Coast property market sits, and why October could be strong

• How to read the market in a 90 day window

• What open home numbers tell you before prices move

• Beachside units: what Brandon targets from Burleigh to Coolangatta

• Why blocks of eight or under beat high rises

• A boutique unit secured off market just north of $1M

• The price gap east and west of the Gold Coast Highway

• Why the same units traded in the high sevens a year ago

• Family homes: school catchments and bridesmaid suburbs

• Why off market isn't always the best deal

• Why they let an off market property run to market, and got a better price

• A Mermaid Waters corner block secured off market at $1.8M

• Why duplexes are running 2.8 to 3.2 right now

• The question most buyers never ask an agent

• Where to eat and the three best runs on the southern Gold Coast

  
  

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BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Being a developer isn't about buying sites. It's about knowing what's about to go wrong. 

The founder of Sherpa has been developing for decades, including through the GFC when buyers walked away from sold out buildings.

He takes Matt through how a development gets funded, why he prices under the market deliberately, and the numbers that tell him a site won't work.

Plus why he buys beachside, not beachfront. At Palm Beach that gap is 100%. 

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• The 5 stages of every property development, and why one is always the constraint

• Why being a property developer isn't about buying sites

• Property development finance: senior debt, mezzanine funding and the capital stack

• Why equity is the dearest form of debt

• How a development approval creates equity before you build

• What goes wrong: builder insolvency, trades walking, a $9M loss

• Why Sherpa sells 5% under market on purpose

• The site model: 40x40 blocks and why car parking governs everything

• The 60% rule that kills most development sites

• Property development for beginners: the 900sqm filter

• Beachside vs beachfront, and the 100% price gap at Palm Beach

• Rooftops, retail income and lower body corporate fees

• What a $750K first home really costs to service

• Property of the week: an off market home in Elanora — Palm Beach quality, six minutes away. 

Connect with Sherpa

Website → https://sherpagroup.com.au/ 

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/sherpapropertygroup/ 

Connect with us:

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you're serious about how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Surfers Paradise didn't make the list. Neither did Mermaid Beach.

These are the ten most expensive Gold Coast suburbs for units right now. We're going off median prices, not one-off sales. That's why some of the names you'd expect are missing. 

Matt runs through why each suburb made the list and where the value still sits in every suburb. The top three will surprise a lot of people. Number one isn't a suburb most buyers have on their radar. 

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• The 10 most expensive Gold Coast suburbs for units

• Why Surfers Paradise and Mermaid Beach miss the list entirely

• Why canal front units are surging

• Why Broadbeach makes the list despite high density and cheap one-bedders

• The suburb Matt tips to break into the top five within 24 months

• Palm Beach Gold Coast: from $700K to over $1.2M in roughly 12 months, and why Burleigh Heads now rivals Broadbeach

• An off market unit the team secured under $1M against a $1.3M median

• The unit type Matt looks for everywhere 

Prices are medians sourced from realestate.com.au and other market data at time of recording. 

Connect with us

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=enTikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V

Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/

Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you’re keen on learning about buying property on the Gold Coast and staying ahead of the market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Surfers Paradise didn't make the list. Neither did Mermaid Beach.

These are the ten most expensive Gold Coast suburbs for units right now, counted down from ten to one. We're going off median prices, not one-off sales. That's exactly why some of the names you'd expect are missing. 

Matt runs through why each suburb made the list and where the value still sits in every suburb. The top three surprised a lot of people. Number one isn't a suburb most buyers have on their radar.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• The 10 most expensive Gold Coast suburbs for units, counted down from #10 to #1

• Why Surfers Paradise and Mermaid Beach miss the list entirely

• Broadbeach Waters, Currumbin and Runaway Bay — canal front units and why they're surging

• Why Broadbeach makes the list despite high density and cheap one-bedders

• Miami — the suburb Matt tips to break into the top five within 24 months

• Palm Beach Gold Coast: from $700K to over $1.2M in roughly 12 months, and why Burleigh Heads now rivals Broadbeach

• Coolangatta, Greenmount and Rainbow Bay — plus an off market unit the team secured under $1M against a $1.3M median

• Main Beach, the Marina Mirage redevelopment, and the older high rises worth renovating

• The surprise at #1, why limited supply makes it hold, and the unit type Matt looks for everywhere — low-set brick walk-ups, blocks of six to eight, strong land to asset ratio

Prices are medians sourced from realestate.com.au and other market data at time of recording. 

Connect with us Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/matt_srama/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/buying_goldcoast/

TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@matt_srama

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-srama-b8647b1ba/?originalSubdomain=au

BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/ Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Some Gold Coast pockets are up 85% in five years. So the question everyone's asking is fair enough, trees don't grow to the sky, so is the market about to crash?

Matt gives his honest answer: this is a market normalising, not crashing. He explains why the Gold Coast doesn't boom and bust the way a mining town does, and the two things he rarely says publicly because people don't want to hear them.

We also get to your questions on what AI will and won't replace in a buyers agent's role, the minimum spend for quality commercial property in an SMSF, and whether townhouses are a good first investment.

Got a question for the show?We mention a dedicated email in this episode — that's still in the works. For now, the fastest way to get your question answered is to drop it in the YouTube comments or send us a DM on Instagram: @buyinggoldcoast or @matt_srama. We pull the questions for these Q&A eps straight from there.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

In this episode, we cover:

• Why 85% growth was never going to continue, and why that's a good thing

• Gold Coast property crash or market normalising — the difference explained

• Supply and demand on the Gold Coast, and why a landlocked city behaves differently

• Why one-industry towns boom and bust, and what that means for Australian property investors

• The thing Matt rarely says publicly, and why your rent is going up

• AI in real estate — what it replaces and what it never will

• Why authenticity is about to become more valuable, not less

• Minimum spend for quality commercial property in an SMSF on the Gold Coast

• Are townhouses a good first investment? Land to asset ratio explained

• What to look for when buying Gold Coast real estate in 2026

  
  

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BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/ Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights. → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelis

Is the Central Gold Coast about to change forever?

In this episode of Buying Gold Coast, Matt Srama sits down with Luke Altschwager, former professional golfer and Managing Director of Palm Valley, to unpack one of the most ambitious projects ever proposed on the Gold Coast, and what it signals for the property market heading into 2026 and beyond.

Luke shares how a tired, rundown golf course in Parkwood became the blueprint for a 234-dwelling precinct combining a world-class surf park, golf, wellness, hospitality and lifestyle living, 800 metres from the Health and Knowledge Precinct and minutes from the M1.

They also break down where the Gold Coast property market is really heading, why the central and northern Gold Coast is primed to grow, and how you can get beachfront lifestyle and amenity without paying beachfront prices.

🏡 Gold Coast Buyers Agency 👉 https://www.thesramagroup.com/

📧 Join 3000+ for weekly insights 👉 https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

In this episode, we cover:

• How Palm Valley went from a rundown golf course to a landmark Gold Coast project

• Why wellness and lifestyle living are reshaping the Gold Coast property market

• Where the opportunity is in central and northern Gold Coast property

• Why Parkwood, Labrador and Southport are suburbs to watch

• How to get beachfront lifestyle without beachfront prices

• What makes a strong location for property and development

• The story behind the Gold Coast surf park and wave pool technology

• Why Mick Fanning, Rabbit Bartholomew and others are backing the project

• How golf courses and real estate have always been linked on the Gold Coast

• What the city needs to do to grow the right way to a million people

• Why location, amenity and lifestyle drive long-term property value

• Where Luke sees the best Gold Coast property growth areas next

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BGC Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V Gold Coast Buyers Agency → https://www.thesramagroup.com/ Join 3000+ for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist

Connect with Luke Altschwager Palm Valley → https://palmvalleygc.com Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/palmvalleygc/?hl=en

Luke Altschwager → https://www.instagram.com/lukealtschwager/

If you are serious about learning how to buy property on the Gold Coast, understand where the city is heading, spot lifestyle and development opportunities, and stay ahead of the Gold Coast property market, subscribe to Buying Gold Coast for weekly insights → https://buying-gold-coast.kit.com/jointhelist