This week on the Everything Property podcast with your host David Hamilton, we're joined by Strata expert Susan Hancock to discuss and breakdown all things related to strata, body corps, capital works and all things in-between.

During this episode, we cover off the following:
- What buildings require strata
- How a body corp and a strata commitee works
- How important voting and attendance is at body corp meetings
- Capital works (sinking funds) and how they are calculated
- Administration funds and how they are calculated
- How to check the building you're buying into has been managed correctly
- Red and green flags to look out for
- How special levies are created and what contributes to them
- How strata rates are calculated and what contributes to them
- Plus so much more (I really learnt alot from this one!)

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision. 

Welcome Back to the Everything Property Podcast.
Todays episode is a special one. I met Matt 9 years ago when he was only 14 years old, both working a weekend job for extra money. I was super impressed by Matt's work ethic and his attitude given his age.

Fast forward 8 years later, at the ripe old age of just 22 - Matt bought his first home.

During this chat, we discuss the following about Matt and his journey:
- What he did to save so much money by the time he was 22 years old.
- Career progression and why he chose to change trades
- How much he earnt/saved in different periods of his career
- How his parents impacted his journey
- His goal and how he worked towards it
- Matt's advice for any young people thinking about doing the same thing
- Matt's BIGGEST regret, that you could learn from also!
- Plans for the future ahead
- Plus much more!

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision. 

Welcome back to the Everything Property Podcast with your host David Hamilton.

As we are approaching the end of year, we thought we would put together the Top 10 biggest lessons/learning/tips and tricks since starting the podcast back in March as well as some learnings from David's personal investing journey.

As much as we'd love to detail 1 - 10 in the episode description, you're going to have to listen to this episode to get the secret sauce!

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision. 

On this weeks episode of the Everything Property Podcast with your host David Hamilton, we review the newly revised and updated version of the book 'Rethink Property Investing' By Scott and Mina O'Neill.

In this 12 minute summary you'll learn the following:
- Who's this book good for? [Best Audience]
- Structure of the book, including length, section, topics covered
- The parts that I personally really enjoyed about this book
- What I learnt from this book [Even from following Scott's content for years and reading the first version]
- A CRUCIAL bit of advice to keep in mind next time you want to enter a negotiation
- Some things to keep in mind when you're reading this book
Plus much more!

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision. 

On this weeks episode of the Everything Property Podcast with your Host David Hamilton, we sat down with founder of Rethink Investing, Scott O'Neill to talk all things commercial property, commercial buyers agencies and how he built a $75 Million dollar property portfolio that generates well into 7 figures of income.

During this episode we cover topics that include:
- How and why Scott started investing in property
- The struggle at a young age to go against the thoughts and opinions of those closest to him
- What properties he built the foundations of his portfolio on
- When and why he made the switch from his fulltime job as an engineer into the Buyers Agent space
- How he started his business with hundred of warm leads...
- Scaling the portfolio to $75 million dollars in value
- Why commercial property over residential?
- What Scott likes about commercial property
- Plus much more!

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We just launched Youtube!
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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision. 

The Everything Property Podcast with your Host David Hamilton is back.
On this episode, property manager Corey Rotunno-Grant joins us in the studio to discuss how to ethically increase your rent without being a greedy landlord like the media often portrays.

From his 16 years of experience in the game, we discuss with Corey:
- What is a property manager and what do they do?
- What does a property manager charge?
- Why does a property management fee vary from state to state?
- What tasks you should be getting your property manager to complete for you
- Strategies to get more rent for your property BEFORE you get a tenant
- How rental increases work and the best way to ethically implement them
- How to negotiate as a tenant if your rent is increased
- Strategies of selecting and keeping great tenants in your investment property
- Plus a few tricks, tips and advice from someone with 16 years experience in the industry.

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We just launched Youtube!
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@everythingproperty_au

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Website (Coming soon)

Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision. 

The Everything Property Podcast with your Host David Hamilton is back.

This time we interview good friend of the show Maria Papadopoulos on how she went from drawing homes as a tiny kid with the view of the harbour bridge, into opening and running her own boutique architectural design studio.

During this episode, we cover topics such as:
- How Maria got into architecture
- Why she decided to become an architect
- Her career progression through design firms big and small
- Why and when she decided to go out on her own
- Her lucky break - landing a client for her first job.
- The hardest parts about running your own business
- The top 2 biggest challenges working in the construction/building industry
- and many more!

To get in touch and check out Maria's work, head over to:
https://www.sicidesign.com/
https://www.instagram.com/sicidesign/

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We just launched Youtube!
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@everythingproperty_au

Facebook: facebook.com/everythingproperty.au
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/everythingproperty
Website (Coming soon)

Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision. 

The Everything Property Podcast is back!

In today's episode we loosely discuss Quantity surveying but more importantly, get to know the GRANDFATHER** of tax depreciation and quantity surveying  Mr. Mike Mortlock.  Sit back, relax and unwind as Mike demonstrates how much of a charismatic calming voice he has and how good he is at podcasting, whilst covering topics like:
- Mikes views on investing
- What a Quantity Surveyor does and when to get into touch with one if you're a property investor
- Rules and benchmarks for depreciation and which assets work best and worse.
- How not to speak to a dog in French.... (no context, you'll need to listen to this one)
- Much, much more!

** Grandfather is a nicknamed coined to Mike for the time he's spent discussing QS and Tax depreciation topics and is by no means a reflection of his age. Check out the youtube channel to see how handsome he is if you don't believe us...

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We just launched Youtube!
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@everythingproperty_au

Facebook: facebook.com/everythingproperty.au
Instagram: www.instagram.com/everythingproperty
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Website (Coming soon)

Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision. 

On this episode of the Everything Property Podcast, with sit down with Corey Rotunno-Grant, a property manager with over 16 years of experience across Sydney, Central Coast and the Gold Coast markets.

In this chat with Corey, we learn the following:
- His career progression from McDonalds into the world of Real Estate
- How he climbed the property management ladder to become the head of Property Management at Ray White Taylor and Partners
- The difference between the rental market and tenants in the Gold Coast, Central Coast and Sydney
- How a good property manager operates and how they can save you money
- What a property manager looks out for in rental applications
- Rental caps and rental bidding for a property managers perspective
- Green flags and how to get approved for that rental!
- One of the WILDEST rental stories I have ever heard (trust me, it's worth a listen)
- Plus much more!

Don't forget to check out the summary post on our Instagram.

We just launched Youtube!
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@everythingproperty_au

Facebook: facebook.com/everythingproperty.au
Instagram: www.instagram.com/everythingproperty
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/everythingproperty
Website (Coming soon)

Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.  

Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode  are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.