My guest in this episode is the fabulous Isaac Coonan, founder and head of Proptech BNE or Proptech Brisbane, which specialises in promoting the value of Proptech to south east Queensland.

Isaac and his team have recently released the Australian Proptech Economic Impact Report - a landmark document that is now in its third year that captures the data about the Proptech ecosystem across Australia and analyses the contribution it makes to the economy. 

The Proptech Association of Australia - and I personally -  have been very proud to collaborate with ProptechBNE on this great initiative and this year, we delivered the first Proptech Map as part of the report.

And so this episode is a bit different to a typical podcast as Isaac and I - who as Isaac rightly points out could talk under wet concrete - discuss the key findings of the report and the trends and current behaviours of the Australian Proptech ecosystem.

My guest in this episode is the irrepressible Peter Schravemade, the head of Australia’s premier proptech accelerator, the REACH Australia program, director of the Proptech Association Australia and someone I am very proud to call a dear friend. 

Pete took up the mantle of the Reach program this year after many years at BoxBrownie, one of the posterboys for scaling Australian proptech where he grew the business into 129 countries through his seemingly constant attendance at industry events around the world and well earned reputation for being great company and quick to shout a beer. 

Now a warning – Pete and I can talk under wet concrete and we do in this episode - as Pete talks through the 2023 Reach Cohort and we go down a few rabbitholes. It’s slightly longer than normal, but worth the listen as we cover a veritable whose who of exciting proptechs well worth watching.

My guests in this episode are Richie Ragel and Michael Cleary, long time friends with marketing backgrounds who turned their side hustle of property investing into a buyers agency that specialised in helping the expat market buy and sell property in Australia.

The pair have since expanded the business into a full service model that supports all elements of researching, selecting, owning, managing and even renovating property for not just expats, but anyone. And they are in the process of building out a tech stack to ensure all elements of the business are tech enabled. 

And where did their crazy name come from? Well, you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out!

When America sneezes, will Australia catch a cold? What changes will major layoffs and restructures by US tech giants, the "right sizing" of VC interest and global economic pace changes have on Australian proptech?

My guest in this episode is Christina Lennie, chief customer officer of StaffLink. 

StaffLink began as a property management Proptech founded by Corey Davis, Joel Davis and Bryn Humble but now has expanded to remove pain across all areas where processes and tech cross over including sales and even Strata.  

It was born out of the real life experiences - and pain - of running a real estate office and all its solutions are still tested at Image Property.

This is a fabulous conversation with Christina as we look at the intersection of outsourcing, processes and Proptech.

My guest in this episode is Tony Tadros the managing partner of SaleFish which is a self described Transaction Service Engine that joins the dots between a CRM and Pexa in the house and land companies.

Tony had a career in real estate selling land packages before embarking on a tech solution to solve some of the pain points he regularly experienced. And in one of those weird coincidences, it was during this time he discovered that a Canadian firm was on a similar track and so the two collaborated and he is now responsible for launching SaleFish in Australia.

Sales and land in Australia is an $8.2 billion dollar industry and it combines all the pain of buying a property with the double whammy of then dealing with the stress of building. So. Much. Fun!! So it's no surprise that this sector is seeing a surge of innovation.

My guest in this episode is Glenn Marland, the Property director at Capstone Recruitment, one of Australia’s most established recruitment firms across the property and proptech space.

Getting your people right is absolutely essential in proptech and indeed in any business. You need to attract a team that has both the skills and the temperament to grow with you and help take your company to the next level. So in this episode Glenn and I discuss the current employment landscape, the common mistakes that proptechs make when hiring staff and how to avoid them.

Plus the recruitment industry was one of the first to be disrupted by technology with job websites among some of the first platforms to monetise digital through the posting of job ads. And yet we still have recruitment firms who specialise in delivering service and expert knowledge – so there’s some great insights for the future of real estate in this episode as well.

In this episode of the Proptech Podcast, get ready for a deep dive into the world of payments. My guest in this episode is James Foster, CEO of Ezypay - a man whose depth of knowledge of the history - and future - of the Australian payment system is matched only by his passion.

In this podcast, James explains the legacy of current payment systems, the pain they cause for property renters and buyers -  not to mention paying all those bills that come with living in a property - and the new world of PayTo which is about to revolutionise how we all make regular payments. We also look at the work Ezypay is doing with partnerships in the proptech space to speed up adoption.