Sam Gordon is a very successful property investor and buyer’s agent. He is also the founder of property buyer’s agency, Australian Property Scout. His business helps clients get the best possible deals available whether on or off the market. Gordon is one of the most successful property investors in Australia and he wants to impart some of the wisdom he has learnt along his journey. Join us as we reconnect with Gordon and find out more about some of the projects he has been working on since the ...
Apr 15, 2021•31 min•Season 5Ep. 560
Salena Kulkarni is an Amazon bestselling author, a chartered accountant, property strategist, and founder of Freedom Warrior. This program helps business owners create consistent income and assists in achieving them their financial freedom. Join us in this episode of Property Investory as we delve into syndications. We’ll hear about how they work, the advantages that come with them, how they allow people to participate in elusive real estate without the day-to-day management worries, what to loo...
Apr 12, 2021•36 min•Season 5Ep. 559
We're back with Leanne Pilkington, managing director of Laing and Simmons. After trying her hand at several professional roles, from consulting to shopping centre management, she began her real estate career at Laing and Simmons in 1995. In this episode of Property Investory we will learn about the financial struggles she faced early on, and how that led her to realise what’s really important in life. We hear about her innermost thoughts when it comes to her career, how it pays to listen to the ...
Apr 08, 2021•32 min•Season 5Ep. 558
Leanne Pilkington wears many hats— she is the managing director of the franchise organisation Laing and Simmons, current president of the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales, sits on board of the Real Estate Institute of Australia, and the co-founder of a networking group called Real Women in Real Estate. Join us on this episode of Property Investory where we learn about Pilkington’s childhood growing up in the north of Sydney, how her parents inspired her to pursue a career in real estate,...
Apr 05, 2021•33 min•Season 5Ep. 557
Jan Somers is a mogul in the property investing community of Australia and is the author of a number of best selling property books. Beginning her career in teaching, Somers and her husband soon realised the incredible potential of property investing and this saw Somers transition to not only teaching fellow investors but growing their own portfolio which has seen them in the property game for over 40 years! Join us as we discuss her rise to the top, struggling to juggle family life with buildin...
Apr 01, 2021•53 min•Season 5Ep. 556
Simon Loo is the director and founder of buyer’s agency House Finder, and is a buyer’s agent himself. His property portfolio is now worth over $8 million, with $4 million in equity. He has a wealth of knowledge to share about property investment in general, but also about specifically investing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us as we discuss the current property markets in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane amongst the COVID pandemic. Loo reveals details of a hot deal, how he secured it, as well...
Mar 29, 2021•30 min•Season 5Ep. 555
With over 20 years of property and construction experience in a variety of project and executive-level roles, Fayad Fayad is the co-founder of Ellerson Property, a development group specialising in the creation of premier residential, retail and commercial property, both in the Sydney market and across the country. With huge success, Fayad and his brother Remon have tackled development projects with over 15,000 units. Join us today as we discuss the inspiration behind Fayad’s accomplishments, th...
Mar 25, 2021•31 min•Season 5Ep. 554
With over 20 years of property and construction experience in a variety of project and executive-level roles, Fayad Fayad is the co-founder of Ellerson Property. Established by Fayad in conjunction with his brother Remon, Ellerson Property is a development group specialising in the creation of premier residential, retail and commercial property, both in the Sydney market and across the country. Join us in this episode as we learn about Fayad’s experience with construction in his early years. Lea...
Mar 21, 2021•25 min•Season 5Ep. 553
We're back with founder and director of Rethink Investing, Scott O’Neill. Once he made the switch from residential to commercial real estate, he never looked back. O’Neill’s success in commercial properties on the other side of the country encouraged him to continue this endeavour, both close to home and further away, and it has paid off literally and figuratively. In this episode of Property Investory we will hear his thoughts on retail versus industrial real estate in the age of COVID, his rel...
Mar 18, 2021•46 min•Season 5Ep. 552
We're back with Rethink Investing’s founder and director Scott O’Neill. Once he made the switch from residential to commercial real estate, he never looked back. O’Neill’s success in commercial properties on the other side of the country encouraged him to continue this endeavour, both close to home and further away, and it has paid off literally and figuratively. In this episode of Property Investory we will learn about O’Neill’s beginnings in commercial property, starting with several small bus...
Mar 15, 2021•23 min•Season 5Ep. 551
Scott O’Neill is the founder and director of Rethink Investing. Before landing in property, O’Neill worked a nine to five job as a civil engineer, but found the hours invested did not match what he wanted from his career. He took a leap of faith and by the young age of 28, he had completed his goal of earning a passive income of $300,000 per annum. Now 33, O’Neill has the property portfolio of somebody who has been in business longer than he has been alive. Join us in this episode of Property In...
Mar 11, 2021•39 min•Season 5Ep. 550
Sam Gordon is a very successful property investor and buyer’s agent. He is also the founder of property buyer’s agency, Australian Property Scout. His business helps clients get the best possible deals available whether on or off the market. Gordon is one of the most successful property investors in Australia and he wants to impart some of the wisdom he has learnt along his journey. Join us as we reconnect with Gordon and hear about how starting with one ‘bread and butter’ property can quickly t...
Mar 08, 2021•31 min•Season 5Ep. 549
We’re back with New Style Development’s Jim Valery. In this episode, he shares with us his strong family ties, and what motivates him to achieve all that he can. We discuss his approach to business relationships and how this works well for himself and his team and the real estate agents and builders he engages, and how this leads to property development success. You’ll get a glimpse into the differences between trying to sell land as opposed to house and land, how he chooses and secures his subd...
Mar 04, 2021•35 min•Season 5Ep. 548
Jim Valery is the founder and solo director of New Style Developments, a boutique property development company based in Brisbane. Taking an unusual path to property investing, Valery worked as a coal miner and then spent time working in trade unions before opening New Style Developments, where he has bought and sold over $30 million worth of property. Join us as we discuss his professional highs and lows including how he was virtually unemployable prior to starting his own business, his foray in...
Mar 01, 2021•34 min•Season 5Ep. 547
We're back with life, business and property coach Jill McIntyre to further discuss common property stoppers and how to overcome them. In this episode of Property Investory we will ponder how we all have the same 24 hours in a day, yet time is a stopper for some of us. We also hear her tips for motivating yourself, how to identify your strengths and weaknesses, and what to do about it, as well as get some insight into her life as a grandmother and what she and her granddaughter can teach one anot...
Feb 25, 2021•27 min•Season 5Ep. 546
In this episode we’re joined by influential Buyer’s Agent and investor Simon Loo, who has spent the last decade accumulating investment properties and has recently surpassed his initial goal of reaching $100,000 of passive income, and is currently earning $200,000 of passive income. Join us as we discuss the next stage of Loo’s investment career: Lifestyle property. Sitting at 16 properties in his portfolio, Loo reveals how he managed to buy one waterfront property off the back of another securi...
Feb 22, 2021•29 min•Season 5Ep. 545
Remon Fayad is the co-founder of property development cooperative Ellerson Property. With two decades of high-level Australian property and construction industry experience, Remon and his brother know it all. Launched in 2020, Ellerson Property aims to deliver the next generation of apartment living in Australia. In this episode we continue our conversation with Fayad as he reveals his business strategy for the future, we learn about his most influential mentors, the harsh but necessary lessons ...
Feb 18, 2021•21 min•Season 5Ep. 544
With two decades of high-level Australian property and construction industry experience, Remon Fayad is the co-founder of property development cooperative Ellerson Property. Launched in 2020 by Remon and his brother Fayad, Ellerson Property aims to deliver the next generation of apartment living in Australia. Fayad was introduced to the industry at a young age with construction running through his blood. We follow his journey from when he was working on a construction site as a teenager, to the ...
Feb 15, 2021•30 min•Season 5Ep. 543
Jill McIntyre is a life, business, and property coach who has experienced personal tragedy and now teaches others how to overcome mental barriers to purchasing property. Powering on through living with hearing loss and then the loss of her husband, McIntyre rose to the occasion and made herself a success in property and in coaching others. Join us in this episode of Property Investory as we talk through the barriers many people face along their property journey. We also discuss dilemmas such as ...
Feb 11, 2021•36 min•Season 5Ep. 542
Sam Gordon is a successful property investor and buyer’s agent, who is also the founder of property buyer’s agency, Australian Property Scout. His business helps clients get the best possible deals available whether on or off the market. Gordon is one of the most successful property investors in Australia and he wants to impart some of the wisdom he has learnt along his journey. Join us as we reconnect with Sam and find out about another spectacular find, where he bought a four unit block for ne...
Feb 07, 2021•35 min•Season 5Ep. 541
We’re back with best selling author and property advisor, Salena Kulkarni. After her wisdom of alternative investment strategies became a must have, Salena focused most of her energy helping other individuals in their wealth creation journeys, whilst also growing and maturing her own property portfolio. In this episode of Property Investory we will learn how she managed to replace her income with aggressive and non-traditional investment tactics, seeing returns of 18–24%. You’ll also have the op...
Feb 04, 2021•33 min•Season 5Ep. 540
Salena Kulkarni is an alternate strategy advisor in property investments and the best selling author of The Freedom Warrior. After exiting the corporate world 15 years ago, which saw her working at multinational companies such as Deloitte, she has focused on her growing portfolio and mentoring other business owners and individuals in attaining financial freedom. Join us in this episode of Property Investory to hear how Kulkarni recovered from a huge loss in the joint venture of a million dollar ...
Feb 01, 2021•36 min•Season 5Ep. 539
In this episode we’re joined by influential Buyer’s Agent and investor Simon Loo, who has spent the last decade accumulating investment properties and has recently surpassed his initial goal of reaching $100,000 of passive net income. Join us as we discuss the next stage of Loo’s investment career. We learn the benefits of buying lifestyle property in the right locations, as well as the challenges associated with Airbnb, and how to overcome them. With a portfolio sitting currently at 18 properti...
Jan 27, 2021•28 min•Season 5Ep. 538
Rich Harvey is a widely successful buyers agent and property investor who sits at the head of the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Association, as well as chairing the Buyer's Agents Chapter for the Real Estate Institute of New South Wales. Join us in this episode as Harvey takes us on a journey through his investment career, revealing the tragic deal he made with a dodgy developer which led to the loss of his entire property portfolio. Harvey reveals the details of his climb back to success, his top t...
Jan 25, 2021•41 min•Season 5Ep. 537
Tuan Duong is the Principal and Founder of Duo Tax Quantity Surveyors . Having learned early in his investment career the benefits of tax depreciation in property, his passion now is to educate property investors of that same power through his business. Join us in today’s episode as I continue my discussion with Duong. We discuss the best resources to use as an inexperienced investor, we learn valuable property tax tips, we discuss the best areas to buy in based on your investment strategy and m...
Jan 20, 2021•35 min•Season 5Ep. 536
Tuan Duong is the Principal and Founder of Duo Tax Quantity Surveyors . Having learned early in his investment career the benefits of tax depreciation in property, his passion now is to educate property investors of that same power through his business. Join us in today’s episode where I’ll be speaking to Duong about his early life and motivations, including his parents encouragement to invest in property. We learn about the Queensland investment blunder he regrets, the best advice he’s ever rec...
Jan 18, 2021•35 min•Season 5Ep. 535
Nhan Nguyen is a successful property developer and has been working in the property industry for many, many years. He has all of that experience under his belt and has been investing since the age of 21. There is no one more qualified to talk about the varying aspects of property investing and give expert advice and strategies than him. Join us as we dive into the concluding steps of the Ladder of Complexity and we learn about the final and most complex strategies that there are when it comes to...
Jan 14, 2021•31 min•Season 5Ep. 534
Nhan Nguyen is a successful property developer and has been investing in property since the age of 21. With years and years of experience under his belt, he has generously decided to share some of the knowledge he has gained along his property journey with us. There is no one that is better equipped to share their expert advice and strategies and help us become successful property investors. Come with us as we conclude our ascent up the ladder of complexity and talk about the remaining property ...
Jan 11, 2021•30 min•Season 5Ep. 533
We're back with general manager of Clearstate, Steve Barlow. When he made the move to the smaller business Clearstate, his passion for helping people buy and build their dream homes was reignited. Although he is more focussed on the business at present, he still has big plans for his own property portfolio and is not in any rush. In this episode of Property Investory we will learn exactly how Barlow deals in fragmented land parcels, finding the best deals for all parties involved. You’ll have th...
Jan 08, 2021•26 min•Season 5Ep. 532
Steve Barlow is the general manager of Clearstate, which specialises in property development at an affordable price. Barlow always had a passion for property and became an expert in the industry after working with big names like Mirvac and Stockland. It was during his time at Stockland when he became an active investor himself, utilising the skills he had developed over many years. Join us in this episode of Property Investory to hear how Barlow’s time spent in London after graduating from Unive...
Jan 06, 2021•31 min•Season 5Ep. 531
