Property Podcast

Continuing on her travel stories from the last episode, Symbion Property Director Joanne Hands further narrates her adventures abroad—all while she highlights key people that impacted her journey along the way—, and shares the eye-widening and nail-biting $40,000 loss she witnessed that has actually impacted the way she firmly holds on to the property route. As both a property developer and a lice...

Ben Plohl, founder and director of BFP Property, a buyer's agency based in Sydney, first had his start in the world of business and accounting, working as an accountant and as CFO for a couple of different businesses for many years with a business degree and chartered accounting qualification under his belt. Over time, he has been able to not only build up his seven property portfolio but create a...

Symbion Property Director Joanne Hands —a property developer with over 14 years in the property industry and more than 100 successfully project-managed small developments across Australia. With inestimable experiences as a property developer managing multiple projects at once, she is—no pun intended— hands-on with each task she tackles. Venturing out into the world as a dancer and an avid travelle...

When Handler started his career in development, he had no idea where it would lead him. However, after a fateful meeting with his current business partner - Simon Collins - Handler was able to start one of Australia’s most ground-breaking buyers agency, Cohen Handler. Now with a $14 million property portfolio and two businesses to run, Handler is constantly learning more about the property industr...

Having entered the working force straight after high school as a plumber, Coulter learned to work through a structured routine and took part in project management, which he eventually transferred into his career in property investment.  On his quest for self improvement and financial freedom, Coulter stumbled upon property investment which he saw as the perfect career. Taking his passion for...

Babak Haeri is a property buyer’s agent and the director of three different companies, Bobby’s Landscaping, Sydney Strata Gardens and The Investors Agency. We learn more about how he is able to juggle three successful companies, his role in each of them and how he was able to start them.  Join us as we delve into his transition through different industries, how he started his property investi...

Working his way up the ranks from Bank Teller to Manager, Arjun Paliwal gained a lot of the investment property knowledge he needed from Commonwealth Bank Australia. After taking the leap of faith and quitting his job, Paliwal dove head first into the world of property investing and before he knew it, had built an incredible portfolio.  Join us in this episode of Property Investory, as we dis...

Andrew Crossley is the owner of the Australian Property Advisory Group and a best-selling author with his newest release being ‘The 100K Property Plan. Andrew Crossley has traveled all over Europe and started his property investment journey all the way in the Netherlands. He has come back to Australia and continued his success on home soil.  Come with us as we delve into Andrew Crossley’s bac...

As managing director of his family business Coronis Group, Andrew Coronis’ fundamentals for purchasing investment properties have provided him with the skills to succeed as a property investor and bring his father’s company to new heights. Hear from him how to have faith in your property investments and play the waiting game in the markets, why providing for the mass market will always achieve goo...

Allen Chan, director from Zenerg Finance has been in the finance and property industry essentially since his university days. Utilising his parents equity as leverage so that he could get into the trading world, Chan has always been quite savvy with how to invest. For the most part this has led to wonderful investing outcomes, meaning that save for the time he almost lost it all by choosing to inv...

Despite being parents of three boys under 9, Alice and Justin Hagen have consistently grown their business since starting it in the middle of the GFC. Now with a personal portfolio of over $4.5 million and a strong boutique agency, find out how the young couple bought their first property in Brisbane, what strategies t hey employed onto their first six properties, and their lessons learned from su...

Joining us in this episode is Alex Veljancevski, founder of Eventus Financial and winner of the Better Business Awards 2018 - Broker of the year. Raised by a family avid in finance, law and accounting, it’s no surprise that Veljancevski has always had a passion for property. Delving further into his influences and business attitudes, we’ll learn more about his busy work days and how he provides hi...

Alex Dutt has had numerous successes in the property industry ever since first getting into property in the early 2000’s. With an accounting degree up his sleeve and not yet well versed in the property industry, Dutt’s life changed when he decided that property investing was the way to go.  Join us in this episode of Property Investory where we talk with Alex Dutt to find out about how he got...

Coposit : a company that deals with deposits and helps make buying a property that much easier. Join its co-founder and CEO Chris Ferris in this episode, as he shares his journey from the child of hardworking immigrants to a successful entrepreneur. Selling 20-30 homes a year at 7-figure rates, Ferris is on the hustle! Teaching invaluable strategies such as the concept of ‘optioning’ and equipping...

Chris Bates is the founder of mortgage brokerage, Wealthful. Originally from Melbourne, Bates has lived what he describes as a ‘nomad’ life. At a young age, he and his family moved to Newcastle for a job opportunity. From there, he attended university in Sydney but after deciding that further study was not for him, he picked up his life and went to London before eventually settling again in Austra...

Chi Lam is a family man who arrived in Australia as a refugee from Vietnam as a child in the 1980s. In his early years he overcame obstacles like you wouldn’t believe, and is now the director and founder of his own company as well as the primary caregiver for his two daughters. In this episode he shares all about his childhood and adolescence and explains how they helped to form the man he is toda...

Cate Bakos has had her fair share of ups and downs throughout her property investment journey. But what sets her apart is her ability to quickly analyse, break down, and learn from these erroneous decisions. As a recipient of Sterling Publishing’s ‘high commendation’, a finalist for Telstra’s Business Woman of the Year, and a National Winner of the Buyer’s Agent of the Year, Bakos has proved the w...

On this episode of Property Investory we hear from Cam McLellan, the strategic director and founding member of Property Firm OpenCorp . He outlines in detail how he created a six-figure annual income from his personal portfolio, allowing him to retire at the age of 36. He reveals the most important priority for property investment: balancing risk and highlights the step-by-step process to protect...

Meet Brian McNicol, the successful commercial property investor and CEO of buyer's agency Commercial property, who made the transition into commercial property after having 14 residential properties under his belt. These days he specialises in finding commercial property for buyers with most of his clients focused on retail office accommodation and some on industrial, helping them to purchase thos...

Brendan Ansell is the managing director of a large property development company, the Velocity Property Group. Originally from South Africa, Ansell and his family moved to Australia when he was 18 years old due to some violent close calls and their financial circumstances. Inspired by his time in South Africa, Ansell wanted to make a better life for himself. From this goal, he was able to establish...

Brendan Shine is a buyer’s agent and investment consultant. His love for property has allowed him to help others acquire wealth through investing with his consultancy and buyers’ agency, Strategic Property Acquisitions. After realising he would never earn a sufficient income for himself working as a baker, Shine jumped into the world of property investment where he has now purchased six houses, fo...

Belinda Smith is the director of Renovate and Real Estate, a company that has the goal to help people reach financial independence through property investing and renovations. Growing up, Smith saw a disparity between herself and her peers, so financial security was a big goal for her. Combine this goal with her love for creativity, and renovating properties was a natural career for her. In this ep...

Ashish Malhotra is a buyer’s agent who arrived in Australia from India less than a decade ago. After landing here at the tail end of 2014, he bought his first Australian property sight unseen— and once his sights were set, he never looked back. With each investment performing better than the last, it’s safe to say Australia really is the lucky country. In this episode Malhotra shares stories of gr...

Anthony Spagnolo is not only the principal of property advisory business Agenzia Property, he is also a qualified accountant, licensed real estate agent, builder and mortgage broker and is an active property investor and developer.  Join us in this episode of Property Investory to hear how Spagnolo made the jump from accountancy to the property and development space and how he continues to ga...

On this episode of Property Investory we speak with Andrew David Courtney, founder of Plenitude Wealth. Coming from a place of poverty, Courtney knew he wanted a different life for his family. After studying a Masters of Commerce, he discovered that even his peers had a huge missing piece in their financial knowledge: property. Filling this gap as a mortgage broker, buyers agent and licenced finan...