The Home Run: The First Home Buyers Guide

Sue Ostler is a Buyer’s Agent in Sydney. Sue brings an added level of expertise to clients through her postgraduate degree in psychological sciences. In this episode, Sue cracks open the psychology of buying a house. She discusses whether there is any value in using love as a factor for a purchase, why people fall in love with properties, and how to prevent your heart from getting broken by a prop...

Renee Young is a first-time home buyer. After years of saving and research, she bought her first home in 2021 in Brisbane, QLD. In this episode, Renee takes us through her journey to home ownership, including her struggle to be taken seriously by selling agents as a single young person. She shares how she managed her expectations and compromised to buy a property within her means. She also highlig...

Jade Fitzgerald is the Principal and Owner of Ideal Buyer’s Agency. Ideal Buyer’s Agency works with prospective home buyers who are lost in the weeds of the process to help them find their forever home. In this episode, Jade expresses why she’s passionate about helping first-home buyers, how to make the most of a buyer’s agent’s services, and the best way to buy a property when you can’t look at i...

Fletcher Austin is a first-time home buyer. Not long ago, Fletcher was in the same position as you: preparing to buy his first home. In late 2020, he purchased a block of land in Darwin, NT and built his house. In this episode, Fletcher will explain why he chose to build his own home instead of buying a pre-existing home and the benefits of that choice. He’ll also get into the best reasons to live...

To get you through the dog days of summer, we have more excellent advice from our property wizards! In this episode, Molly Benjamin will talk through the power of mindset when buying property and building your wealth. Kent Lardner shares his feelings about the current fixation on the dollar value of property and how research shows we need to invest in more social housing. Dr Nicola Powell explains...

New year, new home? To kick off the year, we’re bringing you a very special episode of The Home Run. We’ve rounded up some of the best tips we heard in 2023, to help you gear up for the property market in 2024. In this episode, you’ll hear from some of our favourites. Jarrod McCabe from Wakelin Property Advisory breaks down the property ladder. Amy Lunardi shares her tips for what you should do fi...

Julie Crockett is the Director of Australian Property Investment Solutions (API). When Julie realised her job as a teacher was leaving her with barely any superannuation, she changed careers and started investing in property. Now, Julie focuses on giving people the tools they need to build wealth by making strategic and well-informed investment property purchases. In this episode, Julie explains w...

Jo Vadillo is the Director of Advocate Property Services and Property Women. She works as a Buyer’s Agent, Investment Strategist, and Property Coach to help everyone achieve their goal of owning property. She started her career buying, renovating, and selling houses and wants to help others do the same. In this episode, Jo runs us through how renovations can add value to a property, some tips for...

George Morison is the General Manager for AB Morison Conveyancing. AB Morison Conveyancing is one of the largest conveyancing firms in Victoria and their goal is to make the property buying process as seamless as possible for everyone involved. In this episode, George explains what a conveyancer is, why you need one, and why you should look at hiring a conveyancer much earlier in the home-buying p...

Kim Northwood is an Investor, Entrepreneur, and the Author of 'Work Less, Make More: The Millennial Guide to Financial Freedom.' Kim is passionate about educating people on their personal finances and understanding the risks of financial insecurity. In this episode, Kim is back to break down one of the more complex ways of saving a deposit: investing. Investing can help you save for a deposit more...

Molly Benjamin is the Founder of Ladies Finance Club and the Author of “Girls Just Wanna Have Funds”. From a casual idea in Molly’s living room with friends, Ladies Finance Club has changed the lives of women all over the world by building a supportive community of women who are taking control of their finances and having fun doing it. In this episode, Molly explains how to make financial literacy...

Kent Lardner is the Director of Suburb Trends, a property research firm that utilises statistics to rank the top streets in every suburb of Australia. You may remember Kent from our recent episode ‘Why the property price drop you're expecting may not be coming’, where he explored the trends he was seeing in house prices across Australia. In this episode, Kent returns to unpack the Rental Pain Inde...

Kim Northwood is an Investor, Entrepreneur, and the Author of 'Work Less, Make More: The Millennial Guide to Financial Freedom.' Kim is passionate about educating people on their personal finances and understanding the risks of financial insecurity. In this episode, Kim explains how buying a house is different to younger generations, and why these differences inspired him to write his book. He sha...

Phoebe Blamey is the Director and Founder of Clover Financial Solutions, a boutique brokerage based in Melbourne. She's also the author of "The Happy Money Journey", a book about making good financial decisions and living life on your own terms. In this episode, Phoebe breaks down everything you need to improve your chances of getting your mortgage application approved. She'll explain exactly what...

Nicola Powell is the Chief of Research and Economics at Domain, one of Australia's leading property marketplaces. With over 10 years of experience working in property and demographic trends, Nicola is an expert on the Australian property market. In this episode, Nicola shares her go-to stats that first-home buyers need to know about to help them make the best decisions about their property purchas...

Nicola Powell is the Chief of Research and Economics at Domain, one of Australia's leading property marketplaces. Nicola is an expert on the Australian property market, who has worked in property and demographic trends for nearly 10 years. In this episode, Nicola explains the trends that are currently affecting first-home buyers and breaks down concepts like supply and the cost of holding debt. Ni...

Elaine Davies is the Founder of New Road Property, a boutique buyers agency based in Sydney. You may remember Elaine from our previous episode, 'The mistakes most first home buyers make (and how to avoid them!)'. In this episode, Elaine takes us back to basics, and breaks down everything you need to know about the different kinds of properties you might buy. She'll explain what all of your options...

Bushy Martin is an investor, author, podcast host, and the Founder of KnowHow Property Finance. With over 35 years in the property industry, Bushy is passionate about empowering individuals to enhance their lives through strategic real estate investments. In this episode, Bushy is continuing his deep dive into the world of investment real estate. He'll explain the key distinctions between buying a...

Bushy Martin is an esteemed investor, author, podcast host, and the Founder of KnowHow Property Finance. With an impressive track record spanning over 35 years in the property industry, Bushy is committed to empowering individuals to enhance their lives through strategic real estate investments. In today's episode, Bushy dives deep into the topic of purchasing your first home as an investment prop...

Frank Valentic is the Director of Advantage Property Consulting, an award-winning buyers and vendors advocacy service in Melbourne. Frank has over 20 years of experience as a buyers and vendors advocate, and you may recognise him from his appearances as a buyers' agent on every season of the television show, The Block. In this episode, Frank breaks down everything you need to know about negotiatin...

Jarrod McCabe is the Director of Wakelin Property Advisory, a property advisory group with a focus on asset selection. You may remember Jarrod from our recent episode on asset selection, 'Understanding asset selection'. In this episode, Jarrod explains exactly what happens when a property is passed in at auction. He'll break down the basics of what it even means for a property to be passed in, and...

Amy Lunardi is a buyer's advocate, podcast host, and the Owner of Amy Lunardi Property, an independent buyer and vendor advocacy in Melbourne. Amy is passionate about helping first home buyers, and has just launched 'The First Home Buyer Guidebook' course and podcast to further share her expertise with anyone looking to get on the property ladder. In this episode, Amy goes back to basics and break...

Veronica Morgan is a Residential Property Expert and Buyers Agent, as well as the Co-founder of the Home Buyer Academy, a course built to provide first-home buyers with affordable access to expert advice. She is also the host of two television shows including 'Location, Location, Location Australia'. In this episode, Veronica is sharing more of her top tips for bidding at an auction. She'll break...

Veronica Morgan is Residential Property Expert and Buyers Agent, as well as the Co-founder of the Home Buyer Academy, a course built to provide first home buyers with affordable access to expert advice. You may remember her from her recent appearance on our podcast, in the episode 'The biggest mistakes first home-buyers make and how to avoid them' . In this episode, Veronica is demystifying a proc...

Bishnu Aryal is the Founder and CEO of Finconnex Financial Services, a financial services company focused on helping everyday people achieve their financial goals. Bishnu is passionate about educating and empowering the community financially and has assisted countless first-home buyers by simplifying and streamlining the mortgage application process. In this episode, Bishnu breaks down some of the...