THE SDA HOUSING PODCAST

In this episode, Debbie sits down with Kevin Chen & Jonathan Chen (unrelated) from Paramount Disability Homes, an SDA Provider based in Melbourne. Kevin & Jonathan flew up to Brisbane to spend a few days with our team collaborating on properties and developments in Melbourne. They discuss their new offshoot brand Vital Haus, which will be their SDA Provider brand specifically focused on ap...

In this episode, Minh & Matt dive into a general comparison between traditional units and houses in the Australian property market and how the changing effects of the building industry may influence financial decision-making between these two options. The purpose of this episode is to show the mindset of normal investors in these assets are almost identical to SDA investors for houses and unit...

In this episode, Debbie and Ian have a lighthearted conversation comparing Halloween & SDA. They discuss the emotions of Halloween - Fear of the unknown, Suspense, Avoidance and on the other hand Celebration, Community Bonding, and Excitement and how these same emotions can be and are a part of the SDA Investment process. LEAVE US A GOOGLE REVIEW! ------------------------ SDA RESEARCH REPORTS...

In this episode, Minh & Debbie have a conversation around an alternative 'NDIS Housing' option, Co-Living Accessible Homes, suitable to be rented by SIL Providers under a Head Lease arrangement. With the rapidly changing SDA market and with many investors being priced out of the market, we see this as an alternative product for investors still wishing to get into the NDIS property sp...

In this episode, Debbie and Maddie sit down again to chat about an article they came across recently on the MyCareSpace website - a Safety Checklist for managing Behaviours of Concern. This episode helps investors understand the 'behind the scenes' safety compliance that SIL providers need to manage within an SDA home. If you have any questions regarding SIL operations within SDA dwellin...

In this episode, Debbie and Maddie discuss the legislative changes to the NDIS Act regarding NDIS Supports. They talk about the definitions of what are now considered Supports and what are not Supports and how these changes will be implemented, the timeframe for implementation and any other considerations that anyone affected (NDIS Participants, Providers, Families etc) should be aware of. Whilst...

In this episode, Minh & Debbie discuss how our unprecedented online SDA Masterclass event held on Friday 4th October panned out, which had 720 people register for the online event. With 26 speakers, 30 meeting rooms in addition to the main stage, and 74 seperate meeting sessions with some of Australia's most prominent SDA specialists, it was quite some feat by the NDIS Property Australia...

In this episode, Debbie sits down with Lenore (our in-house Data Scientist) to analyse a new report created by Lenore herself, breaking down the overall Supply and Demand to show the future short-term and longer-term supply vs demand of SDA, primarily to compare regions across Australia that are "over or under" supplied in that particular area. [CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS REPOR...

In this episode, Minh and Debbie chat about their recent trip to Melbourne.  They discuss about the people they met with over their 3 day trip, and provide an update on what is going on in the SDA market from an investment and development perspective. This is from the eyes of those on the ground, aswell as our assessment of whats going on across the NDIS. As always, its this kind of "boots on...

In this episode of the SDA Housing Podcast Matt sits down with Grace to discuss the resale of NDIS properties within SDA. They discuss the reasons for resales and when it is appropriate and the challenges and corresponding advice when it comes to selling an NDIS property. Lastly, they discuss the process of selling an NDIS property and what owners can do to make their houses more appealing for res...

In this episode, Minh and Debbie discuss the media release of 16th September from Bill Shorten MP, Minister for the NDIS regarding the mandatory requirement for Platform Providers, Support Coordinators and SIL Providers to be registered. They look at the media release itself along with comments from industry professionals regarding the impact of this implementation. Whilst the new registration mod...

In this episode, Minh, Debbie & Matt discuss our upcoming "never been done before" free-online-all-day-event SDA Masterclass to be held on Friday 4th October. They chat about the reasons why its being put together, why it is important, as its all about how SDA should be an open source topic - shared amongst everyone and for free! They talk about the various topics, type of organisati...

In this episode, Debbie, Ian & Rob who have just returned from Bali tell us about their visit to review the opportunity that Bali presents for international investors. We speak of property investment and fractional investing into this paradise location, and having spent many months researching this opportunity, our team is now ready to present this to our NDIS potential investors as a compleme...

In this episode, Minh, Debbie and Denise discuss the new service offering that we are seeing an increasing demand for - Project Feasibilities.  Land owners and new SDA developers are coming to us to get advice on what is the most feasible SDA development to do on a site they're considering. Even if its a one house dwelling on the block, its still a 'development feasibility' process...

In this episode, Minh and Matt sit down to talk about how the SDA environment has been going over the last 9 to 12 months within the NPA business. They discuss the new staff growth and services that NDIS Property Australia have begun to offer over the last 12 months as we adapt to these sector evolving for investors, and the need to provide as much value and support as possible to this dynamic spa...

In this episode, Debbie analyses the current situation in two regions in Queensland - Townsville & Toowoomba. Rather than highlighting these two areas as high-demand and undersupplied areas for SDA, this episode discusses the reasons behind the significant oversupply of SDA in both areas. Debbie looks at the current supply vs demand and the likely impact of the additional pipeline properties l...

In this episode, Debbie & Matt discuss a submission from individuals and organisations in the SDA sector to the Minister for the NDIS Bill Shorten. This submission suggests that recommendation 9.4 of the NDIS Review Final Report, which was released in December 2023, not be accepted by the government. The recommendation was  " The National Disability Insurance Agency should remove the Impr...

In this episode, we have a repeat speaker from 2 years ago, Dante, formally working for an SDA Provider in Brisbane. He has now relocated to Melbourne working for SDA Options. With his new change of environment, he has had to learn the regulations of leasing in Victoria, and that is the purpose of this episode, to explain how Victoria leasing for tenancy differs for disabled tenants (either as SDA...

In this episode, Debbie sits down with Josh and Rania from the office to discuss a new report on offer to investors. We have been approached by many investors who are looking for independent advice on an SDA H&L Package that has been recommended to them by other agencies. Accordingly, we've developed a new, comprehensive report that gives an overview of everything about the package. Josh...

This episode has come about because our NPA team have been looking at alternatives for SDA investing, doing months-long research on SDA fractional investing specifically, for our SDA investors. At the same time, Larissa from our Melbourne team, brought us the concept of Bali as a fractional investing product too. As a result, we have been diligently working hard in the background for 4-5 months in...

In this episode, Minh & Debbie discuss an article published in the Australian Financial Review on 8th July regarding a fund manager platform + wealth manager's joint partnership with numerous failed SDA funds with 14 different 'SDA homes' in the Melbourne west region. Below are the links to the articles released this week online. AFR Article: 'Investors hung out to dry&apos...

In this episode Minh and Matt sit down to do another podcast episode of ASK US ANYTHING SDA. In the second episode of this series they address commonly asked questions that investors should consider when moving forward with an investment in the SDA space. They discuss tenancy timeframes, exiting SDA, damages in SDA properties, B2B partnerships and doing bespoke SDA developments. The FAQs addressed...

In this episode, we have Michael Cameron, from Perth based property investment business, Jarra Property. Minh interviews Michael about their business operation, and what they do as SDA property developers and fund managers! Michael explains their past property investment funds launched in SDA, across Perth, while also talking about their recently launched fund - JARRA INVESTMENT TRUST TWENTY EIGHT...

In this episode, a follow-on from Episode 243, Maddie & Courtney are joined by Rania from our office. All three ladies have had experience in the support work industry, and provide us with a first-hand view of what support work can look like, including discussing experiences and challenges in the industry. Rania, worked for a care organisation in admin and rostering of support workers. Courtne...

In this episode, Minh sits down with Debbie & Josh to discuss the projected yields and incomes often listed on many Sales Brochures floating around across the market, being presented to investors.  These projected yields on sales brochures are often misleading for potential buyers, and we felt it was our duty to talk about the old saying - 'Buyer Beware'. When brochures provide &apos...