The Smart Property Investor

🔗 Want to see how we can help you? Let's chat: https://calendly.com/naveen_merani/new-meeting  ________ In this episode, we bring back buyers' agent Steve Palise to run through a case study scenario where Sid & Tina, a high-earning PAYG couple with an existing residential portfolio, are looking to purchase their first commercial property in their SMSF. Naveen walks through the finan...

Want me to look at your position the same way I looked at theirs? https://calendly.com/naveen_merani/new-meeting   __ Shane and Sonia were earning $300,000 a year between them, owned their home, held three investment properties and had $200,000 sitting in offset, and the bank still knocked back their next purchase.  The income was there and so was the equity. What capped them was the way their exi...

Thinking about your next property move? Book a chat with our team here: https://calendly.com/naveen_merani/new-meeting   __ I sat down with Belinda Botzolis, who has valued close to $12 billion in property over 17 years and inspected around 15,000 homes.  She pulls back the curtain on what actually happens when the bank sends a valuer to your property, why valuations come back lower than you expec...

In this episode, we bring back buyers agent, Steve Palise & accountant, Davie Mach, to share their insights on how the property market has shifted since the 2026 Federal Budget. Davie explains all the major changes impacting property investors and business owners, and then we dive into a case study exercise where we help an average business owner in their 40's achieve a 10-year goal for f...

In Episode 2 of The Smart Property Investor, host Naveen Merani sits down with Steve Palise from Palise Property - one of Australia's most recognisable names in commercial property investing. Steve did what most investors only talk about: he sold down the majority of his residential portfolio and went all in on commercial. With over 11 years in the industry and over 2000 property purchases un...

In the debut episode of The Smart Property Investor, your host, Naveen Merani, sits down with Davie Mach from Box Advisory Services for a wide-ranging conversation about what actually happens behind the scenes when a client applies for a loan. They work through the 5 C's of Credit framework, then spend most of the episode unpacking three real client scenarios. Fair warning: this one gets surp...

We're excited to launch The Smart Property Investor Podcast, with our very first guest being Chartered Accountant, Business Owner and YouTuber, Davie Mach!  We unpack 3 client case studies using our 5 C's of Credit Framework, to give you insider knowledge into HOW lenders assess loan applications.  Make sure to subscribe to get notified when the first episode is released.