Your First Home Buyer Guide Podcast

So you’ve got the budget and the passion, but there’s always one question that can make you stop in your tracks. “Where should I buy my first home?”  It is the number one question that every property professional gets asked about, and it always seems like if you find the answer, you’d be set. The problem is, the answer is never that simple.  But, there is a...

You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers.  In this episode, we’ll answer your questions about fire orders in apartment buildings, timing your purchase in a rising market, choosing to buy an apartment to live in now or a house to rent out first and move in in the future, the impact of climate change on your choice of location, and rent to buy schemes.  Tune in to the epis...

Most people need to borrow money when buying their first home. So is it really important to have a strategy as soon as you plan on getting one, or should you wait until you have the funds to start? In this episode, Founder and Managing Director of Property Planning Australia, David Johnston, joins us as we dive into borrowing strategy, discuss the important things all first home buyers need to kno...

Property buying is a journey in itself, and the stories behind them are worth learning from and inspiring. In this episode, we’re going to take you through a real-life home buyer’s journey. Our guest today is Bianca Chatfield, a champion netballer and contestant on the Block. She’s been house hunting and Newscorp readers have been following her journey through a series of article...

Buying a property can be a bit like climbing a mountain - you can’t start your journey without the right preparations. So what are the things that we must do before buying our first home? In this episode, we’re going to talk about the “P” (Preparation) phase in our P.A.C.E. system, a system we developed to help first home buyers to master the whole process of buying a prope...

We all know there’s no such thing as money for nothing, so what is the true cost of first home buyer incentives? In this episode we’re going to talk about free money - the type first home buyers get from governments - deposit schemes, stamp duty concessions, cash incentives as well as discounts from developers - all the things that are apparently designed to help first home buyers get...

If you think investing in property is just about money and finding the “best one”, you’re in for a shock. In this episode, we’re going to share with you some property investment fundamentals. This of course will be important if your choice is to rent-vest rather than live in your first property. But owner-occupiers also need to think of their home as an investment and it&rs...

While some first home buyers are lucky enough to find the perfect property & place to buy in, there are also a number of those who don’t - but there are options.  In this episode, we’re going to discuss choices you have if you can’t afford to buy where you really want to live. We’re covering rentvesting, co-ownership and getting a guarantor for your loan, along wit...

Home buyers who have been given grants commonly want to utilise every cent and purchase the best property, as they should.  However, what most fail to realise is that there’s more to it than buying the first brand new house that catches their eye. In today’s episode, we talk about using grants to purchase land and property by sharing a case study on “Anna”. From potent...

No one is infallible. As much as we want everything to be perfect, we all make mistakes here and there. But in the property industry, making even just a single one can be a costly, million-dollar blunder! Don’t want to have that tiny wrinkle in an otherwise smooth property journey? Hop on in. In today’s episode, we share three of the most common—and deadly—mistakes that fir...

What does it take to buy a home? Especially for first time buyers, the thought of choosing and buying your home is a daunting task.  In the first episode of Your First Home Buyer Guide podcast, we’ll shake your worries about buying a new house as we introduce our foolproof process that has helped our clients for a quite a while now. We’ll guide you through our P.A.C.E. system, whe...