Latest Episodes

The Effects of Investing Young

Listen to the Property Investor Tales Podcast NowIn this episode of Property Investor Tales, Vicky Hines interviews Nicole Ardiles as she shares her property investment journey, highlighting the lessons learned from early mistakes, the importance of mentorship, and the cultural differences observed during her time in Spain. She emphasizes the need for proactive decision-making in property...

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Latest Episodes

The Value of Time in Real Estate

The Value of Time in Real Estate

My guest today is Priscilla Darcy. We discussed the difference between prosperity and wealth and how the foundation to wealth creation is how you think and what you choose to feed your brain. A not to be missed conversation!

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Taking Your Finance to the Next Level

Taking Your Finance to the Next Level

So my guest today is Scott McLean, and we discuss why getting a cheap interest rate may not always serve you and why selecting a broker that understands building a property portfolio is critical to your success and outside of the norm. So enjoy this conversation with Scott.

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Supporting Your Children’s Investment Journey

Supporting Your Children’s Investment Journey

My guest today is Deanne Monk, and we discussed with her, her recent purchase, which has created over 100k in equity in 18 months, and how her son Liam has started investing in property at 18 years old and what that looks like.

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Making Sacrifices Now for Your Future Self

Making Sacrifices Now for Your Future Self

Hazelman Shokat, who together with his amazing wife Pfizer, when they joined were relatively fresh migrants from Singapore, and they were looking to invest right away. But they had one big challenge not knowing where to invest, and in their words how it worked. Since then they have gone on to acquire some awesome property.

Enjoy this conversation between myself and Hazelman.

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Kaila Brooks’ Day in the Life of a Property Management

Kaila Brooks’ Day in the Life of a Property Management

Kaila Brooks’ takes us on a personal journey of the trials and tribulations of property managers in the day-to-day role of dealing with not only tenants but the owners and everything else in between.

So join me and enjoy this conversation with Kayla!

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From a Casual Job to Getting Financially Educated

From a Casual Job to Getting Financially Educated

Hello and Welcome to property investor tales, stories from the front yard. My name is Hayley Beavis and I am a property consultant here at Positive Real Estate where we help people build wealth through property.

Today I am joined by Lee and Jing who have an amazing outlook on life. Born in China and made the move to New Zealand, then to Brisbane, Australia where they are living the good life.

They talk through the challenges of not being able to service a loan and how they picked themselves up, worked through challenges and got themselves into a great situation to move forward and purchase some fantastic properties. Some of these properties today are worth 2.5 times more than the original purchase price only 6 years ago.

Enjoy this conversation with Lee and Jing.

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The Urban Property Investor’s Personal Investment Journey

The Urban Property Investor’s Personal Investment Journey

Sam Saggers came from one of the poorest families in his neighbourhood, living in a ‘doer-upper’ in a well-heeled suburb of Sydney. He’s now a successful business owner with 21 properties in his portfolio, as well as a mentor to many.

James Evenden chats with Sam about his investing journey, who offers some straight-talking, but sage advice to 65-year-old Sam on how to think ahead to align your property investments with future life stages. This will help ensure your investments are future-proofed later in life, when you are no longer earning a working income.

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From Farm Boy to First Home Buyer

From Farm Boy to First Home Buyer

Kevin is an Adelaide local who has lived a colorful life along his investment journey. With many ups and downs, meeting “cowboys” in the industry and coming out on top with a fantastic attitude.

Kevin’s motto in life has been “Bite off more than you can chew and chew like hell” and he has certainly done just that. Kevin talks us through the importance of getting out of your comfort zone, finding like minded people, surrounding yourself with a good team and how things in your past can hold you back from achieving your goals.

This is a conversation not to be missed, enjoy this conversation with Kevin.

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First Home Buyer to Four Investments

First Home Buyer to Four Investments

Hello and Welcome to Property Investor Tales – stories from the front yard. James Evenden with you and I am a property consultant here at Positive Real Estate where we help people build wealth through property.

My guest today is Michelle.

Michelle has run an incredible business, is a business and marketing strategist, a martial arts enthusiast, and an incredibly successful property investor. And that’s just the beginning!

On this episode, we talk about investing, business and life, and what Michelle has learnt along the way.

Enjoy this conversation with Michelle.

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First Investment To Retired in 10 Years

First Investment To Retired in 10 Years

Hello and welcome to property investor tales, stories from the front yard. My name is Hayley Beavis and I am a property consultant here at Positive Real Estate where we help people build wealth through property.

My guest today is Andre Scannell.

Andre had a dream at 16 years old to own his own home mortgage free and have 4 investment properties. Later in life, he smashed these goals and in just 10 short years retired on a canal near the beach!

Andre has been working with investment coaches and mentors at Positive Real Estate since 2010. In this episode he shares the highs and lows, the lessons learned, and what differences he’s found in doing real estate investing by himself versus working with a team.

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From Beginner to Property Genie

From Beginner to Property Genie

On this episode, I get interviewed about my property investor journey so far. James Evenden and Hayley Beavis ask all the big questions, and we discuss everything from investing during high-interest rates, learning about the market, memorable deals – and not so memorable ones!

And we’ve turned the tables for good reason – you’ll just have to listen to find out!

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4 Properties Before 30

4 Properties Before 30

Joel and his fiance, Carla, have secured four properties – all by the age of 30.

How have they done it? What have been their ups and downs? What beliefs have guided these decisions? There’s been some hair-raising moments, and whilst the ending is happy – this conversation shares the bumps and loop-de-loops along the way.

Enjoy this conversation with Joel!

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