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Silencing Self-Sabotage: Long-Term Success in Property Investing

Listen to Property Investor Tales Podcast Now Discover the latest and most effective investing strategies in Australia by joining our upcoming FREE Webinar! ➡️ https://positivere.events/learn-to-in... In this episode, to celebrate 100 episodes, I discuss the lessons learned from coaching and interviewing property investors over the years - the good, the bad, the ugly. From the insane to the...

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Latest Episodes

Turning Vanilla & Boring Investing Into Wealth with Rob King

Turning Vanilla & Boring Investing Into Wealth with Rob King

Rob King has invested in many types of asset classes across different locations for nearly two decades. From “vanilla” investments to a boarding house, Rob has accumulated a serious variety of experiences over his journey so far.

Despite some “vanilla” in his portfolio, we discuss just how important the vanilla investments can be in creating wealth, and why “boring” is often good when it comes to wealth creation.

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Creating a 6-Property Portfolio with Andrew Bui

Creating a 6-Property Portfolio with Andrew Bui

Andrew Bui has amassed a portfolio of six properties over his investing adventure, which puts him in the top 0.08% of Australians. How has he done it, and what has he learnt through the entire experience?

From mitigating risk to following your gut instincts, Andrew shares the ups and downs of 15 + years as a property investor.

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Property Investor Tales – From Supreme Court to Success with Lila Ghani

Property Investor Tales – From Supreme Court to Success with Lila Ghani

Lila Ghani is our Head of Contracts at Positive Real Estate. On this episode, she shares her wealth of knowledge she has gathered with a background in legal as well as a love of real estate. It sounds like nothing could go wrong – right? But in this conversation, Lila shares the valuable lessons she’s gathered over many years.

From a Supreme Court case that lasted seven years after the GFC, to the rookie errors that even the most experienced investors can make, Lila openly shares her wisdom on contracts, developments and lessons all investors need to be aware of.

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From Frugal to Financially Free with Michael Mangano

From Frugal to Financially Free with Michael Mangano

Michael Mangano has been saving for real estate since he was 10 years of age. Having bought his first piece of property at just 20 years of age, it was a strategy that worked! But he never got ahead of himself, even renting whilst owning four investment properties.

On this episode, Michael shares his stories, his challenges, and his victories of making some tough, yet incredibly powerful decisions to accumulate wealth, create cashflow and be on the path to financial freedom.

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Creating a $6 Million Portfolio with Ananda Perera

Creating a $6 Million Portfolio with Ananda Perera

Ananda Perera has a portfolio of eight properties worth in excess of $6.6 million. On this episode, Ananda explains how he did it. From the belief systems he had to remove (around fear), to the importance of letting people in (his six-star team), and to recognising that he had been investing without a clear strategy to begin with.

Ananda’s success story spans dozens of countries. He is married with two children, and shares his emigration story as well as the challenges of losing his job as a result of the mining downturn years ago.

An inspiring story, and one that we hope you enjoy!

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Creating Airbnb Cashflow with Felicity Pryor

Creating Airbnb Cashflow with Felicity Pryor

Felicity Pryor is being bold and creating an Airbnb cashflow machine on her farm in Inverell.

Having invested in real estate from a young age, Felicity shares her big lessons and her thought process when it comes to setting up an Airbnb cashflow machine.

If you’re feeling hesitant about taking the first step, or wanting a confidence booster to know you are on the right track, you’ll love this conversation with Felicity!

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Turning Equity into 3 Properties with Diana & James Swadling

Turning Equity into 3 Properties with Diana & James Swadling

Diana and James Swadling bought their home ten years ago and accrued a good amount of equity in the process.

Having decided to invest that equity in real estate, they encountered a number of challenges with the bank. As business owners, they had a mountain of work to do in order to please the banks.

But in a tremendous story of grit and bravery, Diana and James, with the help of the team at Positive Real Estate, have gone on to purchase three properties.

Enjoy this conversation with Diana and James!

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Mastering Tricky Tenants with Tom Pethybridge

Mastering Tricky Tenants with Tom Pethybridge

Tom Pethybridge is about to share some crazy stories of tenants in his investment properties! And most importantly, he’s going to share how he navigated through each experience.

Having been a member of Positive Real Estate since 2015, Tom shares a number of his ups and downs, and even shares how an exhausting career, and subsequent career change, has given him a new lease on life.

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Overcoming The Fear of Debt with Yogeeta & Ashvin Pala

Overcoming The Fear of Debt with Yogeeta & Ashvin Pala

My guests today are the lovely Yogeeta and Ashvin Pala. I’ve been working with them since 2015, and when they first joined they had a fear of debt which was impacting their ability to move forward financially. Yogeeta shares just how “proud” she was of having no debt until she realised how much it was holding her back from creating wealth.

Yogeeta and Ash quickly recognised the importance of education and the power and fulfilment of giving back to the community, which they share in this episode.

Enjoy this conversation with Yogeeta and Ash!

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Making The Sacrifice to Succeed with Robyn Ross

Making The Sacrifice to Succeed with Robyn Ross

Robyn Ross thought she was being taken along to a scam session on property investment. More than a decade later, she is so happy that she became a serious property investor with Positive Real Estate.

With multiple properties in their portfolio, Robyn and husband Glenn have made some courageous decisions along the way – in relation to business and financial planning. They’ve also made some mistakes, which Robyn courageously shares on this podcast.

Like many smart investors, Robyn discusses how action is the best teacher, and the more they’ve committed to wealth creation through real estate, the more they’ve learnt.

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From Skeptics to Six Properties with Diana & Ward Lambley

From Skeptics to Six Properties with Diana & Ward Lambley

Diana and Ward Lambley spent many years skeptical of creating wealth through real estate. In sharing their journey on this episode, you’ll see how this incredible couple made some big decisions in order to get past their skepticism, to the point where they are now in the top 1% of property investors in Australia (people who own three or more properties).

Their decision to embrace a team of mentors, think outside the box, and give real estate time to appreciate are just of the nuggets of wisdom you’ll find in this episode.

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Creating The Wealth Mindset with Jason Whitton

Creating The Wealth Mindset with Jason Whitton

I’ve had the good fortune to work alongside Jason Whitton for the better part of 15 years. As the founder of Positive Real Estate, Jason has overseen more than 8000 Aussies and Kiwis purchase thousands of properties.

He’s seen the ups and downs, the panics and the patience. He’s seen manic capital growth and instant market downturns (like the GFC and 2017’s APRA changes).

What type of mindset does it take to whether the market fluctuations, not just for your own portfolio but for thousands of clients? How does Jason deal with problems when they seem all too overwhelming? And what does he think new investors can do to get a head start today?

All that and more is in this jam-packed-full-of-wisdom conversation with Jason Whitton.

You can connect with Jason at Positive Real Estate on all the socials. He also hosts his own daily podcast called Wealth Coffee Chats.

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