Positive Real Estate
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How have Positive Real Estate helped you reach your goal? 

• Consolidate our finances
• Help reduce our debt
• Refinance our existing loans
• Create our SMSF
• Helped us financially to assist our youngest son relocate to Germany.

What are your greatest achievements within Positive Real Estate?

• Buying an Aria Property
• Debt Reduction.

What does the future have in store for you in your investing journey?

More properties, financial freedom, and more holidays.

What specifically has the team at PRE helped you with?

My education, buying 3 properties and offering clarity from start to finish.

What are 2 key things you’ve achieved this month, quarter or year with PRE?

1. Organised AirBNB at our Richmond appartment (Not PRE) via L’Abode (Sam Saggers).

2. Two properties settled in July, Brisbane and Newcastle.

What challenges have you overcome?

Organising all the furniture for AirBnb. Organising finance was tougher with APRA laws and moving jobs at the end point or settlement.

How have Positive Real Estate helped you reach your goal? 

• Guidance on the type of properties to look at
• Supportive and experienced team ready to answer questions
• Go into bat for us when issues arise
• Organise site visits for interstate visit
• Legal advice – personable and experienced
• Process of Purchasing 3 properties.

What are your greatest achievements within Positive Real Estate?

• Caused my wife Catherine to get excited about investing.
• Guidance by the team has taken the stress out of investing
• Pay down debt, grow income by freedom.

What does the future have in store for you in your investing journey?

• Purchase 3 more 6 in total we think. Get our kids into accommodation – unit or home.
• Retirement with little to no debt.

What specifically has the team at PRE helped you with?

Both our personal life and our finances are getting looked after with both care and attention.

What are 2 key things you’ve achieved this month, quarter or year with PRE?

1. Finally settling a property to move forward.

2. With financial pressure getting taken care of, our personal life is getting better.

What challenges have you overcome?

Just being able to let go of a property to sell was difficult as we were emotionally attached to it but with help from PRE we finally did it.

How have Positive Real Estate helped you reach your goal?

Not yet, but we’re  well on the way to achieving our goals. Positive Real Estate have been awesome, keeping us motivated and POSITIVE!

What are your greatest achievements within Positive Real Estate?

Purchased 3 Blue Chip properties in 1 year.

What does the future have in store for you in your investing journey?

Hopefully more properties if we earn, and be like “model clients” for Positive Real Estate.

How have Positive Real Estate helped you reach your goal?

Have not yet reached my goals yet.

However, the most amazing thing was to purchase our first property in Australia, thanks to the awesome team: From Naomi motivating me and finding ways to save more – lots of encouragements!

To Matt finding the “one” lender who would lend to foreigners… and everyone else along the way to reach step, that is amazing.

What are your greatest achievements within Positive Real Estate?

Buying in Australia as foreigners and starting our journey for real estate towards financial independence. It feels real and doable, while safe, which helped my incredulous husband to jump on the bandwagon and trust me.

Just to have been able to start without being scared to death.

What does the future have in store for you in your investing journey?

10 properties, financial independence in 7 years.

What are 3 thing your coach and/or team has helped you achieve?

– Confidently making my loan application.
– Feeling good about making my first purchase with PRE.(I haven’t actually done it yet)
– Getting my mind focussed on property investing.
– Learning, learning, learning.

What are 3 roadblocks or challenges your coach and/or team has worked through with you?

– Feeling cautious about the current market.
– Wanting to try and time exactly where the market is to buy at the lowest price.

How has your mindset shifted and changed since joining PRE?

– I’m much more confident about my investing future.
– I feel supported if any problems arise.

What else would you like to see at mentoring, ie. Topic, speaker, deals, experts?

– Increasing occupancy for better rental income.

How have Positive Real Estate helped you reach your goal?

Support through good education and knowledge about property investment.

What are your greatest achievements within Positive Real Estate?

• Managed the refinance of my property in Sydney and bought a property in Brisbane, plus finished landscaping my garden
• Purchased property in Sydney and also Brisbane.

What does the future have in store for you in your investing journey?

• Still learning more about property investment
• Buy two more blue chip properties.

What specifically has the team at PRE helped you with?

The most valuable thing PRE has helped me with is changing my mindset to look towards newer properties which are better quality. I used to renovate houses to make $$$, but now PRE has taught me to invest smarter. The research that PRE has helped me with has been fantastic. They have made my life so much easier to find a better quality house to buy. Sam’s bus tours have been a fantastic learning exercise for me.

What are 2 key things you’ve achieved this month, quarter or year with PRE?

1. Action – I’ve bought 2 properties off the plan this year, thanks for your help Elaine.

2. Knowledge – Sam, Lana and Elaine have all helped to increase my knowledge on the market in Melbourne and Brisbane – I am really enjoying learning more each day!

What challenges have you overcome?

When I first started, my family was strongly trying to talk me out of joining PRE because they don’t believe in property coaches. This was a real challenge for me because I had to see through this and then think on my own to make a decision.

I’m very happy with my decision to join PRE.

How have Positive Real Estate helped you reach your goal?

• Knowledge on finance structure
• Keep me motivated
• Fantastic mentor
• Focused on my goals
• Excellent network of like-minded people.

What are your greatest achievements within Positive Real Estate?

3 properties in 3 years.

What does the future have in store for you in your investing journey?

• More properties
• Keen on small development and joint ventures.

What specifically has the team at PRE helped you with?

Set us up on a great path with our savings & direction with property. Bought our first investment property & a business. We also have needed the mentoring badly with both the property and the business.

What are 2 key things you’ve achieved this month, quarter or year with PRE?

1. Bought our first property & rented it out & currently saving for our next.

2. Bought an established business & had a great first year of trading.

What challenges have you overcome?

We had a lag in our savings motivation but have overcome & gotten back on track & are now on our way to our next deposit.

How have Positive Real Estate helped you reach your goal?

• Given me confidence and knowledge to get into the field and play the game
• Helped me with my strategy and adjusted this over my 7 year journey with Positive Real Estate
• Access to helped with all of the investing
• Created strategies for capital growth and cashflow.

What are your greatest achievements within Positive Real Estate?

• Creating a $1m equity across a portfolio of properties worth over $4m
• Achieving my loan once two off-the-plans complete in next 18 – 24 months.

What does the future have in store for you in your investing journey?

• Consolidating my portfolio and selling 3 – 4 of them off in next 18 – 36 months that are  B and C Class properties to then buy another Blue Chip for retirement income.
• Helping my son buy his first property.

How have Positive Real Estate helped you reach your goal?

• My coach has helped me to see the reality of my goals. That helps me to stop and think about how I would like to approach to achieve them
• My goals are no longer just dreams.

What are your greatest achievements within Positive Real Estate?

As I have clearer vision of the path I choose to manage my money more effectively by keeping in mind what is my priority.

What does the future have in store for you in your investing journey?

I will be able to be involved more in volunteer works and not tie down myself in 9 – 5 employment. More freedom and flexibility to join community based works without worrying about financial constraint.

What are 3 thing your coach and/or team has helped you achieve?

7 properties worth over 4 million. Starting flying helicopters.

What are 3 roadblocks or challenges your coach and/or team has worked through with you?

Haven’t had anything major. Have to say it’s been pretty seamless. Just property managers giving me trouble.

How has your mindset shifted and changed since joining PRE?

A lot more comfortable taking calculated risks. Getting confidence from achieving goals then pushing the next set higher.

What are 3 thing your coach and/or team has helped you achieve?

My first investment property. Now I have two properties and am looking at my position for a third property.

What are 3 roadblocks or challenges your coach and/or team has worked through with you?

My biggest roadblock was finance on a single income.

How has your mindset shifted and changed since joining PRE?

My mindset has shifted and changed since joining that anything is possible.

What are 3 thing your coach and/or team has helped you achieve?

Extensive knowledge on inesting in property. Follow my dreams and that nothing is impossible. Confidence in taking risks.

What are 3 roadblocks or challenges your coach and/or team has worked through with you?

Finance issues.
Negative mindset.
There are positives to be taken out of every situation, even not so good situations.

How has your mindset shifted and changed since joining PRE?

Believing in myself and judgement.

What are 3 thing your coach and/or team has helped you achieve?

Buying our first Melbourne investment property.
Believing in us.
Getting started on our journey to financial freedom.

What are 3 roadblocks or challenges your coach and/or team has worked through with you?

Buy the best property we could afford.

How has your mindset shifted and changed since joining PRE?

Believing in ourselves more.
Having a determined attitude.

What specifically has the team at PRE helped you with?

Maintaining a positive attitude at a time when it feels like everything has ground to a halt.
Also with looking at options to investigate how to continue.

What are 2 key things you’ve achieved this month, quarter or year with PRE?

1. Settled on property #2 with tenant in place within the week.

2. Undertaking review of portfolio to see what the next step can be.

What challenges have you overcome?

Serviceability is a current issue, still being reviewed but change of mindset from “can I?” to “How do I?” has certainly helped.

What specifically has the team at PRE helped you with?

1. Purchasing an investment property with great promise @ Burleigh under construction.

2. Growing in knowledge and confidence about investing, particularly in Real Estate but also in myself and our family.

What are 2 key things you’ve achieved this month, quarter or year with PRE?

1. Tick a travel desire off the bucket list.

2. Bought a lovely investment property with PRE.

What challenges have you overcome?

Feeling immobilised on our investment journey and overcoming by learning & participating in PRE info / education sessions.

Seek and value those who have your interests at heart but also believe in yourself and don’t be afraid to have a go.

How have Positive Real Estate helped you reach your goal?

Predominately with education – learning the real story with property investing such as zones to BM, Cycles, Acquisition | Holding | Consolidation. Bus trips to Melbourne & Brisbane. Sam’s books. Buying a unit off the plan.

What are 2 key things youve achieved this month.

1. This year – buying a unit off the plan.

2. This quarter – Getting a reality check from my coach about messy divorse settlements.

What challenges have i overcome?

Overcoming the challenge of starting from scratch in my late 50’s. After a messy divorse settlement, all my real estate assets wen’t to my wife. With PRE’s help and a bit of hindsight and experience, I’m on the right track to not being destitute in my retirement.

We only had a small deposit to start with and were very encouraged that we weren’t told to come back once we had more saved.

At only 24 and 25 we are very happy with how our purchase has all worked out and can’t wait to keep growing our portfolio, we are now saving again for our next investment and are so grateful to have all the support and guidance that we have had.

She was also genuinely interested and confident in our situation that she could help us move forward in the investing future we wanted.

The team is experienced and genuinely helpful to assist with whatever strategy you choose. I worked with one of their experienced brokers Andrew, who found ways to present our financial situation to the banks in a more favourable way.

But what I appreciate most is my Coach’s wonderful support, guidance and knowledge to help me learn how to buy property on my own. She would challenge my old way of thinking, point out things I had to check and ask before considering purchasing and praise my efforts. With no family and friends to talk about property investing, her support and friendship has been paramount in my confidence and determination to keep investing.

All this was possible, through the guidance and support of our Coach, a great broker who refinanced our home loan and found us loans with more suitable lenders and a fantastic and dedicated team.

We are extremely excited about where the Australian property market is moving at the moment. It doesn’t matter how much money you have to invest, as there is always a good opportunity somewhere. I didn’t understand or know this 12 months ago. George and I are so happy we have made the decisions we have, learnt to spend money more freely to buy what we need and build friendships with a wonderful group of like-minded people.

We didn’t understand the tax benefits prior to investing but we have thrown ourselves in – we bought three properties in 12 months, set up an SMSF and purchased a property there and we are now looking to diversify into Melbourne, Perth and Sydney where we don’t have any property currently.

I’d been looking and reading about Positive Real Estate for a few years, we are very sceptical about people ripping you off as it seems to be a common theme our days… but it was soon realised when joining Positive Real Estate that this wasn’t the case.

Amazingly, our Coach is an absolute gem; she has been and always will be great help and our mentor! She is very supportive especially the way she approaches and works through our ideas/goals. Kerry, along with the Positive Real Estate team, has changed our lives forever.

The main thing has been the confidence and tools we have gained to be able to move forward and feel comfortable about decisions we might make. Positive Real Estate gives you valuable information about how the property market can be manipulated (legally, of course!) and it gives you confidence.

We have made some good cash flow from one of our past properties after leasing it for one year. Part of the cash has been put aside for another property in the near future, and the other part purchased our dream car: a 67-fastback mustang. All of this in 18 months!

We are so glad we joined the program, we would not have done or gained what we have today without it.

I have witnessed Carolyn’s hands-on approach as a property investment mentor bring great results for her client’s across Tasmania. All the while making investment and wealth creation as enjoyable as possible! Hats off to you Carolyn with what you are achieving for your client’s time after time.

Laura has supported us throughout the process of purchasing property & what we need to do next, even over her Christmas break Laura kept in contact with us, as one of our properties settled during the holidays.
 
Shane has been great, keeping us up to date with available properties, helping match the best ones for our strategy, supporting us along the way & making it happen.
 
We love their enthusiasm, honesty & trustworthiness. It is a great feeling to know they are only a phone call away. We also love the education sessions & mixing with people that have similar goals. We really do feel like our dreams are coming true. We actually feel like we are part of a big family.

Our greatest achievement is purchasing three properties in 6 months.  We never would of thought we could ever achieve that.  We have also purchased another property already this year. That will make 4 properties in under 12 months of working with Laura, Shane & PRE.
 
We will continue to save & buy more investment properties. We will continue to go to the education sessions & do more bus tours and learn as much as we can. We feel so much more empowered that we are taking control of our future. We are also using our Super to purchase property and have a lot more control of how our money is invested. We would love to buy a small property in Scotland and AIRBNB it so that we can use it for personal use when we visit family. We are starting to think about where we would like to retire & purchase an investment property that will support that choice.

Working with Carolyn from the start was more like working along side a friend rather than someone you would go to for financial advice and then not see again until you next needed them.

Since being a member of PRE, we have bought two further investment properties via PRE which complemented our existing properties.  Although my wife and I haven’t been as active with PRE since starting a family, Carolyn always makes and effort to touch base with us to see how we are going and offer her support which is always appreciated.

Thanks Carolyn for your support and being a top property coach and friend.

Regards