Podcast: Property Investor Tales

Melissa Cowan is 31 with two investment properties. After buying her first IP off the plan, she very quickly purchased her second.
How did she do it? It’s a great story of risk management and understanding your threshold for stress. So many of my previou…

Dani & Craig Skinner have an incredible life and investing story to tell. Dani was born in Ghana and grew up in Zimbabwe, and met Tahree-born Craig in Newcastle before they courted in Sydney, got married, and moved to Brisbane. 
Before I knew of Dani and…

Karen Chavez has been married, divorced and remarried. The highs and lows of property investing have been intertwined through her two marriages, and at the forefront of her decision making has been the wellbeing of her children. 
In this episode of Prope…

Kathy had purchased her own home and an investment property in Sydney. But she wasn’t sure what her financial future held or what she was meant to do necessarily whilst she was “holding” on to her portfolio. Determined to take the next step, Kathy joined…

This is a story of courage and bravery. Of how naivety can lead to expensive mistakes (see margin loans being called on) to having the grit and determination to see it through to the end. Helen and Ian Morse have ridden this very rollercoaster, and whils…

Sharen Carruthers had a goal to invest in real estate and be retired by 50. She achieved her life’s dream with two weeks to spare, and then did as many retired people do. She travelled the world to all the places she wanted to. She gave her time to famil…

Tavish and Jane have seven investment properties. Just that statement alone makes it sound unattainable for most people! But it’s not. When you listen to this episode and learn the struggle and discipline involved in prioritising real estate investing ov…

Tom & Kathy McMullen didn’t start investing straight away. A conscious decision to begin their investment adventure when their kids were older (and two wages were easier to sustain than one) has allowed Tom & Kathy to quickly accrue an impressive portfol…

Donna and Brad aren’t your typical married couple. Between them, they have 10 properties in Australia (plus one in England). It wasn’t always the plan to accrue so much real estate. 
Their respective upbringings encouraged very different strategies, incl…

The following content contains references to and descriptions of a domestic violence incident. 
Parts of this episode may be hard to hear for some people. At the same time, it is a very inspiring and uplifting story about overcoming a challenge as destab…