Where you are and where you would ultimately like to be?Think back to the spice girl’s song ‘tell me what you want, what you really, really want’.When it comes to property, you want to be property developing, renovating or investing and that is in a...
A common question I get from someone looking to start their first development is “How much money (equity) will I need”?If it is a small project such as a duplex, you can use retail finance the same as when you bought your house.It varies from...
When it comes to success in property development, getting your finished product sold fast is super important. For a four-townhouse project where each townhouse sells for $800,000. Every extra day on the market costs over $300 on commercial bank interest rates.Selling product fast comes primarily...
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So, what’s changed for you since the year clock ticked over less than three weeks ago?Nothing? Well, ‘nothing’ could be a good answer providing you are living your life to match your aspirations. But it is the wrong answer if you feel like you are...
Bliss – noun – supreme happiness. That’s right up there on my bucket list. I think I will target getting more bliss in my life. What about you? ‘Wedded bliss’ – now there’s a funny one. Bliss or blister. You can make a call on that one....
Chatting with a past mentoring student recently, he commented on how lucky he had been. They (he and his wife) had completed two developments and were part way through a third which had pre-sales, so he was sitting pretty.Since they started with me, their life...
Most mornings when I wake up, I have a word in my head. Not just the usual words like coffee, hunger, breakfast (no, not busting). Yesterday I woke up with the word ‘tenacious’ in my head. I think that’s only mildly weird. I can’t say the...
When it comes to making a success of property development it’s not a bad idea to get yourself educated first. “What a silly comment Bob” I can hear you thinking in your head “it’s so obvious”. I couldn’t agree more, but it’s often the ‘obvious’ things that bring...
“When opportunity knocks, don’t complain about the noise”. I first heard that when I was around 12 years old. It came from my older sister Lorraine’s boyfriend Pat, and I’ve never forgotten it. What about you? Have you ever “complained about the noise?” or just covered...