First Time Property Investor
Australia's most brutally honest property podcast—no fluff, no BS, just real talk.Your unfiltered property trio breaking down the toxic myths, mistakes, and outdated advice in real estate.
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S2E29 - Buyers Agents Explained: What Do They Actually Do (And Cost?) (opens the original)
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Pete breaks down what a BA actually does, how they differ from selling agents, and the real dollar cost of hiring one, including the fee structures worth being wary of after recent high-profile industry collapses. Imti and Skye push on the harder questions: how to spot a good BA from a bad one, why the space is dangerously unregulated, and where BAs are increasingly overstepping into territory that should belong to accountants and financial planners. They close out on off-market properties, and
S2E28 - A Case Study: Should You Use A Parental Guarantor To Buy Your First Investment Property? (opens the original)
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A "should you or shouldn't you" episode with a game-show twist. Imti builds four versions of the same investing decision around one client, Jess, changing a single variable each round, and Pete and Skye have to lock in an answer. Should Jess use a parental guarantor now, or wait? What if her parents are nervous about the market? What if she could buy solo with a smaller deposit instead ... go big with a guarantor, or go low and debt-free? And what if she's planning to move out and her cash flow
S2E27 - Parental Guarantors Explained: What Mum and Dad Are Really Signing Up For (opens the original)
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Parental guarantors, explained in plain English. Imti breaks down exactly what mum and dad are agreeing to when they help a child buy property - using equity, not cash, to help cover the deposit and avoid lender's mortgage insurance. Skye grills him with the parent's real-world concerns (can the bank take my house? what if I still have a mortgage? what about multiple kids?), while Pete digs into how it works for investment property purchases. The key message: a guarantor solves a deposit problem
S2E26 - Where Should I Buy? The One Number We'd Bet On Every Time (opens the original)
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If you were to ask us each to pick just one key data point out of the 150-plus a buyer's agent typically uses, we'd land on the same one. It's not capital growth, rental yield, or population growth. It's owner-occupier percentage: how many people in a suburb own the home they live in, versus rent it out. In this episode, your hosts break down why this simple, easy-to-find number underpins almost everything else that drives long-term capital growth, how to actually use it in a property search, wh
S2E25 - Our Biggest Property Mistakes: 30 Years of Lessons in One Episode (opens the original)
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Three people, 30-plus years of combined property experience, and three of their most painful (and least obvious) mistakes. Not the usual "wrong suburb, paid too much" stuff! Pete chased land size above everything else, Imti researched so much it created false confidence, and Skye bought a property (or two) simply because it felt safe. Each host unpacks what actually happened, why the decision felt right at the time, and the one shift they'd make if they were starting again today. Connect with us
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