Australian Property Investor

Chatting to property obsessed mortgage broker, Kirsty Dunphey, we will follow her journey from jumping a hurdle and starting her first business at 15 years old, to getting into property management - where she would discover her passion for property and go on to build a future for her family.Discover how this mum of two overcame adversities her family faced during her childhood and how she used $90,000 from the bank and a $7,000 first home owners grant, to purchase her first piece of property at 21 years of age.

Chatting with Smart Property Advisor Kevin Lee, we will follow his road to becoming a property investor, rife with horror stories of greasy motorbikes and years of rebuilding. A reliable and successful advisor with years of finance experience under his belt, he’ll show you why he doesn’t agree with negative gearing and why property is greater than shares!We will hear advice from Lee on what he has learnt through his own experience and find out how - at the age of 40 - he started over at ANZ as a trainee to learn more about finance. You’ll also discover the property investing tragedies that he has overcome, including his investment in Sydney’s worst house.

A  property investor who underscores preparation over luck in his strategy, Steven Sia has always been ready to roll up his sleeves and think outside the box to tackle even the toughest property hurdles with creative solutions that maximise outcomes. Building a portfolio with positive cash flow properties that prioritise income generation, he now offers practical insights on purposeful investing, balancing lifestyle and finances, and seizing opportunities to maximise returns.

From completing a double degree in his university days to rising through the ranks in his professional life in both Asia and Australia, property investor Steven Sia has always taken one day at a time with a holistic perspective—proving himself adaptable and resilient when the rubber meets the road. A passionate advocate for living with intentionality, he now balances business, property investing, and personal growth—all while consistently delivering tangible results.  

Property entrepreneur Keith Grisman, founder of Property Only, will take us on his journey from a kick start at investing when he was 17 to building a portfolio of over 30 properties by the age of 30! We’ll find out the mechanics behind this and how he used mathematics to leapfrog equity.Also uncover how the property surfer recovered from the GFC and what precautions he is taking to avoid a financial flogging again, why neither the police academy or working for a property developer was for him and how he went all in and began his own flourishing businesses.

In today’s podcast we meet Justin Gehde - director of Gehde Developing and host of The Property Developer Podcast - and find out how his hard work passion for development let him turn a dream of a 6 unit block into a reality of twenty!Gehde reveals how he went working with vodka bottles on his desk in Amsterdam to overcoming his investing fears in Melbourne and more as we follow his journey.

In this episode of Property Investory, we will be chatting to CEO and founder of Australian Property Investment Solutions Julie Crockett. Learn how she uses AI technology to find properties for her clients, the software being able to pinpoint the areas set to experience imminent capital growth and analyse all the way down to street level the best places to invest, and how her teaching career helped her in the world of property investing. We will be delving into how a superannuation statement in the mail prompted her to start investing in property and even though she liked being a teacher, how the need for a challenge further encouraged her to switch careers.Come along with us as we hear about the fellow teacher whom she would travel with during school holidays to purchase properties and how she overcome setbacks, such as when the property manager called her about her brand-new property in Adelaide, bearing bad news. In addition, we will be exploring how Julie Crockett managed to purchase one property every year for many years, her strategy of diversifying her portfolio, advice on those looking to get into property themselves and how selling her second property netted her $200,000 in profit and so much more!

Follow former buyer’s agent, entrepreneur and mother Jo Vadillo’s journey on how she stopped working for someone else and took control of her own businesses, creating an income off her portfolio along the way. Also discover how a Property Women seminar threw a fresh light on her path and changed the way she viewed property investing forever!Find out how she found her passion, what she does in a usual day between her two businesses - Advocate Property Services and Property Women - and uncover how she turned her worst investing moment about the one that got away, into a profitable win-win agreement with local council in one of her Queensland properties.