Australian Property Investor

Shukri Barbara is the founder and principal advisor at Property Tax Specialists, and with 100% of his reviews on Google being 5 stars, it’s safe to say he’s great at what he does! Barbara immigrated to Australia from Sudan with his family when he was 13 years old, and after studying commerce and marketing at university— and impressing his professors so much they became his clients!— he is now a CPA with over 30 years of experience in tax and accounting.Join us on this episode as we discuss his childhood in Sudan and how he adjusted to life in Australia, at an age that is turbulent enough as it is. He tells us about the best thing that ever happened to him at a time in his career when he didn’t even know what an invoice was, the practice he started with no brains but a lot of balls, and how an ad he saw in 2000 changed everything for him.

Working as both a buyer’s agent for Cohen Handler and as a personal property developer, Shane Hiscock is well versed in the world of property. Juggling an active lifestyle, a small family and hectic work schedule, Hiscock showcases that anything can be done with the right approach and mindset. Join us in this episode as we talk to Shane Hiscock and discover how landing a job at IBM straight after University led to him taking on an unlikely job role as a buyer’s agent, how he fell in love with the property inspection process, and the self seeking ways he entered the property world. We’ll also learn the importance of double checking calculations prior to committing to investments and how his own property experiences has lead him to realise that his true passion lies in helping others find the perfect property.

Scott O’Neill is the founder and director of Rethink Investing. Before landing in property, O’Neill worked a nine to five job as a civil engineer, but found the hours invested did not match what he wanted from his career. He took a leap of faith and by the young age of 28, he had completed his goal of earning a passive income of $300,000 per annum. Now 33, O’Neill has the property portfolio of somebody who has been in business longer than he has been alive. Join us in this episode of Property Investory to hear about O’Neill’s childhood growing up in the Sutherland Shire, his stories of working as a civil engineer before turning to property, and how he got started in residential real estate.

Scott Kuru is the CEO and co-founder of ‘Freedom Property Investors’, a large and fast growing community of 2000 investors. With over 200 members every single month joining the community, Kuru’s goal, now that he’s secured his own financial freedom, is to help other people take an ordinary income and transform that into a multimillion dollar property portfolio. In this episode we’re speaking with Kuru, who came to Australia with very little at age 7, climbed his way into several corporate positions, and finally opened his own eyes to the world of property investing, leading him to found three major successful companies.  Join us as we learn about his personal journey into investment, and take notes as he shares with us his success secrets.

Join us as we have a chat with Sanders Muleya, successful property investor and buyer's agent of MSISA Property and Consulting. Born in Zimbabwe, Sanders Muleya worked as a nurse there until he moved to Australia in 2004 to carve out a new future for himself and his family, where he made his first purchase two years into settling into Australia which he later made readjustments to in order to bring in more income.Learn in this episode of Property Investory about how after some mistakes and educating himself on property investing, Sanders Muleya managed to achieve incredible success, acquiring 15 properties over the course of six years. Come along with us as we learn about the many different property investing courses Muleya enrolled in, his excellent advice when it comes to property investing, his “aha” moment when he made $280,000 profit from a property, whether he found it necessary to keep his nursing job or not after his success in property and much, much more!

This episode meets twins Sana and Mona Ali - co-founders of the broking company Property Twins - whose extensive financial experience in the corporate world led them to venture into property and start their own business sharing their success!Be inspired as this dynamic duo shares how dreams of owning their own home began their investing careers and led to the creation of their multi-million dollar portfolio!

Passionate property investor Sam Saggers, CEO of Positive Real Estate and managing partner in Australia’s oldest real estate agency, will chat about the influence from friends in high places (whose home was featured on TV show The Bachelor) and how a blunder early in his journey made him realise the true worth of property.Discover why understanding tax valuation is essential when determining the costs involved in owning a property and why you need to choose the right property in the right location. Also, follow Saggers’ story on starting out in real estate at the age of 19, through to discovering his true calling as a property investor.

Sam O’Connor started his property journey with his family as a part of a trust back in New Zealand. After moving to Australia and starting a brand new portfolio, O’Connor now shares his tips in building a portfolio and creating instant equity.Tune in to learn about O’Connor’s background and early start to investment, the highs and lows of the journey so far, and his tips for growing a portfolio quickly.