Founder of Metropole Property Group Michael Yardney is one of the 50 most influential thought leaders in Australia. Even though he is already in his early 70s, this leading property investment advisor never fails to engage and encourage. With over 50 years of property investing experience, he eagerly imparts the wisdom he has gained along the way—from writing best-selling books to turning a $18,000 property to a multi-million investment!

Plus, he unpacks the impactful, less-than-glamorous consequences of not knowing the rules of the property game he found himself playing for the very first time.

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Monika Tu is one of Australia’s newest reality TV stars, but that doesn’t mean her success is only just starting! She’s been a mainstay in the luxury Australian property market for decades— and even before then, her larger than life personality and both people and marketing skills have helped her up her sales game continually for most of her life.

In this episode, the founder of Black Diamondz Property Concierge and reality realtor star on Luxe Listings Sydney opens up on her fast-paced and exciting lifestyle. She certainly sells luxury, and while she lives what she sells today, it wasn’t always the case. She shares her experiences growing up in southwestern China, the university degree she holds that you may not expect, and the business she used to run that you likely remember well— if you have a ‘Laser’ sharp memory!

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Terry Ryder is the creator and founder of hotspotting.com.au, Australia’s premier property hotspot locator. While the company and its website has been around since 2006, Ryder has essentially been working in the hotspotting industry since the early 1980s. He moved to Australia from New Zealand in the ‘70s to play rugby and planned to stay for a year. After quickly— and reluctantly— landing a job in property journalism, he discovered he loved it and 40 years later, he’s still here!

In this episode we’ll hear about all the steps that led him to where he is today, starting from that ‘working holiday’ he’s technically still on! After knowing no more than ‘it’s about houses and stuff’, he now can sniff out a property hotspot with the faintest change of wind. He shares some fascinating tales of the newspaper industry in the ‘80s and how he managed to find so much information, even without the Internet (or even Encarta 95)! We’ll also hear his tips for picking a potential hotspot, and the characteristics of properties he looks for in those areas. Plus, you may think he has learnt all the lessons there are, but just wait until you find out the one he’s learnt more than once!

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Cherie Barber runs Australia's leading renovation course Renovating for Profit, and is a household name due to her appearances on Today Tonight, The Living Room, and her starring role in HGTV’s Five Day Flip. Now with over 110 renovations under her belt, Barber freely admits she came into her renovation and TV careers by accident, but it was the best thing that happened to her.

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Steve McKnight is a professionally trained accountant turned property investor whose tenants include the everyday Aussie to the likes of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama himself! He’s also one of Australia’s most successful real estate authors, penning #1 bestselling books like From 0 to 130 Properties in 3.5 Years and its follow up, From 0 to 260+ Properties in 7 years. His opinions on real estate and finance are regularly sought-after throughout Australia and internationally, making him hot property all of his own.

Join us on this episode where you’ll hear how he went from a self-confessed socially awkward kid who was discouraged from doing VCE maths, to being unable to hold a job, to the highly regarded property investor he is today. You’ll learn all about the seminar that changed everything, and hear some fascinating stories involving critters, the house a real estate agent refused to step into, and the horrors of short-sleeved shirts.

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Jan Somers is a mogul in the property investing community of Australia and is the author of a number of best selling property books. Beginning her career in teaching, Somers and her husband soon realised the incredible potential of property investing and this saw Somers transition to not only teaching fellow investors but growing their own portfolio which has seen them in the property game for over 40 years!

Join us as we discuss her rise to the top, struggling to juggle family life with building a multimillion dollar empire, how in the 80s she had enough properties in Queensland to buy four in Sydney’s expensive market and how she initially stumbled into property!

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