Australian Property Investor

Symbion Property Director Joanne Hands—a property developer with over 14 years in the property industry and more than 100 successfully project-managed small developments across Australia. With inestimable experiences as a property developer managing multiple projects at once, she is—no pun intended—hands-on with each task she tackles. Venturing out into the world as a dancer and an avid traveller, Hands showed herself dauntless in the road she chose to traverse. A true force to be reckoned with and eager to express the things she is most passionate about, she unpacks her life story—from dancing in Paris and Monte Carlo to driving across North America.

Continuing on her travel stories from the last episode, Symbion Property Director Joanne Hands further narrates her adventures abroad—all while she highlights key people that impacted her journey along the way—, and shares the eye-widening and nail-biting $40,000 loss she witnessed that has actually impacted the way she firmly holds on to the property route. As both a property developer and a licensed buyer's agent today, she uses her keen property knowledge in overcoming challenges, solving problems, and working out creative solutions for herself and clients.Bitten by the property bug after running her own Pilates studio, she now shares the creative albeit risky strategies she used that yielded at least $10,000 in profit. Plus, she tells the story of how her first property accrued a 20% return in just six weeks!

Ben Plohl, founder and director of BFP Property, a buyer's agency based in Sydney, first had his start in the world of business and accounting, working as an accountant and as CFO for a couple of different businesses for many years with a business degree and chartered accounting qualification under his belt. Over time, he has been able to not only build up his seven property portfolio but create a life where he can spend more time with his family and give back to others.In this episode of Property Investory, learn how Ben Plohl bought his first property at the age of 18, his lightbulb moment as an investor, the importance of having cash buffers when you're building a portfolio, how a buyer's agent opened his eyes to different types of markets and assets, and much much more!

When Handler started his career in development, he had no idea where it would lead him. However, after a fateful meeting with his current business partner - Simon Collins - Handler was able to start one of Australia’s most ground-breaking buyers agency, Cohen Handler.Now with a $14 million property portfolio and two businesses to run, Handler is constantly learning more about the property industry and sharing his knowledge with other investors. Listen  to this episode to as Handler shares his day-to-day tasks, the highs and lows of his property journey thus far and reveals details to his property investment strategy.

Having entered the working force straight after high school as a plumber, Coulter learned to work through a structured routine and took part in project management, which he eventually transferred into his career in property investment. On his quest for self improvement and financial freedom, Coulter stumbled upon property investment which he saw as the perfect career. Taking his passion for property and drive to learn to his advantage, Coulter self-taught his way into the industry. Since making a few mistakes as well as witnessing some successful moments, he has many tips and tricks to share on this episode of Property Investory.

Babak Haeri is a property buyer’s agent and the director of three different companies, Bobby’s Landscaping, Sydney Strata Gardens and The Investors Agency. We learn more about how he is able to juggle three successful companies, his role in each of them and how he was able to start them. Join us as we delve into his transition through different industries, how he started his property investing journey, the interesting story of the role his father played in purchasing his first investment property, the types of properties he likes to buy which you will not want to miss, the amazing moment he realised that he was going down the right track and much more on this episode of Property Investory!

Working his way up the ranks from Bank Teller to Manager, Arjun Paliwal gained a lot of the investment property knowledge he needed from Commonwealth Bank Australia. After taking the leap of faith and quitting his job, Paliwal dove head first into the world of property investing and before he knew it, had built an incredible portfolio. Join us in this episode of Property Investory, as we discuss Paliwal’s unplanned path to success, how he was able to build such an impressive portfolio at the young age of 26, and what you you can do to kickstart your property investing journey as well. 

Andrew Crossley is the owner of the Australian Property Advisory Group and a best-selling author with his newest release being ‘The 100K Property Plan. Andrew Crossley has traveled all over Europe and started his property investment journey all the way in the Netherlands. He has come back to Australia and continued his success on home soil. Come with us as we delve into Andrew Crossley’s background and where he grew up and why he decided to travel to Europe for an extended period of time, why he chose to get into the property industry when he had so many different options, strategies which you should utilise and strategies you should avoid and so much more!

As managing director of his family business Coronis Group, Andrew Coronis’ fundamentals for purchasing investment properties have provided him with the skills to succeed as a property investor and bring his father’s company to new heights.Hear from him how to have faith in your property investments and play the waiting game in the markets, why providing for the mass market will always achieve good results and why purchasing an investment property in the top end market is never a good idea.