Geared For Growth Property Investing Podcast

Christine Williams is the principal of Smarter Property Investing and assists her clients to create wealth through strategy, guidance and the selection of residential investment properties. Christine herself is a property investor, buying her first property at the age of 18. She has extensive background in marketing, accounting, finance broking and real estate. Christine humbly shares her mistakes, mindset shifts and successes along her property investing journey. We talk about becoming comfortable with debt, why working hard and earning a salary doesn't necessarily equate to wealth and how becoming suddenly single helped her on her way to a significant property portfolio. Christine lives for the 'light bulb moment' when her clients understand how good debt can be utilised to generate real wealth over the long term. She has some simple yet innovative strategies such as 'sleep tests' and 'cash buffers' that she uses to help her clients make educated decisions. We also talk in detail about her 10 mistakes that

Paul Sonntag is a clever bugger, coming equipped with an MBA and everything. He also has great hair, which is beside the point, but worth mentioning given episode one featured Pete Wargent, who also has great hair. Getting to the serious stuff, Paul is a buyers agent and founder of Aquus Property Buyers. Paul is a consummate property professional, boasting 15 years experience across many spheres of the industry. Property sales and project marketing have been his major areas of focus, both across Australia and internationally. His career has seen him work with some of Australia's largest property developers, before taking his work overseas to Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom. We chat with Paul about how he got started with property investment, the markets he is investing in and how he selects properties for both his clients and himself. I hope you enjoy!

A quick introduction to the Geared for Growth Property Investing Podcast by host Mike Mortlock. Listen to hear what this whole thing is about and what you can expect!

Pete Wargent, Co-founder of Allen Wargent Property Advisory and renouned finance and real estate author, talks about how he came to be one of Australia's leading financial and real estate commentators and shares his philosophy of wealth creation. We talk about the power of compound interest, diversification, asset selection and more. Pete is the author of the No.1 best-selling 2012 book ‘Get a Financial Grip: a simple plan for financial freedom’ and is widely acclaimed having achieved his financial independence at the age of 33 through investing in shares, index funds and multiple investment properties in the UK and Australia.