

Australian Property Investor
Tyrone Shum
Property Investory is a podcast bringing you the latest stories, life experiences and case studies from Australia’s most innovative people. Your host Tyrone Shum will begin to explore the daily lives, influences, and worst and best moments of his guests. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced investor, this podcast will bring you the latest stories, strategies, and case studies from Australia’s most innovative property experts such as Jan Somers, Steve McKnight, Cherie Barber, Margaret Lomas, John L Fitzgerald, Jane Slack-Smith, Chris Gray, John Lindeman and many others. Your host Tyrone Shum will begin to explore the daily lives, influences, and worst and best property investing moments of his guests. Then in a future podcast, you’ll be led step-by-step through each property investors’ unique strategy to success.Tune in at home or on the go via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or through https://propertyinvestory.com/podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 12, 2026 • 48min
27 Purchases & Sales In The Properties Market with Julie Crockett
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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 8, 2026 • 52min
Using $1 Million of Equity to Fund Your Next Property with Jo Vadillo
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 5, 2026 • 40min
Diversifying Property Wealth Portfolio: Jonathan Preston
Joining us for today’s podcast is Jonathan Preston, a senior mortgage broker with the Home Loan Experts. Delving into how he found himself in the finance industry, Preston will talk about how he uses his own experiences and education to assist other individuals in building their portfolio and how he managed to successfully build his own. Providing insight into his work life, Preston explains that much of his work involves collaborating with investors building their portfolio, or clients looking to purchase their first home. Unexpectedly finding himself studying finance, he’ll further explain how he found a career in this sector and the process and intensive research he undertook before purchasing his first investment property. From his own experience, he’ll also be sharing his opinion on the easiest way to achieve wealth, and what he’s learnt over the course of his own journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 18, 2025 • 44min
Investing in the Perfect First Property With Jolene Sukkarieh
In this episode of Property Investory, we will be talking to Jolene Sukkarieh, successful property investor, wealth advisor and mother of three. Come with us as we track her journey from her origins in Thursday Island to the Defence Force Academy, to a position with ANZ and Suncorp and then property expert. We'll learn about how her and her husband's parents' property investments inspired her to invest in property from a young age, how her first investment at age 21 happened to be a perfect first property and what inspired her to leave her position at ANZ and Suncorp to start her own business.So join us as we delve into Jolene Sukkarieh's everyday life, the skills she learned along the way and her property investment story that could inspire you to develop strategies that you can apply on your own journey! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 15, 2025 • 38min
John Comino on how Property Investment negates the risk of other life-long investments
After buying his first property in an attempt to impress his now-wife, John Comino realised that his property investments could safely offset the risks of his other life-long commitments, such as starting a business or even having children. Now with his own buyers agency, Comino hopes to help his clients feel just as secure within their property journey and to spread his mindset that investment properties actually become a safety net when bought and used properly.Listen to this episode to discover Comino’s own start into property investment, his most eye-opening moment during his property investment journey and why he left his previous job as a chartered accountant to spread his knowledge on property investment at his buyers agency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 11, 2025 • 47min
Café To Cash Flow: How To Think Your Way To Success with Mindset Master Joe Dirani
Property investor and author of It’s Just The Beginning, Joe Dirani will take you on his journey from aspiring architectural drafter to the discovery of his ‘why’, which would enable him to provide for his family when all seemed lost.Uncover the inspiration behind Dirani’s success, how he was able to begin investing in property while supporting himself through his café business, why serviceability is everything in the Australian market today and how he learned to sell to the open market through investing in ‘house and land’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 8, 2025 • 30min
12 Months Of Property Growth & 3 Properties Later With Jessica Berrell
A full-time paramedic, university lecturer and seasoned property investor, Jessica Berrell shares with us how she got started in property. While maintaining a busy work/home life balance, Jessica and her partner have utilised buyers agents in order to expand their portfolio inter-state, and have plans to continue on in the future.Join us in this episode of Property Investory where Berrell shares both the best and worst moments in her property investment journey. Despite the difficulties, Berrell also remembers a positive moment that gave her the confidence to feel comfortable investing in property and has inspired her to have her sights set on the next property purchase. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 4, 2025 • 54min
An Algorithm To Property Success: Jeremy Sheppard on How To Make the Most of Supply and Demand
Jeremy Sheppard, director of research at Empower Wealth, has created an algorithm determining where the market will grow in the future. Merging computer programming with property, learn from Sheppard and follow the ups and downs of his property journey - from tenants creating $13,000 worth in damage to simply taking his eye off the ball.The fist-punching-in-the-air moment where Sheppard realised property really worked as an investment will inspire you in your own journey, as we uncover his story from humble beginnings as a data geek and evolving into a young, well-informed property investor who’s blazing the trail to disrupt the industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 1, 2025 • 30min
12 Months Of Property Growth & 3 Properties Later With Jessica Berrell
A full-time paramedic, university lecturer and seasoned property investor, Jessica Berrell shares with us how she got started in property. While maintaining a busy work/home life balance, Jessica and her partner have utilised buyers agents in order to expand their portfolio inter-state, and have plans to continue on in the future.Join us in this episode of Property Investory where Berrell shares both the best and worst moments in her property investment journey. Despite the difficulties, Berrell also remembers a positive moment that gave her the confidence to feel comfortable investing in property and has inspired her to have her sights set on the next property purchase. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 27, 2025 • 48min
Taking Risks and Learning From Mistakes: Jeremy Allen on recovering from massive deficits after a simple mistake in property investment
After losing all his profits accumulated over three years to a mere investment mistake, Jeremy Allen’s confidence took a huge blow. However, after learning from his mistakes and picking himself back up, Allen bounced back more knowledgeable than ever and started his own consulting business.Listen to this episode of Property Investory to find out how Jeremy Allen was able to regain his confidence after losing $470 000, his new and effective rules to determining a worthy investment property, and the lessons he has learned so far on his property journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


