
Australian Property Investor
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.
Latest episodes

May 1, 2025 • 22min
PK Gupta Returns: The Property Investor Armed With Faith & Perspective
With time-tested and proven success in property investing since 2011, Consulting by PK Managing Director PK Gupta built his passive income while doing management consultancy. Without a doubt, he has been using the same tenacity he has had since the beginning. Today, as he continues his pursuit of a better tomorrow today whilst valuing the lessons he gleans from retrospection, he emphasises the positively lethal combination of faith, perspective, and learning from one's mistakes. Plus, he reveals the biggest and almost soul-crushing monetary mistake of his property journey so far! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 28, 2025 • 14min
PK Gupta Returns: Investor Takes on New Feats and a Big Vision in the USA
Managing Director PK Gupta of Consulting by PK began property investing in 2011. Since then, he has built his own property portfolio and helped many others build passive income through property with his distinctive data-driven system. Never been shy of telling it as it is—including the ups and downs of his life story—he draws the curtains open on the beginnings of how he shifted from working as an analyst to pursuing property investing, to eventually taking on a new adventure in business and life with his family in North America. A humble man of humble origins, he is a formidable presence who makes an undeniable mark wherever he goes—which now also includes building what he describes as a ‘different type of educational learning opportunity for kids’ in the U.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 24, 2025 • 1h 2min
Out Of The Box Investing Strategies With Corina Sell: Renovating, Boarding and Leasing
Struck with unfortunate loss at an early age, Corina Sell had to deal with managing her own living conditions from the young age of 15. With years of personal renting experience under her belt, numerous jobs on her resume and a drive for success, Sell eventually discovered her passion for property and the out of the box ways she could create homes for others while providing herself with an income.So join us in this episode of Property Investory as we discuss Sell’s early childhood, the challenges she faced and self-motivation she gained in the process of moving out as a teenager and how an unexpected recruitment job sparked her interest in making money and property work for her. We’ll also be talking about the interesting deal Sell made when securing her first property, the moment she realised she could create communities with property and the tips and tricks she’s learnt along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 20, 2025 • 57min
Learn from Chris’ journey in turning opportunities to a property monopoly
Chris Dimitropoulos is a distinguished specialist in property investing. With unique and unusual circumstances throughout his life, Chris has rapidly developed into becoming one of the best opportunity seekers by shifting his focus onto property investing. As a Founder of NextGen Property Mgmt, Chris strives to offer property investors extensive services advantaged by his expertise.Join us in this episode as we learn how Chris’ upbringing had significantly influenced him into becoming a property investor. With no early interest in property investing, Chris was an IT graduate working in IBM until he discovered the beauty of property investing. With tremendous experiences and a colourful past, Chris has a lot to share! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 17, 2025 • 39min
Growing a Property Portfolio and Leading 10+ Businesses with Chris Christofi
Starting every day at 2:45am, Christofi has always been passionate about his work as a finance consultant, making sure he helps his clients create profitable investment portfolios while simultaneously growing his own.Listen to this episode of Property Investory to learn how Christofi converted his hard-working habits into monetary success, the details to both his best and worst investing moments, and how property investment provides him with the security he needs to provide for his family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 14, 2025 • 1h 1min
The Accidental Renovator: Cherie Barber’s 110 Renovations in 18 Years
Join us as we discuss how she went from high school dropout to Australia’s renovation queen, taking her family’s troubles and turning them into motivation and inspiration. We’ll delve into her first uneasy steps on the property ladder, where she discovered the importance of doing your due diligence, and how that led to her third step selling for just under $1 million! You’ll also hear about how she ended up the star of a US renovation show, and the neighbourhood party that showed that sometimes the wealthiest people can come from nothing yet end up on one of Sydney’s most prestigious streets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 10, 2025 • 56min
The Affordances of Investment: Bushy Martin on how to effectively sustain long-term property investment
Growing up in the regional areas of Victoria, Martin had never envisioned a future in property investment, let alone start his own advisory business for investors struggling in the property investment field. With an international property portfolio worth over $4 million and 12 property investments under his belt, Martin uses his past experiences to help guide others into comfortably investing in property.In this episode, Martin shares how he worked around the troubles of sustainably investing in property, how he learned from the disaster that was his first property investment, and how he uses his time effectively to balance his business and his own portfolio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 7, 2025 • 53min
Your Best Financial Outcome: How To Get Big RESULTS With Your Property Portfolio with Brendan Kelly
Property mentor and investor Brendan Kelly had a long way to go before finding his true passion for property, going through careers as a teacher, retail merchant, painter… Now he provides property investing advice and guidance for over 2,000 Australians as a part of his RESULTS Mentoring Program, so you can learn from him how to make the most out of your property investments!Kelly will share the lessons he has learnt through DIY everything, losing time and $27,000 on a project and how failure can be a catalyst for success in the long term. Discover how you can attain the passive income you’ve been dreaming of, like Kelly, and learn to live your life to the fullest! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 2, 2025 • 46min
Bernadette Janson on How To Renovate and Retire with $100,000s of Profit
We’re chatting to property investor Bernadette Janson, who has discovered the beauty of renovating and is now educating others via her company, The School of Renovating. Follow her journey and find out how she created $100,000s of profit to pave the way for her impending retirement.Uncover Janson’s path from nursing to mother to investor; how she became infatuated with renovating as an impressionable 13 year old; the profitable (and less profitable) projects she has done over the years; and how the method of buy, renovate and sell has provided $120,000 to at-risk children in Thailand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 31, 2025 • 30min
Joanne Hands: From Dancing in Europe to Property Investing in Australia
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.