Renovate & Real Estate
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Welcome to More Than Renovating, a Renovate and Real Estate Podcast.
Our founder Belinda Smith talks to industry experts to provide you with the knowledge and information you need to make renovating for love or profit your reality.
Belinda will also chat to some of her renovation mastery members who are just everyday people doing extraordinary things following their passions in the renovation and property space.
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Aug 4, 2022
Lauren May - More Than Renovating
Lauren May, who is a 'can do' lady, growing up on a dairy farm and working in Nursing, then Real Estate. A Queensland mum and grandmother who has successfully turned a love of renovating homes into a full-time gig, with more than 17 completed renovations, 5 new builds and subdivisions under her belt.
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Jul 21, 2022
Tyrone Shum - More Than Renovating
Tyrone Shum is a project manager, experienced property investor and podcast host of popular property podcast Property Investory receiving over 2 million downloads.
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Jul 7, 2022
Tony Meredith - More Than Renovating
Tony Meredith is a sales, business and property coach. Tony works with people on their skills and mindset when it comes to property investing. We delve into what drives people to take action, why some people do not and the importance of accountability.
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Jun 23, 2022
Larni Spilsbury from WipeCreditClean.com.au - More Than Renovating
Larni Spilsbury-Vatselia from WipeCreditClean.com.au talks about the impact of having a bad credit report and credit score has on the ability to obtain finance for property deals. She shares her insider tips on how she helps people improve their credit reputation.
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Jun 9, 2022
Sally Hart - More Than Renovating
Sally from the Clever Closet Company, is a Sydney designer who specialises in storage solutions that are both practical and stylish. Having worked with Australian celebrities such as James Treble and Deborah Hutton, Sally openly shares her tips for creating beautiful closet spaces. In particular, she is the master at gaining the best and highest use from small spaces.
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May 26, 2022
Joe Tucker - More Than Renovating
Joe Tucker, buyers agent from Property Principals is also one of the founders of the fast growing Facebook group AusPropertyInvestors. He is an experienced buyers agent who always puts his clients first and locates the right property to suit their needs. We discuss what makes a good buyers agent, exactly what they look for in a property and where the hidden gems are located.
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May 12, 2022
Niava Tavita - More Than Renovating
This generous, kind teacher, so accustomed to putting the needs of her kids, family and other people first, she almost forgot about her financial future. Here she shares her journey, starting from nothing, to today - having her family completely enthused, renovating beside her and selling a house for profit.
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Apr 28, 2022
Belinda Mangroo - More Than Renovating
From Research Scientist to full time renovator. Find out why this Sydney lady made the leap from her stable, well respected role and decided to open her own Renovation Consultancy.
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Apr 14, 2022
James Monaghan - More Than Renovating
James found himself in difficulty after a failed business left him in debt. He turned to renovating to go from a place of despair to profit in a few short years, using repeatable strategies on lower priced properties.
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Mar 31, 2022
Foong Koh-Buckland - More Than Renovating
Foong turned renovating into a full time source of income and quit her job as a pharmacist to do it. She has renovated as many as 9 homes in a year. We delve into scaling renovating to that level and how she manages that in amongst Mum and wife duties.
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Mar 17, 2022
Alex Sit - More Than Renovating
Alex Sit was determined to help his Mum improve her investment position, as she was 'stuck' with multiple properties that were worth less than the debt they carried. The properties were costing her money. She was losing thousands of dollars per month. Drastic action had to be taken and Alex used renovation strategies to change from losing money each month, into creating $6k of income every month. Check out his story.
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Mar 3, 2022
Chris Smith - More Than Renovating
Imagine being able to try every decision virtually, before you make the call - that's what SketchUp can do! Learning SketchUp will help you to save money and time with your renovations. In this episode, we speak to Chris Smith, who is a SketchUp Master, and also part of Team RARE. He shares his story with design and renovations in this episode, and speaks about how our program, SketchUp Made Easy, can change the way you approach your next renovation.
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Feb 17, 2022
Reece Wenzel - More Than Renovating
Reece is in his late 20's and wanted to identify good property deals, so began his property investing journey with education. He learned about renovating and was keen to do his first project. Instead, he bought a plot of land and built a new home, creating dual incomes.
Find out why he chose to build a new property instead of doing a renovation and how he feels about his current situation.
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Feb 3, 2022
Sam Vankan - More Than Renovating
Sam Vankan is a Queensland based Architectural landscaper and keen renovator. He shares how important landscape design is in creating a great first impression and an emotional connection to the external spaces of a home.
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Jan 20, 2022
Felicity & Steve - More Than Renovating
Felicity Walker and Steve Cook are not partners in life, but have partnered together in business to complete renovation projects for clients and in Joint Venture deals. Their aligned goals and complimentary skills make them a dynamic duo. They both value property education and have years of hands on experience. In this episode, we listen to their story, and learn about how they have been able to combine their individual skills, to create business and personal success through renvoation, whilst doing what they love!
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Jan 6, 2022
Karen Penn - More Than Renovating
Karen Penn and her husband Michael are a lovely couple from Queensland who have spent much of their lives putting other people's needs in front of their own. However, they are now committed to catching up before retirement, by doing multiple renovation and flip projects. Karen joins me to discuss how she felt before her last project and what she has learned along the way.
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Dec 16, 2021
Kirstin Lennane - More Than Renovating
Kirstin had spent years as a single lady renting, had a good career, but until recently had not ventured into the property market. She saved for a deposit and bought what she could afford, a small townhouse in a complex of many.
With determination and a can do attitude, Kirsten is DIY renovating and has already increased the value of the property significantly, setting her up for her next move.
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Dec 9, 2021
Cindy Rickard - More Than Renovating
Cindy Rickard, from Victoria, Australia.
Cindy and her husband Paul renovated their first house together, doing almost all of the work (Paul is an electrician). They bought 2 investment properties and one of them was damaged by tenants, so they renovated that as well and sold it. They sold their original PPR and moved away from Melbourne for a quieter existence and during that time Cindy had a stroke. Cindy credits her desire to 'get back on the tools' as a driving factor behind her continuing recovery. She is a can do lady.
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