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18 January 2024
A listener's guide to buying
Australian Property Investor: “Jack Freestone: The Ultimate Listener's Guide to Buying”
Three days after his first appearance, Jack returned to the Australian Property Investor podcast for the practical companion episode. This one is less biography and more method: how a portfolio is actually assembled, what makes one hold together, and how to read a market you are buying into.
He also covers non-traditional rental strategies such as short-stay and Airbnb, what they realistically return against the extra work, and why setbacks early in a portfolio are survivable if the underlying purchases were sound.
The takeaway
A portfolio is not a pile of properties. It is a set of purchases that hold together, where the weak year on one is carried by another, and that only happens if you planned it that way from the first buy.
Short-stay letting is a business, not a passive yield. It can work well. Just go in knowing you are taking on the work, not just the higher nightly rate.
Read the original
The full piece is on Australian Property Investor.
Read on Australian Property InvestorThe person behind the quotes
Jack Freestone
Founder, Buyers Collective
Jack is an industry-leading buyer and investor who has built a reputation in property strategy, market expertise and an unwavering dedication to his clients' success. His ability to identify growth potential, mitigate risk and persuasively negotiate is a testament to his temperament.
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