Buying your first home is hard. Particularly with prices going up faster than we can save! Data from leading property researchers, CoreLogic, have shown that property values have seen their fastest pace of annual growth in the past year since February 2004. If you're not a property owner yet, this stat is pretty scary. So the answer is to find a way to make [...]
When it comes to women who make things happen, Zoe Foster Blake is leading the race right now. She’s an incredibly successful entrepreneur with many strings to her bow, yet she’s never been comfortable with that title. She was a blogger before blogging was a thing, a beauty editor for Harper’s Bazaar and Cosmopolitan, author of fiction, non-fiction and kids books - including Wrong [...]
Renovating your home can be so much fun, but it can also be stressful. From my experience there are three things that are an absolute must: your vision your budget your team You have to know where you want to end up - the look and feel you're going for, the features you love, and the things you want to steer clear of. Be really [...]
If you’re looking for inspiring Aussies, look no further than Ellie Cole, OAM. She’s competing in the Paralympic swimming events right now. Ellie is one of the most successful swimmers in Australia Paralympic history. At the age of 29, this is her fourth Paralympics and she has already is the proud owner of 15 medals - 6 of which are gold. Ellie had a [...]
What's your "Why" when it comes to deciding on what to do in life? I have clients who come to me wanting an investment loan and I ask them why they want to invest in property. Many don't know. It's just something they want to do. I have clients that want a first home loan and I ask them why they want to buy their first [...]
I love hearing stories of people doing good things and when I saw a post from World Champ surfer Stephanie Gilmore apologising for not bringing home a gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics, it really moved me. So I went to Google to find out more about this wonder woman. She’s a beautiful 33 year old Aussie girl from Kingscliff in northern NSW. She [...]
Kindness is something that is so important yet often so easily forgotten. I don’t know about you, but to me, kindness is one of the most important things in the world. It changes my day when someone is kind to me and it also changes my day when I’m kind to someone else. It doesn’t have to be big, grand gestures. It can be [...]
Is it helping you or stressing you? Is it supporting you to have a great day, work towards your goals and get you into a productive mood and positive mindset? If not, change the channel! Listen to something else or turn it off! We can get so caught up with things that are happening in life that sometimes they become overwhelming and we need [...]
Are the choices you're making aligned with those priorities? Sometimes we can't quite figure out why things aren't working out the way we'd planned and then we take a step back and look at our choices, actions and behaviours and realise that they aren't in sync. No wonder they're not working out! How long since you've taken "inventory" of your priorities versus your choices? [...]
To say that I'm proud of my team and the business I've built is an understatement. It's been hard work but so very rewarding in so many ways. This week our excellence has been recognised once again. We are finalists in the Australian Broking Awards 2021 for "Customer Service of the Year" and one of my team for "Loan Administrator of the Year". These [...]
