52 episodes
The Home Run: The First Home Buyers Guide Michael Nasser from Lendstreet
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The Home Run is a show that walks you through the first home buying process from every angle. We cover the steps to take, the pitfalls to avoid and answer all the questions you've been dying to ask. No matter what stage you're at, you'll learn everything you need to know about buying your first home. Produced by Michael Nasser, Mortgage Broker at Lendstreet.
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The psychology of falling in love with a house
Sue Ostler is a Buyer’s Agent in Sydney. Sue brings an added level of expertise to clients through her postgraduate degree in psychological sciences.
In this episode, Sue cracks open the psychology of buying a house. She discusses whether there is any value in using love as a factor for a purchase, why people fall in love with properties, and how to prevent your heart from getting broken by a property you’ve emotionally over-invested in.
Resources and links:
Sue Ostler on LinkedIn
Connect:
Lendstreet website
Lendstreet on Facebook
Lendstreet on Instagram
Lendstreet on LinkedIn
Michael Nasser on Twitter
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information. -
First home buyer story: The importance of knowledge and flexibility in buying your first home
Renee Young is a first-time home buyer. After years of saving and research, she bought her first home in 2021 in Brisbane, QLD.In this episode, Renee takes us through her journey to home ownership, including her struggle to be taken seriously by selling agents as a single young person. She shares how she managed her expectations and compromised to buy a property within her means. She also highlights the importance of ensuring you have the time, money, and energy for renovations and researching your contractors so you don’t have to redo your brand-new bathroom six months later.
Connect:
Lendstreet website
Lendstreet on Facebook
Lendstreet on Instagram
Lendstreet on LinkedIn
Michael Nasser on Twitter
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information. -
The key to buying your first property is a strong team
Jade Fitzgerald is the Principal and Owner of Ideal Buyer’s Agency. Ideal Buyer’s Agency works with prospective home buyers who are lost in the weeds of the process to help them find their forever home.
In this episode, Jade expresses why she’s passionate about helping first-home buyers, how to make the most of a buyer’s agent’s services, and the best way to buy a property when you can’t look at it yourself. She also opens up about The Forgotten Women project and why it matters.
Resources and links:
Ideal Buyer’s Agency website
The Forgotten Women Project website
Jade Fitzgerald on LinkedIn
Connect:
Lendstreet website
Lendstreet on Facebook
Lendstreet on Instagram
Lendstreet on LinkedIn
Michael Nasser on Twitter
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information. -
First home buyer story: How government incentives can get you into your new home faster
Fletcher Austin is a first-time home buyer. Not long ago, Fletcher was in the same position as you: preparing to buy his first home. In late 2020, he purchased a block of land in Darwin, NT and built his house.
In this episode, Fletcher will explain why he chose to build his own home instead of buying a pre-existing home and the benefits of that choice. He’ll also get into the best reasons to live in a regional area and how he used timely government incentives to speed up his timeline.
Connect:
Lendstreet website
Lendstreet on Facebook
Lendstreet on Instagram
Lendstreet on LinkedIn
Michael Nasser on Twitter
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information. -
New Year, New Home: Bringing the lessons of 2023 into 2024
To get you through the dog days of summer, we have more excellent advice from our property wizards!
In this episode, Molly Benjamin will talk through the power of mindset when buying property and building your wealth. Kent Lardner shares his feelings about the current fixation on the dollar value of property and how research shows we need to invest in more social housing. Dr Nicola Powell explains what she does as the Chief of Economics and Research at Domain and what trends she’s been seeing.
Full episode links:
Molly Benjamin episode
Kent Lardner episode
Dr Nicola Powell episode
Connect:
Lendstreet website
Lendstreet on Facebook
Lendstreet on Instagram
Lendstreet on LinkedIn
Michael Nasser on Twitter
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information. -
New Year, New Home: How to land your first property in 2024
New year, new home?
To kick off the year, we’re bringing you a very special episode of The Home Run. We’ve rounded up some of the best tips we heard in 2023, to help you gear up for the property market in 2024.
In this episode, you’ll hear from some of our favourites. Jarrod McCabe from Wakelin Property Advisory breaks down the property ladder. Amy Lunardi shares her tips for what you should do first when you’ve decided to buy a new home. And Veronica Morgan drops by to talk about one of our favourite subjects: auctions.
Full episode links:
Veronica Morgan episode
Jarrod McCabe episode
Amy Lunardi episode
Connect:
Lendstreet website
Lendstreet on Facebook
Lendstreet on Instagram
Lendstreet on LinkedIn
Michael Nasser on Twitter
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.