Is 2010 your year to break into property investing and buy your first investment property, or build on your investment property portfolio?
Often the hard part is coming up with exactly the right formula.
Property Women and many of our members have spent years investing in property - learning the tricks - and traps - of the trade, finding the right strategies and building our portfolios, sometimes slowly and sometimes quickly.
Let us share our experiences – tips and mistakes - with you, to help you succeed in property investing.
We believe anybody can make money from property - all it takes is some know-how, the right network and positive action!
Network with local property specialists who will give you their insight on investing to help point you in the right direction.
There's no better place to network and talk to so many other women with the same interests, whether you’re starting out in property or you’re an experienced investor.
Brisbane: Tuesday 23rd February 2010 |
Nominee:
Development Diva |  | Pam
This Brisbane mum has gained momentum by banding together with her sister and brother. On just her share in the project Pam gained an extra $39,000 increase in equity, that's a 20% return on her investment, and enough to give her the deposit on another property. Pam already has a contract on her next solo project for 2010.
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Nominee:
Development Diva
Cash Flow Queen |  | Monique
Creating cash flow positive property was not hard for Monique. Expecially with her Brisbane property that she converted into 6 bedroom student accommodation. It worked so well for her that she built another 6 in the backyard, to double the rent. |
Nominee:
Cash Flow Queen
Property Management |  | Linda
Learnt first hand the meaning of “one step forward and two steps back” when her husband was killed in a traffic accident. She decided that property was the way forward to providing a future for herself and her 5 children. Linda loves a bargain, knows what she can afford and negotiates hard. She buys cheap, good quality properties that are well located. She knows methods to stay on track and not become emotionally involved. |
Winner:Property Woman of the Year 2009!!
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Kerrie Kerr
In the last 4 years, Kerrie has added $4.1m to her property portfolio by purchasing 25 rentals in Brisbane and regional NSW. This Wonder Woman has completed 16 renovations and manages all of the NSW properties herself. Kerrie adds value through renovation, strata and subdivision. Kerrie saves costs by not selling and believes in holding property to take advantage of the financial growth in equity.
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Winner:
Real Tenants Best Property Management
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Judith and Rachel present Property Woman of the Year Award
to Kerrie |
Sydney: Wednesday 24th February 2010 |
Finalist:
Best Newcomer
Nominee:
Cash Flow Queen
Best Newcomer
|  | Esme
After attending a Property Women event in 2008, Esme has gone on to purchase 14 properties across 4 different states – some properties she’s never seen. She’s had lots of challenges, particularly gaining funds to achieve her goals and dealing with interstate tradesmen. She believes that its never too late to start and that Australia is truly the land of opportunity. |
Nominee:
Cash Flow Queen |  | Kelliegh
Using discipline learned during 22 years as an army officer, this divorced mum of 2 has accumulated 18 properties. She believes that you need to be empowered to look after yourself and be confident in the decisions you make. Kelliegh loves using her wealth from property to help others. She is just back from delivering First Aid Kits to Vanuatu and is in the process of establishing an Innovation Enterprise Institute to help the locals be in control of their own land. |
Nominee:
Reno Queen
Cash Flow Queen
Best Newcomer
|  | Sharon
It took Sharon 4 years to rebuild her life after she lost her fiancé in a car accident. Sharon loves researching in areas familiar to her and then renovating the properties to increase the values and the rents. Now with 6 properties in her portfolio, Sharon is moving onto her next project, a house which she is renovating and dividing into 6 rooms for student accommodation. |
Nominee:
Reno Queen
Cash Flow Queen
Property Management
|  | Melissa
Always good at saving, Melissa bought her first property when she was just 18 years old. Still under the age of 30, Melissa now has a total of 9 investment properties. She’s done 3 renovations in 2009 and also manages 3 of her properties. Melissa enjoys the comfort of knowing that before she turns 40, she will have the choice to leave the rat race. |
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Melbourne: Tuesday 2nd March 2010 |
Nominee:
Reno Queen
Cash Flow Queen
Property Management
|  | Jennifer
Most people experience difficulty starting again after a divorce. Jennifer from Melbourne was in her late 40’s when she rebuilt her future from virtually nothing by using property investment. In 7 years she has purchased 14 properties, and inspired her kids and friends to become property investors as well. Jennifer loves to help others to get excited about property “I’ve even become a role model for my bank manager”. |
Nominee:
Reno Queen |  | Judi
Widowed at 44, Judi has restored a 100 year old property at a cost of $28,000. She’s now ready to subdivide the block and has even helped her 76 year old mum to purchase her own home. Judi says “I am so excited about property that I can hardly control myself”. |
Nominee:
Reno Queen
Cash Flow Queen
|  | Lesley
Despite being told by her mother she was being greedy investing in property, Lesley now has 4 properties as well as 4 children. Rather than only doing research for herself, she is now further using her skills by becoming a Real Estate agent, “I know what’s good for me and I want to contribute to my family. When I do property I don’t feel like I’m working”. |
Nominee:
Reno Queen
Cash Flow Queen
|  | Christine
When Christine split from her partner of 10 years in 2006 she had to divide a portfolio of 7 properties. She has gone on to rebuild and now has 5 properties in her portfolio, and an offer pending on a block of flats. Investing is now so much fun. Christine recently enjoyed silver service dining and a good night’s sleep during her trip on the Spirit of Tasmania. By the time she arrived in Launceston, she was well rested and ready for a quick 7 day renovation on her latest acquisition. The quick facelift has increased the rent and made the property cash flow positive. |
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Adelaide: Wednesday 3rd March 2010 |
Winner:
Development Diva |  | Debbie Williams
After being homeless from the age of 15, Debbie really understood the value of having a roof over her head. She watched the market start to rise in 2001 and decided that she didn’t want to miss out. Debbie has gone on to fine tune her strategy which has allowed her to create $1m in equity in just 12 months! |
Nominee:
Reno Queen |  |
Audra
Since 2004, a QLD mum of 6 has accumulated 11 investment properties and tried her hand at renovation, strata titling and major development. She’s just purchased a property in Adelaide. The day after the lease expires on the less than desirable tenant, Audra will start the gutting and revamping process. What a great way to have an interstate holiday and share time with relatives and friends. |
Nominee:
Best Newcomer |  | Catherine
Having a self employed husband, and little superannuation, made property a good investment choice for Catherine. When Catherine’s husband passed away 6 years ago, she was left with a huge loss emotionally, as well as financially. Catherine has combined her love of property and her need to keep busy and has continued to run her husband’s business and a small farm single handedly. Catherine now shares her investing knowledge and some joint ventures with her 2 children so that they all have a property portfolio. At his wedding recently, her son proudly reflected “The greatest influence in my life is my mum”. |
|  | Vicki
Although Vicki had her first taste of investing in 1996, it wasn’t until 2003 that she “retired” to become a full time investor. Since then she has bought, extended and renovated her own home in Adelaide, and now holds 8 investment properties in SA and QLD. Vicki knows firsthand that strata titling isn’t as easy as it looks. She is in the process of doing just that with a block of 4 units. |
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Perth: Monday 9th August 2010 |
Nominee:
Best Newcomer
Reno Queen
Cash Flow Queen
Property Management
Development Diva
|  | Carol
Spending time with her children is important to Carol, so she has developed a property strategy which fits in with the family. She likes houses with land content and sees extra land as money in the bank. Carol likes to be in control of the purchase, the tenants and the property management. Her future plans include making use of her extra land with developments.
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Presenter:
Property Mindset Makeover
|  | Annie
Always dreamt she’d have a beautiful country retreat for her horses, her dogs, herself and her coaching clients. Annie made her dream a reality through property investing. It wasn’t easy to start with – there was continual rejection from lenders but applying the techniques she teaches, Annie has persisted, focused and achieved her dream – two fold! Annie now has one retreat in NSW and one in Perth, and along the way she managed to buy 12 properties in just 14 months! Annie just goes to show you what you can do when you set your mind to it! |
Finalist:
Development Diva
|  | Amanda
An amazing young woman just 28 years old, who gave up a marketing career a year ago to head up a new family company and now project manages developments for herself her family. Amanda finds the positives of a situation when many others may see only negatives - with a broken wrist on the 2nd day of a snow-skiing holiday in Japan last year, Amanda took the opportunity to search for property online, found a great deal, and set to make a $400k profit from that experience. Amanda has only been investing for 6 years old but has still managed to complete 3 developments, sell 11 properties, hold 4 and currently has 2 developments still in progress! |
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Coming Soon: Details to be announced
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Winner:
Reno Kings'
Best Newcomer
|  | Cherie White
This divorced mum of 3, takes multitasking to the next level. Because Cherie has shared custody of her children, every second week is a child free week. That’s when she flies off to New Zealand to purchase and renovate property. "I’m hooked, can't get enough of property...I eat it, breath it, sleep it". Cherie’s plans for 2010 are to replicate her NZ strategy in Sydney. |
Winner:
Cash Flow Queen
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This working mother of 2 from Adelaide realised that the harder she worked in her business, the harder she had to work. She was missing out on spending valuable time with her children. She began investing by using 106% of the banks money to fund her deals. For Prue, “property as a passion and a real life game of Monopoly”. She’s given up her business to tour Australia in a caravan with her husband and children onboard. No doubt she’ll be visiting property deals at the same time. |
Winner:
Reno Queen | _77x80.jpg) | Jacinta Scicluna
This mother of 5 from NSW began investing to help 2 of her children get to Uni in Brisbane. Now Jacinta involves the whole family in ripping out ceilings and painting. She loves renovating old properties that most people think should be knocked down. With her most recent project, Jacinta is now an experienced snake buster.
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