First Time Property Investor
Helping Australians navigate property investing through practical conversations, real stories, and expert insights.
Recent Episodes
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Oct. 13, 2026
S2E31 - What Does A Property Manager Actually Do? FTPI Explained
In this episode [Add 2–3 sentences introducing the specific question or decision, why it matters, and what the listener will understand by the end.] About First Time Property Investor Thinking about buying your first investment property, or how buying your first home could shape your plans to invest? First Time Property Investor (FTPI) helps you make sense of the choices and trade-offs that come before Investment #1. FTPI Explained breaks down the concepts. FTPI IRL puts realistic first-inves
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Oct. 6, 2026
S2E30 - Should You Use A Buyers Agent? FTPI IRL
Connect with us ➜ https://linktr.ee/ftpi.pod First Time Property Investor is for Australians who want to invest in property but feel stuck between too much information, conflicting advice, and the fear of getting it wrong. Get honest conversations, practical insights, and clear strategy to help you avoid costly mistakes and move forward with confidence. Hosted by Imti, Pete and Skye, with insight from the finance, buying, sales and property management sides of the industry.
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Sept. 29, 2026
S2E29 - Buyers Agents Explained: What Do They Actually Do (And Cost?)
Pete breaks down what a BA actually does, how they differ from selling agents, and the real dollar cost of hiring one, including the fee structures worth being wary of after recent high-profile industry collapses. Imti and Skye push on the harder questions: how to spot a good BA from a bad one, why the space is dangerously unregulated, and where BAs are increasingly overstepping into territory that should belong to accountants and financial planners. They close out on off-market properties, and
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Sept. 24, 2026
S2E28 - A Case Study: Should You Use A Parental Guarantor To Buy Your First Investment Property?
A "should you or shouldn't you" episode with a game-show twist. Imti builds four versions of the same guarantor decision around one client, Jess, changing a single variable each round — and Pete and Skye have to lock in a call with no fence-sitting. Should Jess use a parental guarantor now, or wait? What if her parents are nervous about the market? What if she could buy solo with a smaller deposit instead — go big with a guarantor, or go low and debt-free? And what if she's planning to move out
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Sept. 17, 2026
S2E27 - Parental Guarantors Explained: What Mum and Dad Are Really Signing Up For
Parental guarantors, explained in plain English. Imti breaks down exactly what mum and dad are agreeing to when they help a child buy property - using equity, not cash, to help cover the deposit and avoid lender's mortgage insurance. Skye grills him with the parent's real-world concerns (can the bank take my house? what if I still have a mortgage? what about multiple kids?), while Pete digs into how it works for investment property purchases. The key message: a guarantor solves a deposit problem
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Sept. 8, 2026
S2E26 - Where Should I Buy? The One Number We'd Bet On Every Time
If you were to ask us each to pick just one key data point out of the 150-plus a buyer's agent typically uses, we'd land on the same one. It's not capital growth, rental yield, or population growth. It's owner-occupier percentage: how many people in a suburb own the home they live in, versus rent it out. In this episode, your hosts break down why this simple, easy-to-find number underpins almost everything else that drives long-term capital growth, how to actually use it in a property search, wh
About the Hosts
Skye Taylor
Property Manager • Taylored Property Co Founder • Podcast Host
Property management and sales professional, founder of Taylored Property Co and host of First Time Property Investor. Skye looks at what happens after you buy, from finding tenants and managing costs to what a property is actually like to own.