Why Dave Smith Doesn't Use Buyers Agents & Hotspot Reports Anymore!    🏠 Dave has already been a property investor for years and over the next 8 years will add many more properties to his three-portfolio-property using the Property Investment Accelerator In this episode learn:  👉 How he placed trust in property "hotspot reports" to buy his first property which he regretted  👉 His realisation that Buyers Agents don't always have the clients best interests at heart and don't have any secrets or sorcery to get superior properties vs anyone else  👉 How he's been able to afford to travel around Australia in a caravan with his family without working for 18 months in part due to his real estate assets  👉 Why interest rates and global uncertainty doesn't affect him from buying more properties and why he ignores the media!  👉 His best advice to new investors lurking on Facebook Groups and watching YouTube videos but paralysed in fear of making the wrong move    🎓 It's an honest, open and enlightening chat with an everyday property investor who strongly believes that data-led education is the key to property success.           Discussion Points: 00:00: Introduction 01:49: Regrets from the first buying experience  05:34: Looking back on buying with a buyers agent 08:57: Timing the market versus time in the market 10:27: Leveraging ‘good’ debt 12:54: Looking for that healthy life balance  16:06: Advice for first time buyers 19:27: Are interest rates keeping Dave up at night? 23:14: Conclusion     About The Host: Subscribe to Aus Property Mastery with PK for no BS, “straight to the point” property investing strategies and data-driven insights about the Australian housing market - the only property podcast not run by a “Buyers Agent”. You can listen to Aus Property Mastery on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, & Stitcher.   PK Gupta is the founder of the Property Investment Accelerator — Australia's #1 Rated And ONLY 100% Independent Real Estate Course & Mentorship Program that helps people achieve passive income through property investing using DATA, WITHOUT wasting months doing "research", spending weekends at inspections OR dropping $10-20k on Buyers Agents each time. Resources: Watch FREE Trainings On Our Website 👉 https://consultingbypk.com.au/ Get Suburb Tips & FREE STRATEGIES In Our Private Facebook Community With Over 30,000 Clients & Investors 👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/passiveincomethroughproperty Watch No Nonsense Property Market Insights On Our YouTube Channel 👉 https://www.youtube.com/c/AustralianPropertyMasterywithPKGupta Disclaimer: No Legal, Financial & Taxation Advice The Listener, Reader or Viewer acknowledges and agrees that: Any information provided by us is provided as general information and for general information purposes only; We have not taken the Listener, Reader or Viewers personal and financial circumstances into account when providing information; We must not and have not provided legal, financial or taxation advice to the Listener, Reader or Viewer; The information provided must be verified by the Listener, Reader or Viewer prior to the Listener, Reader or Viewer acting or relying on the information by an independent professional advisor including a legal, financial, taxation advisor and the Listener, Reader or Viewers accountant; The information may not be suitable or applicable to the Listener, Reader or Viewer's individual circumstances; We do not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence as defined by section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and we are not authorised to provide financial services to the Listener, Reader or Viewer, and we have not provided financial services to the Listener, Reader or Viewer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.