Learn to Renovate for Lifestyle and Profit
& Achieve Magazine-Worthy Results on a
Shoe-String Budget.

What is in our Reno training…

• Module 1: Ready. Get set. Go
  Finding the best location and identifying the right property for you to renovate. 
  Your 5-step Roadmap. Planning your property portfolio.  Due diligence. Accessing RP data, Property Investar, Lindamen reports, SQM and other essential data.
  Finance – getting funds through the bank, our broker or access to private money and money partners and they right type of loan for renovating. 
• Module 2: The Numbers
  Property Feasibility spreadsheets and software. Costings and planning the best upgrades to ensure the highest ROI. Market trends and research data.
  TAX, the implications and minimising it legally.  Tax depreciation claims. The pros and cons of buying property in your name.
• Module 3: Buying and Selling Property.
  We reveal secret Real Estate agent tactics and show you how to negotiate confidently, and present offers that win. How to secure discounted RE sales commissions when selling or sell by yourself.  Buyers Agents – use ours, or become efficient at finding good deals DIY.
• Module 4:  Planning the Renovation.
  Scope of works, knowing what to do in what order, where to spend the money, establishing your trade team, setting budgets and timeframes. Insurance. Asbestos: the costs, dangers, rules and regulations.
• Module 5: Renovating to rent, sell or keep. 
  Creating a designer look for less, which sells for more.  Tips on layouts, planning, SktechUp and other 3D programs for creating design and visualising your project. Exactly what is necessary to cosmetically upgrade property to sell fast. 
• Module 6: Kitchen and Bathroom renovations.
  Budgets, products, plans and workable layouts, heights, distances, colours, tiles, taps, sinks and benchtops. Tips on making small rooms look larger.  Tiny budget bathrooms and kitchen finishes.
• Module 7: Flooring.
  The right type and coloured flooring to use for each demographic.  Price and quality comparisons.  The latest in tiles, carpet, cement, micro cement, engineered timber, hybrid, and vinyl.
• Module 8: Paint and Colour Mastery
  Master paint products and colours.  Choose your colour DIY, use our fail-proof guide or go directly to our colour consultant.  Bricks vs. painted bricks vs. render. Facades and external house colours and design. Painting tiles and what to do with existing ugly windows.
• Module 9: Working with Tradies and Approvals
  On-site – managing tradies, checking quality. Growing your perfect A-team for future projects and to scale.  Structural renovations, Council approvals and certifications during the reno. Town Planners, Engineers and Architects.  Asbestos removal. 
• Module 10: Budget and Crisis Management.
  Preventing overcapitalisation and averting disaster. Adjusting budgets and setting contingencies.  DIY vs. get everything done for you (hands-free renovating). Stress-free renovating from a distance, never being onsite.
• Module 11: Styling and Staging
  Make buyers connect emotionally with your property. Tips for DIY styling and staging on a budget – where to hire furniture, how to create vignettes, costs and prepping the house for sale.  Source stylists from inside our community or hiring externally.  Artwork. Real Estate photography and ad copy. What you need to know to sell for more.
• Module 12:  Evaluate. Rest. Restrategise.
  Creating the best opportunity from the profit of a reno flip, or use the equity created through renovating. How to evaluate, start another reno or take a holiday.  Or build a property portfolio with long-term goals in mind. We work through the numbers of these options.