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Dan Beardall

Founder, buyers agent, podcast host, and the voice behind one of Australia's fastest growing platforms for people building a life by design.

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Property Masterclass: The Most Valuable 90 Minutes For Any Buyer in 2026

1h 36m

Aug 17, 2026

Property Masterclass: The Most Valuable 90 Minutes For Any Buyer in 2026

The part most buyers never figure out: it's not about finding the perfect property, it's about reading your own position on the grid before you even start looking. In this episode, we sit down with Matt Srama, the Gold Coast buyer's agent who bought his first investment property at 22 and built a 7-figure agency in under three years. Matt breaks down how he helps buyers cut through analysis paralysis, spot the suburbs about to move before they're obvious, and negotiate from a position of leverage instead of desperation. We go deep on the psychology that actually drives bad property decisions, why the buyers who move when sentiment is low are the ones who win, and how to tell the difference between a good deal and a good story. Matt also shares his honest take on off-market listings, the due diligence most buyers skip entirely, and how to turn your own home into a cash-flow asset instead of a dead one. This is the most complete breakdown of how to actually buy property you'll watch all year. 0:00 Intro 2:13 What Do You Specialize In On The Gold Coast? 5:54 How Do You Spot Gentrification Before It Happens? 8:16 Why Lifestyle Is Now The #1 Driver Of Where People Buy 9:40 The 4 Ways To Measure Lifestyle Value (Barefoot vs. Car Distance) 12:28 — Why You Should Pay A Fair Price For A Good Property (Not A Good Price For A Fair One) 15:12 What's The Single Biggest Mistake Buyers Make? 15:42 The Most Expensive Thing Buyers Are Doing Right Now 18:17 The Price, Condition & Location Triangle 22:51 The "How Many Nos Per Week" Self-Reflection Test 25:31 The Buy Zone Framework (Positioning vs. Urgency) 30:29 Why The Best Time To Buy Is When Urgency Is Low 34:16 The Emotion Of Certainty (And Why It Controls Buyers) 37:32 The Best Gold Coast Suburbs To Buy In Right Now 40:51 What Actually Makes A Seller Motivated? 43:57 The "Bridesmaid Suburb" Strategy 49:34 The Due Diligence Checklist Most Buyers Skip 58:39 How To Turn Your Home Into A Cash Flow Asset 1:03:33 Why Property Is Really A Finance Game 1:07:16 Why Granny Flats Are An "S-Tier" Asset Class 1:13:16 Pigeon Pairing: Balancing Growth And Cash Flow 1:17:38 The Real Cost Of What You Want 1:20:33 Rapid Fire: Worst House Best Street, Off-Market Myths & More 1:32:20 Why You Should DM Matt Srama

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Commando Steve: What The Army Taught Me About Winning At Life

2h 7m

Aug 10, 2026

Commando Steve: What The Army Taught Me About Winning At Life

Steve Willis, known to most of Australia as "Commando Steve," spent over a decade in the Australian Special Forces, rising to Counter Terrorism Team Commander before leaving the army in 2004. He went on to become a trainer on Australia's Biggest Loser for eight seasons, competed on Australian Survivor, and placed 4th at the CrossFit Games, still the highest finish by an Australian male. He now runs Get Commando Fit, a gym in Rouse Hill, NSW, with his partner Harika Eris. He explains: ▪ Why competent guys he served with were failed out of Special Forces selection, not for strength, but for awareness ▪ The real reason he put his hand up for Special Forces selection, and it had nothing to do with ambition ▪ Why he believes "awareness" isn't about noticing everything, it's about knowing what to let go ▪ The "yellow line" theory: why he says most people hand control of their life over to someone else without realizing it ▪ Why he says The Biggest Loser probably couldn't exist in today's mental health climate ▪ What actually scared him more than a decade in Special Forces ever did ▪ How he and Harika built their gym from nothing but a park and a four-wheel drive during lockdown 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:41 Who Is Steve Willis? 00:03:23 From Redcliffe To The Australian Army 00:08:09 Becoming A Commando 00:10:23 What Discipline Actually Means 00:16:58 Finding Meaning In Life 00:30:15 The Biggest Loser Culture Shock 00:31:19 The Yellow Line: When Fate Comes Down To A Vote 00:44:07 Back To Grassroots 00:49:00 Iraq, Afghanistan, And Raising A Counterterrorism Unit 00:56:51 The Awareness Skill That Can Get You K*lled 01:00:33 How The Biggest Loser Call Came In 01:11:11 "We Are For The Few" 01:25:32 Would The Biggest Loser Survive Today? 01:39:38 Meeting Harika And Building The Gym 01:50:49 The Financial Fear He Never Discussed 01:59:09 Why Money Scared Him More Than Combat 02:02:47 Never Give Up 02:07:25 Outro

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52m

Aug 3, 2026

It's time to share my story...

In this episode, I turn the mic on myself... Issy sits down with me to unpack where my drive really comes from, starting with the day everything changed. I was 7 years old, standing at the end of a hospital bed, watching my dad on life support. That moment became the reference point for everything after it. Growing up with a single mum and real financial pressure taught me to associate safety and security with hard-won effort, and it pushed me into a kind of survival mode I didn't fully understand until much later. We talk about how that early loss shaped my ambition, why I've spent years chasing personal development (from Tony Robbins seminars to mentors who became like family) and the health struggles (physical and otherwise) that came from carrying stress I never really processed as a kid. It's not the usual podcast format, and it's a bit more exposed than I'm used to, but if any part of my journey helps you make sense of your own, then it's done its job. Let me know in the comments if you want more episodes like this. Just me, my story, my takes. Happy to keep going deeper if there's interest.

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Why Australia Is Making It Harder To Get Rich - Jack Henderson

1h 20m

Jul 27, 2026

Why Australia Is Making It Harder To Get Rich - Jack Henderson

Australia's property market is at a breaking point, and the people who built their fortunes in it are already responding. In this episode, Jack Henderson, one of Australia's most talked-about buyer's agents, breaks down why the system is stacking up against ambitious Australians, why wealthy people in his own circle are already planning their exit, and why he believes the backlash against success is the real story nobody's telling. Jack Henderson is the founder of Henderson Advocacy, a property buyer's agency that has acquired over $750 million in real estate for clients across Australia. After being kicked out of school at 15, he built a property portfolio worth over $70 million by age 30, and now runs a business doing tens of millions in revenue a year. The views shared in this episode are personal opinions and general in nature. They do not constitute financial or tax advice and should not be relied upon without speaking to a licensed professional about your own circumstances. He explains: ■ Why he believes Australia has gone "so far left" that it's punishing ambition ■ Why wealthy Australians in his own circle are already planning to leave for Singapore and Thailand ■ The exact strategy some are using to sell a business, relocate, and avoid Australian tax entirely ■ Why he built his business around selling to fewer people at a much higher price, instead of chasing volume ■ The real reason most business owners can't scale their marketing spend , and how he engineered around it ■ Why he says "profit, not revenue" is the only number that actually matters in business ■ The mindset he says it takes to keep going when a large chunk of the internet wants to see you fail 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:21 Getting Fired Mid-Call By His Own Mentor 00:03:44 The Year Everything Fell Apart At Once 00:07:24 Why You Can't Get The Reward Without The Pain 00:11:05 Revealing $5.5 Million In Monthly Revenue 00:16:21 What Alex Hormozi Taught Him About Business 00:19:21 Responding To Critics Who Say He Overcharges 00:28:36 The Fringe Benefits Tax Breakdown That Shocked Him 00:37:22 Why Wealthy Australians Are Quietly Leaving 00:49:33 The Two Ways To Build Any Business 00:54:10 The Month His Business Lost Money 00:59:45 What Ray Dalio Taught Him About Market Cycles 01:10:41 Why You Need To Be "A Bit Of A Cunt" To Survive Success 01:13:08 Naming His Biggest Rival 01:14:21 The Ultra-Marathon DNF And The Comeback

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Is Now The Best Time To Buy Property In Australia?

56m

Jul 20, 2026

Is Now The Best Time To Buy Property In Australia?

Welcome to the No BS Property Show a series within Bothsides, where we sit down to talk property, investing, and everything you need to actually succeed in the Australian market... straight up, no filter, no bullsh$*#. If you love property, want to learn how to actually invest, or just want to understand what's really happening in the market, this is for you. In this episode, Daniel Beardall and Josh Yun go through a federal budget that gutted negative gearing and the capital gains discount, a Senate deal that just banned SMSFs from borrowing to buy residential property, and a first-home buyer scheme the government insists isn't moving prices, even as suburbs across NSW post double-digit drops. They explain: ▪ Why the 5% deposit scheme pushed entry-level prices up before the market corrected ▪ The exact numbers behind Australia's 40-year property growth cycle — and why this dip doesn't break the pattern ▪ The $15.85M house that resold for $8.35M, and what it means for the government's own tax revenue ▪ Why the SMSF lending ban is, in their words, "the most nonsensical thing" to come out of the budget ▪ The live, off-market deal they're chasing right now — and why urgency from sellers is the buyer's biggest advantage ▪ Why they believe "the government hates us being in control of our own money" ▪ Why they're personally selling investment properties to buy their own homes in this exact window ▪ What actually makes a property "bulletproof" versus one that's about to get caught out If you're trying to figure out whether now is the time to buy, sell, or just sit tight, this is the conversation that actually walks through the real numbers behind the headlines. 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:44 New Financial Year, New Government Headaches 00:02:49 The 5% Deposit Scheme "Lie" And The $100K Overnight Price Jump 00:04:34 The 40-Year Growth Graph — And Why This Dip Doesn't Break The Pattern 00:07:49 "The Greens Had A Great Idea" — Cutting Grandfathering Next? 00:10:55 The $15.85M House That Just Sold For $8.35M 00:14:12 Selling Investments To Buy Owner-Occupier Now 00:17:44 The Case For Using A Buyer's Agent Right Now 00:21:50 History Repeating: 1985–87, New Zealand, And "Mums And Dads" 00:23:16 The Government's Broken 0.2% Promise 00:28:53 "Right Now Is The Time To Strike" 00:31:27 Inside A Live Off-Market Deal: The Divorce Sale 00:34:04 The Acreage Property That Dropped 25% — Still No Buyers 00:41:23 The SMSF Ban: "The Government Hates Us Being In Control Of Our Own Money" 00:47:03 What Actually Makes A Good Property — And Why Now Might Be The Best Time To Buy 00:56:02 Outro

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Emil Juresic: "The Market Has Already Dropped 10 To 30%" And More Pain Is Coming

1h 6m

Jul 13, 2026

Emil Juresic: "The Market Has Already Dropped 10 To 30%" And More Pain Is Coming

Emil Juresic sold every property he owned five months before Australia's housing market turned. Now he's revealing the exact prediction that got him out at the peak, why he believes there's more pain still coming, and the uncomfortable philosophy on pain, mortality, and self-honesty that built his 500-person company. Emil Juresic is the founder of NGU Real Estate and Level X, and co-founder of One Life Club alongside Simon Beard. Originally from Croatia, he moved to Australia at 16 and has spent two decades building a property, finance, and wellness empire from nothing. He explains: ▪ Why he sold every property he owned at what he believed was the peak of the market ▪ His prediction that Australian property could still fall 10-30%, and why he thinks the pain isn't over ▪ Why established, older properties are a better buy right now than anything brand new ▪ The health scare at 45 that nearly made him retire, and how it led to a $100M wellness bet ▪ Why he believes pain should be your best friend in business, not something to avoid ▪ The mortality question he asks every business owner: if you died tomorrow, would your family be okay? ▪ The line from a 30-year-old letter his uncle sent him that he still uses to check himself today 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:38 Catching Up At Emil's New Home 00:03:01 The Viral Reel & Selling Everything At The Peak 00:06:56 Proof The Market Has Already Dropped 00:08:35 What Happens Next — AI, Unemployment & More Pain Coming 00:10:07 Why Established Property Beats Brand New Right Now 00:18:21 Pivoting Into Health & Wellness — The Level X Story 00:25:15 The Health Scare At 45 That Changed Everything 00:28:38 Building The First Level X & Where He's Investing Now 00:30:46 Was The Sacrifice Worth It? 00:33:00 If You Died Tomorrow, Would Your Family Be Okay? 00:36:29 "Pain Is Gonna Be Your New Best Friend" 00:38:19 Scaling A Business Without Cracking Under Pressure 00:41:03 Why "Follow Your Passion" Is Delusional — The Lucky Sperm Speech 00:44:55 "Valuations Are Horseshit" & 47 And Just Warming Up 00:50:01 The Persistence That Built Everything 00:54:24 Business Is A Lonely Game — Lessons From 200 Interviews 00:58:03 The Bigger The Vision, The Bigger The Mountain 01:01:23 Look Yourself In The Mirror — The 30-Year-Old Letter 01:05:47 Outro

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