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Anna Correia
Kenyan-born Anna Correia and her growing family have lived all over the world, but sought out Australia looking for opportunity and sun. Since arriving in 2006, they have built a $1.6m portfolio and Anna is building a network of like-minded investors through a group she founded on facebook. She and her virtual ‘friends’ are looking to make real money through their first joint venture. You can learn more about her family, and their adventures in property, in this story featured in YIP magazine.
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Ashley Fallon
Twenty five year old Ashley Fallon is new to investing but it’s already clearly his life’s passion. A native of NSW’s Hunter Valley region, he’s already amassed a portfolio of four properties and now that more than a year has passed since his last purchase, he says he is now ready to pull the trigger again. He hopes to quit his day job as an operations manager for a local bus company, and roll into property full time.
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Duane Robinson
A professional photographer and now avid renovator, Duane has made fast work of starting small. His first purchases were nicknamed ‘El Cheapo’ and ‘El Dumpo’, but he’s moved on to bigger projects as he and his father/investment partner explore joint venture and development projects. From his home base in Sydney’s Maroubra, he splits his time between eyeing photos and property deals.
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Kevin Anderson
Recently divorced and just about 15 years from what he had thought would be his retirement age, Kevin is afraid he won’t be ready. But he’s now doing something about it, and aiming to use his passion for property to help him get back on track. He is starting from zero after giving up the two investment properties he had bought with his ex-wife, but he has big plans ahead as he strikes out on his own.
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Lisa Curtin
Single mum Lisa Curtin has conquered most investors’ biggest fears, going from struggling to pay her mortgages to seeing success in renovations and now claiming the ultimate prize: a portfolio that will enable her to retire at 50.
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Patrick Cornwell
YIP’s 2010 Investor of the Year, Patrick went from being broke, unemployed and struggling with a mountain of debt to becoming a multi-million dollar property tycoon in just eight years. Patrick got his start with just $22,000 of his own cash and leveraged the rest of the money from the banks to get him to where he is today. Having gone on to acquire a couple of commercial properties in Port Hedland, and with other projects on tap across NW Australia and abroad, Patrick has retired from his day-job as a pilot and achieved his goal of escaping the rat race.
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Paul Brooks
A few years back, farmer Paul Brooks was discovering that a decade of drought had dried out much more than his family’s crops. His savings was drying up as well, but since turning his attention and passion to property investing, he has built a $10m portfolio and developed a sophisticated investment philosophy that earned him an honourable mention in the 2012 YIP Investor of the Year Awards.
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