Grow Your Property Empire: Proven strategies to build a multi-million dollar property portfolio

Since launching his real estate career in 1989, John has consulted to industry leaders like Stockland and led multi-million-dollar private enterprises. His deep market expertise and strategic approach have helped him build a thriving property portfolio for himself and his family. He applies these same principles and care when helping his clients secure high-quality properties, empowering them to create life-changing portfolios.

Beyond guiding clients, John is passionate about shaping the future of real estate and leadership, mentoring and coaching emerging top-tier agents in building their careers and teams.

John’s experience and genuine care for people drive Maven’s vision: to understand, educate, and inspire individuals to make confident, strategic property decisions—building wealth that lasts for generations. His approach to investing and mentorship is rooted in the same fundamentals his mentor shared with him as a young man with zero dollars to his name: Absorb all the relevant information, step back, put on your commonsense hat, and trust yourself. If it makes sense, act.

He also lives by another guiding principle: “When is the right time to buy property? NOW! The question is, where?” That’s where John and his team at Maven excel—helping clients navigate the market with clarity, confidence, and success.

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David established Your Move Conveyancing in July 2013 after seeking to combine his passion for providing exceptional customer service within conveyancing services. He started out his career working as a legal clerk for a firm in the city in 2006. David quickly found his niche in conveyancing and studied Conveyancing Law and Practice at Macquarie University while working full time in the industry then in 2008 working full-time as a conveyancer which quickly earned him the experience required to handle complex and challenging conveyancing scenarios.

David became a Licensed Conveyancer and Licensee-in-Charge of a branch office in 2010 where he stayed on until 2013. He then decided to use his experience and passion to its full potential by starting Your Move Conveyancing.

When asked about how he maintains his love for conveyancing, David says: ‘The idea of being able to really exceed customer expectations when it comes to providing our conveyancing services is something I get excited about. It is so rare to find exceptional customer service especially in the legal industry!’ David goes on to say: ‘Conveyancing and Customer Service are my two passions so being able to combine my expertise in both areas is something I jump at the opportunity to provide’. When asked what the best part of providing conveyancing Services to clients is, David says ‘I still love to this day being able to tell my clients that their property has just settled, particularly when they are a first home buyer or couple moving into their dream home. Although I’m only a relatively small part of the whole picture when it comes to buying and selling real estate, I like to be able to think that we’ve been able to make the overall process a lot smoother and easier to handle’.

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Amy is a client services manager with over 13 years of experience working at Private Wealth Solutions. She provides taxation advice on a broad range of taxation issues to many clients, including privately owned businesses and high net worth individuals.

Amy’s expertise covers: property structuring, rental property reporting, capital gains, small business relief, GST-related, and Self Managed Super Fund advice. She works with individuals, partnerships, trusts, Self-managed super fund and companies from many industry groups, including property investment, construction, technology, and engineering. Amy is a fully qualified Chartered Accountant. She is licensed to provide personal financial advice specialise in self-managed super funds.

Meet Amy
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Fabio de Castro is the Director of Simplify Finance, a highly regarded mortgage brokerage based in St Leonard’s, Sydney. With over 13 years of experience in the finance industry, Fabio has developed a comprehensive understanding of both the broking and banking sectors.

Prior to founding Simplify Finance in 2016, he spent eight years in banking, primarily as a Business Development Manager in third-party distribution. His drive to provide clients with tailored financial solutions led him to establish Simplify Finance, where he focuses on empowering clients with choice and strategic financial guidance.

Under Fabio’s leadership, Simplify Finance has achieved consistent growth and industry recognition, ranking in MPA’s Top 100 Brokers for the past seven consecutive years—an impressive achievement for a business operating for just nine years.

His commitment to efficiency, client-focused service, and streamlining the loan process has earned Simplify Finance a strong reputation as a trusted partner in the mortgage industry. Fabio’s dedication to helping clients secure their financial goals has positioned him as a respected leader in the mortgage broking community.

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Event MC / Moderator

With over 10 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry, Mark’s uses his experience, qualifications and knowledge to expertly guide clients along the entire journey of home ownership.

Passionate and committed to helping customers find the right solution and structure of their loans to suit their specific needs, Mark’s financial background will help clients with ideas and options to save money, get started in property purchases, and upgrade to bigger and better places to live.

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