Making the Right Location Choices as a First-time Home Buyer

As we often stress in previous podcast episodes, we do recognise the challenges and importance of acquiring your first home. So today, we're here to answer your questions and address common challenges that first home buyers face when deciding where to plant their roots. We explore factors like budget, proximity to essential amenities, future growth prospects, and more.

Our aim is to provide you with the knowledge you need to make the best decision for your unique needs and preferences. So, whether you're a first-time home buyer who's just started your search or someone further along in the process, this episode is packed with valuable information to guide you towards making the right location choices.

Making the right location choices is not just about finding out where to buy your first home; it's more about finding your future community, so join us!

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Episode Highlights:

00:00 - Introduction
02:05 - Meighan's special house of the week
03:51 - Apartment, townhouse, or house: Which is right for me on the Gold Coast?
08:54 - What are my options in Sydney's property market with a limited budget?
15:12 - Finding suitable housing with limited borrowing capacity and a healthy deposit
20:16 - Where to live: Blue Mountains for work or Sydney for a social hub?
24:30 - What are our options in buying an investment property from abroad?
29:51 - How to choose a first home buyer's agent I can trust?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

➼ Where to buy Tutorial: https://homebuyeracademy.com.au/workshop

➼ Get the comprehensive Kickstart Bundle with three tutorials to get you started: https://homebuyeracademy.com.au/tutorials

Resources:

➼ FREE TRAINING: How to make an educated decision so you buy your first home with the right amount of debt https://homebuyeracademy.com.au/webinar

➼ Visit our website https://www.homebuyeracademy.com.au/

➼ Learn how to buy property without making a mistake with our 10-step online course for first time home buyers https://homebuyeracademy.com.au/YFHBG

➼ Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? https://www.gooddeeds.com.au

➼ Work with Veronica: https://www.veronicamorgan.com.au

➼ Looking for a Brisbane Buyers Agent? https://www.propertypursuit.com.au/

➼ Work with Meighan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meighanwells/

➼ If you have any questions or would like to be featured on our show, contact us at: [email protected]

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Co-Founders

Veronica Morgan & Meighan Wells

Veronica & Meighan are both licensed real estate agents who exclusively help buyers. Together they have nearly 40 years experience as property professionals.

Veronica is principal of Sydney based Good Deeds Property Buyers and is also co-host of The Elephant in the Room property podcast as well as Location Location Location Australia on Foxtel and author of Auction Ready: how to buy property at auction even though you're scared s#!tless!

Meighan is the multi award winning principal of Brisbane based Property Pursuit, chairperson of the REIQ Buyers Agent Chapter & a regular media commentator.