The Buy Right Approach to Property Investing
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The Buy Right Approach to Property Investing will help you to achieve a passive income and financial freedom through investing in Australian property.
About the book.
Cate and Pete have been firm industry friends since 2017 and decided to combine over half a century of experience for readers. From concept to bookshelves, they have enjoyed the journey.
Meet Cate and Pete
“We became firm industry friends over pizza in Melbourne’s laneway restaurants. An idea for a book sparked after we’d shared articles and podcast interviews, and the rest is history.”
B.Sc (Hons) Chemistry
Licensed Real Estate Agent
Cert 4 Mortgage Broking
Qualified Property Investment Advisor (QPIA, PIPA)
Cate is the founder of Cate Bakos Property, a boutique independent Melbourne buyer’s agency firm and the winner of Your Investment Property magazine’s Top Buyer’s Agent of 2018 award. Cate has won national industry awards consistently since 2013, and some recent awards include being a finalist in 2019 for the Telstra Business Woman of the Year, a finalist for the Your Investment Property Buyers Agent Services award in 2019, a finalist for Industry Thought Leader of the Year and Buyer’s Agent of Year in the Real Estate Business (REB) Awards 2019, Buyers Agent of the Year (REB) 2020, and finalist for Industry Thought Leader of the Year (REB) in both 2023 and 2024. Cate served as President of the Real Estate Buyer’s Agents’ Association (REBAA) from 2019 to 2023 and is now a PIPA board member, with QPIA (Qualified Property Investment Advisor) status.
Cate co-hosts the podcast The Property Trio bringing property topics to light and separating fact from fiction. She is also a regular media commentator, contributing to newspapers, live television, podcasts, publications and commercial television. She shares her knowledge and experience regularly at seminars, volunteers her bidding skills often and enjoys mentoring young people in the industry she loves.
At a personal level, Cate has continued to build a sizeable property portfolio alongside her husband, and the pair have vast experience with renovating.
B.A (Hons) History
Chartered Accountant
Dip. Fin Services (Fin Planning)
Qualified Property Investment Advisor (QPIA, PIPA)
Grad Dip Applied Corporate Governance
Licensed Real Estate Agent
Pete is one of Australia’s most highly respected financial and housing market analysts.
In his professional career, Pete qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London, and was previously a Director at the ‘Big 4’ accounting firm Deloitte.
Pete walks the talk when it comes to investing, and he gratefully parked his career in accountancy, having achieved financial independence at the age of 33, as detailed in his best-selling first book, Get a Financial Grip: a simple plan for financial freedom.
Pete is uniquely positioned to comment on housing markets as the co-founder of an active property buyer’s agency in Brisbane, (Allen Wargent), combined with his unparalleled ability to deliver powerful, data-driven market analysis.
A 6-times published finance author, Pete runs a personal wealth coaching business, and is the co-host of the top business podcast the Australian Property Podcast.
An avid traveller & cricket tragic, Pete lives with is family in Noosa on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, and is often found in England during the summer months.