Market
Almost every market you’re watching doesn’t deserve your money — and we can prove it in minutes, not months.
Free live webinar · Tuesday 25 AugustFree live webinar · Tuesday 25 August · 7:00pm AEST
If I were buying an investment property in Australia today, this is how I’d do it.
Anyone can find a property. The harder question is what has to be true — about the market, the timing, the property and you — before you say yes. Join Ripehouse Advisory founder Jacob Field for a 45-minute working session on the tests a property has to pass before he’d buy it today.
The goal isn’t to find more property. It’s to confidently eliminate almost all of it.
The problem
Most investors are looking for the right property in the wrong way.
They start with the property — the listing, the photos, the open home — and work backwards, hoping the market, the timing and the numbers happen to cooperate. In a market this noisy, that approach mostly produces confident mistakes.
We work in the opposite direction. Market first. Timing second. Property near last. And at every stage, the discipline that matters most isn’t finding reasons to buy — it’s finding reasons to say no.
This session is a walkthrough of that process, using the same thinking we apply for our own clients today.
What we’ll cover in 45 minutes
The process behind the decision.
Timing
Yesterday’s star performer is often tomorrow’s regret. When does “proven growth” quietly become a warning sign?
Property
An attractive house and an attractive investment are rarely the same thing. Confusing them is a six-figure mistake.
Rejection
The most profitable word in property is “no”. What does a disciplined no look like when a deal is 90% right?
Due diligence
The checks that kill a “perfect” property — and why most buyers never run them until it’s too late.
Portfolio fit
The best property in Australia can still be the wrong property for you. Fit beats features, every time.
The shape of the process
Thousandsof markets across Australia
A short listof markets worth investigating
A handfulof properties that survive scrutiny
One decisionyou can defend on evidence
A process built to say no.
Every stage of our process exists to remove options — markets that don’t justify attention, timing that doesn’t justify action, properties that don’t justify the risk. What remains is a decision you can actually stand behind.
Is this for you?
This session is for you if…
- You’re planning to buy an investment property in the next 6–24 months
- You’re researching markets and drowning in conflicting commentary
- You’ve bought before and want a more repeatable process this time
- You’d rather understand the reasoning than be handed a hot list
It’s probably not for you if…
- You’re after a get-rich-quick angle or a “secret suburb”
- You want someone to tell you property only goes up
- You’re not genuinely considering a purchase — this is a working session, not entertainment
Your host
Jacob Field
Founder — Ripehouse Advisory
Jacob exited the 9–5 through property investment at 32 and founded Ripehouse Advisory in 2011. With a background in software engineering, he built the research system the practice still runs on — evaluating Australian suburbs across dozens of metrics most investors never see.
Rather than simply sourcing properties, the Ripehouse model combines market research, property analysis, valuation, due diligence and investment strategy under one discipline. In this session, Jacob walks through that thinking exactly as he’d apply it to a purchase today.
Tuesday 25 August · 7:00pm AEST · 45 minutes
45 minutes that could change how you look at every property after it.
Live and free. No recording promised — this one is built to attend.
Reserve my seat ↗General information only — nothing in this webinar is personal financial, taxation or credit advice. Consider your circumstances and seek independent professional advice before acting.