Property Masterclass: The Most Valuable 90 Minutes For Any Buyer in 2026 - No BS Property Show #2

<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bothsides-podcast/id1585830750" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Matt Srama's figure is that the average Australian owner occupier spends eight to nine months looking for a house, and that his own team has that down to 49 days. His argument is that the months in between are the single most expensive thing a buyer does, and that it is almost never a lack of motivation.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Matt Srama is a former NRL player and the founder of Srama Group, a buyers agency covering the Gold Coast and Tweed Heads, built to seven figures in under three years. He bought his first investment property at 22.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you will learn:</p><p><br /></p><p>- Why staying out of the market costs more than buying in it, and the paralysis that keeps motivated buyers on the sidelines</p><p>- Why he pushes hardest when everyone around him has low urgency, and what high urgency does to the price you pay</p><p>- The four distances that set a Gold Coast price: barefoot walk, shoes, e-bike and car</p><p>- The one question to ask a selling agent that has nothing to do with price</p><p>- What a bridesmaid suburb is, and the ones he names around Burleigh, Southport and Mermaid Beach</p><p><br /></p><p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 The best time to buy is when nobody else feels urgent</p><p>03:03 Reading gentrification off the commercial precincts</p><p>09:07 Barefoot, shoes, e-bike or car: four price points to the same beach</p><p>12:07 A fair price for a good property beats a good price for a fair one</p><p>15:11 The most expensive thing buyers do is stay out of the market</p><p>18:16 Price, condition and location, and where owner occupiers get stuck</p><p>22:50 Nine months of searching against 49 days</p><p>24:47 The positioning and urgency quadrant, and the buy zone</p><p>27:25 Manufacturing a deal when nobody else is bidding</p><p>31:00 A discount on a shirt excites you. A discount on a house scares you</p><p>35:21 Buying the owner occupier now, and the tax free upside</p><p>37:25 The Gold Coast sweet spot between 1.8 and 2.6 million</p><p>41:27 The question to ask an agent that has nothing to do with price</p><p>43:28 Bridesmaid suburbs, and where the ripple lands next</p><p>49:31 The due diligence people skip</p><p>53:32 There is no forever home, only the home for right now</p><p>55:35 Lazy equity, and buying in a company to keep serviceability</p><p>1:09:45 Granny flats, and value that comes from the cash