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Co-host of This is Property, Author of Sort your property out, Buyers Agent and Property Coach, John Pidgeon, provides personalised finance, property and corporate coaching. The Property Coaching Specialists

Solvere provides personalised finance and property coaching, working to allow clients to educate and take control of their financial future. As a client at Solvere Wealth you will:

• Take co

ntrol and form a thorough understanding of your own cashflow and budgeting

• Increase your knowledge and understanding of finance and banking in order to give yourself the best finance structure available to your situation

• Create and Implement a solid property investment strategy

• Create and implement a long term wealth plan for early retirement or transition into a better lifestyle

02/09/2026

Want to actually hit your property goals? 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗚𝗠 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.📊

It sounds funny, but it’s one of the smartest habits you can build👇

Life changes - so your plan needs 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 in the decision-making. The way you keep it on track? A proper check-in, once every 12 months.✅

At your personal AGM, you sit down and ask:

💰 How much am I actually saving?
🏡 What could this property rent for?
🔨 What will it cost to keep improving it - knowing that adds value anyway?
🎯 What’s my savings goal for the year ahead?

Because here’s the truth about goals: 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂.👀

Do this every year, and something quietly powerful happens - you wake up in five years and you’re a fighting chance at the thing that felt impossible when you started.🚀

Most people drift. The ones who win just review, adjust, and repeat. One meeting a year. With yourself.🗓️

👉 𝗕𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 - 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆? 𝗬𝗘𝗦 𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗢👇

📞 Comment CLARITY or tap the link in bio to book a call with John.

General info only - not financial advice.

02/09/2026

Fair warning before you book.

A Clarity Call is $450 and one hour. Here’s what it isn’t.

It isn’t a hot tip. I won’t tell you which suburb is about to boom, because I don’t know - and neither does anyone who says they do.

It isn’t financial advice. It’s an education call: no specific legal, accounting, financial or investment advice. That’s stated up front, before you pay, because I’d rather you knew now than felt sold to later.

And it isn’t a yes machine. Sometimes the answer is wait. Sometimes it’s buy less than the bank will lend you. Sometimes it’s “you’re closer than you think and nobody’s told you.”

What it is: an hour where someone with no stake in the sale looks at your deposit, your income and the place you keep going back to - and tells you what you can actually hold, not just what you’d get approved for.

I’d rather do 20 calls with people who want the honest version than 200 with people who want permission.

Which one made you book - or made you close the tab? 👇

Link in bio.

01/09/2026

“Don’t worry about your mortgage.”😳

That’s John’s accountant - and it sounds wrong until you hear the logic.👇

It comes down to two questions: 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆? 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄? If what you can borrow is ballpark what a good asset costs… why wouldn’t you?🏡

Here’s the trap👇

So many people refuse to buy their first investment property until their mortgage hits 𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼. It feels responsible. But if you spend five years laser-focused on killing one mortgage - while sitting on equity and a solid income - what wealth did those five years of missed opportunities cost you? 📉

That’s the part nobody adds up.

Because 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱. The people who build real wealth are the ones who, when they’ve got the equity and the income, 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘁 - straight away.🚀

Now - this isn’t for everyone. It’s about your own 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 and what you can genuinely sleep at night with. Paying down debt vs building assets are two very different mindsets, and both are valid.🧠

But when John was asked if he’d buy a property right now?

“𝗬𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼.”🎯

👉Pay off the mortgage FIRST, or build assets NOW? Where do you stand👇

📞Comment CLARITY or tap the link in bio to book a call with John.

𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 - 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦.

01/09/2026

Unemployment just hit 4.5%. Everyone’s about to tell you to wait for the rate cut.

Don’t.

Unemployment 4.5% in July. Wage growth 3.2% for the June quarter. The RBA held at 4.35% on 11 August. Not one of those is your number.

This is: a single on average wages can borrow about $35,400 less than in January. A couple, around $70,700. The cut you’re waiting for is smaller than the capacity you’ve already lost.

Meanwhile 48.9% of auctions are selling, against 67.1% a year ago. Half the country’s vendors are failing in public while buyers sit out waiting for a cut that may not come. The best negotiating conditions since 2022 are going unused.

One number decides whether you buy this year, and it isn’t the cash rate. It’s the number you can hold - not what a bank will approve, but what you can still service if a rate moves or an income stops. That doesn’t come from the news. It comes from your own figures, read properly, once.

That’s a Clarity Call. $450, one decision. Bring your deposit, your income and the place you’re looking at.

Straight up: it’s an education call, not financial advice - no specific legal, accounting, financial or investment advice. An hour won’t buy you a house. It will stop you buying the wrong one.

📌 Save this for the next time a headline tells you to wait. Send it to whoever you’re buying with.

Link in bio to book. Go in with your number, not their forecast.

31/08/2026

Four property managers in six months? That’s your sign to walk.🚩

Here’s why John wouldn’t hesitate 👇

If an agency can’t 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳, that’s not bad luck - it’s a leadership problem. And as John puts it: 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.🐟 High turnover means your property (and your tenant) keeps getting handed to someone new who doesn’t know the history.

The biggest mistake landlords make? Just going with whoever 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 - and never asking a single question. That’s setting yourself up to fail. 😬

So before you hand over your biggest asset, ask 👇

✅ Who exactly will manage my property - and how long have they been here?
✅ How long has your property management arm operated?
✅ How often do you inspect the property?
✅ What happens the moment a tenant falls behind on rent?
✅ What’s your staff turnover been like?

The second you start asking, you get 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - and you quickly find out who actually cares. 🎯

A great PM treats your property like it’s their own. On the front foot. Fair, reasonable, diligent. They exist - but only good questions will find them.

👉𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵? 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿👇

📞Comment CLARITY or tap the link in bio to book a call with John.

𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 - 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦.

28/08/2026

Here’s a decision most couples get emotional about - when it should be mapped out on paper. 👇

𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆. A lot. 👶

Picture it: no kids, combined income of $200k - the bank loves you. But once children arrive (and one of you drops back to part-time or off work), your borrowing power shifts fast. 📉

So if you want your dream family home eventually, timing is everything. And there are really two ways people play it:

1️⃣ Stay put, upsize later. Live in the townhouse through the early years with one or two small kids, then upgrade once you’re both back at work and earning again.

2️⃣ Upsize now, then start the family. Buy the bigger home while your borrowing capacity is at its peak - then have kids after. 🏡

Both can work. But option 2 comes with a catch: you’re carrying that bigger mortgage right as life events might be pulling your income down. 💸

Neither is “right.” What’s right is the one that fits your income, your timeline, and your plan for the offset account along the way.

The mistake? Winging it. This is exactly the kind of thing you map out before you commit - not after. 🎯

👉 Which camp are you: upsize FIRST, or have kids FIRST? 👇

📞 Comment CLARITY or tap the link in bio to book a call with John.

General info only - not financial advice.

27/08/2026

What if 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 was actually for sale?🏡

That’s the idea behind Geoff’s platform, 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲.𝗰𝗼𝗺.𝗮𝘂 - and it could completely change how the country buys and sells property.

👉𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲? 𝗬𝗘𝗦 𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗢👇

📞Comment CLARITY or tap the link in bio to book a call with John.

𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦.𝘤𝘰𝘮.𝘢𝘶 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 - 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺.

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27/08/2026

Want proper property advice in Australia without signing up to a $10,000 program?

Working with me starts at $15 a month.

Two ways in, sized deliberately - because the help you need at “I don’t know where to start” isn’t the help you need at “I’m signing on Saturday.”

Swipe for what’s inside each one.

The honest bit: most people don’t overpay for help. They avoid it, then overpay for the house. $15 a month is less than a weekly coffee. The house is a $900,000 decision.

📌 Save this so you know which rung to reach for when the moment comes.

Send it to whoever you’re buying with - pick the tier together.

Comment CLARITY and tell me where you’re stuck. I’ll tell you which one you actually need, including if it’s the $15 one.

26/08/2026

“What are you seeing in the markets right now?”🎙️

John put the question to Geoff - and the answer is essential listening if you’re thinking about your next move.👇

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄. Sydney and Melbourne are our two biggest correcting markets, falling somewhere around 10–14% in annualised terms. Geoff expects that to continue through the back half of 2026.📉

But here’s where most people get it wrong👇

You’ve got to look through it - and look back at how hard these markets ran to get here. Corrections don’t erase cycles. And little signs of stabilisation are already starting to show.📊

Now the part worth screenshotting: 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁.🏡

The maths is simple. A 10% fall on a $5M home is $500k off. A 10% fall on a $3M home is $300k off. So if you’re upgrading, the purchasing power of your dollars just went up. And right now it’s exaggerated - the higher end is falling faster in percentage terms.💰

The catch? Human nature says bunker down and wait for the bottom. But as Geoff puts it:

“𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.”⚡

Oh - and one stat that shows just how quiet it’s gone: Brisbane, which has run so hard for years, posted a clearance rate last weekend of… wait for it… 11.5%.😳

Things will settle. And the buyers who position now - while everyone else waits - are the ones who look back grateful.🎯

👉𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 “𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺” 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 “𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿? 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄👇 I read every comment.

📞Comment CLARITY or tap the link in bio to book a call with John.

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26/08/2026

Is it a good time to buy a house in Australia right now? That question is unanswerable until you say where.

Annual change in home values to July 2026:

Perth +20.5%
Darwin +16.3%
Brisbane +14.8%
Adelaide +10.5%
Hobart +9.3%
Canberra +2.9%
Sydney −2.0%
Melbourne −2.8%

Same month. Same rates. Same country. Eight completely different markets.

If you’re in Melbourne waiting for prices to fall - they already did. You’re two years into it. If you’re in Perth waiting, that wait has cost you about 20% a year for the privilege.

This is what the property clock is for. Recovery → boom → peak → downturn → bottom. It doesn’t predict anything. It tells you where risk sits, and where there’s room to negotiate.

But there’s one hand on the clock that matters more than your city: your price bracket. Over three months the upper quartile fell 3.2% nationally while the lower quartile rose 0.3%. Sydney’s top end and Sydney’s entry level are on different clocks inside the same postcode.

And here’s what the clock can’t tell you - whether you can hold the loan through the next turn. People who buy well at the bottom and can’t service it at the top don’t get the recovery. They get the forced sale.

📌Save this and find your city’s hand before you look at another listing.

Send it to whoever keeps quoting national headlines at you - you should both be reading the same market.

Comment CLARITY and I’ll teach how to read the clock properly, and what it can’t tell you.

Spring stock arrives next week, into a market where nearly half of everything taken to auction already fails to sell - 48.9% clearance, against 67.1% a year ago.

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