29/05/2026
Imagine moving to Australia with $250 to your name.. 2 pairs of shorts, 2 shirts and a bar of soap.. fast forward and making $85,000 on your FIRST FLIP!!
Three months. Start to finish.
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Meet Talla & Greg
Two shirts. Two pairs of shorts. One bar of soap.
That's all they carried cycling across Vietnam.
Talla and Greg met overseas, backpacked across Vietnam with almost nothing, and when they finished, looked up the cheapest flights out.
Melbourne.
They caught the free Skybus into the city, called a friend of a friend, organised transport and landed on a couch in Newcomb which was the start of their journey. From that one relationship, they got work at a winery. That's how they got their visa.
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10 YEARS
For the next decade, they worked together through different jobs. Operations managers. Wineries. Restaurants. Ski resorts. Event companies.
Always a team. Always capable.
But always working long hours. Always working weekends. Always building someone else's business.. trying to make a life for themselves.
They wanted to work for themselves. They'd always loved renovation. They just couldn't find a way to make it actually work. The finance. The feasibility. The structure and flipping as a business.
Then their oldest son was about to start prep.
And Talla knew.. finding work she could manage around school drop-offs was going to be nearly impossible.
Something had to change.
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SHE WENT ALL IN
Talla was earning $65,000 a year as a florist stylist.
She found the Red Mane program, got the education and went all in!
She walked away from her job at the start of the flip.
Right as her son started school.
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HOW THEY FOUND THE DEAL?
Letterbox drop.
That's it.
They hit the streets in the Geelong Bayside region and started dropping letters.
The call came from an elderly couple who wanted to downsize. The home had become too much for them. They were ready to move on.
And the house?
Filled with antique dolls. Axes on the walls. A lifetime of collections from their antique warehouse.
Unique, to say the least.
But Talla and Greg saw straight through it.
Off market. No competition. Direct with the owner.
They agreed on $520,000… then the building and pest inspection came back. They negotiated a further $20,000 off at settlement.
Final purchase price: $500,000.
That's education meeting ex*****on.
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THE NUMBERS
Purchase: $500,000
Renovation: $150,000
Sale price: $842,000
Profit after all costs: $85,000
Four days on market.
Three months, start to finish.
And here's the part most people assume.. what about CGT!???
Zero.
Because Talla and Greg flip in a company structure, they pay no capital gains tax.
$85,000. After purchase costs. Holding costs. Selling costs. After paying back the money partners, the private lender.. All of it.
That's THEIR profit.
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HOW DID THEY FUND IT?
No excuses around "we don't have the money."
They used a small amount of equity from their own home, brought in three money partners, and structured the rest with a private lender.
They made it work.
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MORE THAN MONEY
Talla was earning $65,000 a year. Working full time. Long hours. Weekends.
Fast forward to now? She just made $85,000 in three months doing what she loves.
But that's not even the best part.
She now does school drop-offs.
She manages her own time. She works on something she genuinely loves. She's building something with her partner, for their family.. the same way they've always operated. Together.
Greg is planning to join her full time in the near future.
The couch in Newcomb. The $250. The two shirts and a bar of soap.
That was the foundation.
And look what they built on top of it.
You can create your own life.
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WHAT'S NEXT FOR TALLA AND GREG?
Two more flips before the end of the year.
They're also renovating their own home to sell.
And they've just put an offer in on another property.
Fingers crossed.
The pipeline is building. The model is working. And they're only just getting started.
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$250 to their name.
A couch in Newcomb.
Now, $85,000 profit on their first flip.
Three months. Start to finish.
The deals are there.
The profit is real.
And once you back yourself… everything changes.
Incredible work Talla and Greg. 🙌
