Bothsides Podcast

The part most buyers never figure out: it's not about finding the perfect property, it's about reading your own position on the grid before you even start looking.
In this episode, we sit down with Matt Srama, the Gold Coast buyer's agent who bought his first investment property at 22 and built a 7-figure agency in under three years. Matt breaks down how he helps buyers cut through analysis paralysis, spot the suburbs about to move before they're obvious, and negotiate from a position of leverage instead of desperation.
We go deep on the psychology that actually drives bad property decisions, why the buyers who move when sentiment is low are the ones who win, and how to tell the difference between a good deal and a good story. Matt also shares his honest take on off-market listings, the due diligence most buyers skip entirely, and how to turn your own home into a cash-flow asset instead of a dead one.
This is the most complete breakdown of how to actually buy property you'll watch all year.

Steve Willis, known to most of Australia as "Commando Steve," spent over a decade in the Australian Special Forces, rising to Counter Terrorism Team Commander before leaving the army in 2004.
He went on to become a trainer on Australia's Biggest Loser for eight seasons, competed on Australian Survivor, and placed 4th at the CrossFit Games, still the highest finish by an Australian male.
He now runs Get Commando Fit, a gym in Rouse Hill, NSW, with his partner Harika Eris.
He explains:
▪ Why competent guys he served with were failed out of Special Forces selection, not for strength, but for awareness
▪ The real reason he put his hand up for Special Forces selection, and it had nothing to do with ambition
▪ Why he believes "awareness" isn't about noticing everything, it's about knowing what to let go
▪ The "yellow line" theory: why he says most people hand control of their life over to someone else without realizing it
▪ Why he says The Biggest Loser probably couldn't exist in today's mental health climate
▪ What actually scared him more than a decade in Special Forces ever did
▪ How he and Harika built their gym from nothing but a park and a four-wheel drive during lockdown

In this episode, I turn the mic on myself...
Issy sits down with me to unpack where my drive really comes from, starting with the day everything changed.
I was 7 years old, standing at the end of a hospital bed, watching my dad on life support. That moment became the reference point for everything after it. Growing up with a single mum and real financial pressure taught me to associate safety and security with hard-won effort, and it pushed me into a kind of survival mode I didn't fully understand until much later.
We talk about how that early loss shaped my ambition, why I've spent years chasing personal development (from Tony Robbins seminars to mentors who became like family) and the health struggles (physical and otherwise) that came from carrying stress I never really processed as a kid.
It's not the usual podcast format, and it's a bit more exposed than I'm used to, but if any part of my journey helps you make sense of your own, then it's done its job.
Let me know in the comments if you want more episodes like this. Just me, my story, my takes. Happy to keep going deeper if there's interest.

Follow Bothsides
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bothsides_podcast
Website: https://www.bothsides.au
YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@bothsidespodcast⁠
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bothsidespodcast

Follow Dan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniel_beardall

Bothsides Buyers Agency
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bothsidesbuyersagency
Website: https://www.bothsidesbuyersagency.com.au

Listen & Subscribe
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bothsidespodcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3wNWmFad9vzMqAwHfNaNzT
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bothsides-podcast/id1585830750

Australia's property market is at a breaking point, and the people who built their fortunes in it are already responding.
In this episode, Jack Henderson, one of Australia's most talked-about buyer's agents, breaks down why the system is stacking up against ambitious Australians, why wealthy people in his own circle are already planning their exit, and why he believes the backlash against success is the real story nobody's telling.
Jack Henderson is the founder of Henderson Advocacy, a property buyer's agency that has acquired over $750 million in real estate for clients across Australia. After being kicked out of school at 15, he built a property portfolio worth over $70 million by age 30, and now runs a business doing tens of millions in revenue a year.
The views shared in this episode are personal opinions and general in nature. They do not constitute financial or tax advice and should not be relied upon without speaking to a licensed professional about your own circumstances.
He explains:
■ Why he believes Australia has gone "so far left" that it's punishing ambition
■ Why wealthy Australians in his own circle are already planning to leave for Singapore and Thailand
■ The exact strategy some are using to sell a business, relocate, and avoid Australian tax entirely
■ Why he built his business around selling to fewer people at a much higher price, instead of chasing volume
■ The real reason most business owners can't scale their marketing spend , and how he engineered around it
■ Why he says "profit, not revenue" is the only number that actually matters in business
■ The mindset he says it takes to keep going when a large chunk of the internet wants to see you fail

Thanks for listening!
Jack Henderson:Instagram - @jackchenderson

Bothsides:
Website - bothsides-website.vercel.app
Follow the show - @bothsides_podcast

Follow Dan:
@daniel_beardall

Bothsides Buyers Agency:Instagram - @bothsidesbuyersagency
Website - bothsidesbuyersagency.com.au

Listen & subscribe:YouTube - @bothsidespodcast
Spotify - Listen here
Apple Podcasts - Listen here

Welcome to the No BS Property Show, a series within Bothsides, where we sit down to talk property, investing, and everything you need to actually succeed in the Australian market... straight up, no filter, no bullsh$*#.
If you love property, want to learn how to actually invest, or just want to understand what's really happening in the market, this is for you.
In this episode, Daniel Beardall and Josh Yun go through a federal budget that gutted negative gearing and the capital gains discount, a Senate deal that just banned SMSFs from borrowing to buy residential property, and a first-home buyer scheme the government insists isn't moving prices, even as suburbs across NSW post double-digit drops.
They explain:
▪ Why the 5% deposit scheme pushed entry-level prices up before the market corrected
▪ The exact numbers behind Australia's 40-year property growth cycle — and why this dip doesn't break the pattern ▪ The $15.85M house that resold for $8.35M, and what it means for the government's own tax revenue
▪ Why the SMSF lending ban is, in their words, "the most nonsensical thing" to come out of the budget
▪ The live, off-market deal they're chasing right now — and why urgency from sellers is the buyer's biggest advantage
▪ Why they believe "the government hates us being in control of our own money"
▪ Why they're personally selling investment properties to buy their own homes in this exact window
▪ What actually makes a property "bulletproof" versus one that's about to get caught out
If you're trying to figure out whether now is the time to buy, sell, or just sit tight, this is the conversation that actually walks through the real numbers behind the headlines.

Follow the show:
@bothsides_podcast

Follow the hosts:Daniel Beardall Josh Yun

Bothsides Buyers Agency:Instagram
Website

Listen & subscribe:YouTubeSpotifyApple Podcasts