The Brief
Our clients are a working couple based in Sydney — one works as an operations manager, the other as a senior civil engineer in local government. Both are PAYG employees looking to start building a property portfolio, but with full-time careers and no local knowledge of regional markets, they didn't have the time or confidence to research and choose a location themselves.
Their goal was straightforward: a property with strong capital growth potential and a solid rental return, in a location they could trust was backed by data — not a guess based on a postcode they'd heard was "up and coming."
Our Research & Strategy
Using our suburb-scoring process — which benchmarks vacancy rates, population growth, infrastructure spend, and yield potential across more than 15,000 suburbs nationally — we identified a regional Western Australian market standing out from the pack on growth fundamentals.
We provided the clients with a detailed suburb analysis report explaining exactly why this location was positioned to outperform, and shortlisted properties matching their budget and yield targets. The property selected was a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house on an 850sqm block — a configuration in strong demand from both owner-occupiers and renters in the area.
Due Diligence
Before exchanging, we coordinated building and pest inspections and a full contract review. The purchase was structured as a personal investment with finance at 90% LVR, keeping the total funds required to settle under $95,000 — a key factor for clients balancing this purchase with everyday living costs in Sydney.
The property was tenanted from settlement, removing any vacancy risk in the critical first months of ownership.
The Result
Settled in January 2024, the property has been tenanted at $610 per week — a rental yield of 5.95% from day one, well above what's achievable on most metro properties at this price point.
"We paid $535,000 for the property, and local sales agents are currently valuing it between $600,000 and $620,000 — which is quite high, especially considering we only purchased the property nine months ago."
That early momentum has continued. Since settlement, the property has been averaging roughly 24% capital growth per year — translating to an average of more than $130,000 in equity gained per year. Combined with the 5.95% rental yield, the property has delivered both strong cash flow and rapid equity growth from a single, well-researched purchase.
Conclusion
For a Sydney-based couple new to property investing, the result was exactly what they set out for: a data-backed purchase that performed from day one, both in rental income and capital growth. With the equity built up in this property, they're now planning to reinvest into a second interstate investment property by the end of the year — continuing to build their portfolio using the same research-driven approach.
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