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The reviews are nice. The numbers are better.

We're sitting on 5.0 from 28 Google reviews, and a good run of them scrolls below. But reviews are opinions, so here are three real purchases as well, made at different points over the past year across three different markets. What the data said before we bought, what we paid, and what's happened since. No smoke. Just the workings.

★★★★★

Tried the DIY research route before finding Dan.

Sam Cooper · Google review
★★★★★

Didn't think a buyer's agent was useful. Then came the conversation with this one.

Luke Lehmann · Google review
★★★★★

Works in the mortgage industry and still chose Dan for their own investment purchase.

Alex Robertson · Google review
★★★★★

Skeptical at first, then found Dan went above and beyond to find the right property.

Scott Mccormack · Google review
★★★★★

Was reluctant to use a buyer's agent until recommendations from friends won them over.

Tim Danaskos · Google review
★★★★★

Found Dan helpful and supportive through their first investment purchase.

Elisha Naish · Google review
★★★★★

Found Dan's communication easy, professional and efficient.

Ali Ahmadi · Google review
★★★★★

Says Dan's commitment to clients is second to none.

James Pitt · Google review
★★★★★

Says Dan did an amazing job securing their first investment property.

Angus Robertson · Google review
★★★★★

Refers clients to Dan without hesitation.

Matthew Tully · Google review
★★★★★

Praised Dan's integrity, care and clear strategy.

Tom · Google review
★★★★★

Says Dan supported them through every stage of the purchase.

Dan Gough · Google review
★★★★★

Calls engaging Dan one of their best decisions. Professional throughout.

Daniel · Google review
★★★★★

Recommends the agency to selling agents with off-market properties.

Brian Mishra · Google review
★★★★★

Excellent to deal with, and will use Dan again.

Michael Kotzur · Google review
★★★★★

Thanked Dan and Kate for the help purchasing their investment property.

Kara Davies · Google review
★★★★★

Thanked Dan for helping secure a heritage home in regional Victoria.

Janine Baker · Google review
★★★★★

Genuine, honest and knowledgeable.

Liberty Meehan · Google review
★★★★★

Dan secured their first investment property and handled all the agent comms.

Daniel Taylor · Google review
★★★★★

Tried the DIY research route before finding Dan.

Sam Cooper · Google review
★★★★★

Didn't think a buyer's agent was useful. Then came the conversation with this one.

Luke Lehmann · Google review
★★★★★

Works in the mortgage industry and still chose Dan for their own investment purchase.

Alex Robertson · Google review
★★★★★

Skeptical at first, then found Dan went above and beyond to find the right property.

Scott Mccormack · Google review
★★★★★

Was reluctant to use a buyer's agent until recommendations from friends won them over.

Tim Danaskos · Google review
★★★★★

Found Dan helpful and supportive through their first investment purchase.

Elisha Naish · Google review
★★★★★

Found Dan's communication easy, professional and efficient.

Ali Ahmadi · Google review
★★★★★

Says Dan's commitment to clients is second to none.

James Pitt · Google review
★★★★★

Says Dan did an amazing job securing their first investment property.

Angus Robertson · Google review
★★★★★

Refers clients to Dan without hesitation.

Matthew Tully · Google review
★★★★★

Praised Dan's integrity, care and clear strategy.

Tom · Google review
★★★★★

Says Dan supported them through every stage of the purchase.

Dan Gough · Google review
★★★★★

Calls engaging Dan one of their best decisions. Professional throughout.

Daniel · Google review
★★★★★

Recommends the agency to selling agents with off-market properties.

Brian Mishra · Google review
★★★★★

Excellent to deal with, and will use Dan again.

Michael Kotzur · Google review
★★★★★

Thanked Dan and Kate for the help purchasing their investment property.

Kara Davies · Google review
★★★★★

Thanked Dan for helping secure a heritage home in regional Victoria.

Janine Baker · Google review
★★★★★

Genuine, honest and knowledgeable.

Liberty Meehan · Google review
★★★★★

Dan secured their first investment property and handled all the agent comms.

Daniel Taylor · Google review

Frankston LGA · Bought July 2025

Skye, VIC 3977

What we saw: 0.41 months of inventory. There was effectively nothing for sale. Homes were moving in 21 days. And rents had been compounding at 7.8% a year for five years while prices had only managed 3.9%. Rent running ahead of price is the setup we look for.

The buy: $807,000 for a house on a subdividable block, which was the whole brief. The clients run an electrical business, and this was their second purchase with me inside a couple of months.

$807,000
Purchase price
$920,000
Valued 12 months later
+$113,000
Growth
21 → 10
Days on market

What happened: valued at $920,000 twelve months later, up $113,000, or 14%. They're now subdividing and building a second dwelling out the back, which turns one good buy into two incomes on the same land. The suburb has done its bit too: days on market has halved to 10 and rents are still compounding at 8.6% a year.

Brimbank LGA · Bought early 2026

Sydenham, VIC 3037

What we saw: 0.85 months of inventory in an established middle ring suburb, vacancy at 1.51%, and a five year price growth rate of just 3.93% against rent growth of 5.34%. A suburb that had been sitting still while the fundamentals underneath it kept tightening.

The buy: $807,500 for over 1,000 square metres in the heart of Sydenham, with a three bed one bath house already on it. The land alone was valued at $850,000 at the time. So the house was free, and the dirt came in $42,500 under its own valuation.

$807,500
Purchase price
$850,000
Bare land value then
~$900,000
Worth now
4
Townhouses planned

What happened: worth around $900,000 just six months later. That capital is funding stage two: the front house comes down, four townhouses go up, and the lot gets strata titled into a cashflow positive development. The suburb has backed the call too, up 7.8% over the year with vendors now getting 99% of asking price.

Greater Geelong LGA · Bought mid 2026

Corio, VIC 3214

What we saw: an entry point around the mid $600s within a short run of central Geelong, the deepest sales volume of anything on our list at roughly 500 house sales a year, and a suburb that has run 16.7% in 12 months with vacancy falling from 2.25% to 0.88%. Liquidity like that means you can buy without paying a premium and sell without waiting.

The buy, happening right now: the vendor wanted $650,000. Our inspection flagged problem areas, and the building and pest came back with major defects in the exact bathroom the clients, two builders, were planning to renovate anyway. That report became another $25,000 off, and we secured it at $605,000.

$650,000
Vendor wanted
$605,000
Purchase price
$45,000
Under the ask
~$670,000
Post-reno value

What happens next: the boys have early access to renovate before settlement, so it hits the rental market the day it's theirs, in a suburb with 0.88% vacancy. Once renovated it should be worth around $670,000, and the block has room for a granny flat down the track, a second income sitting in the backyard whenever they want it. Buying a renovator's problem at a discount, with the trades to fix it themselves, in a market still running. That's the brief, matched.

Purchase prices and valuations are real client purchases, shared with permission. The Corio post-renovation figure is an estimate, not a completed valuation. Suburb medians and market metrics, houses only, sourced from HTAG: entry figures as at July 2025, current figures as at 30 June 2026. Past growth is not a promise about the next 12 months.

On camera

Two clients, in their own words.

The ticker up top is reported speech, which is doing these blokes a disservice. So here are Sam and Josh saying it themselves. Shot on their own phones, unscripted, and shared with permission. Sound on, or hit CC if you're somewhere you can't.

Sam · BFA client · 3 min 12

Josh · BFA client · 1 min 59

The next Skye is sitting in a spreadsheet right now.

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