Inside Infinity: How Its Own Staff Build Wealth | Elly & Taryn | CHANGING LIVES | S4E68

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This is a bit of a special episode because we have two of our incredible staff members.
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Very odd to be on the opposite side of it.
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I was pretty much just working to pay rent.
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Because you paid a lot on your own.
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It was like $700 a week.
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$700 a week.
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I sold my car.
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And you were also doing Uber Eats too.
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I was 27 and was just living my best life.
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I was like, I'll wait till I get a partner later in life.
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And now you're a homeowner.
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I'm a homeowner.
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I've already paid 10k off since the end of January.
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Managed to secure two investment properties in two years, which just blows my mind.
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So not only has it gone up $200,000, you've also paid off $120,000.
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Yep.
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That is wild.
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As soon as you get that structure right, everything just happens so quickly.
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So you both watched the masterclass.
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Talk me through some of the biggest takeaways.
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I would say the biggest one is probably...
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Welcome back to the Money Mentor Podcast.
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I'm your host and money mentor, Rachel Howlett.
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We have another episode of Changing Lives Financially.
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This is a bit of a special episode because we have two of our incredible staff members who are products of the product to talk with us today.
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We have Ellie and Taryn.
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How are we girls?
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Hey, Rach.
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How are you going?
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I am fabulous.
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What about you guys?
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I'm good.
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It's very odd to be on the opposite side of it.
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Because you're always organizing these for our clients.
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Yes.
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But now we're here to talk all about you guys.
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So I want to talk about before infinity, where you guys were before you actually worked with us, where you're at financially, in life, what you were doing career-wise.
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So we'll start with you, Ellie.
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So before I came to Infinity, I was a primary school teacher for nine years.
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My heart just wasn't in that job anymore.
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It changed too much.
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So I needed a change in my life.
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Came out of a relationship.
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So I moved from Sydney to the Gold Coast.
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For a fresh start.
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Yeah, fresh start.
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Back with my family and decided that I was going to pursue a career in something entirely different that wasn't teaching.
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So did you know what?
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Yeah, I didn't know what I just knew it wasn't going to be teaching.
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And yeah, started working with infinity in October 2023.
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How'd you find us?
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I actually found infinity through a friend that I trained at the gym with.
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And he let me know that Infinity was a pretty exciting place to work, very different.
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So I just thought, why not?
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I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I was happy to throw my hat in the ring and try something out.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, started with Infinity in 2023 and, yeah, became a relationship manager when I first started here.
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And, yeah, it was very different, I guess, compared to teaching instead of looking after children and guiding them.
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Instead I was guiding adults and, yeah, giving them that structure and support, I guess, in the same way that a teacher would.
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Do you feel like, though, that your career as a teacher helped you in that role as a relationship manager?
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Yeah, definitely.
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I think having those communication skills, being able to sort of like nurture and guide someone carried through to that.
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And probably also to distill things down as well, to take like complicated education around the finance piece, which, you know, we work in it every day now.
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So it's easy for us, but it's not easy for everyone else.
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So you have that ability to distill that, that information down for clients, I would say.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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Awesome.
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Thanks Ellie.
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What about you Taryn?
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Yeah, so I didn't come from a finance background at all.
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I was actually redundant at the time that I found Infinity, which I'd kind of, my mindset with money was I'd always kind of had it, but I'd never thought buying property was like, it was going to be miles away.
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So I'm glad that I did have some money to sit on because I was made redundant for about three months or something like that.
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And it was Mark, your husband, who I knew, had introduced me to you and you were talking to me about relationship manager roles, which I knew I'd always come from customer service.
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I knew I wanted to work in people.
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And then when you were telling me about this relationship manager role, I was like, it sounds way too good to be true.
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Like just my job is to interact with people and help people like pay their mortgage down.
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I was like, what's the catch?
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Like crazy, but...
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Yeah, that was my start.
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Yes, because you both worked as relationship managers when you first came in.
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And as you said, you worked in customer service, so it's a pretty good transition into it.
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Because as soon as I heard about you, what you did, I was like, she'd be perfect in that role.
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So how long did you both work as relationship managers before we moved on to other roles within the business?
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I think it was around four months maybe.
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You moved very quick.
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I did.
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Wow, I didn't know it was that quick.
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Yeah, so it was about four months.
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I think maybe start of 2024, yeah, moved into the masterclass space, so helping onboard our clients and get them set up to attend that masterclass after they've watched the webinar.
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So moved into that space with that team and then.
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You worked very closely with Louis.
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Yes, very closely with Louis.
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I think Louis actually came back shortly after I started from one of his hiatus.
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But yeah, worked very closely with Louis in that space.
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But yeah, I've been doing this current role now for.
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Yeah, what would that be?
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About two and a half years now.
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Because you're nearly three years.
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Yeah.
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And what about you, Taryn?
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I think I was just under a year.
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I think it was about 10 months in.
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And then G approached me.
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To be fair, the day he approached me, I thought I was getting fired because he called me into his office so dramatically and I was like, oh, what have I said?
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I remember you messaging me being like, I've just shit my pants.
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Yeah.
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I was like, everyone knows I write those jokes that are like very on the edge of HR, but like, is that even a thing here?
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Our clients would definitely know that.
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Um, but him and Beck and a couple of others were in the room and introduced a marketing opportunity.
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And I was like, I don't have a background in marketing.
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And they're like, we don't care.
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You'll be great.
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Your vibes are there.
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We'll teach you everything you need to know.
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Um.
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So that was about 10 months after being an RM.
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I moved into that space and then moved into the Digiting Marketing Lead role I'm in now in about October last year.
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And give us a day in the life of what you do.
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We'll go with you, Taryn, and then Ellie next.
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Oof.
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You know when people say like no two days are the same?
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Yeah.
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When you work here, you're like, no, we take that and that's literally what it's like here.
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Well, I always run all the social media, so if G wakes up and decides that he wants to film something, we're very up to date with what goes on in the market.
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I work very closely with you and your reels that you get out.
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Brains behind the Leo.
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Yes.
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Reel that still gets people talking.
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All the funny stuff reels.
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People literally see me in the office and like, oh, here she comes.
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Here the marketing girl comes.
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Yeah, she comes.
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The camera pops out.
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I'm like hiding.
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I'm busy.
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Nick Kinch, he's the worst.
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I'll go over to him and he's like faking a phone call.
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I was like, I can see your lock screen.
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But yeah, no two days are the same.
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It's just thinking of how we can get our message out to people in a different way.
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And yeah, dealing with all the fun people online.
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I love what you just said, but the key part of your role is to get our message out there.
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Why are you so passionate about that?
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Well, I just think people aren't educated enough.
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Like I definitely wasn't.
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No one is.
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It's the first thing like when we interview all of our clients, it's the first thing they say is that I just didn't know.
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Like they wanted to start things further but it's like you have no idea.
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So when I'm in marketing, I'm trying to target young people as well as single people.
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older people, everyone just having the message that can relate to everyone because the education is just not there.
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Especially because you didn't have it too.
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No, not at all.
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So now you get to play a part in being able to deliver that to people who also can relate to not having received that education.
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And I suppose you could probably relate to that a bit too, because you're also on the end of where people have watched the webinar.
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Now they're deciding, should I do the masterclass?
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Is it for me?
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And you can also deliver that message in a slightly different way.
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Right.
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So talk me through a day in the life of what you do.
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So I'm one of probably the first contacts that someone will have after they've watched that webinar and they've signed up to attend that masterclass with us.
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So completing a welcome call, sort of running them through that process in the lead up to the masterclass and what, you know, what to expect, what details that we need.
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That way the team can do a bit of a review beforehand.
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Um, get them ready for some live coaching with me and G. Yeah.
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Um, getting them excited for that masterclass.
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And then the other side of things also helping our clients book into those real estate mastery events.
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So, um, reaching out to our clients, getting them, um, booked in, getting all their flights, their accommodation booked, their transfers, um, ready to fly them up to the Gold Coast for that weekend to come in and meet all of the family and the community and all of our
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G, yeah.
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She's also, I think, like the Google ChatGT of the office.
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If anyone has a question about anything, everyone goes to Ellie, even if it's not in her role.
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I sit there and listen to it and I'm like, headphones on, not listening, but everyone goes to Ellie for everything.
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And our resident strong woman, she'll flip us all across the table in the room.
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So don't piss her off.
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So very exciting what you both get to do in your roles.
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I love that both of you moved into your roles because Beck and G saw a particular skill and a particular will in both of you that neither of you would have probably expected when it happened, which is something that I just love about Beck and G and working at Infinity myself because they just go, they don't know it yet, but they'd be fantastic at this.
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And then they move us into the roles, which I can relate to because that's what's happened with me in doing masterclasses.
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Never in a million years would I think I'd be running masterclasses with G, but it's all because they saw something in me.
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So I just think that's something really special about infinity.
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So let's talk a little bit more about your personal side of things and where you're at financially.
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We did go into that a little bit before, but let's go a bit deeper into it and where you guys were personally.
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Cause I know a lot of the clients can relate cause they've all started somewhere as well.
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And then what infinity has been able to help you both achieve.
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So Ellie, we'll start with you.
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So before I came to Infinity or before I knew, I guess, the strategies and what we did here, I...
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I had an old dog, an investment property with my ex.
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That was just sort of there in the background.
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Didn't really probably have it structured correctly.
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And what else?
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I had a novated lease on a car.
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I had that while I was a teacher.
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Thought I was, you know, saving money.
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Saving tax.
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Saving tax.
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It was probably costing me more in the long run.
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And, yeah, just not really any sort of, like, motivation or ambition.
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I pretty much just spent what I earned.
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You know, if I saw something that I liked, I bought it.
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Yeah, just no sort of...
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No budget.
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No budget.
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No budget.
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And so when I moved back from Sydney up to the Gold Coast and that relationship ended, sold that property with my ex and yeah, came away with some funds from that settlement there.
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But it wasn't quite enough to then get myself back into the market.
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So I was renting at the time,
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Um, that was sort of when I first started with infinity and I was pretty much just working to pay rent and not sort of paid a lot on your own.
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It was like 700 a week.
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I think 700 a week rent on my own.
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I was paying.
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So it was pretty much, yeah, just working to pay rent and trying to save as much as I could, but it felt like it wasn't a lot at the time.
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And, yeah, when I finished teaching, I'd gotten rid of the Novated lease, but I still had, yeah, I had to take out a personal loan for that car.
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To get you out of the Novated lease.
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To get me out of that Novated lease.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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So I had that personal loan there.
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And, yeah, I ended up...
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Having a chat with you, Rach, and you ran my borrowing capacity, I sort of I wanted to get into the market and needed to know what.
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You needed a plan.
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Needed a plan.
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I needed to know what I could spend and how I could get myself into the market, you know, comfortably and what I could start with.
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And, um, yeah, I think we were just short.
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So I, um, you advised me that if I could sell my car, then that would sort of cover a bit of the shortfall.
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So I sold my car and, um, and you were also doing Uber Eats too.
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I was, I took, I didn't even know that.
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Yeah.
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I took up a second.
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So I'm telling her to get rid of a car that she's using to generate income.
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And I'm like, house Uber Eats driver.
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Yeah.
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So I started, yeah, I started Uber driving in the evening.
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So I worked at Infinity nine till five.
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And then between my training at the gym, I was then doing Uber driving mostly Friday and Saturday nights.
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And I did that for about three months so I could save up some additional funds to go towards that deposit.
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Yeah.
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And then once I had those funds there, then I could sell that car.
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Yep.
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And then my granddad, who's 90 now, was getting rid of a car that he no longer needed.
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So it's, I think it's about 23 years old.
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It's really old, but I really don't drive often.
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So it gets me from A to B.
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But yeah, that ended up getting me over the line to then get into my first property.
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So that was about two years ago now.
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And we've done really well on that property.
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So the sale of that car is well worth it.
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Yes, absolutely.
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So I think the last valuation came back, I think I've probably made, I think it would be close to $220,000 that that's gone up.
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Yeah, holy.
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Yeah, so in the space of two years up here on the Gold Coast.
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And how much did we sell the car for?
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I think it was $25,000, $27,000.
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So, yeah.
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So we made a disciplined choice.
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I don't want to, I don't like the word sacrifice.
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I'm going to say disciplined choice that ended up making you $200,000.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Isn't that crazy when you put it into perspective like that?
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Yeah.
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And is it worth driving granddad's old car?
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Yeah.
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I mean, I, I don't really drive often.
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I get the bus to work.
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So that's really good for my food, fuel and fun.
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Yeah.
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I think it's 50 cents.
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per trip.
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So I hardly put any petrol in my car.
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So that also lowers my budget as well.
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I really only drive the car to get groceries once a week or go to the gym three times.
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So it just, it sits there really.
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So it's a no brainer.
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Big boot for your grocery bill.
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So yes.
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Yes.
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And the big gym bag.
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Your partner's grocery bill.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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And what else have you been able to achieve since you've built some equity in that home?
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Yep.
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So since I've built some equity in that property, managed to secure two investment properties in two years, which just blows my mind that it's as soon as you get that structure right and you get everything in place, everything just happens so quickly.
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So two investment properties up here on the Gold Coast.
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And also paying down the home loan as well.
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So you're doing that quite rapidly too.
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How much have you paid off since you bought it?
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Since I've bought it, I think it's about $110,000 that I've paid off.
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So not only has it gone up $200,000, you've also paid off $120,000.
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Yep.
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That is wild.
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Yeah.
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And you were doing all this on your own for a while too?
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I was.
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So initially all on my own and then I met my amazing partner and, yeah, he's come on board with me and just he wants to achieve everything the same, like,
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you know, the same as me.
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So we've joined finances as well.
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So we, he came from a, I guess like a divorce as well.
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He had a lot of trust issues there with money.
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I think he'd been badly burnt from his partner as well.
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So it was a big, I guess, step for him to trust me and trust what,
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You know, we teach here and what I do every day and sort of join forces and follow that dream with me.
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So we share finances now, our shared budget.
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Yeah.
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Our $600 a week FFF with $400 going to food.
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Yeah, $600 a week, which is a lot.
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But, yeah, we probably spend, yeah, between $400 and $450 a week just on food, both being competitive, strong man, strong woman competitors.
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For context, yeah, he's 160 kilos and close to seven foot.
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Seven foot, yeah.
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So he eats a lot of food.
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But, yeah, $600 a week and it's very comfortable for us.
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We could probably trim it down a little bit.
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But I think the progress that we've made on that budget is already, you know, amazing.
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Yeah, it's absolutely incredible.
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And a couple of investment properties as well.
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You're both on board with the same vision and the same passion.
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Didn't you both just get titled Queensland's Strongest Man and Woman?
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We did.
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Yes, you did.
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That snaps fairly.
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That snaps fairly.
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Yeah.
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So just competed this weekend and that was, um, the first year that we've both won that title together.
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So that was a really special moment.
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That's incredible.
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So it's like when good things start to happen and you dedicate yourself, it just, it's like roll on effect.
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Yeah.
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And I guess it's, it's like who you surround yourself with.
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Um, and you know, if, um, if, um, if,
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Yeah.
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Where you want to go and you surround yourself with that positivity and like-minded people, you know, it rubs off on you and yeah.
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Yeah.
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Oh, you should be so proud of yourself.
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I'm proud of both of you doing this together.
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Let's go over to you, Taryn, and talk about where you were at financially with everything, where your mindset was at and what Infinity has been able to help you achieve.
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Yeah, so my money mindset, I always knew property was something that I wanted.
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I'm so grateful for my parents.
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They are amazing.
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They, from when I was 18, younger then, have drilled into me good money habits to my sister and I.
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So...
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Along the years I have had savings and then I've kind of just like gone up and down.
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Like I had savings and I purchased a car, which I thought was a good thing.
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In cash, yeah.
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20K, mind you.
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Holy.
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But at the time like you think that's the right thing to do.
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Yeah.
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And then would work, work, work.
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Felt like I was like hustling, saving.
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But then what you would see on the media is that like there's no chance, like me being in my 20s and single, I'm going to be able to get a property.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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My parents are amazing.
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They're always like, just keep, even just a little bit, keep saving something.
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So I always was saving and then, yeah, made redundant.
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I was, when I started at Infinity, I was renting.
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I was 27 and was just living my best life.
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Like I think I got sick of trying to save and just thought, you know what?
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Feeling like you were getting nervous.
385
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nowhere yeah totally like I was like I'll wait till I get a partner later in life like it's coming um I want to live while I'm like in my 20s as well so the going out the festivals the holidays like living with my best friends as well which was really fun and it was great yeah but yeah the minute I started working here I was like oh my god it's like I like was annoyed at myself like I was like if I had just kept locking in I would already have the deposit but I do also believe that everything happens for a reason so yeah
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Yeah.
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Once I started, I actually, my first week at Infinity was the week of a masterclass and I had festival tickets that weekend.
388
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Oh, I remember this.
389
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Yeah.
390
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Yep.
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Sold them thinking, you know what?
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New year, new me because it was the start of the year.
393
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So locked in, watched the masterclass and that was just mind blowing.
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So I didn't know too much about property, only from my parents who had...
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investment properties themselves.
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And I just remember thinking, oh, my God, like it's not too far away for someone like me, for anyone.
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I called mum after and I was like, oh, my God, offset, fuck it off.
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Like I was, yeah, just mind blown.
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And she like my parents were both like mind blown as well.
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They weren't.
401
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So they watched it too?
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Yeah.
403
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Not the masterclass, but they jumped on and watched the webinar after because they just couldn't believe what I was saying.
404
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Like, they were like, it can't be that easy.
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I'm like, well, it is.
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It's really hard to explain to people, isn't it?
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It is.
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How simple it is.
409
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Yeah.
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I knew that I was screwing it up while I was trying to explain.
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I'm like, there's this other thing.
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And she's like trying to meet me halfway and I was just not having it.
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But yeah, she jumped on board.
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And then immediately I was like, I need to lock in here.
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Like something needs to change.
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And our rapid repay structure, which is so easy yet not taught anywhere, I set that up as a savings account.
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A savings plan?
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Yeah, so I used my savings account as a redraw, set up an FFF.
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I got rid of a lot of my subscriptions and then was trying to bum off mum for any other ones that I had.
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I think literally the only one I was paying for.
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Asking her to log in for everything.
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Yeah, beyond those family plans, don't you dare cut me off.
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Yeah.
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I think the only one I was paying for was like Spotify at the time.
425
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Yeah.
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And I was just like, I know I can do this.
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Mum could have sprung for that too.
428
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There's a family plan on Spotify.
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Come on now.
430
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Why'd you give birth to me if you hate me?
431
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No, but that's, I, my friends were watching me and they were just like, I did budgets for them.
432
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Like they wanted to jump in on it.
433
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Property is not really their thing, but they were still like, okay, like looking at how much I was saving.
434
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But yeah, I just had an ultimate lock in for about two years where I was like, I was like,
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Didn't go out as much.
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I knew what I wanted and I knew now I was in the best place possible to get it.
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So it was like it's fucking go time.
438
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Ellie said where you're surrounded by those people, it rubs off on you and you want to be as good as them or better.
439
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Totally.
440
00:21:34.800 --> 00:21:39.544
And like starting in an RM role is amazing because, one, you learn the ins and outs of infinity.
441
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But, two, you're talking to people daily like are these clients the O'Sullivans and they're...
442
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They were like my RM, like we had a goal all together that we wanted to get and so it makes it even better and like closer to your clients because it's like we're all in the same boat.
443
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I'm making you stick to a budget but I also am too.
444
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Yeah, and you want to be held accountable as well.
445
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Yeah.
446
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Yeah.
447
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So you'd report back to them of.
448
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How you were going?
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Totally.
450
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Very scary.
451
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But, yeah, that's another thing that when this did happen for me and I was able to purchase my first property.
452
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Yeah, talk us through that.
453
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Yeah.
454
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So halfway through last year I knew I was getting close.
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So I didn't want to sign a new lease for another rental and my parents, as amazing as they are, let me and my two best friends live with them.
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So it was fun.
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Whilst I was on the house hunting journey which was, you ask anyone in this office, I was like going, oh,
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oh my God, I found the one.
459
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And then the next day, like, don't talk to me.
460
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Yeah.
461
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It's not meant to be.
462
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Yeah.
463
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And when someone goes, oh, it wasn't meant to be, like, I know that.
464
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But at the time, you're like, it's hard to hear.
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Yeah.
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So it took about six months for me to find somewhere.
467
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And I finally found, like, now everything does happen for a reason.
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Because, like, where I live now.
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Perfect.
470
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Yeah.
471
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Amazing.
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00:22:46.932 --> 00:22:48.173
I live there with my best friend.
473
00:22:48.353 --> 00:22:54.574
And I'm, like, yeah, just still even now, just so grateful that when I come home, I'm, like, holy, like, I was actually able to do this.
474
00:22:54.614 --> 00:22:55.194
It's amazing.
475
00:22:55.494 --> 00:22:55.734
Yeah.
476
00:22:56.095 --> 00:23:01.260
More able to structure it properly for you, help you with the negotiations, the contracts, everything.
477
00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:01.601
Yeah.
478
00:23:01.701 --> 00:23:04.384
Ashlyn and Britt, they were amazing throughout that whole thing.
479
00:23:04.404 --> 00:23:04.964
A little shout out.
480
00:23:05.024 --> 00:23:05.305
There we go.
481
00:23:05.325 --> 00:23:06.426
Yeah, a little shout out.
482
00:23:06.686 --> 00:23:07.227
She's the best.
483
00:23:07.367 --> 00:23:07.948
No, but they were.
484
00:23:07.988 --> 00:23:11.612
And it was like, I was like, and then my parents went going to all for me as well.
485
00:23:11.652 --> 00:23:13.974
So it was like a whole, it wasn't just an investment property.
486
00:23:13.994 --> 00:23:16.457
I know there was a lot of work that went into the background.
487
00:23:16.477 --> 00:23:16.577
Yeah.
488
00:23:16.897 --> 00:23:34.639
people want that like when people knew I was looking for a property people would stop me all the time and ask me how it's going like people would generally and then when I did get it it was like it was one thing to tell all these clients that I got it but then these guys like we're all on the journey together when someone like Lockie's just moved in somewhere everyone's like on the journey together that's really cute yeah.
489
00:23:34.719 --> 00:23:38.943
Yeah, everyone's trying to help each other get into the next property or their first property.
490
00:23:39.244 --> 00:23:39.804
Yeah.
491
00:23:40.105 --> 00:23:44.089
And so you said before you always felt like the property journey was not going to happen.
492
00:23:44.109 --> 00:23:45.130
You needed to have a partner.
493
00:23:45.370 --> 00:23:45.510
Yeah.
494
00:23:45.530 --> 00:23:49.214
Did you ever know about the options of things like the guarantor option until you came here?
495
00:23:50.263 --> 00:23:51.384
Not to any knowledge.
496
00:23:51.444 --> 00:23:56.309
I knew that people could go on a title together, but nothing to do with guarantor.
497
00:23:56.549 --> 00:23:58.691
But we saved that for you because you're on the title on your own.
498
00:23:58.711 --> 00:23:58.891
Yes.
499
00:23:58.911 --> 00:24:02.094
It's just mum and dad have just helped with a little portion of equity for you.
500
00:24:02.174 --> 00:24:02.375
Yes.
501
00:24:02.695 --> 00:24:02.975
Yeah.
502
00:24:03.396 --> 00:24:04.877
But, yeah, no, I had no idea about it.
503
00:24:05.337 --> 00:24:05.698
No idea.
504
00:24:05.718 --> 00:24:07.079
So it's like when I first started, I was like, oh.
505
00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:10.863
Oh, if I had just not gone out and spent so much money, I'd already have it there.
506
00:24:11.243 --> 00:24:12.184
And now you're a homeowner.
507
00:24:12.385 --> 00:24:13.466
I'm a homeowner.
508
00:24:13.826 --> 00:24:14.807
Isn't that so exciting?
509
00:24:14.947 --> 00:24:15.848
It is so exciting.
510
00:24:16.069 --> 00:24:19.953
And I've already paid 10K off since the end of January.
511
00:24:20.253 --> 00:24:20.894
That's crazy.
512
00:24:21.114 --> 00:24:21.955
So it's like six months.
513
00:24:22.205 --> 00:24:24.426
Which is more than what some people are doing in an entire year.
514
00:24:24.446 --> 00:24:25.026
If you remember that.
515
00:24:25.046 --> 00:24:26.127
Rapid replaying still.
516
00:24:26.587 --> 00:24:26.787
Yeah.
517
00:24:27.107 --> 00:24:28.608
So you both watched the masterclass as well.
518
00:24:28.628 --> 00:24:31.029
That's part of our onboarding experience for all staff.
519
00:24:31.049 --> 00:24:33.089
They must watch the webinar and the masterclass.
520
00:24:33.730 --> 00:24:37.091
Talk me through some of the biggest takeaways in that masterclass.
521
00:24:37.111 --> 00:24:39.812
Because this is something completely new for both of you coming on board.
522
00:24:40.232 --> 00:24:44.074
So I want to know exactly what those biggest takeaways were for you in that two days.
523
00:24:45.432 --> 00:24:53.281
I would say the biggest one is probably when our clients put in or they work out what their daily interest is that they're paying.
524
00:24:53.382 --> 00:25:03.874
I think that's probably the point where you see like that penny drop and that realisation where they're like, shit, this is how much this is costing us.
525
00:25:04.695 --> 00:25:22.388
each day that's what we're being charged in interest like yeah and at that point I think everyone's just like well something's got to change because if you're thinking about what you're paying every single day like that's just yeah it's yeah game changer so I think that's probably yeah the biggest part for me
526
00:25:22.776 --> 00:25:24.337
Yeah, daily interest for sure.
527
00:25:24.497 --> 00:25:27.419
And then that's the one thing I was on the phone to mum about, like, you've got no idea.
528
00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:29.019
That's the other thing I was trying to say.
529
00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.320
Exactly.
530
00:25:31.561 --> 00:25:37.204
For me it was explaining that everyone has savings for different things.
531
00:25:37.244 --> 00:25:41.046
So here's the bills thing, here's the holiday account, here's all these.
532
00:25:41.266 --> 00:25:42.647
Because that's what, like when...
533
00:25:43.027 --> 00:25:49.554
you're not educated, that's what you think is you're like the best with money is you've got all these funds, which is what I was doing.
534
00:25:49.574 --> 00:25:53.779
I was working out what all my bills were and then putting aside that money rather than just getting rid of all of it.
535
00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:55.801
Like I was saving money.
536
00:25:56.698 --> 00:26:00.039
way less than what I was putting in my spending account and needs to be the other way around.
537
00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:06.161
Like, and that was the light bulb for me was you work out what you need to survive on and then get rid of everything else.
538
00:26:06.221 --> 00:26:07.762
Put it away, out of sight, out of mind.
539
00:26:07.842 --> 00:26:09.482
But I was used to doing it the other way around.
540
00:26:09.622 --> 00:26:09.883
Yeah.
541
00:26:10.223 --> 00:26:13.624
Was it a big change for you going into our way of doing things?
542
00:26:14.144 --> 00:26:15.625
It was, but it was just so easy.
543
00:26:15.645 --> 00:26:17.905
It was just annoying that I'm like, what do you mean?
544
00:26:17.945 --> 00:26:19.326
How do you not think to do this?
545
00:26:19.346 --> 00:26:24.247
You just think that putting just even a little bit away, you're chipping, like it's getting there.
546
00:26:24.287 --> 00:26:25.408
But when I worked out...
547
00:26:25.908 --> 00:26:29.429
exactly what ZG says, get your statements out, highlight it all.
548
00:26:29.449 --> 00:26:31.409
I was like, this is revolting.
549
00:26:31.570 --> 00:26:32.570
It's so bad.
550
00:26:33.010 --> 00:26:34.770
I cut so many subscriptions and stuff.
551
00:26:34.790 --> 00:26:38.811
But for me, the big thing was you should be saving a lot more than what you're spending every day.
552
00:26:38.911 --> 00:26:39.232
Yeah.
553
00:26:39.492 --> 00:26:41.152
Yeah, especially if you've got goals and everything.
554
00:26:41.492 --> 00:26:41.752
Yeah.
555
00:26:42.152 --> 00:26:42.792
And what about for you?
556
00:26:42.812 --> 00:26:44.393
Was it a big change budgeting-wise?
557
00:26:45.615 --> 00:26:58.478
I used to worry about, so when I'd have a bill come in, before I had everything set up and structured correctly, if I had a bill coming in, I'd be, you know, worried about it sort of calculating, when am I going to get paid next?
558
00:26:58.598 --> 00:27:02.659
Am I going to have enough to sort of get me through, keep paying for groceries?
559
00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:07.160
And then, you know, I'd have to like redraw some money out to pay for the bill.
560
00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:09.301
Whereas once everything's set up and structured...
561
00:27:10.141 --> 00:27:11.902
Like you don't even think about it.
562
00:27:12.043 --> 00:27:14.004
Everything just happens in the background.
563
00:27:14.224 --> 00:27:17.847
Everything goes about its way and you don't even need to think about it.
564
00:27:17.887 --> 00:27:19.609
So I don't even, you know, worry.
565
00:27:19.629 --> 00:27:21.930
I'm not thinking, is it payday soon?
566
00:27:22.011 --> 00:27:24.993
Like you just don't think about it when everything's set up.
567
00:27:25.433 --> 00:27:29.176
Like we've got our budget, our food, fuel and funds sitting in there.
568
00:27:29.276 --> 00:27:31.158
And that's really the only thing that.
569
00:27:31.518 --> 00:27:33.339
We look at everything else just ticks away.
570
00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:35.159
All the bills come out, direct debit.
571
00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.400
You know, they're covered.
572
00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:37.220
They're sorted.
573
00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.560
Yeah.
574
00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:40.541
I always know that there's going to be enough money in there to cover everything.
575
00:27:40.581 --> 00:27:42.661
So I'm not stressed about money anymore.
576
00:27:42.702 --> 00:27:45.442
And that just, it takes away so much weight.
577
00:27:45.742 --> 00:27:46.103
Yeah.
578
00:27:46.363 --> 00:27:50.324
And you know, if there's ever an emergency or like one of those unforeseen expenses, you know, you're good.
579
00:27:50.504 --> 00:27:50.724
Yeah.
580
00:27:50.784 --> 00:27:56.486
I think that's one of the coolest things with what we do is we take away that stress that if an emergency happens, we're good.
581
00:27:56.706 --> 00:28:00.327
We don't have to reach for credit cards or after pay or zip pay to cover it.
582
00:28:00.547 --> 00:28:20.356
yeah yeah what g says as well like there's no like unexpected expenses aren't unexpected like something's always going to happen yeah yeah yeah we're always going to have a medical thing or something will pop up like i know you had a car issue at one point as well which time don't ever buy a mitsubishi anyone don't sue us
583
00:28:22.877 --> 00:28:24.840
But those are the things that can happen, right?
584
00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:26.702
And we want to know that our clients are going to be sorted.
585
00:28:26.862 --> 00:28:28.324
Like they've got that peace of mind.
586
00:28:28.344 --> 00:28:30.987
They can sleep at night to know that it's going to be sorted.
587
00:28:31.007 --> 00:28:33.570
And you guys are also seeing the effects of that as well.
588
00:28:33.590 --> 00:28:33.930
Yeah.
589
00:28:34.290 --> 00:28:38.736
So working with clients when you're in your relationship manager role, I mean, we still do indirectly.
590
00:28:39.116 --> 00:28:43.181
But talk me through some of your favorite moments that you've had with some of your clients.
591
00:28:43.905 --> 00:28:55.394
I had clients who, because one thing as a relationship manager that you can start seeing to happen is these clients are budgeting their asses off, they're saving a lot of money and they're also seeing that money rise.
592
00:28:55.574 --> 00:29:06.042
So kind of they get to a point where they want to treat themselves, which fair enough, like if you're grinding and living off noodles, doing what you need to do to hit your goals, but seeing that money sitting there can be like really appetizing to look at.
593
00:29:06.122 --> 00:29:06.322
Yeah.
594
00:29:06.602 --> 00:29:08.463
I had clients who then told me they wanted to go to Vegas.
595
00:29:08.503 --> 00:29:11.005
I was like, that's fucking crazy.
596
00:29:12.186 --> 00:29:16.692
And then I said, I understand the need to want to like treat yourself and go on a holiday and something like that.
597
00:29:16.732 --> 00:29:18.314
But Vegas, like, come on.
598
00:29:19.235 --> 00:29:22.499
So I remember putting, I told them to cost it up to me.
599
00:29:23.941 --> 00:29:24.421
And they did.
600
00:29:24.522 --> 00:29:28.807
I put it in there out of debt and just showed them the delay of what that was going to do.
601
00:29:29.027 --> 00:29:31.150
what hit it would have on their goal.
602
00:29:31.170 --> 00:29:31.771
And it was a lot.
603
00:29:31.791 --> 00:29:36.477
You wouldn't think it's a lot because the money's like just there, but it put on like almost like a year I think.
604
00:29:36.637 --> 00:29:36.858
Yeah.
605
00:29:36.918 --> 00:29:37.799
And then that straight away.
606
00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:42.505
And then I went to them with a cheeky little P&O cruise, which was way cheaper.
607
00:29:43.226 --> 00:29:45.329
Look at that, our RMs even being travel agents.
608
00:29:45.409 --> 00:29:45.629
Yeah.
609
00:29:46.590 --> 00:30:05.698
finding them better opportunities yeah but that was yeah probably the standout for me is having the balance of you are working hard and you are doing really well it's keeping them encouraged to keep going without wanting to like blow it all to treat themselves yeah that's a good one having a balance so just you can do it but just not that extravagant yeah or like maybe we do that later
610
00:30:06.318 --> 00:30:12.540
I talk about that a lot when I do like MAMs, for example, where I'm like you can treat yourself and we can have the big goals.
611
00:30:12.560 --> 00:30:19.281
Like Casey and Lenny had the really big goals, but we've got to time it at the perfect time for your circumstances, right?
612
00:30:19.301 --> 00:30:24.982
So it doesn't have a big hit on whatever goals we're working on at the time, like an investment property, for example.
613
00:30:25.343 --> 00:30:33.364
So it's about just timing that in the process, whether it's, you know, year three, year five, you know, and then we find the little things in between.
614
00:30:33.684 --> 00:30:34.585
So I really like that one.
615
00:30:34.605 --> 00:30:35.505
What about you, Ellie?
616
00:30:36.625 --> 00:30:38.406
I think probably two things.
617
00:30:38.546 --> 00:30:57.233
I think when they first come along to their first real estate mastery event and perhaps they're not expecting to be able to purchase straight away and they go in for their, you know, their meeting with their wealth strategist and they come out and perhaps they've bought multiple investment properties and just like –
618
00:30:57.953 --> 00:31:04.556
the shock, you know, they can't believe that they were able to come away with one, let alone multiple investment properties.
619
00:31:04.576 --> 00:31:07.237
Um, so quickly as well, since coming on board.
620
00:31:07.257 --> 00:31:12.939
Um, but also I think when, like, I'm a visual person.
621
00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:20.882
So I think a lot of our clients sort of take it as a bit of a challenge and create, you know, like a visual representation of how quickly they're going to get to their goal.
622
00:31:20.922 --> 00:31:22.303
Maybe they make like a tracker and,
623
00:31:22.523 --> 00:31:23.585
A lot of them make vision boards.
624
00:31:23.645 --> 00:31:24.746
I love that they do.
625
00:31:24.786 --> 00:31:25.768
Yeah, vision boards.
626
00:31:25.908 --> 00:31:26.168
Yeah.
627
00:31:26.489 --> 00:31:33.117
And just, you know, each month they get to sort of like colour in on the graph or sort of shave off part of what they've paid down.
628
00:31:33.158 --> 00:31:38.585
I think that, yeah, that concept and that visual representation is really exciting.
629
00:31:38.745 --> 00:31:39.666
Yeah, that's a good one.
630
00:31:39.766 --> 00:31:39.966
Yeah.
631
00:31:40.167 --> 00:31:47.575
And what about like when you were deciding to come and work at Infinity, you had your interviews and you were learning who we were, you're seeing us on social media.
632
00:31:47.855 --> 00:31:51.640
Was there anything that stood out that made you just go, fuck, I want to work at this place?
633
00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:53.642
Because we're pretty rogue, we're not the most...
634
00:31:53.942 --> 00:31:55.442
Yeah, well, that's personally what I love.
635
00:31:55.462 --> 00:31:58.963
If anyone knows me, rogue is like one of the first words that you'd use to describe me.
636
00:32:00.523 --> 00:32:02.384
In my interview, it was that.
637
00:32:02.524 --> 00:32:04.524
It was you can tell that everyone is themselves.
638
00:32:04.544 --> 00:32:06.945
So there's no, and that's why I love being an RM.
639
00:32:06.965 --> 00:32:09.345
We're not having this fake customer service conversation.
640
00:32:09.385 --> 00:32:10.266
It's so genuine.
641
00:32:10.286 --> 00:32:12.546
Like I'm FaceTiming people, texting them.
642
00:32:12.586 --> 00:32:15.687
It's the surrealness of like there's real human connection going on.
643
00:32:15.707 --> 00:32:16.987
You're always sending each other like GIFs.
644
00:32:17.407 --> 00:32:17.747
Oh, 100%.
645
00:32:17.767 --> 00:32:19.168
Photos, videos, FaceTime.
646
00:32:19.188 --> 00:32:21.208
Funny stuff, funny memes.
647
00:32:21.348 --> 00:32:24.810
All the time because no one wants to like finance is like, ugh, like when you think of it.
648
00:32:24.930 --> 00:32:25.330
Yeah.
649
00:32:25.470 --> 00:32:27.931
So it's like it's fun that you don't have to dull your personality.
650
00:32:27.971 --> 00:32:32.232
You're like, you know, bantering back and forth with your clients.
651
00:32:32.352 --> 00:32:38.155
And then the second part to that was the job itself being, the way it was presented was like you're helping these people.
652
00:32:38.215 --> 00:32:40.996
Your job is like you're their personal trainer for their finances.
653
00:32:41.016 --> 00:32:41.736
Yes, for their finances.
654
00:32:42.436 --> 00:32:43.436
They've got all these goals.
655
00:32:43.456 --> 00:32:45.017
We're helping them pay off their home loan.
656
00:32:45.057 --> 00:32:46.257
It was like, what's going on?
657
00:32:46.277 --> 00:32:46.878
What's the catch?
658
00:32:47.438 --> 00:32:48.478
What is the catch to working here?
659
00:32:48.498 --> 00:32:49.598
Like this job seems too good.
660
00:32:49.618 --> 00:32:54.260
And it's like, no, no, they went through the whole job description, listed all the clients and everything.
661
00:32:54.280 --> 00:32:56.681
And it just felt too good to be true at the time.
662
00:32:56.701 --> 00:32:57.421
And that's what I remember.
663
00:32:57.441 --> 00:32:58.901
I was thinking, I'm like, this is a scam.
664
00:33:00.062 --> 00:33:02.162
And then you fit right into the rogueness.
665
00:33:02.423 --> 00:33:02.643
Yeah.
666
00:33:03.323 --> 00:33:04.103
And what about you?
667
00:33:04.843 --> 00:33:09.405
I think, I mean, not coming from, again, not a background in finance, it was more so...
668
00:33:10.582 --> 00:33:16.884
Like Infinity was looking for, you know, people that, like good people, people that are able to be trained.
669
00:33:17.344 --> 00:33:24.426
They don't necessarily have to have, you know, that knowledge or those skills, but they can be taught and instilled in someone.
670
00:33:24.446 --> 00:33:28.148
You just have to be, you know, in the right mindset to be able to learn that and.
671
00:33:28.388 --> 00:33:30.148
Have the will, not necessarily the skill.
672
00:33:30.248 --> 00:33:30.528
That's it.
673
00:33:30.548 --> 00:33:30.989
As Jay says.
674
00:33:31.049 --> 00:33:31.469
That's it.
675
00:33:31.769 --> 00:33:31.969
Yeah.
676
00:33:32.536 --> 00:33:35.739
And we all had it because I worked in events management before here.
677
00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:37.060
There's nothing to do with finance.
678
00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.181
Ten years later, look at me.
679
00:33:38.501 --> 00:33:38.881
Yeah.
680
00:33:38.961 --> 00:33:39.482
Look at you.
681
00:33:39.502 --> 00:33:40.202
You are the event.
682
00:33:40.222 --> 00:33:41.063
What do you mean?
683
00:33:42.144 --> 00:33:44.586
I think it doesn't feel like work.
684
00:33:44.926 --> 00:33:45.107
Yeah.
685
00:33:45.127 --> 00:33:46.508
Like when you love what you do.
686
00:33:47.028 --> 00:33:51.652
When I was teaching, I loved it at the start, but as the years went on, the job changed too much.
687
00:33:51.712 --> 00:33:52.553
Yeah.
688
00:33:52.953 --> 00:33:55.455
And, you know, it wasn't as shiny, it wasn't as exciting.
689
00:33:55.595 --> 00:33:59.238
And, you know, Sunday would roll around and you'd have like the Sunday blues.
690
00:33:59.258 --> 00:34:00.780
Like, oh, it's Monday tomorrow.
691
00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:03.221
Whereas I love coming into work.
692
00:34:03.301 --> 00:34:03.982
It's fun.
693
00:34:04.462 --> 00:34:08.145
It's so busy and hectic, but I wouldn't know anything different.
694
00:34:08.385 --> 00:34:11.467
And yeah, I just love the people that I work with.
695
00:34:11.947 --> 00:34:12.588
Yeah, we have fun.
696
00:34:12.608 --> 00:34:13.368
We get the job done.
697
00:34:13.388 --> 00:34:13.868
It's busy.
698
00:34:13.888 --> 00:34:16.370
But yeah, it doesn't feel like work.
699
00:34:16.890 --> 00:34:19.272
It's just, it's like an extension of my family.
700
00:34:19.432 --> 00:34:19.672
Yeah.
701
00:34:19.732 --> 00:34:19.932
Yeah.
702
00:34:20.153 --> 00:34:24.196
That's actually such a perfect way to put it because it never feels like work for me either.
703
00:34:24.236 --> 00:34:29.400
Like we, we can work Saturdays and Sundays, but it's never like, uh, I'm working Saturday, Sunday.
704
00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.701
Like, do you know what I mean?
705
00:34:30.721 --> 00:34:33.203
Like it just, it's like, no, I get to do this.
706
00:34:33.283 --> 00:34:34.604
I'm not, I have to do this.
707
00:34:34.804 --> 00:34:35.104
Yeah.
708
00:34:35.285 --> 00:34:36.806
That's what I think is so cool about what we do.
709
00:34:36.866 --> 00:34:41.630
I think people as well know very quickly if this is for you or it's for not like your first like week here, like.
710
00:34:41.650 --> 00:34:42.110
Yes.
711
00:34:42.230 --> 00:34:48.254
Yeah, it's one thing to like love your role in itself and you love what you're doing because it's so rewarding but you like enjoy the job.
712
00:34:48.374 --> 00:34:55.239
But the people, like working with amazing people, like so many of my friends talk about their job and they're like bitching about people that they work with and everything.
713
00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:56.240
Like there's not one person.
714
00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:57.040
You're carrying from accounts.
715
00:34:57.441 --> 00:34:58.982
Yeah, oh, fucking Cathy's in the kitchen.
716
00:34:59.022 --> 00:35:00.343
I'm fucking out of here.
717
00:35:00.603 --> 00:35:01.684
It's so not like that here.
718
00:35:01.704 --> 00:35:04.566
You can talk to anyone even if they're new, like everyone.
719
00:35:04.686 --> 00:35:06.227
We are just all so aligned.
720
00:35:06.247 --> 00:35:07.248
Like I think that's one thing.
721
00:35:07.708 --> 00:35:10.712
I'm very grateful for is like the selection process to work here.
722
00:35:10.732 --> 00:35:14.417
It's like tough for a reason because we do spend so much time together.
723
00:35:14.437 --> 00:35:14.998
Yes.
724
00:35:15.098 --> 00:35:17.822
And I, yeah, fucking love every single person in this company.
725
00:35:18.221 --> 00:35:20.903
Yeah, absolutely agree with everything you guys have just said.
726
00:35:21.323 --> 00:35:23.304
And let's go back to the fitness.
727
00:35:23.324 --> 00:35:28.987
You said fitness for your finances, but we've gone in like a really big direction in terms of our lifestyle branding as well.
728
00:35:29.027 --> 00:35:32.309
People are calling us a lifestyle brand now because we do 60 Strong.
729
00:35:32.349 --> 00:35:38.913
We do 75 Hard and Miss Taryn has been heavily involved in doing that herself personally.
730
00:35:39.213 --> 00:35:41.435
So talk us through your 60 Strong and 75 Hard journey.
731
00:35:42.322 --> 00:35:51.431
Yeah, so 60 Strong, Troy, one of our clients, posted me on our closed group, Infinity Fam, saying, oh, Taryn should do this.
732
00:35:51.511 --> 00:35:52.412
And I was like, oh.
733
00:35:52.572 --> 00:35:55.254
I saw it on the weekend and I was like, I think she's just been stitched up.
734
00:35:55.655 --> 00:35:56.876
Oh, so stitched up.
735
00:35:56.936 --> 00:35:59.919
I think I'm holding like a vodka Red Bull in the photo as well.
736
00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.640
Crazy work.
737
00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:21.057
um but then people were commenting underneath it like getting around me yeah as like this is what this community does everyone was getting around me in the comments going do it I'm like not the type of person that's like if someone's going like you won't I'm like oh say less let's go but then we had a rem not long after and people were recognizing me from that post going oh you're the girl that's doing 60 strong I was
738
00:36:21.590 --> 00:36:33.903
have to register now you've got to do it yeah I have to um and it was the best thing I ever done so I finished it about three weeks ago and then I'm on week one of 75 hard now so I had a little bit of time off and then gone straight back into it again
739
00:36:34.502 --> 00:36:39.747
Which is amazing that you've got your workplace supporting you in something that's completely different to your employment.
740
00:36:39.767 --> 00:36:40.929
Like it has nothing to do.
741
00:36:40.949 --> 00:36:45.113
I mean, I suppose it could, you know, if you've got healthy staff, they're going to be happier at work.
742
00:36:45.213 --> 00:36:49.077
But it's just crazy how much support we do get in so many different ways.
743
00:36:49.317 --> 00:36:52.340
Oh, the hype in this place is crazy, whether it's fitness or not.
744
00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:57.225
But the support I have, like from everyone in the office, like we all know that G, like,
745
00:36:57.605 --> 00:36:59.586
feeds everyone whenever there's snacks in the office.
746
00:36:59.626 --> 00:37:02.167
I run like, don't look at Taryn, like keep it away.
747
00:37:02.227 --> 00:37:03.668
Like the hype is amazing.
748
00:37:03.688 --> 00:37:06.849
Like I couldn't do it without the support of like everyone in the office too.
749
00:37:07.149 --> 00:37:07.349
Yeah.
750
00:37:07.409 --> 00:37:09.410
And the prize money is a bit of an incentive too.
751
00:37:09.630 --> 00:37:09.890
Yeah.
752
00:37:10.791 --> 00:37:20.175
How much did you find like your budget as well, like while you were doing 60 strong, like doing all your meal prep, like not eating out and things like that.
753
00:37:20.215 --> 00:37:24.597
Like did you find like a significant like drop in that and you were spending way less?
754
00:37:24.617 --> 00:37:24.737
Yeah.
755
00:37:25.462 --> 00:37:31.905
Well, I'm a bit naughty because my FFF is like some of our clients that have like a family of four.
756
00:37:32.385 --> 00:37:34.206
I mean, we need to talk about this.
757
00:37:34.226 --> 00:37:34.446
Yeah.
758
00:37:34.746 --> 00:37:39.708
I was trying not to bring it up but I knew that if I made it something ridiculous I wouldn't stick to it.
759
00:37:39.848 --> 00:37:40.008
Yeah.
760
00:37:40.148 --> 00:37:44.310
So now to answer your question or the healthy eating, I've managed to fit it in that.
761
00:37:44.330 --> 00:37:45.570
So I haven't gone over the budget.
762
00:37:45.610 --> 00:37:45.751
Yeah.
763
00:37:45.871 --> 00:37:50.833
Just buying less shit now for myself to do that or like gym gear or something like that.
764
00:37:50.913 --> 00:37:51.113
Yeah.
765
00:37:51.813 --> 00:37:53.154
I'm obsessed with buying gym clothes now.
766
00:37:53.334 --> 00:37:54.054
That's good though.
767
00:37:54.234 --> 00:37:54.815
Fitness freak.
768
00:37:55.135 --> 00:37:55.635
You are.
769
00:37:55.995 --> 00:37:56.515
Exactly.
770
00:37:56.936 --> 00:37:57.956
75 days I will be.
771
00:37:57.976 --> 00:37:59.957
Take a good look because you won't be able to see me soon.
772
00:38:00.798 --> 00:38:02.058
And how much have you lost so far?
773
00:38:03.399 --> 00:38:06.601
During 60 Strong I lost 8.2 kilos.
774
00:38:06.861 --> 00:38:07.341
Damn.
775
00:38:07.421 --> 00:38:11.663
That ended about three weeks ago and I officially lost 10 now.
776
00:38:12.204 --> 00:38:12.984
That's incredible.
777
00:38:13.124 --> 00:38:14.705
Snaps for Tara.
778
00:38:14.845 --> 00:38:16.826
Hot Girl Summer incoming.
779
00:38:17.406 --> 00:38:18.387
And she is single.
780
00:38:21.328 --> 00:38:29.936
And then let's talk about your fitness journey, because I know since I've met you and you've come to work with us, you've been very into your strong woman and your powerlifting and all that.
781
00:38:30.076 --> 00:38:32.738
If I label it wrong, please, please let me know.
782
00:38:33.479 --> 00:38:38.723
But that's grown quite a lot since you started working here and you've won many titles and things like that.
783
00:38:38.963 --> 00:38:40.765
How has Infinity supported you on that journey?
784
00:38:41.095 --> 00:38:46.744
Yeah, so been doing Strong Woman competitively for about six years now.
785
00:38:48.246 --> 00:38:53.734
And, yeah, I've competed internationally, coming up for five years now.
786
00:38:53.754 --> 00:38:54.255
And...
787
00:38:56.522 --> 00:39:06.829
I think it was last year G approached me and said that, you know, he wanted to sponsor me, Infinity wanted to sponsor me when I go over to Texas.
788
00:39:06.849 --> 00:39:10.171
This was November last year to compete internationally.
789
00:39:11.452 --> 00:39:20.859
So, yeah, just like how many people can say that their workplace is getting behind them to compete internationally, to, you know, fly them overseas?
790
00:39:21.459 --> 00:39:21.599
Yeah.
791
00:39:22.981 --> 00:39:24.402
to pursue something that they love.
792
00:39:25.043 --> 00:39:38.818
I think the thing that stands out what Beck and Gee do is that they're, you know, like my previous when I was teaching, my principal at the time the first year I went to compete internationally for,
793
00:39:39.338 --> 00:39:45.586
And, you know, I had to take I think it was about 10 days leave and it was almost seen as a bit of like a burden to him.
794
00:39:45.646 --> 00:39:45.786
Yeah.
795
00:39:46.047 --> 00:39:50.372
And he was like, is this going to be like an every like an annual occurrence?
796
00:39:50.412 --> 00:39:53.235
Like as if, you know, me doing something like,
797
00:39:54.106 --> 00:39:54.926
Outside of work.
798
00:39:54.966 --> 00:39:56.767
Using annually you're entitled to anyway.
799
00:39:56.787 --> 00:39:57.707
Yeah, that I'm entitled to.
800
00:39:57.747 --> 00:40:07.229
But something that I was so, like, passionate about and, you know, is basically, like, part of my identity and my hobby, you know, was like a burden to him.
801
00:40:07.350 --> 00:40:10.690
And so whereas, like, Beck and Jay is the complete opposite.
802
00:40:10.710 --> 00:40:20.033
Like, they just want everyone to grow into the best version of themselves, obviously within infinity and what their role is, but outside of infinity and just...
803
00:40:20.593 --> 00:40:24.038
like as a person, as an individual, like with our families.
804
00:40:24.979 --> 00:40:29.385
So I've just, yeah, it's, I can't even describe how generous it is.
805
00:40:29.405 --> 00:40:35.633
It makes me feel very honoured and special that they would consider that and support me.
806
00:40:36.432 --> 00:40:44.098
With how busy they are as well, like their support, like they're off doing everything, but they are so still in the business.
807
00:40:44.118 --> 00:40:44.738
It's not funny.
808
00:40:44.758 --> 00:40:49.802
People think that they're out and about doing, which they are, but they do not lose the closeness to any of us.
809
00:40:49.822 --> 00:40:51.923
They're still like, G was texting me last night.
810
00:40:52.404 --> 00:40:53.224
Yeah.
811
00:40:53.605 --> 00:40:57.427
Yeah, their care for their people is unmatched and something I've never seen before.
812
00:40:57.548 --> 00:40:57.828
Yeah.
813
00:40:58.228 --> 00:41:05.454
They genuinely want to know like what you're doing with your property journey, how they can support you with your property journey, how they can help you grow in your career.
814
00:41:05.494 --> 00:41:14.000
Like that's something really cool here is like you come in thinking you've got one role and then like 12 months later you're in something completely different you never thought you would do.
815
00:41:14.100 --> 00:41:19.685
But it's like enriches your life so much to the point where you're like, you look back and you like pinch yourself.
816
00:41:19.705 --> 00:41:20.986
You're like, how am I here?
817
00:41:21.186 --> 00:41:21.606
Yeah.
818
00:41:21.986 --> 00:41:23.408
Like me on stage.
819
00:41:23.728 --> 00:41:23.888
Yeah.
820
00:41:23.908 --> 00:41:24.729
Like what the hell?
821
00:41:24.889 --> 00:41:25.089
Like.
822
00:41:25.289 --> 00:41:29.553
And with how many like staff members we have when G says, reach out and I'll help you.
823
00:41:29.694 --> 00:41:36.060
I remember when I was looking for a house, you don't want to bug G too much even though he would hate you saying that.
824
00:41:36.080 --> 00:41:37.181
Because you know he's so busy.
825
00:41:37.421 --> 00:41:39.604
Yeah, but you know that he'd be like, fuck off, message me.
826
00:41:39.624 --> 00:41:40.124
I'll do whatever I can.
827
00:41:40.144 --> 00:41:48.613
When we were on one of our America trips, I thought I'd got a property but the guy was ghosting me and we were in America at the time and he was like, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
828
00:41:48.994 --> 00:41:54.065
M, one of our relationship managers, asked me how it was going and she overheard and goes, wait, what do you mean?
829
00:41:54.245 --> 00:41:55.267
What are you saying?
830
00:41:55.688 --> 00:41:59.577
And then got on the blower and starts calling this guy's boss and was like,
831
00:42:00.153 --> 00:42:01.934
don't ghost my staff member.
832
00:42:01.974 --> 00:42:02.515
What does she want?
833
00:42:02.535 --> 00:42:03.815
Like give her whatever she wants.
834
00:42:03.935 --> 00:42:04.216
Yeah.
835
00:42:04.236 --> 00:42:05.617
Like the support is crazy.
836
00:42:05.717 --> 00:42:05.937
Yeah.
837
00:42:06.557 --> 00:42:08.839
I know, yeah, you mentioned Lachlan before.
838
00:42:08.879 --> 00:42:14.462
He's part of our people and culture team where he was doing, like very recently doing the exact same thing to help him into a property too.
839
00:42:14.642 --> 00:42:14.902
Yeah.
840
00:42:15.022 --> 00:42:16.343
Where he was like, I'm at Infinity.
841
00:42:16.443 --> 00:42:17.304
I work for Infinity.
842
00:42:17.324 --> 00:42:18.024
You're going to do this.
843
00:42:18.044 --> 00:42:18.885
And I was like, oh, my God.
844
00:42:19.105 --> 00:42:20.066
Yeah, totally.
845
00:42:20.126 --> 00:42:20.406
Yeah.
846
00:42:20.446 --> 00:42:22.968
He's the, yeah, Beck and G, biggest ride or dies for us.
847
00:42:23.228 --> 00:42:23.448
Yeah.
848
00:42:23.468 --> 00:42:23.888
A hundred.
849
00:42:24.308 --> 00:42:25.369
It's absolutely incredible.
850
00:42:25.749 --> 00:42:29.672
And what else have you guys been able to achieve personally and professionally through Infinity?
851
00:42:30.483 --> 00:42:35.406
Something that I hadn't added before was, you know, I've set up a self-managed super fund as well.
852
00:42:35.426 --> 00:42:36.066
Yeah.
853
00:42:36.326 --> 00:42:43.450
So that through infinity and didn't have quite enough to purchase in super when that was an option.
854
00:42:43.510 --> 00:42:49.473
So Graeme advised me to invest my super into a mortgage fund.
855
00:42:49.513 --> 00:42:50.314
Yep.
856
00:42:50.694 --> 00:42:55.497
And that's making, you know, more capital than it was sitting in an industry fund.
857
00:42:55.557 --> 00:42:55.837
Yeah.
858
00:42:55.857 --> 00:42:55.917
So.
859
00:42:56.657 --> 00:42:57.257
Um, yeah.
860
00:42:57.338 --> 00:43:01.159
And that just, again, once it's set up, it just ticks away in the background.
861
00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:03.201
Um, you don't need to think about it.
862
00:43:04.021 --> 00:43:05.362
Um, yeah.
863
00:43:05.942 --> 00:43:09.044
Mine's probably definitely the career growth.
864
00:43:09.064 --> 00:43:11.805
I didn't realize how much I loved marketing.
865
00:43:11.845 --> 00:43:15.827
I never would have put myself in it because like requires study first of all.
866
00:43:15.947 --> 00:43:16.187
Yeah.
867
00:43:16.467 --> 00:43:18.248
Um, but I knew I loved it in my personal life.
868
00:43:18.288 --> 00:43:23.111
Like I'm the one that runs everyone's Instagrams, taking all the photos, editing, posting them.
869
00:43:23.791 --> 00:43:31.379
Um, and so to step into that role from the push from G and Beck, because they could see it and I couldn't, um, is crazy.
870
00:43:31.399 --> 00:43:42.691
And like, I have had like two promotions in that like marketing job and there's still even more room for growth, which I want to get to, but it'd probably be that other than being able to buy my own investment, like my first property.
871
00:43:42.711 --> 00:43:42.811
Yeah.
872
00:43:43.612 --> 00:43:46.614
And being able to pay it down to I'm still actively rapid repaying it.
873
00:43:46.634 --> 00:43:46.894
Yeah.
874
00:43:46.994 --> 00:43:48.816
Like it doesn't just stop when you get the property.
875
00:43:48.876 --> 00:43:55.320
Like, yeah, still sticking to a budget, pay 10K off it in six months and just keep hustling until I can get something else.
876
00:43:55.580 --> 00:43:55.880
Yeah.
877
00:43:56.361 --> 00:43:58.122
And what do you love most about our education?
878
00:43:58.142 --> 00:44:02.525
Because our education, especially for you in the social media space, you see how that evolves.
879
00:44:03.085 --> 00:44:07.606
And we have moved into a bit of a space where it looks like a lot of our posts are starting to get political.
880
00:44:08.066 --> 00:44:13.488
But G and I had a really good message on the weekend at REM where we're like, no, no, take the political away from it.
881
00:44:13.928 --> 00:44:24.231
This is about talking about policy and what is happening right now in the economy and in the market and distilling it down as we talk a lot about distilling our education down so our clients understand it.
882
00:44:24.271 --> 00:44:32.213
Because this is important to know and understand what the fuck is happening out there, how it affects you today, how it's going to affect you tomorrow, but also how it's going to affect your kids.
883
00:44:32.793 --> 00:44:37.917
So what do you like about our education in our social media side of things?
884
00:44:38.598 --> 00:44:39.379
It's free.
885
00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:39.899
Yeah.
886
00:44:39.939 --> 00:44:40.960
It's literally free.
887
00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:47.205
The webinar, like every, like what blows my mind is like, because I see the messages that come into G's inbox.
888
00:44:47.225 --> 00:44:50.488
I try and swipe them away before he gets in there and roasts someone.
889
00:44:51.068 --> 00:44:52.269
But it's free.
890
00:44:52.289 --> 00:44:53.971
You can choose to take it and run.
891
00:44:54.011 --> 00:44:56.933
You can choose to have a wall up and not take on the education.
892
00:44:56.993 --> 00:44:57.233
But...
893
00:44:57.934 --> 00:45:05.481
We're going out of our way to show people that even though things are changing all the time politically or not, we're showing you a way that you can adjust and still move forward from it.
894
00:45:05.561 --> 00:45:07.082
But all our education is free.
895
00:45:07.102 --> 00:45:13.288
Like I know that we have a lot of people who comment on our stuff that maybe don't have the money to join or they're just it's not their time yet.
896
00:45:13.829 --> 00:45:17.312
But they're following the process because of the podcast, because of the free webinar.
897
00:45:17.332 --> 00:45:17.492
Yeah.
898
00:45:17.752 --> 00:45:19.613
My favourite thing is that it's literally free.
899
00:45:19.673 --> 00:45:23.574
Yes, it costs to become a client as it does everywhere else, but everything is free.
900
00:45:23.874 --> 00:45:25.594
You just have to have the willingness to take it on.
901
00:45:25.754 --> 00:45:28.735
Yeah, and you see how hard we work on our education too.
902
00:45:28.775 --> 00:45:29.175
Yes.
903
00:45:29.516 --> 00:45:30.896
Like and comment on my reels, please.
904
00:45:30.916 --> 00:45:32.856
Yes, share all the time.
905
00:45:32.917 --> 00:45:33.917
Repost, please.
906
00:45:34.717 --> 00:45:44.102
I think that's the thing as well when I speak to people when they've signed up for that masterclass and do a bit of an introduction call with them is that a lot of them are already putting into practice.
907
00:45:44.122 --> 00:45:44.382
Yeah.
908
00:45:44.682 --> 00:45:50.164
Some of those, you know, tips and tricks that they've learned from the webinar or just from what's been posted on socials.
909
00:45:50.525 --> 00:45:57.368
They've already tried, you know, closing some of those extra accounts down or setting up like a food, fuel and fun.
910
00:45:58.008 --> 00:46:01.550
So they're taking away bits and pieces from what we're putting out there.
911
00:46:01.670 --> 00:46:01.890
Yeah.
912
00:46:02.190 --> 00:46:24.649
um before they've even got to the masterclass yeah i got the masterclass on the weekend what do i do i'm like nothing yeah no big changes yeah people say oh do i need to refinance now or do this no big changes but you can yeah definitely start closing down those credit cards paying them off um closing those extra accounts and trying to set up a budget yeah things but no big changes
913
00:46:24.969 --> 00:46:25.229
Yeah.
914
00:46:25.429 --> 00:46:38.542
No, I love what you just said because that's so true because I get a lot of DMs too where they're like, I'm not a client, I've just been following you guys, watching your content, I just want to say thank you because I've paid $400,000 off my home loan in two years from your free content.
915
00:46:38.783 --> 00:46:39.263
Amazing.
916
00:46:39.323 --> 00:46:40.284
Which is incredible.
917
00:46:40.765 --> 00:46:42.046
We're giving that to people for free.
918
00:46:42.106 --> 00:46:42.867
Yeah, yeah.
919
00:46:43.227 --> 00:46:51.057
And then we get to see the flow and effect when these people maybe do get to come on board as a client, when you're talking to them, or you're just seeing those DMs where they're just sharing their gratitude.
920
00:46:51.197 --> 00:46:51.477
Yeah.
921
00:46:51.737 --> 00:46:52.058
Yeah.
922
00:46:53.199 --> 00:46:59.367
Before we wrap up, is there anything else that you would like to add or you think might be beneficial for anybody who might be listening to your stories?
923
00:46:59.387 --> 00:46:59.587
Yeah.
924
00:47:01.324 --> 00:47:07.426
I think for mine, especially for all the single people or if you're young, is to talk to your parents about it.
925
00:47:07.566 --> 00:47:08.026
Yeah.
926
00:47:08.687 --> 00:47:12.328
I don't think like a big help for me was my parents going guarantor for me.
927
00:47:12.348 --> 00:47:19.190
I don't even know if many people know that that exists or get them to watch the free webinar and see what your options are.
928
00:47:19.470 --> 00:47:19.770
Yeah.
929
00:47:19.790 --> 00:47:22.971
You need to, there's always something, there's always a way to do it.
930
00:47:23.532 --> 00:47:24.192
Get educated.
931
00:47:24.572 --> 00:47:30.074
What do you think is one of the coolest things that Infinity does that you never would have expected from our business when you first found us?
932
00:47:30.937 --> 00:47:32.298
I know for me it's the Christmas parties.
933
00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:35.681
I would say it's probably our real estate mastery events.
934
00:47:35.781 --> 00:47:36.081
Yeah.
935
00:47:36.121 --> 00:47:49.633
Like how many brokers, how many, you know, companies are out there flying their clients, like paying for their flights, their accommodation, all their meals, their food, you know, their drinks to come and spend a weekend with us on the Gold Coast.
936
00:47:49.873 --> 00:47:50.434
Yeah.
937
00:47:50.534 --> 00:47:55.519
And be in a room with, you know, a thousand people over a weekend.
938
00:47:55.559 --> 00:47:57.400
Like how many companies can say that they do that?
939
00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:58.001
It's so true.
940
00:47:58.261 --> 00:48:07.250
And get like two full days of extra education where we just keep updating you on what's happening in the market, what you need to be looking at, keeping your eye out for you.
941
00:48:07.270 --> 00:48:08.331
That's actually a really good one.
942
00:48:08.591 --> 00:48:08.811
Yeah.
943
00:48:08.952 --> 00:48:09.212
Yeah.
944
00:48:09.733 --> 00:48:12.176
All of our events actually, like Nat and the community team.
945
00:48:12.216 --> 00:48:12.637
Yeah.
946
00:48:12.677 --> 00:48:14.640
Like you're not just paying for a brokerage.
947
00:48:14.660 --> 00:48:18.726
Like this is a whole, you've got like access to so much.
948
00:48:19.046 --> 00:48:22.050
One that stands out for me is probably the Kmart wishing tree appeal.
949
00:48:22.070 --> 00:48:22.511
Of course.
950
00:48:22.571 --> 00:48:25.015
And like people, yeah, just have no idea.
951
00:48:25.815 --> 00:48:48.035
um the amount that beck and g give and being a part of that feels like the warm fuzzies we get at the end of the year and like i know that dean runs something on the side as well that he gets everyone else the santa sacks yeah the santa sacks and doing that is just it just makes you feel good like just yeah it's we love working here and love everyone that we work with but you just constantly feel so good to give
952
00:48:48.335 --> 00:48:49.196
Yeah, always.
953
00:48:49.636 --> 00:48:50.537
Yeah, and I love that.
954
00:48:50.937 --> 00:48:54.140
We incorporate that with our Christmas party where it's like you have to bring a gift.
955
00:48:54.160 --> 00:49:01.147
Like you get to come to this party for free but your entry fee essentially is a gift for the Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal and our clients are incredible.
956
00:49:01.167 --> 00:49:05.050
They rallied behind us, did over a million dollars last year and we're going to do two million this year.
957
00:49:05.230 --> 00:49:05.591
I know.
958
00:49:05.611 --> 00:49:06.692
I reckon we're going to shit it in.
959
00:49:07.332 --> 00:49:07.953
I reckon two.
960
00:49:07.993 --> 00:49:08.253
Yeah.
961
00:49:08.273 --> 00:49:08.613
I reckon.
962
00:49:08.633 --> 00:49:11.336
But that's another thing is like our clients don't go, oh, well, I'm not going to get a present.
963
00:49:11.356 --> 00:49:12.898
Everyone's like, oh, yeah, of course, here's three.
964
00:49:12.918 --> 00:49:13.138
Yeah.
965
00:49:13.158 --> 00:49:14.659
Like people like showed out.
966
00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:15.200
Yeah.
967
00:49:15.220 --> 00:49:15.840
I can't wait for this year.
968
00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:15.981
Yeah.
969
00:49:16.001 --> 00:49:18.423
I think we filled like trucks last year.
970
00:49:18.443 --> 00:49:19.864
Do you guys know how many trucks we filled?
971
00:49:19.884 --> 00:49:20.725
I can't even remember what it was.
972
00:49:20.745 --> 00:49:21.766
I can't even say that.
973
00:49:21.926 --> 00:49:23.147
It was like heaps of them.
974
00:49:23.167 --> 00:49:23.868
Yeah.
975
00:49:23.888 --> 00:49:27.151
Like even to the point where I think the event staff were like, I don't actually think we have enough trucks.
976
00:49:27.291 --> 00:49:27.752
Yeah.
977
00:49:27.892 --> 00:49:28.152
Yeah.
978
00:49:28.473 --> 00:49:29.033
It was crazy.
979
00:49:29.053 --> 00:49:29.153
Yeah.
980
00:49:30.232 --> 00:49:30.612
Awesome.
981
00:49:30.632 --> 00:49:33.114
Well, I absolutely love the both of you so much.
982
00:49:33.175 --> 00:49:37.018
I am so proud of both of you and thank you so much for coming on to share your stories.
983
00:49:37.518 --> 00:49:38.379
Thank you.
984
00:49:38.419 --> 00:49:38.839
Love you too.
985
00:49:40.905 --> 00:49:41.806
My name is Rachel Howlett.
986
00:49:41.866 --> 00:49:42.046
Sorry.
987
00:49:42.246 --> 00:49:43.467
No, don't fuck with my head.
988
00:49:43.487 --> 00:49:43.667
Sorry.
989
00:49:44.728 --> 00:49:45.449
The tongue came out.
990
00:49:45.469 --> 00:49:46.370
Don't know how I feel about that.
991
00:49:46.990 --> 00:49:48.391
Just a couple of girls on a podcast.
992
00:49:48.411 --> 00:49:49.192
Nothing could go wrong.
993
00:49:49.212 --> 00:49:50.073
This is perfect.
994
00:49:50.093 --> 00:49:50.833
Get the wine.
995
00:49:52.095 --> 00:49:53.055
Sorry about that sound check.
996
00:49:54.136 --> 00:49:55.758
Why is it like we're 75 hard?
997
00:49:55.778 --> 00:49:56.779
I'm struggling to drink water.
998
00:49:56.799 --> 00:49:59.101
If this was full of vodka, I'd be, see you later.
999
00:49:59.481 --> 00:50:00.522
Our fun is the gym.
1000
00:50:03.153 --> 00:50:05.917
The only thing I'm lifting are these fucking bags under my eyes every day.
1001
00:50:05.937 --> 00:50:06.678
Holy.
1002
00:50:06.818 --> 00:50:08.280
I see you lifting these like big balls.
1003
00:50:08.420 --> 00:50:09.401
I know, isn't it nuts?
1004
00:50:09.461 --> 00:50:11.204
You could have gone in a really bad direction then.
1005
00:50:11.864 --> 00:50:14.748
Lifting balls.
1006
00:50:15.069 --> 00:50:18.153
It'd be funny if we had like a hook that was like something so dramatic.
1007
00:50:18.753 --> 00:50:19.875
Chicken and a little ball.