The Row of Units…Lakewood

The things you do when you’re starting out. A gentleman from California asked if I could buy this whole building of units. I set about selling each one first with all the buyers paying me in the morning then with me settling with the seller in the afternoon. I wrote a creative newspaper ad and made a little wooden sign  which I moved from unit to unit as each one found a buyer.  Sold them all in three days but boy this one really cranked the adrenaline…

Nella Dan

Nella Dan was our first house in Australia. We knew our business model worked but we were also breaking new ground in Australia. We didn’t even have proper signs so we bought a piece of cardboard and drove some stakes into the front lawn. Our first buyers had been working in the armed forces for 20 years but a job change had shattered their dream of home ownership which we were able to correct. We sold them a house and they bought a home…