Joshua Anthony Buyers Agents

Joshua Anthony Buyers Agents I help busy professionals and investors buy the right property β€” without the guesswork, wasted weekends, or costly mistakes. Strategy first. Property second.

πŸ“‰ Rate cuts don't change strategy. Here's what does πŸ“‰72% of Australian mortgage holders now say debt reduction is their ...
08/06/2026

πŸ“‰ Rate cuts don't change strategy. Here's what does πŸ“‰

72% of Australian mortgage holders now say debt reduction is their primary financial goal, according to Agile Market Intelligence research.

Rates have reshaped the way people think about their property.

But here's the thing about anchoring your strategy to the rate cycle: it keeps you reactive.

When rates went up, people got cautious.

When rates come down, people get active.

By the time the broader market feels confident enough to act, the best entry points have often already passed.

The investors I know who have built serious portfolios didn't time the rate cycle.

They bought quality assets consistently, held through the noise, and let the compounding do the work.

Rates matter for cash flow modelling.

They matter for serviceability.

They should not be the primary variable determining whether you build a portfolio or not.

If you're waiting for the rate environment to "settle" before you buy β€” you're waiting for a feeling, not a condition.

Strategy is the thing that makes you immune to that instinct. πŸ‘‡

To find out more, contact me directly:

☎️ – 0419 815 575
πŸ’» – [email protected]

or book a free 15-min discovery session via my website.

🧠 The co-buying trend. Smart strategy or expensive compromise? 🧠CommBank data shows 6 in 10 first home buyers are now te...
03/06/2026

🧠 The co-buying trend. Smart strategy or expensive compromise? 🧠

CommBank data shows 6 in 10 first home buyers are now teaming up with a co-buyer β€” spouse, friend, or family member β€” to get into the market.

Worth thinking carefully about what that means before you sign up for it.

Co-buying works well when: both parties have aligned goals, aligned time horizons, and a clear legal agreement about what happens if life changes.

Co-buying creates problems when: one person wants to sell and the other doesn't, the relationship changes, one party loses their job, or you disagree about renovation decisions that affect the asset's value.

I've seen co-purchasing arrangements accelerate wealth creation for people who went in with eyes open.

I've also seen them end messy and expensive when the initial conversations weren't had.

The structure isn't inherently good or bad.

The question is whether the due diligence on your co-buyer is as rigorous as the due diligence on the property.

If you're considering it: get a solicitor involved before you find the property, not after. πŸ‘‡

To find out more, contact me directly:

☎️ – 0419 815 575
πŸ’» – [email protected]

or book a free 15-min discovery session via my website.

πŸ“ˆ Investor activity is at a decade high. What that tells you about the next window. πŸ“ˆPropTrack data shows investor activ...
01/06/2026

πŸ“ˆ Investor activity is at a decade high. What that tells you about the next window. πŸ“ˆ

PropTrack data shows investor activity across Australia is at its highest level in years.

The driver isn't complicated: low vacancy rates, tight rental market, fast-rising rents.

And it's being validated by outcomes.

More than 93% of recent investor sales turned a profit.

That's the highest figure in a decade.

There are two ways to read this.

The optimistic read: conditions are strong, demand is real, fundamentals support continued growth.

The cautious read: when investor activity reaches peak levels, you need to be more careful β€” not less β€” about what you're buying.

A rising tide lifts all boats. But not all boats are seaworthy when the tide turns.

This is exactly why the selection discipline matters more in a hot market than a slow one.

Anyone can make money when everything goes up.

The quality of your decision only becomes visible when conditions normalise.

What I'm focused on with clients right now: finding assets that work in both scenarios.πŸ‘‡

To find out more, contact me directly:

☎️ – 0419 815 575
πŸ’» – [email protected]

or book a free 15-min discovery session via my website.

🏑 Rent vs buy isn't the question. This is. 🏑Rent versus buy is the wrong question for most professionals I work with.A r...
27/05/2026

🏑 Rent vs buy isn't the question. This is. 🏑

Rent versus buy is the wrong question for most professionals I work with.

A recent Cotality report found parts of inner Melbourne, Darwin, and the ACT where buying a unit is cheaper than renting one.

Perth has suburbs where the gap between rent and loan repayments is minimal.

The maths isn't the obstacle.

The real question is: what are you actually optimising for?

If you're renting strategically to preserve capital flexibility while you source the right asset β€” smart.

If you're renting indefinitely because buying feels complex and uncertain β€” that's a different situation.

Property ownership for a professional in their 30s or 40s isn't just about the repayment-vs-rent comparison.

It's about accumulating an appreciating asset over a long time horizon with leverage that is extremely difficult to access in any other asset class.

The rent vs buy spreadsheet can be made to say almost anything depending on the assumptions you use.

The question that doesn't change is: when is the right time to start building something permanent?

For most professionals I speak to, the answer is already behind them. πŸ‘‡

To find out more, contact me directly:

☎️ – 0419 815 575
πŸ’» – [email protected]

or book a free 15-min discovery session via my website.

🌏 Perth ranked 6th best city in the world to raise a family. Here's what that means for buyers. 🌏Compare the Market rece...
25/05/2026

🌏 Perth ranked 6th best city in the world to raise a family. Here's what that means for buyers. 🌏

Compare the Market recently ranked the best 50 cities globally to raise a family.

Perth came in sixth.

Brisbane topped the list. Sydney fifth. Melbourne seventh. We sat comfortably between two of Australia's most expensive cities.

People read this as a liveability story.

I read it as a demand story.

Cities that rank well on safety, education, and lifestyle consistently attract internal migration β€” especially from professionals making deliberate relocation decisions.

Perth was already seeing this before the rankings.

Inbound migration from the eastern states has been a material part of the demand equation over the past three years.

What that creates is sustained buyer competition in family-friendly corridors β€” suburbs with schools, parks, and proximity to employment hubs.

If you're buying in Perth right now, understanding where that demand is moving is more useful than following last year's median prices.

The growth is already shifting to the next tier.

The suburbs that ranked well in 2022 and 2023 are mostly done.

The question is where the family buyers land next. πŸ‘‡

To find out more, contact me directly:

☎️ – 0419 815 575
πŸ’» – [email protected]

or book a free 15-min discovery session via my website.

🏘️ 2 in 5 Australians want to buy investment property. Most won't. 🏘️A recent Great Southern Bank survey found two in fi...
20/05/2026

🏘️ 2 in 5 Australians want to buy investment property. Most won't. 🏘️

A recent Great Southern Bank survey found two in five Australians plan to buy an investment property in the next 12 months.

That number is not going to happen.

Not because the intent isn't real.

But because intent and ex*****on are separated by about eleven steps β€” and most people stall somewhere around step four.

Here's where they usually stall:

➑️ They can't decide on a market.
➑️ They read too many conflicting opinions and end up paralysed.
➑️ Or they've picked a market based on what their colleague bought, or what a podcast said three months ago.
➑️ They're not sure if their structure is right. SMSF? Trust? Joint names?
➑️ They want to get this perfect before they move, so they don't move.
➑️ They start looking at properties without a brief and the search goes in circles.

None of these are permanent problems.

They're all solvable.

The investors who actually close in the next 12 months will be the ones who get clarity first and start searching second.

That order matters more than most people realise. πŸ‘‡

To find out more, contact me directly:

☎️ – 0419 815 575
πŸ’» – [email protected]

or book a free 15-min discovery session via my website.



πŸ€·πŸΏβ€β™‚οΈ What I actually look at before recommending a property πŸ€·πŸΏβ€β™‚οΈEvery property that gets on a shortlist I give a clien...
18/05/2026

πŸ€·πŸΏβ€β™‚οΈ What I actually look at before recommending a property πŸ€·πŸΏβ€β™‚οΈ

Every property that gets on a shortlist I give a client has been through the same filter.

Here's the short version of what that looks like.

1️⃣ Macro: Is this market still in the right part of its cycle? Are we buying into growth or into the aftermath of growth?

2️⃣ Micro: Is this suburb on the right side of the infrastructure spend, demographic shift, or rezoning that's happening in the next five years?

3️⃣ Property: Does the land component make sense? Is this a hold-and-grow asset or an illiquid liability dressed up in new paint?

4️⃣ Price: What did comparable properties actually sell for β€” including the ones that didn't make it to realestate.com.au? Is this vendor price realistic or aspirational?

5️⃣ Risk: What does the exit look like in a bad scenario? Who's the buyer pool in three years?

Most buyers run this checklist backwards β€” they find something they like, then try to talk themselves into it.

My job is to remove that instinct from the process entirely.πŸ‘‡

To find out more, contact me directly:

☎️ – 0419 815 575
πŸ’» – [email protected]

or book a free 15-min discovery session via my website.

πŸ˜₯ Case Study: The doctor who almost bought the wrong suburb πŸ˜₯Client: Specialist physician, inner Perth. Two investment p...
13/05/2026

πŸ˜₯ Case Study: The doctor who almost bought the wrong suburb πŸ˜₯

Client: Specialist physician, inner Perth. Two investment properties already. Wanted a third.

He'd done his own research.

He'd identified a suburb based on median price growth over the past three years and a lot of weekend driving around.

It was a reasonable choice.

But it was the wrong one.

What he didn't know:
➑️ The growth he was chasing had already happened.
➑️ The area was two years past its peak entry window.
➑️ He was about to pay a 2021 price in 2024 conditions.

We redirected his brief. Identified two suburbs 15 minutes away β€” less talked about, better fundamentals, genuine runway.

We sourced an off-market property in one of them, negotiated $43,000 below the comparable recent sale, and settled inside six weeks.

He got into the market he actually needed to be in, not the one that felt safe based on backward-looking data.

That's the difference between research and strategy. πŸ‘‡

To find out more, contact me directly:

☎️ – 0419 815 575
πŸ’» – [email protected]

or book a free 15-min discovery session via my website.



🏠 Human judgement vs algorithms. The property version  πŸ€–There's no shortage of tools right now that will tell you a prop...
11/05/2026

🏠 Human judgement vs algorithms. The property version πŸ€–

There's no shortage of tools right now that will tell you a property's "estimated value."

Plug in the address and they spit out a number with a confidence range.

Here's the problem.

Those tools are trained on sales data.

They're looking backwards.

A good buyer's agent is looking at a different set of variables:
➑️ where the growth cycle is in that market right now,
➑️ what the next three years of infrastructure spend looks like,
➑️ whether the vendor is motivated,
➑️ what comparable sales aren't showing up in automated estimates because they settled off-market.

The algorithm:
❌ Can't negotiate.
❌ It can't read the room at an auction.
❌ It doesn't know the selling agent is bluffing.

Data is an input.

Judgment is the thing that turns it into a decision.

Professionals don't outsource surgeries to apps.

They get a specialist.

Property is a seven-figure decision.

The standard it deserves isn't that different. πŸ‘‡

To find out more, contact me directly:

☎️ – 0419 815 575
πŸ’» – [email protected]

or book a free 15-min discovery session via my website.



Bobby works FIFO. He misses most inspections on properties that matter. Here's what he said after working with me.Bobby ...
09/05/2026

Bobby works FIFO. He misses most inspections on properties that matter. Here's what he said after working with me.

Bobby (Not his real name) β€” Google Review

"Josh has been absolutely vital. I work FIFO and I miss majority of the inspections of decent properties. He jumps in when you can't and ensures you have enough data to make an informed decision. Worth the investment and will save you from potential headaches."

This is exactly the kind of client I built this service for.

Busy professionals β€” FIFO workers, doctors, executives, people who are constantly time-poor β€” lose out in this market not because of their budget but because they physically can't be everywhere they need to be.

I can.

I attend inspections, assess properties on the ground, provide written analysis, and give clients everything they need to make a confident decision without having to drop what they're doing.

If your work schedule is working against your property goals β€” that's a problem with a solution.

Send me a message and let's talk about what that looks like for your situation.

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Unit 205/26 Charles Street, South Perth
Perth, WA
6151

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