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What happens when you combine a passion for property, a background in law and a trailblazing drive to create a one-of-a-kind property experience in Australia’s fastest-growing corridors?  🏠📈⚖️

The answer is Armstrong Real Estate!

Folks, in this episode of The Property Couch, we sit down with Megan Rovers, co-founder of Armstrong Real Estate, who has built this real estate empire from the ground up since 2012.

Tune in to hear:

  • The business values and personal finance lessons she learned growing up as the daughter of a dairy farmer
  • How she finished her law degree and built a flourishing business in Victoria’s largest continuous growth corridor
  • Her unique property investing journey that has seen her flip five houses
  • Why Geelong is where you want to invest next and so much more!

Hear from an inspirational figure in the property industry who never saw the industry’s male-dominated “boys club” as a challenge. Listen now folks!

 

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Timestamps

  • 0:00 – From Dairy Farmer’s Daughter to Real Estate Empire! – Chat with Megan Rovers
  • 1:25 – Join The Property Couch team, 2025 Summer Series shoutout and Free Report Alert!
  • 6:08 – Mindset Minute: The 2 differences between people who make their dreams come true and those who don’t.
  • 7:55 – Welcome Megan Rovers!
  • 8:46 – How did she create an incredible real estate empire from a background in law?
  • 9:46 – Money Story: “If it was raining, we knew we could go on a holiday” 
  • 12:18 – What was it like growing up in a dairy farmer family?
  • 15:24 – How did those business lessons shape her personal finances? 
  • 19:35 – The leap from law to loving real estate
  • 22:15 – First experiences with Armstrong Creek: Buying with only 140 houses in the area?!
  • 24:46 – The pivot from established to green field subdivisions
  • 27:31 – From first jobs selling Off the Plan to building a real estate empire 
  • 31:48 – With no experience in real estate, how did Armstrong Real Estate flourish?
  • 34:19 – Finishing her law degree while building an empire
  • 39:22 – Juggling multiple hats: How did Megan navigate tough times?
  • 41:51 – Breaking into the Boys Club: “I’ve never looked at it as a problem.” 
  • 45:15 – Building clients for life and a holistic service
  • 49:29 – Megan’s “non-traditional” property journey: 5 houses to reach her dream home!?
  • 54:23 – The buying demographic in Armstrong Creek
  • 56:07 – Are interest rates impacting investors in this area?
  • 58:44 – Why should people invest in Geelong?  

And…

  • 1:02:36 – Thank you Megan! What a resilient and remarkable guest
  • 1:05:14 – Lifehack: How to avoid pesky ads!
  • 1:08:18 – WMPN: Corelogic’s September Hedonic Home Value Index