575 | Ray White Refused to Sell My Property, A $30K Loss & Getting Sucked in With the Sparkles – Chat with Alannah

Folks, Summer Series is officially here!

And we’re kicking it off with a masterclass in avoiding costly mistakes.

At just 19, Alannah jumped into the property market, full of excitement, determination, and trust in the advice around her.

But when her “dream” off-the-plan apartment in Werribee South became a financial anchor instead of an investment, she learned the hard way that not all property advice is created equal.

In this episode, Alannah opens up about:

🏡 The $360K property lesson that changed everything
🚩 How to recognise (and avoid) property spruikers under the guise of “educators”
💸 The emotional side of money and learning how to reset
📈 Rebuilding confidence through education, planning, and action

Listen now, because every investor makes mistakes, but the best ones learn fast and move forward.

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• Guests & Episodes Mentioned:
  • 20 | Science of Asset Selection – The Buyer’s Decision Quadrant
  • 478 | What Happens When Money is Used to Control: How She Escaped It & Overcame Scarcity & Gender Wealth Inequality – Chat with Amanda
  • Listen to our complete collection of Summer/Winter series guests!

Timestamps  

• 0:00 – Ep 575 | Ray White Refused to Sell My Property, A $30K Loss & Getting Sucked in With the Sparkles – Chat with Alannah
• 1:50 – Big news for 2026 and why these stories matter for every investor
• 3:47 – Welcome Alannah!
• 5:20 – Money story: oldest child, anxiety and watching her parents’ money stress
• 8:49 – First job at Woolies, forced saving and the car-matching deal
• 12:10 – How extra shifts and discipline led to buying Property #1 at 19
• 14:06 – Werribee South one-bedder: jet ski or $30K rebate on a $360K apartment
• 17:48 – The nightmare tenant and major damage bill
• 24:58 – Paying double the interest rate and $6K a year in body corp?!
• 27:54 – Six-month Europe trip, redundancy and “I never want to be in that position again”
• 31:28 – Ray White won’t take the listing and gives her the hard truth on one-bedders
• 33:21 – “We got sucked in with the sparkles” and 18 months on market
• 54:41 – Property #3: a 1970s Geelong house with a buyer’s agent and tenant from day one
• 57:02 – “I present to ASX boards, yet I still danced with the devil”
• 1:00:35 – Having a plan, $10K of surprise expenses and feeling calm instead of panicked
• 1:08:54 – December buying conditions, getting a plan and launching strong into 2026