23 - Mary Benton: Accountant, Financial Planner and (now) Renovator

On today’s episode,

Bernadette interviews Mary Benton, one of her students in The School Of Renovating. Mary has over 30 years of experience as a chartered accountant and has her own financial planning practice. Mary inspires us with her successful renovating story and shares with us valuable tips on creating an income to live a life you love.

Bernadette covers,

The reasons why Mary, as an accountant and financial planner, got started on renovating and property How Mary successfully renovated her 10-year old home with Bernadette's guidance The lessons Mary learned from starting a whole reno project and finish it just after Christmas How Mary used Airbnb as a way to generate income from her reno while waiting for the right time to sell the property What are Mary's key drivers for increasing the value on her property Mary's overall game plan to achieving her dream house and making it her lifelong project How working with the right buyer's agent can help get local opportunities for her projects and sell them on the market What are the actual elements of her renovation project that helped increased its value How much renovating has impacted her life Why Mary as a financial planner became so in love with property Mary's top 3 tips for renovators and investors to creating an income to live a life you love

You can reach Mary Benton here:

Plan4wealth: www.plan4wealth.com.au

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