Emily Hazell

So I saved like a mad person for those first few years.

I didn't go on a holiday for two and a half years and put every penny away, was eating all the meals at my own shop.

So

of course you have to have that dedication before you even buy to get that deposit.

And then you can look at whatever market you need to go in.

So yeah, you have to have the why, you know, it can be a million different reasons.

For me, it was, I saw mum stuck sort of in a marriage and she couldn't get out because she thought, you know, she had no money.

So for me, I really wanted to get that first house.

That was my why for my personal security, my personal safety in my own life to have that house that's mine.

And that's something that I can always fall back on.

So that was a huge, huge,

internal underlying driver for me but it could be anything for anyone else.

Yeah exactly I was

very lucky that day lucky or exactly I'd done my research but it's uh right in the middle of Melbourne and I was the only person at the auction and I had on my in my pocket I had a bit of paper a friend recommended this they said you know put what you hope you'll get your little dream price and then put what you expect it to go for and then put your absolute maximum and put it in your pocket so you do not go over because everyone gets emotionally involved and excited on auction day

And I got it for hundreds of thousands of less than I thought I would.

No one bid.

And they also said all those tips, wait till they say it's on the market.

And I'm waiting there.

And then they just said, all right, if anyone, you know, if you want to come in now and just talk with us privately.

So I went in.