In this week’s podcast episode we interview Gavin Mkhabela who grew up in the North West with his great grandmother. In 1992 he went to live with his mom in Alexandra, Johannesburg. He then studied accounting at Wits Tech but didn’t finish because he went to work.
He worked for the bank in the homeloans department and moved into the property finance department, where he worked as an analyst to the deal maker. In the podcast he shares how his not good enough wound stopped him from taking up a mentoring opportunity to learn more about putting together property deals.
Even though he was working at the bank, he didn’t think of property investing. He was more concerned with a roof over his head and having his own bedroom.
He got into debt in his first year of working at the bank in 2004 after signing a lease agreement for someone he was dating; the lease agreement was double his mortgage. This debt then snowballed, he got into more debt to keep afloat, and he soon found himself in even more debt.
By 2011 he was so stressed and panicked about debt that he ended up resigning from his job. He started a cleaning business and decided to make cleaning sexy and brought in a business partner. That business eventually fell apart and found himself over indebted and blacklisted.
The only job he could get was to be a financial advisor, which was commission only. He started advising people on property. He met a client who was struggling financially, and had a house and 2 back rooms and a garage. He then advised this client to rent out the rooms and the garage and he started making R13,000 a month.
Word then spread and he got more clients and he found himself teaching people about property and soon changed his life and his finances.
Tune in to learn more.
Episode 23: Mistakes & lessons learned from buying 5 properties in 4 years
Episode 22: Setting up real estate investment structures
Episode 21: The science of property management
EPISODE 20: Part 2 All about land: Creating 7 income streams from 1 piece of land
Episode 20 Part 1: The connection between land ownership and generational wealth
Episode 19: Lessons from being involved in 600 property transactions
Episode 18: Real estate investment trends in Zambia
Episode 17: Building an investment property portfolio with 600 residential units
New Year Special: property goal setting exercise
Christmas Special: How to go from zero units to multilets in record time
Episode 16: How to negotiate and own 8 properties with no money in 18 months at the age of 24
Episode 15: How to make R35, 000 per month from 1 property in the township
Episode 14: Investing in 16 high cashflow units Ekasi
Episode 13: Building a financial legacy for your children using real estate
Episode 12: From high-school drop out to properties that cashflow at R270, 000/US$18,000 per month by 23
Episode 11: How to go from 1 property to 74 property deals
Episode 10: How to own a profitable commercial building regardless of your income, networth or credit record
Episode 9: Building a property portfolio that makes R105, 000/ $7000 income a month
Episode 8: How to make an extra R18, 000/$1,800 profit per month with 1 property
Episode 7: How to start a properly portfolio for less than R3000/$300 per month
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Commercial Edge: Unleash the Power of People
The emPOWERed Half Hour
U.S Property Podcast
Aligned Money Show
Dubai Property Podcast
The Ramsey Show
The Clark Howard Podcast