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For the first time in a long time, I came back from a holiday and felt a bit lost.

We’ve just come off a record month.

I got back on Monday after a two-week honeymoon, and my first instinct was the usual one:

Let’s go.
Let’s move.
Let’s fix.
Let’s push.

But this time, I stopped.

And I realised something that caught me off guard.

There was actually nothing to fix.
Nothing urgent.
Nothing that needed me to jump in and force momentum.

The business is moving.
The team is performing.
Everything is working without me.

And if I’m honest, that was unfamiliar.

I spoke to my coach and said something I haven’t said in a very long time:

I feel lost.
I don’t know what to do.

He said:
Good.
Now ask yourself what you’d actually love doing every day.

Treat it like a blank canvas.
What kind of business do you want to run?
What do you want your day-to-day to look like?
Then build that.

That hit me.

Because maybe this is the next phase.
Not building a business that depends on me.
But building one that is designed around the life I actually want.

Travelling with my wife on this trip felt different.

For the first time in my career, I wasn’t excited to get home and get back into it.

Not because I’ve fallen out of love with the business.
But because, for the first time ever, I realised I’m no longer needed in the way I once was.

And that creates a new challenge.

Not how to grow it.
Not how to save it.
Not how to push harder.

But how to redesign my role.
My days.
My life.

A different season.
A different problem.
But a good one.

Anyway, I’m working through it in real time.
And I’ll take you on the journey.

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If you replace

Scrolling with reading

Netflix with working on your side hustle

Drugs and alcohol with fitness

Gossiping with friends with discussions on the future, money, progressing in life

You will beat 99% of people in the world.

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Just fucking invest.

That’s been my approach for the better part of a decade and it’s served me very well.

(Read until the end to understand the 2 most important stats I tell myself, when thinking about not investing)

The reality is, there will always be reasons not to invest:

Interest rates rising
Negative gearing noise
Wars around the world
COVID
Endless negative commentary online

In my opinion, most of it is just noise.

It has never influenced how I invest or the decisions I make.

Every single month, I invest.

Over the last 3 years, I haven’t missed a month putting 10–20% of my income into stocks.

And over the last 4–5 years, I’ve continued buying property every few months.

Never once have I sat there thinking:

“Is now the right time?”
“Should I wait?”
“Let me see what happens first.”

Could I have timed things slightly better here and there? Maybe.

But I wouldn’t be sitting on a portfolio pushing $10M at 31 if I did what most people do, which is hesitate and overthink based on what’s happening in the world.

Two simple truths which allow me to remove all the BS noise which is always around:

1. The stock market (S&P) annually has historically been positive 80% of the time.
2. At Fresh Start Advisory, we’ve never bought a property that hasn’t grown at least 11% in the first year.

That means, on average, our properties are growing $120k–$150k per year.

These 2 stats are always front of mind for me. And hitting me right in the face, when I think:

Is now the right time to invest.

They force me to shut the bullshit out, and put my money to work.

Keep investing.
Stay invested.

To your success.

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What a Valentine’s Day 💌

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So blessed ❤️

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What a day ⚓️☀️

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I am not worried about selling any of my investment properties

We often hear that you buy property and hold forever

For me… that just doesn’t work and is not my strategy at all..

Here’s why:

1 - I want to buy my dream home 1 day (within the next 5-10 years) and I want to buy it completely outright.

It’s going to be pretty difficult for me to save us $3m-$4m to do that.

However, quite an easy and simple process to do within a 5-10 year period if you hold the assets in my portfolio, not take any equity out to reinvest into more investments

And then sell down a portion of the portfolio and use that free cash to buy my home outright!

2 - Residental property is not going to get me my $200k net passive income in the next 5 years

Yep… that is not residental properties job

The job for residental property is to grow… and grow quickly

Every asset in my portfolio will double in value within the next 4-7 years (some have already doubled)

By the end of that period, the portfolio will be producing me very minimal net cashflow ($50k - all equated off a 6% interest rate)

However, there will be circa $5m - $10m of equity

The plan then is to sell down the entire portfolio and buy assets which are more weighed towards producing strong cashflow (5-7%+)

$5m at 5%…

My income goal is met!

3 - I haven’t got an expensive taste in cars/watches/boats

But that might change one day

And I am definitely not against selling an asset, cashing out $300k, $400k, $500k and using that to fund bigger lifestyle purchases

Being comfortable with selling assets in my portfolio will allow me to do that!

The overall the underlying message here is

For me

I am not emotionally connected to any one of my properties

And I do see people get this wrong from time to time

In my belief, it’s because it’s a home and people are living in it… I get it

And for some reason we see property as different to stocks/business/crypto

I really don’t…

In fact, I don’t ever plan to get emotional charged about my portfolio

I treat it the way it should be treated

As an asset.

To your success.

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“We are completely fine without you”

I had an chat with Rawad—my best friend, and our head of growth at FSA

He said something to me the other day that really stuck:

“I don’t mean this in a bad way—I mean it in the best way possible…

We’re on track to have our best month ever for the fourth month in a row—while you’ve been away.”

My first thought?

Great. This is everything I have ever dreamed of. A business which actually grows without my input.

My second thought?

I want to do more.

Then I went and showered—and somewhere between the water and the silence, I had a big uh huh moment with myself:

Yes, I want more.

But why is it always about more?

When we quit our jobs to start the business, Frank and I used to say:

“Can’t wait till we get 3 clients a month—then we’ll be good.”

Then we hit 3.

And said:

“Wait till we’re doing 10 clients a month—then we’ll be good.”

Then it was 20 clients.

Then 30.

Then 40.

Now it’s:

“Once we’re doing $1M a month—then we’ll be good.”

But the truth is—we’ve always been good.

Even when we didn’t feel it.

Even when things felt like they were falling apart.

Even when we didn’t have the numbers to prove it.

We have always been good.

“Good” was never about hitting some arbitrary milestone.

It was about being in motion, with purpose.

It was about being present in the process—not perfect, but present.

It was about who we were becoming while we built.

So yeah… we’ve always been good.

We just didn’t always take a moment to see

This is a reminder to my future self.

To my future kids.

To anyone building something they care about:

Enjoy the ride.

Breathe.

Don’t wait to “be good.”

You already are.

You’ve been good the whole time.

Be grateful for every single step of the journey.

To your success.

Enjoy some very cool shots from our current camper van trip around NZ.

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A Full Circle Moment

On Saturday, we hosted our first-ever in-person seminar—a five-hour event in Melbourne.

We brought the whole FSA team together from across the country, and for Frank and me, this was so much more than just an event.

It was personal.

Years ago, we sat in those same seminars—the ones where they’d push you to run to the back of the room and sign up. Unfortunately, we did. And it cost us—big time. We lost a lot of money in property.

That experience was exactly why we started FSA.

It was also the exact event that we promised eachother that we would not run.

The morning of the event, I went for a run through a park which Frank and I used to live right in front of when we were living together and when we first started FSA 5 years ago!

And mid-run, it hit me.

Five years ago, we were just two guys grinding, chasing a vision.

Now, we were about to stand in front of a packed room and bring that vision to life.

Mid run, I broke down—overwhelmed with gratitude and perspective on how far we’d come.

For the first time in my business career, I actually realised how proud I was of myself and Frank and what we had created

Then, at the event, Frank showed me something that gave me chills—a goal he wrote down in 2020:

“Run a seminar with Adrian in 2025. One that gives ultimate value. One that makes an impact.”

And here we were.

This event wasn’t just about property investing. It was about helping people change their lives—just like we changed ours.

It was about showing what’s possible when you back yourself, take action, and refuse to quit.

The event was a massive success. But what really stood out?

Towards the end of the seminar, Frank ran through an hour of deep research—covering macro and microeconomics—right when everyone had full stomachs and were probably ready for a nap. Then, he asked the crowd:

“Has anyone ever been to a property seminar?”

A whole bunch of hands were raised

He then asked:

“Has anyone ever received this level of information?”

The entire room answered with a loud and clear “NO.”

Since then, the feedback has been unreal. So much so that we’ve decided to do it again—Sydney, mid-year!

Time to launch 🚀

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Why I’m Not Scared to Lose It All

I caught myself telling this to my leadership team a few weeks back

The business could fail.

It’s not something we like to think about, but it’s the truth.

Yes, we’ve doubled in size, revenue, and profit three years in a row.

Yes, the business is stronger than ever.

But if it all disappeared tomorrow?

I wouldn’t be scared.

I’d actually welcome it.

Because over the last five years, I’ve built two skills that transfer to any business, any industry, any market.

💡 Sales & Marketing 💡

In my opinion

There are the two most important sectors of every business.

And I have been extremley fortunate that these have been the two areas of the business which I have solely focused on over the past 5 years.

And here’s what I’ve realized:

When you get really good at something, you stop worrying about “what if it all goes away?”’

Because you know you can build it again.

That’s why I’m not scared to lose it all.

I’ve spent thousands of hours:

* Building ads, landing pages, and marketing campaigns.
* Running sales calls, training teams, refining scripts and funnels.

If Fresh Start disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn’t panic.

I’d take these skills, these experiences, and start again—knowing success is just a matter of time.

What’s one skill you’ve built that gives you that same level of confidence?

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