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Since the day Karan Sharma turned 18, he read an abundance of real estate investment books as he had a great aspiration to be a millionaire. After reading a steady stream of success stories, he decided to wander down the path of property to achieve his dream. In 2008, Karan purchased his first property in Australia and has been actively buying and selling since. “Real estate is, in my opinion, a safe investment as everyone works to earn food and shelter,” he says. “Therefore, investing in property was an ideal way for me to achieve both cash flow and capital growth.” Karan’s current portfolio is roughly worth $4m ($4.8m including overseas) and, if he was to go and sell tomorrow, his bank loans would be $2.7m. However, at present, the net cash flow a year is positive at $6,000 ($11,000 including overseas). Raised in a middle class family, and with a father who worked as a banker, Karan was always told about the real estate opportunities his father had missed out on. With his father’s regrets in mind, Karan went on to do well in school and obtained a bachelor’s degree in business, majoring in accounting and finance, from the University of Western Sydney. “To learn more about the real estate market, I studied for the full real estate licence,” he says. “My childhood was really basic, and this always motivated me to be rich so my kids can enjoy a lavish lifestyle when they grow up. While I don’t have any children yet, I am confident in my strategy of setting up a successful portfolio before settling down and getting married.” Looking abroad Living in Australia, Karan decided to kick-start his portfolio in a market close to home, but once he began to accumulate decent equity in India he decided to invest in Australia and India both and take advantage of the rapid growth both the markets were experiencing. “I believe in the numbers game – the more you buy, the more growth you can make per investment,” he says. “These opportunities came up via a network of Indian investors I knew here in Sydney so I decided to give it a crack. Networking has definitely been a positive influence on my decisions.” With experience in both markets, Karan has deemed Australia as the much safer country to invest in due to the highly regulated legal system. “Builders, developers and real estate agents are monitored constantly, so I definitely feel safer buying in Australia,” he says. “But that doesn’t stop me from investing small and short-term in overseas markets. The builders in India often take longer than promised to finish a project, but in my case it worked as a blessing in disguise, as it gave me more time to pay off the property without borrowing from the banks.”

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