I’m a paying client of PK Gupta’s Property Investment Course after the budget changes
I’m sharing this as a genuine, paying client of PK’s property investment course and because I reckon the constant hate aimed at property professionals right now is misplaced while prices are tumbling in many markets.
I joined the course in late April and as I was going through the course, working on my strategy and finance approval, the federal budget had dropped. Instantly I was confused, unsure how I am going to move forward. PK was calm when everyone else was rattled and got onto it fast.. running a full budget breakdown and update on one of the mentoring calls in May, showing exactly how it changed the way we invest. It was good to know that the core strategy didn't really change and the existing content was still very relevant. That put me back on the right path and I was able to then move forward some tweaks to my strategy and ownership structure.
Since then the first module has been fully updated to bake in those budget changes. The strategy has been refined, the ownership structure guidance is now much clearer and there’s a new ownership structure strategy tool that made a genuinely complex part of the process simple. If anything the course works better now than when I joined and getting your structure right early has probably become even more important.
Then I went onto applying the data to pick suburbs. At first it felt like there is a lot of data but the suburb workbook breaks it into steps so you’re always moving forward instead of going back and forth. I was excited to see that even despite my low budget under $500k in 2026, there were still at least a dozen good suburbs to buy in, mostly regional NSW, VIC and Tasmania. Looking back all these areas have been performing quite well so no regrets of opportunity cost.
I ended up buying a property in June 2026 in regional NSW for $491k (after some negotiation), old home but fullyrenovated and it’s rented for $520/week now. The yield is quite strong, compared to where I was looking in regional VIC as well, mainly because of very tight vacancy and strong rental demand. Interestingly this was an off-market property that a previous investor was selling due to retirement and even till now I'm getting agents messaging me off-market properties. I am happy to see that the value is continually rising. In fact in July, the suburb rose $7k so I capitalised on that instantly. I'm expecting double digit growth in the next 6-12 months!
There are so many good opportunities out there under $500k. Right now I don't have the capacity to buy another one right away. Maybe later in the year or very early next year, by using some of the equity from this purchase.
I noticed that when people shared their deals on the mentoring call, some bought in places like Melbourne and despite what I hear in the media and the broader downturn of the Melbourne market.. like several examples where members bought townhouses in Melbourne and they're doing quite well, despite freestanding houses around Melbourne not doing too well. I'm thinking of doing something similar and buying another sub $500k property as soon as I can in a capital city to diversify because honestly I don't think I'll be able to afford to buy and sustain holding a $1m house in a capital city.
My $6k investment in the course has certainly been justified but not only because the property has grown by well over that much already.. but becasue of the 1:1 mentoring from PK. I ran a couple of properties past PK.. whilst the property lined good on paper he honestly told me not to proceed with it and showed me why. He pointed out things I overlooked and once he did it was obvious why it should’ve been ruled out. That kind of personalised vetting, plus lifetime access to the content, the calls and support is worth more than $6k fee on its own. I think if it wasn't for the 1:1 support then the success rate from the course could be lower or it requiring more time to implement confidently.
Previously I tried to use AI to help me pick the best suburbs and it was useless. It kept pushing locations that already had a significant amount of past growth. Even once I ran through it, giving it several suburbs, it talked in generalities without really having any understanding of identifying markets where there is an imbalance between demand and supply. Once you apply thresholds, look at specific trends and try to correlate certain data points, AI just can't do that because it doesn't know what contributes to short term/long term capital growth. On top of that it can’t vet a specific property the way PK does. For anyone learning and DIYing, that gap is the whole ballgame.
There's a lot of hate right now towards buyers agents, mortgage brokers, property professionals.. basically anyone involved in helping people buy investment properties. I get it.. there's a segment that just doesn't want housing to be an investment at all. But PK's one of the genuine, nuanced ones. He'll talk you out of a bad deal, which I've seen firsthand. He's earned good faith with the people he works with, and with an audience his size he was always going to cop flak regardless. That's why I bothered writing this.