Mat Steinwede has gone from being homeless and on Australia’s Most Wanted List to amassing a multimillion-dollar real estate empire. So how did he do it? It’s a rags to riches story that feels like a plot ripped from the pages of 10’s Underbelly series. Steinwede, 50, landed his first job as a bouncer on Sydney’s Oxford Street in his late teens, where he quickly got caught up in the rampant drug...
by Tony Lawson 
A savvy way to pick a potential property hotspot is to seek out the "ugly duckling” suburbs — according to one of Australia’s leading real estate experts. Terry Ryder, director of Hotspotting, has named five city spots around Australia he considers to be underachievers with a promising future in his latest report, Top 5 Cheapies With Prospects. RELATED: Why your next home buy should be...
by Tony Lawson 
A West Lakes home that featured in Natalie Imbruglia’s leading lady debut film has sold in a million-dollar deal. The three-bedroom house at 35 Birkdale Grove was snapped up at auction for $1.277 million. “It was a ll family who had been looking for a little while,” said Ms Auricchio, who sold the property with Nick Carpinelli. “The majority of prospective buyers were looking to live...