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First Home Club membership
Every first home buyer deserves a buyer's agent in their corner.
The Street Smart Program, LIVE coaching calls, and access to buyer's agents who do this every day. The whole thing nobody sat you down and explained.
Join the Club, $299 for 3 months
Normally $997 · 70% off for the first 20 members · Then $124/month · Cancel any time
1,200+ property transactions
15 years in Australian property
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The bit nobody explains
You have been expected to work this out on your own.
You've been doing this on your own, and honestly, most first home buyers have. The good news is you don't have to anymore.
So you read the articles, you run the calculators, you ask ChatGPT, you speak to uncle Pete, and you still do not know whether the place you like is worth what they are asking.
None of that is a knowledge problem you should have to solve alone.
of first home buyers say they regret their purchase
buyers overpay at auction
The four-stage roadmap
Four stages. The purchase. Simplified.
Get Started
Finance fundamentals, mindset, and a clear understanding of your strengths and weaknesses, so your budget reflects what you can actually borrow.
Find Your Patch
Research suburbs properly, master open homes, and narrow down to the right property.
Make Your Move
How to value a property, due diligence, negotiation and contracts. This is where the money is won or lost.
Get the Keys
Settlement, moving in, and setting yourself up properly for what comes after.
Inside the Club
What is inside the Club
You will get 01
Weekly live calls
Bring a property, bring a contract, bring a question. Get an answer from people who do this for a living.
You will get 02
The Street Smart Program
The course itself. Every step from where you are now to settlement, in order, with what to do and who to call at each one.
You will get 03
Direct support
Put your own situation in front of a buyer's agent and get a straight answer, from someone with no commission riding on it.
You will get 04
The private community
A private group of other first home buyers at every stage. Ask anything. Nobody in there is selling you a loan.
You will get 05
The Property Evaluation System (PES)
Understanding what a property is worth could be your biggest unlock to purchasing your first home. This is where that happens.
You will get 06
The P.L.A.C.E Framework
Finding the suburb can be hard. This framework will guide you through how to look at suburbs, so you can select the area that suits your needs for the long term.
Plus the Property Inspection Checklist (PIC), a plain English guide to the government schemes and grants you may qualify for, and the checklists, cheat sheets and due diligence tools behind each stage. More being added.
Who is running this
Meet James Rankin.
Hi, I'm James.
My own first home purchase was a rough one, and I walked away thinking there had to be a better way.
“We nearly lost $25,000 because of a simple admin error”
Since then I've spent 15 years in property, and for almost a decade my job has been sitting on the buyer's side as a Buyers Agent.
Most people buying their first home can't justify hiring someone like me on day one, and that's exactly why I built First Home Club. It's everything I'd tell you over a coffee, how to size up a property, what it's genuinely worth, how agents think and how to negotiate. That way you walk into your next inspection feeling street smart.
Nobody here is selling you an off the plan or a house and land package. Honestly, you've already done the hard part just by starting. Let's get you home.
A quick fit check
Know whether this is for you.
This is for you if
- You would rather understand the process than be walked through it blind
- You want someone experienced to sanity check your thinking before you commit
- You are early. Especially if you are early.
It is not for you if
- You are after a mortgage broker. We will point you at a good one, but that is not what this is.
- You want someone to do the whole thing for you. That is a buyer's agent engagement, and James does those through Tomii.
The offer
Founding member pricing
Normally $997. The first twenty members pay $299, a 70% discount, and that covers your first three months. From month four it is $124 a month, and you can cancel any time from your account.
Founding member pricing is open to the first twenty members.
Join today for
$997$299
70% off. Your first three months included.
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Questions
Before you join.
When do I get access?
Straight away. As soon as your payment goes through you get an email with your login link.
Can I cancel?
Yes, any time, from your member account. You keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for.
Is this financial advice?
No. James is a buyer's agent, not a financial adviser or a mortgage broker. The Club helps you understand the process so you can make your own decisions.
I am not buying for another year. Is it too early?
No, and that is the best time to join. Stage one is all groundwork, and people who do it properly buy better.
What if it turns out not to be for me?
You can cancel any time from your member account, and you keep access through to the end of the period you have already paid for, so nothing gets switched off the moment you click. Your AU$299 covers a full three months, which is a proper run at it before the monthly billing starts. And if something is not working for you, say so in the community, because I would much rather fix it than have you quietly leave.
Ready when you are
Stop piecing it together. Start buying street smart.
Normally $997. For the first twenty members it is $299, and that covers your first three months. Then $124 a month. Cancel any time.
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