MASTER INVESTOR
bicycle with no money but with plenty of ambition . He had an unfortunate accident with his car and had to use his bicycle as a mode of transport for a season . He jokes about the times that he went to work on a bicycle as an estate agent and also the time when his car ran out of petrol while he was transporting clients around to showcase them investment properties .
Gawie ’ s property journey
His first job in property was as an estate agent with Homenet in Stellenbosch selling new developments and investment properties . He wanted to invest in property and the best way he thought he could learn to acquire property knowledge and how the deals work was to be amongst the dealmakers and buyers and sellers . He also realised that he needed to learn how to sell to make money . For the first five months he was an agent he did not sell one property . When he sold the first one thereafter the sales floodgates then started to open .
The property bug was inspired by his mother who was also a real estate agent in Centurion . She also gave him the book ‘ Rich Dad Poor Dad ’ written by Robert Kiyosaki that added to his interest in making property a full-time career . He attended multiple property investment courses , especially Hannes Dreyer ’ s property investment courses to educate himself more