Property Investment Professionals of Australia – PIPA

PIPA Adviser Issue 29

Apr 2023Karen Millers

Industry sounds warning on “faux advisers”

With an influx of new entrants flooding the industry, inexperienced and untrained ‘faux’ advisers are on the rise. Stay ahead of the game and learn how to navigate this landscape with our expert insights and analysis.

In this issue, the PIPA Adviser features:

  • PIPA launches inaugural conference.
  • An influx of new entrants into the property investment sector over recent years has flooded the market with inexperienced and untrained “faux” advisers.
  • Are rates and prices stabilising?
  • QPIA members, Dan Irwin and Dane Roche, are both former Defence Force personnel who joined forces to establish Strike Property with an aim to build wealth for the Defence and ADF Veteran community through property.
  • US regulators avoided a banking crisis by swift action following SVB’s collapse.
  • The 2023 PIPA Brisbane Breakfast Seminar featured an expert panel discussion on the topic of “Solving the southeast rental crisis”.
  • Plus, stay up to date with the latest property news and we welcome our newest members!

Issue 36

July 2025

In this issue...

When it comes to most aspects of life, $1 Million goes a long way. Whether it’s a lifetime of family groceries1, 75 years’ worth of household transport costs, or smashed avocado for breakfast every day, for over 100 years.

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Issue 34

November 2024

In this issue...

The sell-off of investment properties around the nation is continuing unabated and is fuelling fears of an even tighter rental market with higher holding and compliance costs as well as new property taxes to blame.

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We strive to bring accountability, ethics, and education to the property investment industry.

PIPA exists to improve the professional standards of anyone providing property investment advice to consumers. Our voluntary Code of Conduct means that members adhere to a high set of professional standards to help protect consumers. Qualified Property Investment Advisers (QPIAs®) have the highest form of industry-recognised, specialist training and can be trusted to provide tailored and unbiased advice to consumers.

PIPA also regularly produces research, analysis, and publications to help educate our members, media, and consumers about the property investment sector.

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