I don’t know much about the Australian market, but your curiosity and drive to learn are inspiring.

You're so excited you won and you go drive the property. 

What examinations must I take, do I need to be a loan officer for 2 years first?

I didn't have much money, and not much experience but I used my background in finance to put together a syndication and buy an old office building and drive thru on .59 acres with the purpose of developing housing.My passion was creating housing in a city with under 2% vacancy and skyrocketing housing costs.

I'm an investor here in Columbus OH myself and have seen the city's solid and steady growth with strong economic fundamentals driving the market like major companies moving here (Meta, Intel, Google, Amazon, etc), job growth, and population growth.

First house in 2021 - no internet to search at that time, remember going to realtor offices and seeing magazines and talking on phone with them about properties available and driving by them as there was no google street view.

It’s ran like a business, not a personal investment.Given the heavy workload I have being the CEO/founder of the wealth management company, my wife has set up a well oiled machine on the property management side, due to her perfectionist drive however, it still means that she's constantly dealing with tenants and toilets and replying to items at all hours of the day and night.

A nice portfolio is 10-40 properties, and yes you should drive by your own assets to check for broken windows.

You could drive by their place to see what the area is like and what's going on.

Amenities also drive demand to a rental and its much easier to have something like a pool if you are in a complex.