The Story of PK Gupta

I’ve been getting so many new people into our community lately, and I’ve figured most aren’t familiar with my journey.

So if you want a tale from a shackled high-flying corporate job to becoming a financially independent property investor, It’d be a pleasure to share my story with you.

With humility, not vanity.

Growing up in a mixture of white and blue collar family in New Zealand, success was defined in conventional terms—hard work, frugality, and a stable office job.

I, heralded as family success story, followed this path: an investment banker earning six figures out of uni in Australia.

By 23, I was living in London, drawing a handsome salary, and had already dipped my toes into property a couple of times in Australia, where I went to uni.

From the outside, it looked like I had it all.

But internally, I was grappling with a stark reality: I was unfulfilled, unhappy, and disillusioned.

Having an enviable career is one thing, and being a happy person is another.

During this period, a revelation changed everything.

I was introduced to a wealthy extended family member, who was immersed in the world of property investment.

I heard she had houses in the UK & Spain, upped her passive income every year and didn’t have to work a day in the whole year.

A light bulb went off.

"This is it! This is what I want!" I thought to myself...

Encouraged by a my girlfriend—now my devoted wife—and motivated by her Aunty's success in property…

I realised that real wealth and freedom came not from trading hours for dollars but from smart, strategic investment in property.

However, I kept struggling with fear and societal expectations that nudged me back to the corporate world:

“Property is risky. PK you can lose a lot of money. You need lots of money to get started!”

Even as I climbed higher, earning over $150,000 a year and driving a sleek Alfa Romeo, dissatisfaction gnawed at me.

It was a rude shock to me to see just how empty and robotic life can be when you don't care about what you're doing, and the only reason you're there is to pay the bills.

The real blow came when the company I was working for didn’t seem like they wanted me anymore, and I faced redundancy.

This was my wake-up call.

Potential redundancy after a giving them over 70 hours a week for years crystallised my fears about this supposed “traditional path”.

I realised that my fear of investing was nothing but bravery training.

So building on my previous property dabbling I doubled down and built more data protocols, systems and methods. For myself.

I believe a picture tells a thousands words. But a formula tells a thousand pictures.

Trying to learn from every property investment seminar, podcast, book, video, and often doing the opposite of what they were “selling”.

Bold move, I know, and it could have been costly, but I never regretted it as it equipped us with the knowledge to accelerate our journey.

I relied on data, not “experts”. From that came real confidence.

Fast forward almost a decade we had $120,000 passive income and the freedom I’d learned to dream of.

I even did some development deals to quicken the progress.

It wasn’t all smooth sailing though.

The lack of practical honest training and data driven support in the property education space was a significant hurdle.

This was the moment when I decided to revolutionise property education as a whole.

Today, after a lot of success in the property world…

I lead a platform that embodies everything I wished I had access to—a comprehensive, honest, data centred, and kind community in property investment.

My mission? To empower people who were in the same boat as me to make data-driven, confident property investments and achieve the freedom that seemed so elusive to me once.

I've turned my painful lessons into a blueprint for success for anyone willing to learn and act.

I’ve learned that we all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.

Most importantly I’ve learned that happiness doesn’t come from financial freedom.

My properties have given me financial happiness. But for true happiness, I’m still a work in progress.