Raising the Bar - QLD Property

About Raising the Bar - QLD Property

Raising the Bar: Real Talk About Queensland Property 🎙️ Hosted by George Sourris, Legal Practice Director at Empire Legal - a Brisbane-based conveyancing and property law firm Welcome to Raising the Bar, the Queensland property podcast where we sit down with the best real estate agents, mortgage brokers, buyer's agents, property managers, building inspectors and property pros across Brisbane, the Gold Coast and wider QLD. In each episode, host George Sourris pulls back the curtain on the stories, strategies, and hard-earned lessons that define excellence in the Queensland property market - from first-home buyer tips to auction tactics, from QLD conveyancing essentials to running a top-performing real estate business. Because our industry deserves better. Whether you're buying or selling property in Queensland, or you work in the property game and want to get sharper - this one's for you. Need a conveyancer for your next QLD property purchase or sale? Visit empirelegal.com.au (https://empirelegal.com.au) or call 07 3088 7675.

Publisher

George Sourris - Empire Legal

Category

business · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 May 2025

Latest episode

15 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 29 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   George Iacovou: the financial conversations you should be having

   George Sourris of Empire Legal interviews George Iacovou, Principal Financial Adviser and Founder of Great Advice, about crucial financial conversations for Queensland property owners' long-term success.

2. 

   8 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Lara Paholski: new AML laws will hit every QLD property professional in 2026

   George Sourris of Empire Legal interviews Lara Paholski, CEO of LiveSign, about upcoming AML laws impacting every Queensland property professional in 2026.

3. 

   1 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Peter Burgin: pro auction tips from 15,000+ auctions in QLD real estate

   George Sourris of Empire Legal interviews Peter Burgin, Chief Auctioneer at Ray White Collective, sharing auction strategies from over 15,000 Queensland real estate sales.

Inside a recent episode

George Iacovou: the financial conversations you should be having

Published 15 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] If you need to update, you will. Other high-level updates would be if your circumstances change in terms of marriage, divorce, children. If one of the executors or beneficiaries passes away, you need to address it then because otherwise it becomes a problem later. But your medical directive too. While you're alive, advanced health directives, enduring powers of attorney. Yes. This sort of stuff people don't even think about. The fact that we're talking about it and trying to promote... the benefits of it it's not even that we do not need to sell getting a will it's either you sort it out or the government will sort it out for you so get it done it's a non-negotiable it's like having insurance yes and that's what i wanted to let's bring it back to financial planning and what you do for your clients Surely that's part of the big picture of the conversations you're having. […]

Who has been a guest on Raising the Bar - QLD Property

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• George Iacovou
• Lara Paholski
• Peter Burgin
• Tamara Hall
• Matt Micallef

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

507,029

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

32

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32