 Now searching for your dream home can be a daunting experience and thankfully private property has teamed up with the property buyer show To give you all the information that you need when purchasing that property and after visiting Cape Town in Durban This showcase will now be hosted at the Santon Convention Center in Johannesburg this weekend and joining me is Richard Stubbs and Brian Courtney to tell us a little bit more gentlemen. Thank you very much for joining us Excellent as the event director Richard tell me about where the idea came from what motivated you to want to start and Introduce this showcase to the public that gives them Really the vital information that they need when it comes to buying their biggest asset Yeah, absolutely. It's their biggest back biggest asset and as you mentioned it's quite a daunting process so we thought about putting on a platform where and People who are interested in buying property whether that's their first first home or adding by to let Properties into a portfolio can go and just get advice from a real person and they can learn from industry experts They can meet all the role players in the real estate industry and and it's a one-stop shop for residential property Yeah, and Brian from a private property point of view Why did you decide to get involved and partner with the property buyers show and what is it that we can expect from your Standing sure what it's an amazing opportunity for us to be involved with such a show It's really aligned with our core values of understanding the first-time buyers specifically and really helping those established property Purchases move to the next level as well. Yeah, so for us We've we've tried to do something really unique with our stand this year and we have a few competitions where people could win an iPad They obviously put their details in and we get to send them some vital information teaching them how to search for first-time properties through our website We interact with our new app, which is really exciting. They can come to the show and find out all about that Yeah, and then also there's the lecture theater where we tell people Every hour on the hour there are speakers from all the different brands including private property That people tend to write down verbatim what to do because they really are hungry to learn about property So we are here to help. Yeah, and talking about helping How are you making it easier for consumers out there to not only get the information? But also know how what to do with it how to synthesize it when making that decision about the property they're about to purchase We realize there's a lot of uncertainty and people are Concerned with the massive amount of money you have to put out there to buy a property So making it easier holding their hand through the process Hopefully understand how the banks get involved how the bond originators get involved how the lawyers get involved There's a lot of education that needs to be done and that's where we here to help. Yeah And of course Richard this is going to be a massive event Involving all kinds of people with all kinds of knowledge. Tell me about what people can expect from the show So when you when you enter the show You can either browse the exhibition and we try and put all the companies in there that that somebody would encounter during the property Buying process so it's right from the banks through to the stage agents property developers lawyers House check Insurance companies anyone that you would meet on the property buying process should be present in the exhibition Yeah, and then we've got as Brian mentioned We've got two theaters one is aimed at first-time buyers and one is aimed at property investors And it's the content is there to walk somebody through the property buying process So how do you? How do you access a bond? How do you manage a bond? What should be looking for when you look for your first home? What's the property? You know the transfer process like a kind of you know a to z and Practical guide to buying your first or next home, and it's all presented by industry Yeah, so everything you need no questions held back you can ask anything to any one absolutely right You can ask anything so we do we do lots of time for q&a obviously people have a lot of questions Yeah, and yeah, it's a place where industry can gather and they can answer the questions that lots of people have Yeah, sounds absolutely fantastic. Well. Thank you for joining me and good luck with the showcase gentlemen So if you're planning on buying your first home or looking to expand your property portfolio The property buyer show at the Sancton Convention Center is taking place this weekend And for more information you can visit private property dot co dot z day