
Here's why:
While most property "experts" tell you to buy negatively geared residential apartments that cost you $15,000-$25,000 every year out of your own pocket…
Craft Property Consulting, an Adelaide-based buyer's agency, has been quietly using a "Commercial Lease Strategy" to deliver 5-7% NET returns from day one—without waiting decades for growth or bleeding cash every month.
No negative gearing games.
No “maybe in 20 years” bets.
No praying your tenant doesn't trash the place.
Instead, we acquire commercial properties with strong leases where the tenant pays everything—rates, insurance, maintenance, the lot—while you collect genuine passive income from settlement day.
Here's proof it works:
Example 1
One of our clients, Joel, purchased a vet clinic in Gawler for $1.363 million.
Current rent: $75,000/year (5.5% net return).
But here's where it gets interesting: The rent is $10,000-$15,000 under market.
In 3 years when the lease renews, projected rent: $90,000/year.
That's a projected property value of $1.63 million—$270,000 in equity created just from the rent increase.
Plus the property sits on 1,400 sqm with subdivision potential and space for a billboard (worth $25,000-$40,000/year in extra income).
Joel's return on his actual cash invested? Over 100% in three years.
Example 2
A client purchased commercial premises in Adelaide over 10 years ago for $950,000 (vacant at the time).
They leased it back to their own business at market rate: $130,000/year.
The property recently sold for $4.2 million (based on the portion we helped acquire).
That's $3.25 million in equity growth—driven primarily by having a strong tenant and lease in place, plus strategic expansion over time.
Example 3
Another client secured an off-market commercial property in Adelaide for $2 million.
The previous tenant was paying just $30,000/year (1.5% return—terrible).
After securing a new tenant at market rent: $112,000/year.
At a 5% cap rate, that property is now worth $2.24 million—$240,000 in equity created in just 12 months, simply by getting the rent right.
But here’s the problem…
Most Aussie investors don't know how to read a commercial lease.
They chase high yields without understanding the risk.
They don't know how rent reviews work, who pays for what, or how to spot under-rented properties with massive upside.
And the few who try often end up with vacant office space, struggling tenants, or properties that looked good on paper but turned into nightmares.
That's exactly why we created this free training — to show you how we source and secure commercial properties with strong leases that actually put money in your pocket from day one.
REAL SUCCESS
Crowne Real Estate
I have worked with lots of different buyers' agents. I have to say Alexis is one of the most efficient buyers' agents that I have ever worked with. He cares deeply for his clients and has their best interest at heart. He works swiftly and efficiently to ensure his clients can secure properties. His communication is excellent. A pleasure to work with him, I highly recommend. Kirsty.
Mathew Salha
Excellent experience overall and likely to use again in future. Alexis services allowed my wife and I to purchase our property with confidence despite living interstate. His approach to defining search criteria and execution of strategy is what sets him apart from a typical buyers advocate. His communication was fantastic and we were made aware of every step of the process. I’d strongly recommended his services.
Pete Fallon
Alexis has been a pleasure to deal with. As a recent transaction acting on behalf of his buyer, his communication was excellent, he was transparent and he very clearly had his buyers best interest at heart. It was a great experience working with Alexis and his purchaser, and I look forward to the many more transactions that I am sure we will have together
I moved to Adelaide from France 12 years ago with barely any English and no connections.
My first job? Door-knocking every business on every major road in Adelaide trying to get commercial property listings. It was brutal. But it taught me everything about commercial real estate—the leases, the tenants, the deals that work and the ones that don't.
Over the past 17 years, I've worked on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of commercial property deals across two continents. I've negotiated hundreds of leases. I've seen what makes tenants stay and what makes them leave.
Now I use all that experience to help high-income professionals—doctors, engineers, business owners—escape the residential property trap and start building genuine wealth through commercial property.
Because here's the truth: Property investment doesn't have to be complicated. It just has to be commercial.

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