Breaking barriers: How a single mother leveraged her super to invest in property
Over 10 years ago, Julie Brennan was in a rough patch; her marriage had come to an end, and divorce was imminent.
“I was married with two kids, we had our own home, a mortgage, but then with the divorce, we had to sell the house.”
With two young kids aged three and eight at the time, Julie went from owner-occupier to renter once again.
At that time, her kids were her priority, and she thought she would never be able to afford her own property ever again.
“I wasn’t in a position to be able to buy another home to live in in the area that I was, so I went back to renting, and the priority was to look after the kids and get them sorted.”
“While we made money from the property sale, we didn’t make a lot, and it wasn’t…
