Ep 3: Belinda Botzolis // Are you adding value to life? Launching a new career in property with Tiktok
Release Date: 07/31/2025
Ep 3: Belinda Botzolis // Are you adding value to life? Launching a new career in property with Tiktok
The Petra Zlatevska Podcast
In this episode of the podcast, Petra sits down with Belinda Botzsolis, founder of Add Valuer, content creator and Australia's most followed (and favourite!) property valuer with over 60,000 Instagram followers and 136,000 on TikTok. This is a real and raw conversation on gender pay disparity, the realities of setting up a new business from scratch, the importance of cultural identity and family values, motherhood and career re-sets and the soft launch of Belinda's comedy career in case she gets bored of property valuation! After experiencing gender pay disparity, Belinda fought for...
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The Petra Zlatevska Podcast
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info_outlineIn this episode of the podcast, Petra sits down with Belinda Botzsolis, founder of Add Valuer, content creator and Australia's most followed (and favourite!) property valuer with over 60,000 Instagram followers and 136,000 on TikTok.
This is a real and raw conversation on gender pay disparity, the realities of setting up a new business from scratch, the importance of cultural identity and family values, motherhood and career re-sets and the soft launch of Belinda's comedy career in case she gets bored of property valuation!
After experiencing gender pay disparity, Belinda fought for recognition and eventually started her own business, Add Valuer. Belinda opens up about the challenges in leaving corporate employment to self-employment, dealing with doubt and how to back yourself every time to become Australia's favourite valuer, growing her presence on social media through her on-point educational videos on tiktok.
She shares uber helpful hacks on financial literacy for women, investing/buying v renting a property and the harsh truth about affordability, and her top money saving tips for kids.
What we talked about :
- 0:39 Introducing Belinda
- 3:30 Discussing the gender paygap
- 17:48 Women's homeownership rates in Australia and career interruptions for family responsibilities
- 20:16 Financial literacy and women's financial independence, teaching children about money
- 22:36 Australian property market and high homeownership (63%), challenges with affordability
- 30:40 Australia's property culture v European countries eg Germany
- 46:54 entrepreneurs starting their own business with basic infrastructure (ABN, business name, website, email) while still employed, the first year is about "sowing seeds"
- 52:14 TV goals
Follow Belinda on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/belinda.the.valuer/
Follow Belinda on Tiktok : Belinda Botzolis (@thevaluer)
Join Belinda's property fundamentals course: https://addvaluer.com/courses/sht-they-dont-teach-you-at-school-property-fundamentals/
Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/petra_zlatevska/