About Us

At Your Property Club (YPC), our business is in creating wealth for clients through building them thriving property portfolios. We are a team of 60 employees and growing fast, all playing our part in helping our clients to secure financial future through property investment.

Fundamental to our business is personal development and goal setting. To be in control of your life aspirations and setting yourself personal targets helps you on the road to achieving what you desire. It's where it all starts.

So what is YPC Giving all about?

As a business, we have always supported charities and want to make a difference to those that need help. And also because we are a very lifestyle and client focussed business, we wanted to create a platform where everyone can get involved, whether it be joining in, showing us some support, challenging us to a new fundraising challenge or sponsoring our activities.

So how did it all start?

It's started by Simon tricking Brett into entering into the most gruelling 6-day endurance race across the Sahara Desert - the Marathon Des Sables. It's true! They were both looking for events to do together to raise money for charities when one afternoon, Simon asked Brett "Do you want to do a fun run mate?" "Yeah mate, when and where?" answered Brett. "It's in Africa, and don't worry it's in a few years time." "Count me in!" said Brett, and it wasn't until a week later when Brett realised what he had got himself in for. Brett is from Australia and Simon is from New Zealand so naturally Brett thought that if he pulled out he would be letting his country down. He stayed in, signed up and the guys are busy training for the event in 2012!

Brett Alegre-Wood

Brett was born in the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Australia. He has competed in many multi discipline sports events including many short and long distance triathlons. He has always wanted to complete a marathon and this life long ambition will be completed in training for the Marathon Des Sables.

On hearing that Brett entered the MdS, Brett's personal trainer gasped "Are you crazy? That's like an elephant trying to run a marathon... you are so not built for this"! Brett's trainer wasn't trying to say Brett is fat. He was merely highlighting the fact that at 6"4' tall, and built of 105kg of muscle... you don't seen many marathon runners of that size do you?

Simon Shankland

Simon was born in Blenheim, New Zealand. Simon comes from a fitness background, where he worked in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a Physical Training Instructor for 10yrs. He has competed in many multi disciplined sporting events including the 'Speights Coast to Coast' and the 'Great Wall of China Marathon'.

Simon, like Brett, isn't really built to do the MDS, but then again who is? He has had 3 operations on one knee and is constantly seen in the office trying to put his kneecap back in place...yes he needs another op!

Both Simon and Brett strongly believe that crucial to being successful in all aspects of life, it is important to set measurable goals. By entering and completing events that require planning, preparation and discipline, you get a great sense of achievement and realise that anything is possible.