The most comprehensive training program on profiting from renovation projects on the market. Everything you could possibly need to know. Full colour manual, six complete case studies, six DVD's, six CD's and over 70 pages containing thirteen proven profit making checklists. Designed for those who wish to make lump sum cash profits within six months or buy investment properties with little or no cash!

The Complete Renovation System provides renovation experience "in a box" and is an excellent resource which guides first-time renovators every step of the way, as well as providing a more structured approach for those with previous renovation experience. It really reduces the amount of time spent on projects and leads to substantially increased profits. Jeannie Lynch - Queensland

Checklists are very good, made sure I didn't forget to factor in any major costs. Coming from zero experience, it was good to be able to use some of the costings mentioned in the case studies as a benchmark to prices I was being quoted for jobs/parts. Pictures really helped as well to help identify what look the market mainly goes for. Joshua Lee - Victoria

The system is so easy to use and details everything you need to know about renovating. It's foolproof. Jackie Geale - Tasmania

My biggest fear was the unknown - what have I missed that could be the thing that undoes all the profit I am trying to create. The Renovation Toolbox is not a silver bullet; it's a practical, simple, easy-to-read/view system that allowed me to make sure I had everything covered. Having a list means you won't miss anything and as all the profit is made on the way into the deal (ie. how well you buy, the Reno Toolbox helped me to cover all aspects and gave me simple calculations to make sure everything was covered and all costs were addressed - eyes wide open as they say. It has also helped me walk away from 3 deals due to the cost. I would have bought those 3 deals prior to having the Renovation Toolbox - and I note those properties are still for sale after 15 months. Gerry Gerrard - Victoria

Our biggest fears were how much to spend and over-spending. Filling in the budget sheets kept us on track throughout the renovation process. Thomas & Barbara Schymitzek - New South Wales

My biggest fears were budgeting and worrying about omitting potential costs. The toolbox uses clear tabs and outlined potential costs in an easy to follow format. I liked that I didn't have to do calculations and the fact it also included a financial summary which clearly displayed whether the property under evaluation was a go-er, and once we'd purchased, it allowed us to track our spending and work out how much more was needed. Katie Prendergast - New South Wales

Before my first renovation, my biggest fear was making a financial loss on the project. The Renovation Toolbox gives you a great system to analyse a renovation deal so you can be confident you've made the right buying decision. It also helps you budget the cost of the project and then compare it with the actual project costs. It will help you to learn from your mistakes, to see where you've slipped up and where you need to tighten up. Renovators can't afford to not have this tool. Tim Wilson - Victoria

The step by step manual consists of four sections:

Manual:

The 216 page step-by-step manual is broken into 8 logical steps covering the following topics:

Step One: Understanding the Basics
This section provides the basics you need to understand before starting the renovation process. It covers the most common mistakes made and how to avoid them, and describes in detail the two different types of renovations. It also introduces some fundamental formulas for renovation calculations that are used throughout the manual. You will learn that what you do before the renovation is more important than what you do during the renovation. It covers preliminary work you have to do to ensure your renovation can happen, as well as exit strategies available, permits and legalities.

Step Two: Deal and Self Preparation
Once you understand the basics of renovating residential property, this step takes you through the requirements to ensure you are ready and prepared personally. It helps clarify your goals and looks at the practical issues of your time and cash availability. It covers what you need to do to obtain finance and discusses accounting structures. By the end of this step you should have an understanding of both what you want personally from renovating and the scale of renovation you are able to begin with.

Step Three: Finding an area
This step takes you through the processes of identifying areas where you can make money through your renovations and determining if a particular area will meet your goals. We describe the tools we use and show the level of detail you should look at to be thorough in your area due diligence. This step introduces many free online tools that you can use for assistance in identifying the best area for renovating. After completing this step you should know how to find the best area for you and your renovation goals.

Step Four: Finding a property
Once you've found an area, this step guides you in finding a property to renovate in that area. Great renovation deals can be found by implementing a range of strategies involving more than just inspecting houses. This step shows the importance of forming good relationships with local real estate agents, as well as how to get maximum value out of property inspections. You will learn more about the property due diligence process and about areas where you can add value to a property.

Step Five: Buying a property
Once you've found a property, Step 5 ensures the purchasing process is as smooth and easy as possible. You need to keep your emotions out of the deal and stay focused on making a profit out of this property. The most important concept here is the Renovation Costing Tool, the key to detailed and comprehensive budgeting, which will guide you comfortably through the costing and monitoring processes. Other topics are structuring your offer, the settlement period and the importance of identifying your target market. You will learn the value of the Buying a Property Checklist to help you with this step.

Step Six: Renovating a Property
Step 6 outlines the renovation process after you've found a property, budgeted your renovation, made an offer, and are ready to go. It introduces the many members of your renovation team and looks at materials and suppliers, and how to get the best value for your renovation dollars. There are plenty of renovation ideas and tips from our years of experience, supported by images of various internal and external renovations. The renovation process has an order comprising a series of logical steps that involves managing your team to ensure everything occurs at the right time, and this step provides the tools to ensure nothing is overlooked.

Step Seven: Completing a property
Completing a property is as important as any other step in the process because it involves some very important decisions that will directly impact on the profitability of your project. This step takes you through revaluing the property to get some instant cash back, and explores the options of holding for rental or selling for profit. Whichever path you choose, this step shows you how to withdraw the equity you have created in order to minimise the amount of cash you have invested in the property.

Step Eight: Becoming a renovator with little or no cash
This section completes the cycle and encourages you to look at your own circumstances. It identifies the investment of time required to undertake a renovation, whether as DIY or as a project manager, and reinforces some of the information from earlier steps. Finance options are discussed, including creative ways to start with little cash such as joint ventures.

Case Studies:

To help you share in our experience and to reinforce the decisions and process followed, we have included a series of successful real-life property renovations. In some cases we walk through on site, while in others we talk through the renovation and show images. These provide a sense of being at the renovation to enhance your experience, and to make your next renovation property that bit more familiar. We have provided a cross section of renovation types from very cosmetic through to advanced. The profits range from a $12,000 part time renovation to the $150,000 project managed renovation discussed above.

Checklists:

We have spent literally tens of thousands of dollars in creating these checklists in order to streamline and enhance our business. Over the last five years, each mistake or learning outcome made was incorporated into the checklists to ensure it would not happen again. The checklists are the perfect tool whether you're just starting out, or if you're looking to manage multiple projects (as we do), so you can keep track of exactly where each project is at. The following 16 checklists are included:

Step Three: Finding an Area
Area Due Diligence Checklist (5 pages)

Step Four: Finding a Property
Agent-Specific Questions (1 page)
Property Inspection Checklist (4 pages)
Adding Value Checklist (2 pages)
Property Due Diligence Checklist (3 pages)

Step Five: Buying a Property
Buying a Property Checklist (3 pages)
Renovation Costing Tool (27 pages)
Final Inspection Checklist (2 pages)

Step Six: Renovating a Property
Renovation Process Checklist (10 pages)
Contractor Task List (Excel spreadsheet)
Quality Control Checklist (4 pages)

Step Seven: Completing a Property
Completing a Property Checklist (1 page)
Selling a Property Checklist (2 pages)
Selling Agent Interview Checklist (2 pages)
Property Marketing Details (2 pages)
Deal Analysis (2 pages)

The digital media library consists of 6 CD's and 6 DVD's:

Moving from the heart of the action to the outskirts of Melbourne was a major change to their lifestyle, and to make matters worse Dean along with half the employees where he worked were made redundant and his salary went from $70,000 to $0 in five minutes flat. This was a hugely emotional time for Dean and he vowed to take control of his life and never be reliant on someone else providing his income ever again.

In mid 2004, they attended a real estate seminar held by real estate expert Steve McKnight. On this day they learnt so much and became totally inspired because they realised how real estate would be the strategy they could adopt to achieve everything they wanted in life. Steve taught them the simple concept that by completing a renovation on a property you could increase its value and then on sell it for a cash profit. They became excited about the concept of being able to make extra cash by doing renovation in their free time on weekends.

In the next five years they renovated almost 50 properties and built 29 from scratch. They've been involved in more than 130 property transactions worth well over $20 MILLION dollars and more importantly have created a dream lifestyle for themselves.

They now get to:
work together...from home...and on their terms
make more money than they've ever done before
be in control of their time – that means getting to work and play when they choose
be in control of their destiny (Dean will never lose his job again)
do something enjoyable, satisfying and inspiring every day
be directly rewarded for the effort they put in
choose how they go about everything in LIFE!

Elise & Dean now run a successful and profitable property renovation and development business from the comfort of their own home, and are here to inspire and encourage you to achieve your goals through property just as Steve McKnight did with them just a few years ago.

I would like to thank Dean and Elise for an inspirational and informative day at the RACV club. This was my first seminar and already I have the knowledge and confidence to tackle the Reno market! I will certainly be attending further seminars held by Dean and Elise, however with their property system that I have now put in place, I am already confidently looking for my first purchase. I spent years putting my Reno plans on the backburner and now having attended the seminar I realize it was years wasted!!! Thanks again guys. Nick Gurry

After attending the seminar I feel that I have been given the correct tools to find profits in renovations. From the systems I was given, I am now confident that I no longer need to chase capital growth in an area and can instead find the profits in renovations that I've been looking for. I understand now that it does not matter what stage of renovations you are at, you will still run into problems - the important thing is to have systems in place that are able to minimise these problems and their impact, allowing you to continue on achieving your renovation profit goals. In my opinion, just receiving the bonus checklists has paid for the course itself. The checklist are like a condensed version of years and years of experience in just one hit. Sure I may have found the information that I was given but probably after at least 5 years of trial and error - years I would prefer to have with minimal errors. I highly recommend the seminar to anyone no matter what stage as it really provides a good foundation for any renovation to be successful. Vicky Lau

I enjoyed attending your seminar very much; it had lots of value packed info and lots of things to take away with me to review. I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere too; as I don't appreciate getting "hyped" as often happens at seminars. I found the content of your seminar to be a detailed and comprehensive business system, and one of the best value things I have ever spent money on. It has given me great confidence. James Shanahan

Recently I had the privilege of spending a day with Dean Parker and having a detailed look at how an expert runs his day to day operations as well as his overall business. I have to say that this one day of mentoring alone gave me more insight and understanding of what I needed to do in my own business but  also what I was currently doing wrong from a money making point of view. Getting his expert guidance and tuition from a hands on perspective as we visited his sites and projects was certainly something that is impossible to put a value on and is cheap at any price as I believe that you just cannot get any better experience and exposure than to spend a one on one day with an expert, and Dean is certainly that. Dion Wilkie

I had already completed 5 reno's before purchasing the Reno Toolbox but I purchased because of the detailed checklist and attention to detail- my time is valuable and was happy to leverage my $ against the sweat you had put into your product. Cameron Crawford - New Zealand

I didn't have a system and there was too much guess work. After purchasing Renovation Toolbox, I finished the whole course in a day and I negotiated and bought 2 reno deals the next day. I would not have had the confidence to buy these deals without the knowledge I learnt. Both properties were profitable. Chris Fay - South Australia

We found the original toolbox that we bought hugely beneficial. It gave us a huge amount of knowledge, added so much value to the renovation process we have been through and gave us confidence to get out there and DO it as we had the knowledge we needed to make informed and accurate decisions. Jodie Baker - Queensland

Elise Parker (formally Elise Jackson) was featured as a property expert in the 2007 series of Channel 9's Hot Property TV Show , showcasing the Renovation Toolbox.

Elise is currently featured as one of five successful experts in the Ultimate Success personal development educational product.

Elise was also a coach in the R.E.S.U.L.T.S. Property Mentoring program and had to leave because our property business was growing too quickly.

The step-by-step manual

19 page Getting Started section

216 page full colour bound manual

31 pages of detailed analysis of 6 case studies<

70 pages of comprehensive business checklists

The digital media library

5 x audio CD's containing 5 hours of audio

1 x data CD containing all of the checklists plus the audio in MP3 format

1 x getting started DVD containing an introduction and four tutorials

3 x DVD's containing full footage from a full day course

2 x DVD's containing the audio visual component of the 6 case studies

You get all of this for the amazing price of only $1297.

Renovating properties is a proven way to make money from real estate. However, making a good profit is not as easy as a quick paint, some new tiles and tidying up the back yard. Indeed, many thing can, and often do, go wrong! Provided you use a proven investing system you will be well placed to make the most amount of money possible for the least risk. The alternative is to 'go it alone' and bumble along. Such an approach is not only inefficient but it's likely to cost you thousands of dollars in extra costs and many sleepless nights. Luckily, with The Complete Renovation System, you will acquire a much better way to invest. Steve McKnight - Australia's #1 Best Selling Property Author

Grab it with both hands and be grateful that someone else has paved the way. No point in wasting time in reinventing the wheel when the job is already done. I think it's one of the most useful investments I have made. Jo Ivosevic - New South Wales