Aidan Hartley

Home Loan Officer

Owl Home Loans

Getting home loans approved (with 98.3% success rate)

Mortgage Broker & Director

St.George Bank

Senior Home Loans Manager

Intelligent Finance - Australia's #1 Mortgage Broker

Home Loans Manager

Great Southern Bank

Home Loans Team Manager

The broker for first home buyers - helping you keep more of your time, money and sanity. Home loans, Investment, Refinance.

There's 22,031 mortgage brokers in Australia

Home buyers chose me to get their home loan approved because;

🎯 They access my 98.3% home loan approval record

🏠 They have choice of 53 lenders, meaning you can access the best offers

🦉 They leverage my experience of over 13 years in home lending, helping over 3,000 Aussies into their homes

🌱 They love that we plant 5 trees for every home loan 

🏦 You'll have access to; CBA, ANZ, Westpac, NAB, Suncorp, Bankwest, St George, Ubank, ING, Macquarie, ME, Bendigo.... the list goes on and on.

☎️ Let's begin - book a chat, or message me on LinkedIn 

🙋🏼‍♂️ About Me - I'm a home owner, I'm a property investor (9 properties). I'll organise and set up your loan as if it were my own.

Married, two cats, one dog.


You must be bored if you're still reading...

Fun fact - you can typically shave off 5.5 years from a 30 year home loan, just by paying it weekly or fortnightly, instead of monthly. 
Crazy hey!

Mortgage Broker & Owner

Getting home loans approved (with over 98% success)

My wealthiest clients have four properties and drive an old i30 

My poorest clients have no properties and drive a new BMW.

Really good at home loans (Got something BIG cooking...)

The biggest tax dodge in Australia right now? 

(it's not negative gearing)

It's owning your own home.

Simple.

Let's say your home goes from 700k to 1m in a few years (very common)

You sell it, and make 300k profit

NONE of this profit is taxed.

If you were on this sort of salary, you'd be on a 47% marginal tax rate.


(pic taken with my new puppy, in my home, which has grown $800k in 6 years - I can sell it and not pay a cent in tax)

I've got a 22 year old client with 3 properties 

At 22, I had 3 pairs of sunnies to my name.


More and more young buyers are seeing property as an asset first, and a home second...

Rent-vesting is HUGE now, and I can only see that trend increasing.

I can't turn water into wine

But I can turn a crap home loan application (crapplication) into an approval 

Which, is arguably more valuable in 2026

#jesuswalks

My new client thought she had to pay me $4,675

I told her THE BANK PAYS THIS 😲

What a bloody deal!!

Mortgage broking is like no other business in Australia

(just make sure you pick a good one hahaa)

💎 WellBeing Champion | ESG Leader | Business Connector | Linkedin Top 250 influencer |

Welcome, I'm Reena Strehle — a passionate advocate for workplace wellbeing, sustainable leadership, and purpose-driven business.

 My journey has been rooted in one guiding principle: when people and planet thrive, business does too.

As a WellBeing Workplace advocate, I support organisations in aligning their operations with the values of equity, sustainability, and human-centric leadership, risk management & ratings in the built environment. Such as NABERS, Greenstar & Well.

 I work hands-on with teams, leaders, and communities to spark real conversations and drive meaningful change from the inside out.

I help people optimise their long-term health by addressing inflammation at its source — a key factor in brain cognition, heart function, and immune resilience. Through evidence-based testing and personalised guidance, I work with executives, entrepreneurs, and anyone looking to maintain peak performance as they age. My focus is on measurable insights and sustainable strategies that support how you think, feel, and perform every day.

Recognised as a LinkedIn Top 300 Global Excellence Leader, I also use my platform to spotlight changemakers, share actionable insights that inspire better business practices.

And above all, I’m a connector at heart. With an extensive and diverse global network, I love bringing like-minded leaders, founders, and thinkers together — because the best ideas (and opportunities) are born from collaboration.

Wishing you a successful and productive day!

Looking forward to speaking to you real soon.

📅 Schedule a Discovery Call: https://calendly.com/reena-chat
✉️ Contact Via Email: reena@reenastrehle.com
📞 Make a Phone Call: +61 412 994 459

Reena Strehle

The Tangalooma Wrecks, Moreton Island 🌊

One of Queensland's most iconic and underrated spots — shipwrecks sitting in crystal clear water just 75 minutes from Brisbane. Hard to believe this is basically in our backyard.

📸 Mark Fitz Photography

#MoretonIsland #Tangalooma #Queensland

💎 WellBeing Workplace Advocate | Business Connector | Linkedin Top 300 Global Excellence Leader 2025|

Today, Chuck Norris turns 85. 🥋

No slowing down. No stepping back. No apologies for still showing up.

Most people retire from life long before they retire from work.
Chuck never got that memo.

Age is not the enemy. Quitting is.

Happy Birthday, Chuck — still kicking. Literally. 😄

What's your excuse? 👇

#Longevity #Mindset #HighPerformance

Think about the people who changed your life.

Chances are — they have no idea they did.

The teacher who believed in you when you didn't believe in yourself. 

The stranger who said exactly the right thing at exactly the right time. 

The friend who asked one question that shifted everything.

They never got the thank you they deserved.

Today, reach out to one of them.
A message. 
A call. 
Two lines.

You have no idea what that one drop of gratitude could mean to them.

Who is that person for you? 👇

#Gratitude #Mentorship #Leadership


Pictured with Steven Bradbury OAM OLY BM, 2002 Australian Gold Medalist in the Winter Olympics

Some people shift your world and never know their part, 
a word, 
a room, 
a moment planted deep in heart.

No milestone needs to pass before you let them know. 

Tell them this week: it's them who helped you learn and grow.

Happy International Women’s Day!

#InternationalWomensDay #Leadership #Inspiration

People are reading. Nobody's buying.

The comments are coming in. The likes are there. Someone shared it last week and said it changed how they think.

The calendar is still empty.

Engagement is not the problem. Converting it is.

Most people assume the pipeline follows the audience. Post good content, build a following, clients appear. That's not how it works.

Attention without a path to purchase is just flattery.

The people reacting to your content aren't thinking about hiring you. They're consuming. Nodding along. Moving on. Unless something in the post makes them stop and think — that's me, I need that, what's next.

That moment doesn't happen by accident.

The post has to do three things. 
- Create recognition in the right person. 
- Make them feel the cost of staying where they are. 
- Give them an obvious next step.

Most content does the first one. Almost none do the second or third.

That's the gap between an audience and a pipeline.

Jack AM Austin and I built the Post System — a PDF and GPT that shows you exactly how to write posts that convert readers into conversations. 

Comment POST, and we'll send it over.

#Convertion #LeadGeneration #Marketing

Not every battle needs your name. 
Peace is the greatest game.
Not every argument deserves your energy. 
Not every opinion deserves your response. 
Not every room deserves your fire.

Knowing when to walk away isn't giving up. It's growing up.

Protect your peace this weekend. 💙

#Peace #Wisdom #MentalClarity

Pictured with Leigh Muirhead at #IHEA on the Gold Coast

I went to SeaWorld Gold Coast expecting to tick a box.

Left genuinely humbled.

There's something about being that close to a creature that has no interest in your job title, your inbox, or your opinion of itself. 

It just exists. Fully.

We could all learn something from that.

The Gold Coast doesn't lack for things to do — but this one actually stays with you.

When did you last do something that made you put your phone away? 👇

#GoldCoast #Mindfulness #DigitalDetox

Your profile is lying to people.

Not deliberately. Just uselessly.

"Results-driven executive coach helping leaders reach their full potential."

Scroll ten profiles today. That sentence is on eight of them.

Nobody reads it. Nobody believes it. It registers as wallpaper and they're already gone.

The problem isn't that you're bad at what you do. The problem is your profile sounds exactly like someone who is.

Specific beats impressive every time.

"Helps CFOs prepare for board presentations they've been dreading for three months" lands differently than "empowering finance leaders to communicate with impact."

One is a mirror. The other is a brochure.

Most profiles are brochures. Credentials, certifications, years of experience, awards. Written for the person who already trusts you.

The person visiting doesn't trust you yet. They're deciding in five seconds whether you're worth reading.

Give them something to recognise, not something to admire.

One specific problem. One specific person.

Jack AM Austin and I built a GPT that grades your profile and shows you exactly what's costing you conversations. 

Comment PROFILE and we'll send it over.

#ProfileOptimisation #Marketing #Strategy

You're impressive in person, but your profile isn't.

The conversation lands. They lean in. They want to know more.
Then they visit your profile and find someone who looks like everyone else on LinkedIn.

Vague headline. Generic about section. A list of credentials that tells them nothing about whether you can solve their specific problem.

The profile doesn't lie. It just doesn't do the work the conversation did.

Most people build their profile once and forget it. Meanwhile, every post they write sends people there - people who are warm, curious, ready to take the next step.

And the profile kills it.

Your content creates the interest. The profile has to close the gap between "this person is interesting" and "this is exactly who I need."

That means one specific problem in the headline. An about section written for the person you want to hire you, not for the people who already have. A featured section that makes the next step impossible to miss.

The conversation version of you needs to show up on the page.

Jack AM Austin and I built a GPT that grades your profile and shows you exactly where it's losing people. 

Comment PROFILE, and we'll send it over.

#LinkedInTips #OnlinePresence #Marketing

High performers optimise sleep, training and nutrition.


Most are completely ignoring the protein that holds their joints, gut and recovery together.

#Collagen production declines from your mid-20s. 
By the time performance dips — it's already been happening for years.

Here's what actually matters:
Type 1 collagen → skin integrity, bone density, tendon strength. The structural foundation.

Type 3 collagen → muscle recovery, soft tissue repair, organ support. 
The performance layer.

Most supplements contain one. Your body needs both.

Source matters too. 
Marine collagen has higher bioavailability than bovine — meaning more of it actually reaches the tissue that needs it.

This isn't a beauty conversation. 
It's a maintenance conversation.

Your car gets serviced before it breaks down. 
Your body deserves the same logic.
Men and women. 
Active or desk-bound. The biology is the same.

🔗 Link below — what I use

#Health #Wellbeing #Body

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