For Australian households with a home loan they'd like gone sooner

The Mortgage Overhaul

The 30-day home loan reset for families who earn well and want out sooner.

You can't control the RBA, inflation or property prices. You can control how fast you kill the biggest debt you'll ever have. This course shows you exactly how, on your own numbers, from a working mortgage broker who spent a decade on the lender's side of the table.

The next 30-Day Reset starts Monday. Everything unlocks the moment you join.

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From $297, with Klarna and Zip at checkout. 30-day unconditional refund. Price on the page, no sales call.

$750k $500k $250k $0 11 years 4 months 2043 2054
The bank's schedule All four levers pulled

Illustrative: $750,000 at 6.10% p.a. with 28 years remaining, principal and interest. Your numbers will differ.

Two good incomes. A big loan. And somehow nothing left at the end of the month.

If that's you, nothing is wrong with you. The maths is working exactly as designed, for the bank.

$816,041
in interest on a $750,000 loan over 28 years. More than the house cost. In the early years most of every repayment is interest, and the bank is happy to let it stay that way for three decades.
1 in 3mortgage holders under stress, an 18-year high
45%say they could switch to a better loan today, and haven't
44%expect to still have a mortgage when they retire

Sources: Roy Morgan Mortgage Stress, July 2026; Finder Home Loan Report 2026.

Wages aren't going to rescue anyone. A "pay it off fast" seminar isn't either, and you'll see why inside. What works is boring, and it compounds.

The mechanism

Your loan has four levers. Most people pull none of them.

01

Rate

Loans three to five years old pay about 0.58% more than new ones. Every year, for being loyal. There's a retention team whose job is to fix that when you ring.

$4,350 a year
02

Frequency

Paying half your monthly amount every fortnight sneaks in a thirteenth payment each year. Most people who think they pay fortnightly are paying monthly divided by 2.17, which does nothing.

+1 payment a year
03

Extra repayments

The question isn't whether extra works. It's where the money comes from, and that's what the cashflow system solves.

5 yrs 11 mths
04

Structure

Offset versus redraw, splits, package fees, and whether your offset is even linked. ASIC found banks paid compensation for offset failures. In more than half, the account was opened and never connected.

$55m in payouts

Illustrative figures for a $750,000 loan at 6.10% p.a. with 28 years remaining, principal and interest. Pull all four together and the loan finishes 11 years 4 months early, with $458,537 of interest never paid. Your numbers will differ. Run your own in the Planner.

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"I don't sell property. I don't sell a system with a setup fee rolled into your loan."

Esteb and Co Pty Ltd, Credit Representative 574070 of Connective Credit Services Pty Ltd, Australian Credit Licence 389328. Ashmore, Queensland.

Who's teaching this

Richard Esteb. Broker. Ex-lender. Not a guru.

I spent over a decade inside private lending, funding deals, before I ever broked one. I've read thousands of applications and watched what happens after a lender says yes or no. Then I built Esteb & Co so borrowers get a broker who tells them straight.

This course has no upsell inside it. If you want me to review your loan structure afterwards, that's a separate, licensed broking service, disclosed below, and you're under no obligation to use it.

What you get

Everything you need to pay the house off years early, and nothing you don't.

What's insideWhat it does for you
The Mortgage Payoff PlannerEnter your loan once. See your real payoff date, then every lever side by side, then all four together. Models offset, extra repayments, frequency and a rate change at the same time, which the free calculators can't. Plus a rate-hike stress test, refinance break-even, package fee break-even and your equity position.
01Why You're Not Getting AheadHow a mortgage really charges you, where $816,041 goes, and why the "pay it off fast" crowd is selling you something.
02Your NumbersRead your statement like a broker. Rate versus comparison rate, LVR, loan age, the loyalty-tax gap. Your one-page Loan Snapshot.
03The Rate CallThe word-for-word script for your bank's retention team, the three answers you'll get and what to do with each, when refinancing is worth it, and the reset-to-30-years trap.
04Loan StructureOffset versus redraw and the tax trap nobody mentions. Is your offset actually linked, in a five-minute check. Package fee break-even. Fixed, variable, splits. And could you handle multiple rate hikes in one year?
05The Household Cashflow SystemThe offset-centred structure: buckets, automation, the twelve places the first $200 a week hides, the 20-minute fortnightly money meeting, sinking funds for school fees and big bills.
06Early Repayments That CompoundFortnightly halves done right, what to do with lumps, and the one habit worth $174,484 on the example loan: keep your repayment when rates fall.
07Beyond the MortgageSuper versus extra repayments, debt recycling, investing: what they are, who they suit, what to ask a licensed adviser. And the schemes to avoid.
08PlaybooksDropping to one income. Lumpy and self-employed income. Mortgage-free before you stop working. Your 90-day plan and monthly review.

51 short video lessons, averaging under 8 minutes, all captioned with transcripts. One action and a two-question check at the end of every lesson. A workbook for every module. Calculators that work on your phone. A progress bar so you can see yourself finish.

Pricing

Three ways in. Same course in all of them.

Nothing is held back from the cheapest tier. Every lesson, every calculator, every workbook is in all three. What changes is how much of my time comes with it.

The Course

$297
founding price, then $497
pay now, or split it with Klarna or Zip at checkout
  • All 51 lessons and every workbook
  • All five calculators, including the Payoff Planner
  • The Rate Call script and lender comparison sheet
  • The 12-Month Money Calendar
  • A Loan Structure Review with Richard
  • The Mortgage Watch free for 90 days

For: you'll do it yourself and you just want the system and the numbers.

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The Cohort

$497
founding price, then $797
pay now, or split it with Klarna or Zip at checkout
  • Everything in The Course, plus:
  • A live 60-minute kickoff call to start your 30 days, recorded
  • Written feedback from me on your Loan Snapshot and Planner, back within five business days
  • A small accountability group of 10 to 20 for the 30 days
  • Priority questions in the monthly Q&A

For: you know the plan works and you want someone to check your homework.

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Done With You

$1,497
founding price, then $1,997 · ten places
pay now, or split it with Klarna or Zip at checkout
  • Everything in The Cohort, plus:
  • Two private 45-minute sessions. We build your cashflow system, then your Planner.
  • A full written structure review of your loan
  • Direct access to me between sessions for 90 days

For: the loan is big, or the situation has moving parts.

Take a place

What it costs to not do this

On the example loan, doing nothing costs $816,041 in interest. If your loan is four years old and never repriced, the loyalty tax alone runs about $4,350 a year, every year, on ACCC figures.

The alternatives in this market: a two-day seminar at around $1,000 that ends in a property pitch. A "money system" with a setup fee of $1,500 or more added to your loan. Or a $30 book that stops at the basics.

This is $297, once. The price is on the page. There's no call to book.

Illustrative: $750,000 at 6.10% p.a. over 28 years remaining, principal and interest. Loyalty tax from the ACCC Home Loan Price Inquiry applied to a $750,000 balance. Your numbers will differ.

The guarantee

30 days. Unconditional. Plus one more.

Go through the Planner and the first three modules. If it isn't the most useful money you've spent on your mortgage, email us within 30 days and we refund you in full. Keep the Planner.

No forms, no "show us you did the work". If you're not better off, we don't want your money.

And the first-hour layer: put your loan into the Planner on day one. If it can't show at least two years off your loan on your own numbers, tell us before you start Module 1 and we refund you on the spot.

After the 30 days: The Mortgage Watch

The RBA meets eight times a year, and every decision changes what your repayment should be and whether it's worth a phone call. $29 every four weeks, or $299 for the year. Free for your first 90 days with any tier.

  • A rate check from me within 24 hours of every RBA decision
  • A quarterly prompt to re-run your Planner, with your previous date remembered
  • Your annual Rate Call reminder, with the script refreshed
  • Ongoing access to the alumni Q&A

Cancel any time, in one click, from inside the portal. We'll remind you before the free period ends.

Questions

Is this just the Barefoot Investor stuff?

Barefoot gives you the habit in a chapter. This gives you a broker's view of loan structure, a Planner that models all four levers together, the rate-call script, and a cashflow system built around an offset. If you already do all of that, you don't need this.

I'll just ring the bank myself.

Good. Module 3 is the script for that call, and what to do with the three answers you'll get. Most people who ring without a script accept the first number they're offered.

Do I need to refinance?

No. Most of the course works with the loan you have. Module 3 shows you how to tell whether refinancing is worth it, and the trap to avoid if it is. Module 4 covers what your current lender will change without a refinance at all.

I'm self-employed, on one income, or over 50.

Module 8 has a playbook for each.

Is this financial advice?

No. It's general education. It doesn't consider your personal circumstances. Where a decision needs personal advice, such as super, investing or tax, the course says so and tells you who to ask. The Loan Structure Review is a separate, licensed credit-assistance service.

Are you going to try to sell me a loan?

Not inside the course. If you ask for the Loan Structure Review, you'll get our Credit Guide first, and if you choose to proceed to a loan through Esteb & Co we're paid commission by the lender, as disclosed. You're free to take the review and walk away.

How long does it take?

About five and a half hours of video in lessons averaging under eight minutes. The 30-Day Reset runs it week by week: your Planner date on day zero, the rate call in week one, structure fixes in week two, cashflow system live in week three, extra repayments locked in week four. Everything is open from day one if you'd rather go faster.

What if it doesn't work for me?

30-day unconditional refund. Email us, no reason needed, and keep the Planner.

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