Innovation in Healthcare
Local Knowledge
Official category: AI Innovator - Healthcare
Local Knowledge PropertyIntegrated Property Financial Advisory
CPA Public Practice·AFSL Since 2001·Licensed Real Estate·$300M+ Settled
About Local Knowledge Property
Expertise you can question. Work you can examine.
Local Knowledge Property combines AI-assisted research, local context and professional judgement. We help connect property, finance and tax questions, with the relevant professionals responsible for their advice. We advise first; execution follows only when appropriate.
Tailored Property Advisory: We provide integrated property advisory tailored to your unique circumstances. Our approach analyses your financial situation, goals, and timeline to deliver customised insights into accounting, taxation, finance, and wealth-building strategies specific to your property journey.
Privacy & Discretion: We handle all client information with the utmost confidentiality. Discuss what information is needed, who may access it and your consent before sharing sensitive documents.
Operative intelligence, explained
From information to a decision you can act on.
AI helps investigate and compare. Local knowledge supplies context. Professional judgement determines what needs checking and what should happen next. Technology supports the adviser—it does not replace accountability.
01
Observe
Start with your decision, priorities and constraints—not a property to sell.
02
Check
Separate sourced facts, information you supply, modelled assumptions and unknowns.
03
Compare
Explore alternatives and what would change the conclusion, including waiting.
04
Apply judgement
Identify what needs a property, finance, tax or legal professional before acting.
05
Act with approval
Agree the scope, responsible person, fees and next step before proceeding.
06
Review
Agree when to revisit the decision. Ongoing monitoring is not automatic.
What this means for you
Fewer decisions made in isolation. Visible assumptions. A clear next action. Sometimes that action is to wait, seek specialist advice or walk away—not transact.
This describes our advisory approach, not an autonomous service or guaranteed outcome. The responsible professional, scope and follow-up are agreed for your engagement.
Evidence
Sources, dates and assumptions
Clarity
What still needs checking
Judgement
Relevant professional review
Action
An agreed next step
Our Mission
Revolutionizing property decisions by combining human expertise with AI intelligence
Property Advisors with Financial Fluency
Local Knowledge Property provides integrated property advisory — we focus exclusively on real estate strategy, not stocks, super, or insurance.
We analyze how property decisions impact your wealth and help you build a strategic property portfolio aligned with your life goals. Our ASPIRE AI platform provides the data and insights, while our experienced professionals provide the wisdom and strategic guidance specific to real estate investment.
This unique combination of human expertise and AI technology ensures you make property decisions that are both emotionally intelligent and data-driven. We provide insights into property-related accounting, taxation, finance, and wealth building - always working alongside (not replacing) your financial planner.
We complement your financial planning team by providing deep expertise in the property domain.
Human Expertise
Experience & wisdom
AI Intelligence
Data & analytics
Strategic Planning
Wealth alignment
NSW Focus
Local market expertise
Our Services
Comprehensive property services powered by human expertise and AI technology
Property Advisory
Integrated property advisory — CPA, licensed agent, and mortgage broker in one practice. Property-specific tax, finance, and wealth strategy.
- Property-specific tax & structuring insights
- Real estate finance & lending strategy
- Wealth building through property investment
- Property portfolio strategy (not overall financial planning)
Purchase Advisory & Execution
Expert representation throughout your property purchase journey across NSW
- Property search & shortlisting
- Due diligence & inspections
- Negotiation & bidding strategy
- Contract review & settlement
Property Advocacy
Independent expert advice protecting your interests in all property transactions
- Unbiased property evaluation
- Market value assessment
- Strategic timing advice
- Conflict resolution support
Our Values
The principles that guide every client engagement
Your Interests First
Understand who represents whom and how each service is paid for. Ask about fees, commissions, referrals and the alternatives to transacting.
Technology-Enabled
ASPIRE AI platform amplifies our expertise with data-driven insights and comprehensive analysis
Client-Centered
Every strategy is personalized to your goals, timeline, and financial situation
Long-Term Focus
Real estate financial planning that aligns with your overall wealth and lifestyle objectives
Our Journey
From traditional buying agency to AI-powered property investment advisory
2005
Foundation
Started providing independent buying agency services in Sydney
2015
NSW Expansion
Extended services across all major NSW property markets
2020
ASPIRE Development
Launched proprietary AI-powered property analysis platform
2023
Property Advisory Practice
Formalised the integrated property advisory model — CPA, agency, and brokerage disciplines under one roof
2025
ASPIRE 4.0
Latest AI enhancement with 50-point evaluation and predictive analytics
Meet Our Team
Experienced professionals dedicated to your property success
Graham Chee
Founder & Principal
Real estate veteran with 20+ years specializing in NSW property markets, strategic property planning, and purchase advisory.
[email protected]Our Tailored Approach
How We Tailor Solutions to You
Local Knowledge Property provides personalized property investment advisory services tailored specifically to your unique circumstances. Our tailored approach includes:
- Personal Financial Analysis: We assess your income, savings, borrowing capacity, and investment goals
- Customized Tax Strategies: Accounting and taxation insights specific to your situation and structure
- Personalized Finance Guidance: Lending strategies and finance options matched to your circumstances
- Individualized Wealth Plans: Property strategies aligned with your long-term wealth building objectives
- Lifestyle-Specific Recommendations: Properties and strategies that fit your life stage and goals
While we provide comprehensive tailored property investment advisory, we always recommend working collaboratively with your existing financial, legal, and taxation advisors to ensure holistic planning.
Privacy & Discretion
We understand that privacy and discretion are paramount in real estate and financial matters. All client information, consultations, financial details, and transactions are handled with the utmost confidentiality. Your trust is our priority, with information sharing subject to the agreed scope, consent and applicable legal obligations.
Questions worth asking any property adviser—including us.
Your current advisers may each be excellent. The question is whether their advice works together. If they already do this well, keep asking. If not, let’s examine the gaps.
What could change your recommendation?
Ask for assumptions, thresholds and alternatives—not just a confident conclusion. A change in finance, costs or personal circumstances may change the right next step.
Is this evidence about the suburb, or this particular property?
Suburb trends provide context. They do not establish the condition, strata liabilities, suitability or value of a specific property.
What will it cost beyond the purchase price?
Ask for transaction and holding costs, the finance assumptions and relevant scenarios. Separate estimated expenses from bills, levies and lender quotes.
What have you not been able to verify?
Look for missing documents, stale information and checks requiring inspection or specialist advice. AI cannot confirm a physical defect or a vendor’s motivation from an address alone.
Who benefits if I proceed?
Ask who represents whom, which entity supplies each service, and what fees, commissions or referral arrangements apply. Common ownership does not mean a conflict-free recommendation.
What if the right answer is to wait or walk away?
A useful review considers alternatives to transacting. An online score is not a reason to override unresolved evidence or your own affordability limits.
What happens after the report?
Agree the next action, responsible professional and follow-up trigger. A report or enquiry is not an ongoing monitoring arrangement.
You cannot control the property market. You can control how well you understand the decision—and how prepared you are to act.
Awards & Recognition — 2014 to 2026
12 years of recognised innovation.From fintech pioneers to AI leaders.
A trajectory of compound innovation — building from foundational accounting technology to multi-industry AI leadership across cybersecurity, property, healthcare, and governance.
This is the story of our wider group, not one award or one business acting alone. Each chapter builds on the last. For Local Knowledge Property, that means bringing financial fluency, practical technology and a commitment to continual improvement into our property advisory.
PHASE 1 · 2014–2019
Foundation of innovation
Accounting knowledge became a foundation for practical fintech and new ways of solving business problems.
- 2014–2018: SMART 100 selections for MyMoney, iBOP and BCyber across this period.
- 2018: Local Knowledge — Accounting Innovator of the Year finalist, Fintech Business Awards.
- 2019: Innovator of the Year finalist listed in the group’s Australian Accounting Awards history.
The foundation was not technology for its own sake, but a willingness to rethink familiar processes and build on what we learned.
PHASE 2 · 2020–2022
Specialised growth
The innovation story broadened into property, lending and the application of AI to financial workflows.
- 2020 and 2022: Property Specialist Accountant of the Year finalist recognition in the group history.
- 2021: Best Use of AI in Fintech finalist, The 6th Annual Fintech Awards.
- 2022: James Chee, Ding Financial — Commercial Broker of the Year finalist, Outsource Financial ORB Awards.
Specialisation added new questions and perspectives — connecting accounting insight with the practical decisions property owners and businesses face.
PHASE 3 · 2023–2026
Multi-industry AI innovation
The wider group’s experience extended across cybersecurity, property, healthcare and governance.
- 2023–2025: Governance Top 100 recognition recorded in the group timeline.
- 2024 and 2025: Australian AI Awards finalist recognition in property investment and cybersecurity.
- 2026: Australian AI Awards finalists in healthcare, property investment and cybersecurity — with exact recipients shown below.
Broader experience reinforces our commitment to responsible innovation: useful analysis, careful handling of information and professional judgement.
Selected milestones from the wider group’s published recognition history. Recognitions belong to the named businesses or individuals; finalist, selection and ranking statuses remain distinct. The 2014–2026 span is not a claim of an award win every year.
Progress is a practice, not a moment
Recognition is a milestone. Improvement never stops.
We do not see recognition as a finish line. Our commitment is to keep questioning what can work better, learning from experience and refining the way we serve clients. Not once. Continually.
Listen. Build. Test. Refine. Repeat.
Listen to real needs
Keep asking what clients need to understand, where decisions become difficult and what could be clearer.
Build with purpose
Seek practical improvements to research, comparisons and advisory workflows — not novelty for its own sake.
Test with judgement
Question assumptions, check information and keep human review central to the use of AI.
Refine and repeat
Use feedback and changing circumstances to guide the next improvement, rather than treating an award as the end.
For our property clients, the purpose stays the same: clearer research, better-informed questions and advice that keeps pace with changing needs — with human judgement at the centre.
Our latest chapter: Australian AI Awards 2026 finalists
Property intelligence is stronger with financial understanding and thoughtful use of technology. Our wider group’s finalist recognition spans healthcare, property investment and cybersecurity — with each recognition attributed to the business named by the organiser.
Innovation in Property Investment
Local Knowledge Property Group
Official category: AI Innovator - Property Investment
Innovation in Cybersecurity
BCyber
Official category: AI Innovator - Cyber Security
Finalist recognition is not a winner announcement, professional accreditation or a guarantee of outcomes.
Earlier recognition
Our existing recognition history also includes Australian AI Awards finalist recognition in 2024 and 2025; Australian Accounting Awards finalist recognition in 2025 for Multiservice Firm of the Year and Marketing Program of the Year; and Governance Top 100 recognition in 2024 and 2025. These historical entries remain separate from the new 2026 finalist categories.
Practical AI expertise, not just a badge
For people evaluating accountants, business advisors and AI engineers, recognition is a starting point for due diligence. We connect property research with accounting insight and advisor-led decisions. Ask us how our property tools fit your situation, what information they use and where professional review is needed.
Current Australian AI adoption research highlights practical tasks such as data processing, administration and bookkeeping, alongside privacy and security concerns. These inform our content priorities: AI accounting workflows, AI business advisory, property investment analysis and responsible implementation. They are qualitative search-intent themes, not claims about measured keyword growth.
Source: Intuit QuickBooks Australia AI Impact Report 2026Questions about our recognition and AI advisory
Which Australian AI Awards categories are we finalists in for 2026?
The official 2026 list names Local Knowledge for AI Innovator - Healthcare, Local Knowledge Property Group for AI Innovator - Property Investment, and BCyber for AI Innovator - Cyber Security. These are three finalist recognitions across distinct businesses, not three wins for the property business.
Why does recognition across healthcare, property investment and cybersecurity matter?
The breadth of finalist recognition reflects AI work across different sectors. For property clients, the relevant connection is practical analysis, financial context and attention to sensitive information. These are our reasons for valuing cross-sector experience, not a statement of the judges’ reasons or a guarantee of client outcomes.
How should I choose a recognised accountant or business advisor with AI expertise?
Check the named award recipient, category, year and finalist or winner status. Separately verify professional registration, relevant experience, engagement scope and who reviews the advice. Ask how AI supports accounting, cash-flow analysis and property decisions; an AI award does not replace accounting, tax or financial-services credentials.
What should I ask an AI engineer or AI implementation advisor?
Ask for a demonstration of a relevant workflow, how outputs are tested, how confidential data is handled, what human review is required and what ongoing support costs. Check who owns the deliverables and whether any claimed awards belong to the business or individual you are engaging. Our listed recognitions are sector finalist categories, not an AI Software Engineer of the Year award.
How does AI support real estate and property investment advice?
Our property tools support suburb research, true-cost comparisons, offer preparation and investment scenarios. Use the results with current source data and professional judgement. AI analysis does not guarantee a valuation, investment return, loan approval or a particular property outcome.