A decade of deals. Every framework stress-tested. Every shortcut earned.
I'm Sudi Gorle, founder of Kaizen Projects. After scaling and exiting a Melbourne tour business, then managing a half-billion-dollar institutional pipeline, I built the operating system behind 17+ live Adelaide developments — $132M in GRV. The Playbook hands you that same system, refined deal by deal, so your first project is built on rigour — not hope.
You've got ambition. Probably equity sitting there doing nothing. But every time you try to move, you run into something that nobody talks about at the seminars.
40 saved listings. Zero analysed properly. No framework for "kill it" or "go." Developers with agent relationships get deals before they hit the portals.
Miss one line item — GST, holding costs, stamp duty — and your $300K profit becomes a $50K lesson.
Agents, planners, builders speak a language you half-understand. They can tell. And they price accordingly.
Builder blowouts, planning refusals, wrong structure. The horror stories pile up until doing nothing feels safest.
Podcasts. Facebook groups. Weekend workshops. Lots of opinions, zero specificity. None of it from someone with skin in the game.
The biggest loss isn't a bad deal — it's no deal at all. Every month on the fence, the gap widens.
“I didn't get here by taking big swings and hoping. I got here by being the most conservative developer in the room — and building a system around that.”
BBus (Finance & Accounting), Master of Project Management & Planning. Founded, scaled, and sold a Melbourne tour company in 18 months — the operating playbook that made it possible is the same discipline I run today. Then managed a $500M pipeline for a public company. Today, 17+ active developments across Adelaide with $132M+ in GRV. The Playbook is the system I built across boardrooms and building sites — and it stays current because my own capital depends on it.
See Kaizen ProjectsInfill sites across Adelaide. Demolitions, subdivisions, new builds. Dirt under my nails.
Public company governance, board reporting, large-scale feasibility — now applied to every deal.
Founded, scaled, and sold a Melbourne tour company in 18 months. Learned systems, P&Ls, and when to take the win.
A repeatable process for finding sub-market sites before they hit agents — the same pipeline I run weekly.
BBus (Finance & Accounting). MPM&P. The academic rigour behind every model in this program.
Planning & Design Code, s71 exemptions, margin scheme, SA entity structuring. Not theory — it's Tuesday.
Running live deals right now. Content stays current because my capital depends on it.
Every framework, model, and template below is used on live Kaizen Projects deals. You get the same tools — not watered-down course versions.
40+ tools, templates & frameworks — all used on live Kaizen Projects deals, included in every program tier.
Every module maps to a real phase of a real deal. The same sequence I follow on every project — from "is this site worth a second look" to "settlement day."
What returns actually look like. What timelines actually are. Why Adelaide's infill market is quietly one of the best entry points in Australia — and what most people get wrong about it.
The exact off-market system I run weekly — agent scripts, vendor outreach, council-watch routines, and the relationship cadence that puts sub-market sites on my desk before they ever hit a portal. Plus the 5-minute kill test that saves weeks of wasted due diligence.
The feasibility model I run on every deal. Real construction rates, real holding costs, real sensitivity analysis. Not a YouTube spreadsheet. The one I stake my own capital on.
Company vs trust vs bare trust — and why the wrong choice can cost you six figures. Stamp duty under s71(5)(e), GST margin scheme, and when a company-as-bare-trustee actually makes sense.
How to read a Form 1 without missing what matters. Leveraging cooling-off periods, structuring contract conditions, and the infrastructure checks (sewer, stormwater, easements) that save deals or kill them.
SA's planning system demystified. The refusal grounds that catch people out, when to go council vs private certifier, and how to work with pattern book rules instead of against them.
What banks actually want to see. Pre-sales thresholds, bridging vs construction finance, JV structures that protect both sides, and how to approach private investors without sounding desperate.
How to structure tenders so builders compete honestly. Managing the relationship once they're on site. Practical completion vs defects — and what to do when costs start creeping.
Picking the right agent (not the cheapest). Negotiating commission without burning bridges. Marketing small-scale projects, multi-lot settlement mechanics, and deeds of nomination.
What changes when you go from one deal to three. Retaining stock for income, building a pipeline, recycling capital between projects, and when fund structures start making sense.
This isn't a "get rich quick" program. But if you put in the work, here's a realistic timeline for going from "interested" to "settling your first development."
Four anonymised case studies from operators using The Playbook on live Adelaide infill. Names changed for privacy — deals, structures and outcomes are real.
Bought his first site in his personal name — full stamp duty triggered. We rebuilt his second deal under a company-as-bare-trustee structure, claimed the s71(5)(e) exemption on transfer, and ran the GST under the margin scheme at sale. Settled both townhouses Feb 2026.
Came in with $280K equity and a Grange site already under offer. The 5-minute kill test caught a sewer main running diagonally under the proposed second slab. We walked the deal in cooling-off, found a cleaner Grange site three weeks later off-market through the cohort, and tendered three builders properly. Saved the first contract; won the second.
Salaried engineer with $400K equity, no construction background. Used the feasibility model to stress-test fourteen sites before saying yes to one. DA approved first lodgement — six weeks faster than his initial contingency assumed. Construction sequencing held the build to schedule within $9K of budget.
Playbook member who graduated to a Founders Table JV. Sourced a corner site directly from a vendor through the Playbook's off-market channel — no agent, no portal, no competing offers. Joint-ventured the build with Kaizen, shared upside on the four-townhouse delivery. Settled Aug 2026.
Every number below comes from real structuring decisions on live Adelaide deals. Click any line to see exactly where the money comes from.
If you're still reading, you're not shopping for a course. You're deciding whether the person on the other end of this page is someone you'd actually hand a live deal to. So let me be straight with you.
An hour ago: my builder on a Croydon townhouse wanted $14K of PC-item creep. Twenty minutes later he'd sharpened the pencil. That conversation is my job, every week, on every live Kaizen deal — and the whole point of what I've built is to get you confident having it on yours.
There are two doors. Pick the one that fits where you actually are.
Door one — The Playbook ($14K). Ten modules. My live feasibility model. The DD and tender templates I use on Kaizen deals. Off-market sites I pass on. A private room of operators doing exactly what you're doing. You run it at your own pace — that's the trade, and it's why it's $14K instead of $88K.
Door two — The Founders Table ($88K). Two days of my time every month, twelve months, on your live deals. Capped at four. Two seats are already taken. Before we touch a site we sit down and architect the path that fits your circumstance — leaving PAYG, recycling equity from a PPOR, deploying cash or an SMSF, bringing in family or JV capital. The income bridge, the entity, the lender, the cadence. We go through it all. Then the room runs your real deal against the plan we built together.
If neither door fits — there's a third. If you already hold a site and need me to run the whole development for you, that's what Kaizen's Development Management arm does — me and the team, end-to-end, for a fee plus a share of upside above feasibility. Email me and I'll tell you which door fits in under five minutes.
I don't run these as a course business. I run them because the operators who graduate become the JV partners I want for my next decade of developments. That's the alignment. That's why I'll put real time in instead of recording another module.
I'll be on the other side either way.
Talk soon,
Everything you need to get your first deal under contract and settled profitably. At your own pace. You run it.
The full system, my live feasibility model, the DD & tender templates, off-market deal alerts, and the private operator community. Everything short of the Founders Table.
Pay in full or 4 instalments · lifetime access to all course content
Four operators. Twelve months. Two days of my time on your live deals, every month. By application only.
A room of four operators, twelve months, two days of my time every month, on your live deals. Capital, deal flow, and the connections that took me a decade to build — handed to you because we both win when you settle profitably.
Before we touch a site, we sit down and architect the path that actually fits your life — your capital, your job, your appetite for risk, what you're walking away from and what you're walking into. The Founders Table room then runs your deal, structured around your reality — not a generic curriculum. Every person at the table comes in from a different angle. Here's a few of them:
Specific beats polished. I read every word — the more real it is, the better I can tell if this room is the right fit.
I read every application personally. You'll hear from me within three business days — either a time to talk, or an honest note on why it's not the right fit yet.
Already have a site under contract? Kaizen's development management team runs your project from feasibility through to settlement — under the same operating system behind $132M in current GRV. You stay the principal. We carry the load.
Simple, aligned pricing. If the deal doesn't perform, the upside fee doesn't trigger — we only win when you win.
One deal generates more wealth than five years of salary.
You stop guessing. You start thinking like a developer.
The anxiety disappears. Every step is mapped.
A free 22-page guide. No pitch at the end. Just the five critical decisions that determine whether your first SA development is profitable — and exactly how I get each one right on every Kaizen deal.
PDF + HTML. Sent straight to your inbox. No sales pitch — just the playbook I wish someone handed me before my first deal.
Honestly, no. I built every module assuming you're starting from scratch. You don't need a finance degree or a construction background. By Module 3, you'll be running feasibility on real sites — the same way I do.
The frameworks apply nationally — feasibility, structuring, construction management. But the planning and regulatory content is specifically SA. If you're developing elsewhere, about 70% still applies directly.
Depends on the strategy. A retain-and-subdivide might need $50K–$100K in equity. A full demolish-and-build is more like $150K–$300K. Module 7 goes deep on how to structure financing to reduce what you need personally.
Most courses are taught by people who stopped developing years ago. I'm running Kaizen Projects right now — active sites, active deals. Every example and template in this program comes from projects I've actually done, not textbook theory.
Yes. All modules, templates, and future updates — no extra cost. Coaching access is for 12 months, with the option to renew at a reduced rate.
Go through the first three modules. If it hasn't delivered value, email me within 30 days and I'll refund every cent. No forms, no hoops.
Yes. Most people join The Playbook and move into the Founders Table once their first deal is in motion — the Playbook fee credits fully against the Founders Table investment if you upgrade within 12 months.
Same person. Same suburb. Same equity. The only variable is which set of decisions got made on the way there.