Building a multimillion-dollar portfolio of five land lease communities in five years is no easy task.

With seven land lease communities now planned under his West Australian Providence Lifestyle brand, land lease pioneer John Wood is proving that the sector is now an accepted asset class – but it requires commitment and knowing your market.

The founder of Western Australia’s National Lifestyle Villages (NLV), John got his start in the caravanning industry and was the first operator to adopt the land lease model in Western Australia in 1999.

He grew NLV to be the state’s largest land lease operator before