Secure your future
We help athletes successfully transition to life after professional sport through property investment.
Matt Gillett & Paul Merritt
Secure your future
Helping athletes successfully transition to life after professional sport through property investment.
Helping athletes successfully transition to life after professional sport through property investment.
How we help
We guide and assist athletes to look beyond the short term toward a balanced and financially secure future. We’re not here to make a hard sell; we’re here to listen to you, understand your goals and then provide options.
Mentoring
Guidance
Wealth and security planning
Property investing advice & support
Property portfolio development
Why you need a personalised property mentor
At Merritt Sports, we believe every athlete deserves the chance to maximise the earnings from their playing career.
The career of every professional athlete is filled with highs and lows. A select few enjoy years of sustained success. In reality, most sportspeople only have a season or two at the peak of their game.
Success can be fleeting. No one knows how long they’ll be at the top, and most professional athletes have a short window of above-average earnings. All too often, the financial rewards of success quickly disappear.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
For many young sporting professionals, securing an asset base early on in their journey can make an enormous difference in terms of their future financial security.
With decades of experience in the property market, we know the benefits that come from a well-structured portfolio that enables people to use their resources to build wealth over time.
Your Property Mentors
The Merritt Sports team helps professional athletes make informed decisions about their future. With decades of experience across sport, business, real estate, and property, we guide and support you in building long-term wealth and security.

Matt Gillett
Junior club: Bribie Island Warrigals
Sports business investor
Brisbane Broncos 2010 – 2019
200 NRL games,
20 x Qld State of Origin representative
12 x Australia Kangaroos representative

Paul Merritt
Junior Club: Booval Swifts (Rugby League), Sunnybank Dragons (Rugby Union)
36 years in property, building and investment
Licenced Real Estate Agent (LREA)
Property Investor
Founder of Suburban Plus, Merritt Property Group and Bravo Homes
Your Property Mentors
The Merritt Sports team helps professional athletes make informed decisions about their future. With decades of experience across sport, business, real estate, and property, we guide and support you in building long-term wealth and security.

Matt Gillett
Junior club: Bribie Island Warrigals
Sports business investor
Brisbane Broncos 2010 – 2019
200 NRL games,
20 x Qld State of Origin representative
12 x Australia Kangaroos representative

Paul Merritt
Junior Club: Booval Swifts
36 years in property, building and investment
Licenced Real Estate Agent (LREA)
Property Investor
Founder of Suburban Plus, Merritt Property Group and Bravo Homes
Working with athletes across sport
Professional sport in Australia is now a multi-billion dollar industry with significant opportunities for top male and female athletes across high-growth markets.

Rugby League

Golf

Football

Tennis

Rugby Union

Basketball

AFL

Surfing

Netball

Swiming

Cricket

Athletics