Hi Alex

Unfortunately motivation comes from within.  We can be inspired by external factors such as reading or listening to other peoples' successes but until we (as an individual) decide to take action no amount of encouragement or coercion will work.

Without knowing your full situation it sounds like you and your partner worked hard to achieve your goal of moving to Australia, however, your partner may now be comfortable in their current situation here (work, house, friends, etc) and the thought of starting a new journey on property investing could be taking them out of their comfort zone and the pain of hardwork could be turning them off, thus their reluctance to 'get-on-board' so to speak.

One suggestion may be that you do all the research and then present him with some numbers to crunch on some deals and see how that goes.  Get him involved with something that he enjoys doing like the number crunching and ask him to show you how to calculate profits, yields,etc, etc. You mentioned that you both worked pretty well together – you may need to compliment each other's skills.  As I said before, you do the research he crunches the numbers.  This approach could just be the trick that gets him motivated.

There could be many reasons why your partner doesn't seem overly keen or motivated to get involved. This is just my opinion and my experience in goal setting and motivation. People are naturally motivated when they are doing something they enjoy and doesn't involve any emotional pain, i.e., the hardwork that is involved with property investing.

Regards
Damien Clarke