The Elephant In The Room Property Podcast | Inside Australian Real Estate

Motley Fool Australia's, Scott Phillips, explains how the share market can offer a viable option for first home buyers to save up their deposit faster. Let’s look at this idea and some other alternatives: Are there different investments for would-be property investors to consider when they can't borrow enough money to buy an investment-grade property? What is the cost of a lemon in your share port...

Karen Stiles shares her first hand knowledge of strata ownership & her horror story of buying off the plan. Karen is now Executive Officer of Owners Corporation Network & she has brilliant insights into the hidden world of all things strata. She is extremely passionate about justice in the property world. Here’s a few of the eye opening topics we covered: How everyone, besides the owners, know abo...

Kylie Walsh is General Manager of Di Jones Real Estate and a licensed real estate agent. Last November, Kylie was awarded AREAs Most Influential Woman in real estate. Kylie has over 24yrs experience and over that time she's held a variety of roles that have taken her from the beach to the bush and back to the city in positions of increasing responsibility. She's worked in management roles for Aust...

Michele Adair, CEO of Housing Trust, joins us and explains how her organization builds and manages affordable housing for people on a very low to moderate income. We're going to find out the difference between social housing and affordable housing. Michele highlights some important factors affecting household affordability.  It’s not just about first home buyers wanting to get onto the ladder. So...

In this episode, we interview Charles Wiggett Principal of Hauss Realty a boutique agency based in the Brisbane riverside suburb of Graceville. Charles prides himself on good old fashioned service, local knowledge and client care. Here’s a snapshot of what we covered: Flood zone risks - why doing your due diligence matters! Supply & scarcity & what that means for capital growth. What maintenance i...

We pick the brains of Peter Gordon, one of Balmain’s most active sales agents, ranked in the top 100 agents nationally for the last four years. Peter has been with Cobden & Hayson since it launched in 2005, and has experienced both hot and cold market conditions over the years. Here’s some of the topics we discussed: Why A grade properties continue to sell well in Blue Chip suburbs, despite market...

In this episode, we're going to address one of the biggest elephants in the room so far in this podcast. In Australia, engineers don't have to be registered! We talk to two experts, John Roydhouse, CEO of the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia, NSW a professional membership organization looking after the interest of public works engineering and all public infrastructure in NSW. And,...

We picked the brains of Cecille Weldon. Cecille is responsible for the creation and development of the Banksia Award-winning Liveability Real Estate Framework. Now owned and backed by the CSIRO, this new way of marketing property introduces 17 new property features into the real estate transaction. These are liveability features which cover passive building design, energy and water efficiency and...

In this episode we are doing something a little bit different. To celebrate April Fools Day, we have produced a special report on the big failed property bets, what forecasters got wrong in 2018 and who is brave enough to predict what’s to come in 2019 & 2020. You’ll hear why it is impossible to predict the future and whether Veronica is really a Perma-Bull as some have accused her of being. It se...

In this episode, we picked the brains of Mike Mortlock. Mike is the managing director of MCG Quantity Surveyors which was recently recognized as Australia's fastest growing quantity surveying firm by the Australian Financial Review Fast 100. MCG was the first quantity surveying firm to publish real data on the average deductions for property investors. We had a very revealing chat with Mike about:...

In this episode, we pick the brains of Suzy Jacobs, a fabulously outspoken and honest pioneer in women lead business networks. Suzy founded SheBusiness and has lead thousands to business success. She sold SheBusiness and launched Finesque in 2016 to demystify financial language and create opportunities for individuals to grow their financial independence and security. We discover: How your beliefs...

Nerida Conisbee is Chief Economist for the REA Group, which incorporates websites www.realestate.com.au & www.realcommercial.com.au, amongst others. Nerida has more than 20 years of property research experience & appears every fortnight on ABC News Breakfast, every Tuesday on Your Money, & she writes a fortnightly column for The Australian.  She provides updates on property market conditions to ma...

In this episode, we are going to answer some listener questions. We cover a fair bit of ground, however, here are the highlights: Should you be investing in the outskirts, or investing in the inner rings of capital cities? What happens if the builder runs away with your money during a renovation and where to get help. What to do if your financial planner becomes a little bit too pushy & recommends...

This is the first property manager we've had on The Elephant. Here’s what we found out: Seasonality & over supply, the months to avoid. What constitutes a good tenant & how to choose a good property manager. Reference checking tenants & how Instagram pics reveals all. How to change your managing agent the easy way. Landlord insurance - not all policies are created equal. If you own an investment p...

Malcolm Gunning, has been in real estate forever & his agency Gunning Real Estate focuses on commercial, industrial, retail, residential & development real estate. They also provide services in sales, leasing, property management, consultancy, & valuation. Here is some of what we covered: What is sophisticated investor & do they always get it right? The 3 main methods used to value a commercial pr...

Haesley Cush, auctioneer, sales agent and principal, opens up about the Brisbane property market and explains how apartments can lose money while unrenovated Queenslanders in the same suburbs sell for ridiculous prices. What are the best buys in Brisbane at the moment?  Here’s what else you’ll learn: The Brisbane property market & why locals don’t like auctions. What's a good property investment &...

In this episode, we pick the brains of Tim McKibbin, CEO of the REI New South Wales. Originally qualifying as a lawyer and an accountant, Tim joined the REI 15 years ago, and has been the CEO now for 13 years. He's an extremely vocal advocate for the real estate industry, and over the past few years he's had a couple of stoushes with the New South Wales state government on a number of issues. Rece...

Plus all the dirt on the hidden pitfalls in off-the-plan contracts. We are very excited to share our conversation with Jennie Tonner, our very first conveyancer on “The Elephant”. She is one of Australia’s most experienced conveyancers who has spent decades working in the “big end of town” and now runs her own small business, Cremorne Conveyancing. You’ll learn an incredible amount about what can...

Cameron Macqueen is a man that’s done many great things in the business world. After 5 years growing a big business in China he came back to Australia to run a Chinese property development company - PAI Group. PAI have been building 100’s of small developments, mainly in Melbourne’s middle ring suburbs. These developments are funded by Chinese citizens mainly to get two things, a great return and...

In this episode, Veronica and Chris finish the summer series with a discussion about some of the biggest  “aha” moments in the first 25 episodes. As always, this conversation covers a lot of ground as we pull snippets from different interviews and discuss the key lessons and takeaways in more detail. The most common behavioural biases we have that let us down. What’s really happening during an auc...

Will it really create housing affordability and will there be unintended consequences? In this episode we stir up the conversation on Labor’s negative gearing policy and just how crazy we believe it will be if they successfully get it legislated. To help you better understand what could happen, we bring in parts of the conversations we’ve had with some of the smartest minds in property - Pete Warg...

In this episode we have a look at 2019 and what could change in “the property market”. This is the first of our 2019 summer specials and we reflect back on what some of our podcast guests have had to say about the big issues affecting property prices. Peter Koulizos talks Australia. Pete Wargent talks Brisbane. The Kouk talks all things interest rates and what the RBA could do. Mark Foy explains w...

Bryce Holdaway, is probably Australia’s most famous property co-host - podcast fans will know him from The Property Couch and TV fans will know him from Location, Location, Location Australia, Relocation Relocation Australia and now Escape from the City on the ABC. What you may not know is why he is the best person to explain to us exactly what a property spruiker is and what makes them so dangero...

Lorna Patten, counsellor and trainer, is renowned for telling the truth that needs to be told. So who better to explain to us exactly what lies underneath some of the decisions property buyers make - in particular those that cost people a lot of money. This is the episode we’ve been wanting to make for some time and we uncovered some absolute gems:   What we fear the most when it comes to life and...

In this episode, we had an eye-opening discussion with Noel Whittaker, who is somewhat of a household name. Noel writes weekly columns in major newspapers in every State in Australia. He also broadcasts regularly on ABC Radio and appears on channel nine. He's written 22 best selling books that have sold over two million copies around the world. His book Making Money Simple set sales records across...