Pizza and Property

Does this story sound familiar? You wake up one morning and find the perfect property online - asking price $700K. You can't believe such a home could sell for this price in your area. You know the market is booming, so maybe it will go a little bit above the asking price, only to find out on auction day it sells for HALF A MILLION DOLLARS over the advertised price. What the hell is going on? It's...

Investing in commercial property can feel very out of reach for the average investor, but after listening to this episode you might find it's more obtainable than you think.  We speak with author of 'Property Investing Explained Simply' Steve Palise about his top 3 picks for buying a commercial asset under $500,000 in 2022.    We talk about with Steve:   - The kind of properties you could potentia...

Can you believe there's only a few days left of 2021! This year has certainly been one for the history books for a lot of reasons, especially the 2021 property market BOOM.    We wanted to end this year with a recap of the Melbourne property market for one of its most respected media commentators and buyers agents Cate Bakos.    Lets talk with Cate about the year that was for the Melbourne propert...

Why is it so important to be the idiot in the room? According to Simon Sinek, the person that's not afraid to put their hand up and say "I'm sorry could you explain this again I really don't understand" is often the person with more courage than all the others that don't understand but want to save face.    This episode is designed to help you understand the meaning in the metrics, to be able to t...

Tax... We might hate paying it but without any tax a lot of what we take for granted in Australia falls apart, while we are certainly not anti tax here at Pizza and Property we are 100% anti having extra taxes thrown at us as property investors.  There seems to be this common theme that all property investors are just mega rich people that can absorb all new charges thrown at them, which couldn't...

After so much rapid price growth around the country, it's safe to say there's a lot of people that were holding off for that big price drop that just never came in 2021.  Or maybe you just missed out on deal after deal with all the buying competition in the market.  What if your budget is still the same and your wage hasn't grown in line with the madness of the property market? If you're still cro...

With close to 200 major towns and cities in Australia it can be tricky trying to figure out what area is the best place to really research and put under the microscope, which is exactly why we have created this new series "Monthly Market Microscope"  This monthly episode is designed to help everyone in the Pizza and Property community get a leg up on where to put their time, effort and possibly ev...

With more and more investors opting to buy borderless, we felt it's the perfect time to bring you guys an episode all about running a renovation project interstate.  Mastering a skill like this can open up your investing potential massively! If you understand the skill set of renovating interstate you can potentially move your capital into projects around the country chasing the "Property Clock" a...

The way a property is presented for sale can make a massive difference to the interest the property receives which then has a direct knock on effect to the amount of offers and eventually the final sales price.  With so many investment properties being sold now with the tentans inside how do you still make sure your investment is being presented the best it can to attract the best ROI you can?  We...

The rules of successful property investing don't need to be complex. This episode we get a very straightforward property investor, Hayden West, to talk about how he has created a $5,000,000 portfolio in 10 years without any magic bullet.    Hayden is a big advocate of understanding an area better than anyone else - even better than the agents selling in the area. This plus several other skill sets...

This came as a big shock to us!  Speaking with Bushy Martin the other day and it came up in conversation that APRA wasn't in as much control as what the media leads us to believe with all lenders.    If you're looking at getting another round of financing and are struggling with some lenders this episode is going to be extremely helpful for you!   Talk more with Bushy: https://knowhowproperty.com....

Are you about to bid at auction? Are you feeling a little nervous about how to do it right? Well you're in the right place because this episode is all about the tips and tricks you need to know when buying auction properties. To make sure we're bringing you the info from one of the best sources in the country, we have author of Auction Ready Veronica Morgan on the show to unpack some of her strate...

Just because something is cheap doesn't mean it's a good deal. In this crazy real estate market the whole country has been experiencing, it's pretty safe to say there has probably been some "cheap crap" sold as great value, but how do you as a savvy investor tell the difference between a good deal at a good price a something that is cheap because it's not worth touching with a barge pole? Sanjeev...

A lot of the time the bigger the problems you can solve the bigger your pay packet. Then why isn't everyone out there trying to solve all the big problems I hear you ask? Simple...  It takes strong persistence to solve them!!!  This episode is all about showing what can happen when you persist with solving the problem that lead to profit. To do that we're talking with developer and mortgage broker...

How do you know when an agent is lying to you? While there is no 100% guaranteed way to find out, there's certainly some great things to watch out for to increase your odds of understanding if they're trying to pull a fast one on you or if what's being said is genuine.   This Weekly Slice we talk with our resident negotiation expert Scott Aggett to find out from a man that puts deals together on a...

Taking the plunge on your first renovation project can be such a scary commitment to make, but when you combine the right people, skills and the guts to take the leap you have a recipe to potentially change your life financially.  James Rodriguez has done exactly that, by taking what was a rundown investment and renovating it into both a high cashflow asset and one that now has a sizable chunk of...

With close to 200 major towns and cities in Australia it can be tricky trying to figure out what area is the best place to really research and put under the microscope, which is exactly why we have created this new series "Monthly Market Microscope"  This monthly episode is designed to help everyone in the Pizza and Property community get a leg up on where to put their time, effort and possibly ev...

If you think of property investing in a similar way to the body and it's main drivers this might change the way you think of property investing. Think of it as the brain, the heart and the lungs: the brain is the know-how to put the deal together, the heart is the finance that gives the deal life, the lungs are the action that makes all the ideas come together into reality.    When everything work...

For some people the property market feels like a high stakes game of musical chairs right now, and in some way it is. Knowing the top of the market without any level of error is just not feasible, just because something isn't 100% doesn't mean you can't increase your odds of seeing the difference between a boom and a bubble.  This episode we talk with PK Gupta about his take on telling if the mark...

We have a firm belief at Pizza and Property that it's always best to keep soaking up as much knowledge as possible to help you on your property path. But... what if you already had some of the skill necessary to complete your first deal or move onto the second or third?   This episode is all about how some of the skills we pick up from past life experience can translate directly to property invest...

Money is on the move! What could this mean for all of us as property investors? It really all comes back to two things: - What's your current position in terms of debts and assets? &  - How the shift of money affects the market? To talk us through a quick bite from an economic point of view we have economist and accountant Mr Gavin Swan joining us on the show once again. Gavin is going to give an...

For most average Australians, investing in property starts in the $250k to $750k kinda price ranges, this is generally what's accepted as the standard. This episode we talk with a young man that has built a $14m portfolio by challenging everything that's standard in the property investing space. We're talking with Jack Henderson, founder of Henderson Advocacy.    Jack is making a name for himself...

If you've been talking to anyone in the lending space recently you may have heard them say the term DTI. What is it, and how is it possibly going to affect you as an investor wanting to grow your portfolio.    To help us get a clear picture of what DTI is and how it might be changing the investing landscape we're talking with award winning finance broker Alex Veljancevski. Alex is going to give us...

Prices are rising at such a fast rate that in some cases rents aren't rising at the same rate. As investors what do we have in our control to help increase that rent and get a better yield I hear you ask? Value add renovations! Making a property more attractive to a tenant doesn't need to cost $50k - $100k.   In this episode we talk with two men about the most cost effective value add renos to inc...

'The year that was' is about to be upon us, before we all know it we'll be sitting on a relative's couch having just eaten way too much food at Christmas dinner thinking "What was that blur that was 2021?" And hopefully more importantly... "What am I going to do moving into 2022 to get in to an even better investment position?"   This episode we talk with the pink flamingo of Sydney himself Jack H...