Property Hub - Investment Insights & Inspiration

Accomplished CEO Peter Meek has rebuilt his wealth after losing it all in the Global Financial Crisis. He shares critical investment and life lessons. How much do you focus on your work and how much do you understand & actively manage your investments? Many of us start out thinking that if we just invest everything in our work and careers and become successful in this one single area of our lives,...

As property values have risen between 20-30% across the country over the last 12 months, what impact has this had on the wealth gap between genders? Core Logic’s Head of Research Eliza Owen joins us to discuss this based on her recently released 2022 Women & Property Report. Recent data reveals that 1.62 million Australian households are looking to downsize their homes over the next 5 years, but w...

My Millennial Money host, author and retired financial adviser Glen James reveals ‘no BS’ insights for getting your finances back on track. Do you have your money sorted out? Are you invested? I don't mean this roughly or vaguely, I'm talking about having a spending plan, dealing with consumer debt, key insurances in place, estate planning set up and a rainy day fund in case of emergencies.  If th...

What do we have for you this week?   Is it too early to call a halt to the property boom? Who really knows? Everyone has an opinion and at the end of the day, only time will tell.  There are so many unknowns and this week we added a new big unknown – a federal election.  There is no doubt in my mind we are seeing a shift in market conditions as we move from a seller-controlled market to one dictat...

Business leader Kerry Swan joins the podcast to talk about why leading from the heart helps you lead yourself, and others. Are you a leader? If you said no, then I’m going to challenge you because we are all leaders, whether we recognise it or not. Our entire lives are about personal leadership, whether we’re leading others or ourselves. In any and all of these situations you need to invest in you...

Building on our previous episodes on property management, expert Deniz Yusuf joins us again to complete his conversation, talking about good management to protect your properties. If you’ve been tuning in the last couple of weeks, you’ll already appreciate how critical property management is to your success as a property investor. So now we conclude the series with Part 2 of my interview with Deni...

With a federal election in the air and much talk of interest rate hikes, what is happening with property around Australia? Core Logic’s Head of Research Eliza Owen joins us to unpack the latest Home Value Index.  As devasting floods & extreme weather continue to dog the East Coast of Australia, Mickael Roger from PropHero joins us for a timely discussion on the increasing impacts of climate change...

Continuing the focus on property management for investors, Bushy Martin talks about how to find the right property manager. Last week the focus was on the pros and cons of self managing versus professionally managing your investment property. This is inspired by the Get Invested interview with Deniz Yusuf of Inspired Growth Training - you’ll really enjoy the second half of his great conversation i...

Building on our previous episode on property management, expert Deniz Yusuf joins us to talk about how investors can get control of, and optimise, their property management.  If you tuned in last week you’ll already appreciate how critical property management is to your success as a property investor. But I don’t want you to just take my word for it – it’s more important that you hear it from an i...

With 1 in 3 women retiring with no savings, what can they do about it? Nicola McDougall of Bricks & Mortar Media joins us to reveal her new co-authored book ‘The Female Investor.’ As home values soar around the country, housing affordability is back on the agenda, a new start-up called Ownhome has developed a unique rent-to-buy model to solve it.   Co-founder James Bowe reveals the details. And to...

Property management is essential for success as a property investor, yet it is much harder than most expect. Bushy Martin shares his key insights, traps to watch out for and top tips. If you’re a long term property investor who is focused on securing high capital growth properties that are cash flow positive, where will most of the time, energy and cost be spent on holding and maintaining your pro...

The conversation with property negotiator Scott Aggett continues, focusing on how negotiation can help you navigate a hot property market. Given the limited supply of properties compared to the massive current demand, finding good quality properties and then being able to outsmart the competing hordes to get the property, many of whom are still prepared to pay way beyond expectations, is proving t...

Powerful people impress by saying less. Bushy Martin talks about why silence should be one of your most important strategic attributes.  As the old saying goes, even a fool can appear wise if they keep their mouth shut. Silence is a powerful negotiation tool, it encourages active listening skills and helps you absorb what you're hearing, and there are many other benefits of strategic silence. How...

This week’s show has a strong property management flavor. We kick off with leading property manager Jamie Billerwell from the Code Property Group who has found that rental enquiry is declining in Qld despite recent figures recording the fastest national rise in rents & demand in the Sunshine State.  As an investor, how do you make sense of the confusing & conflicting deluge of data to find the bes...

Property negotiator Scott Aggett talks about the power of transparency to unlock opportunity in property and life. And as you heard in the previous episode on transparency, Scott has disrupted the property industry by becoming the first dedicated property negotiator to cost effectively help you get the best price for the property you want to buy. Scott and his Hello Haus team are professional prop...

Property author and industry leader Nicola McDougall have been announced as the new Chair of the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA).  Nicola joins Bushy to discuss PIPA’s continuing growth vision to protect property investors. Upfront deposits of up to $300k are a major hurdle that is preventing many Aussies from getting on the property ladder, but industry disruptor Ownhome has...

In this episode, Bushy Martin talks about the importance of transparency in property dealings, business and life.  The Business Dictionary defines transparency as a “lack of hidden agendas or conditions, accompanied by the availability of full information required of collaboration, cooperation, and collective decision making.” In other words, as Maggie Campbell explained in an article about transp...

In hypercompetitive conditions, how do you overcome tight seller's markets to find and secure a good property? Pete Wargent from Buyers Buyers joins us again to show you the way. Overworked Property Managers are often the meat in the sandwich so to uncover their pain points, the trends that are affecting them and the new platforms transforming their lives and improving your experience, we’re joine...

It can be incredibly difficult to recover from divorce, emotionally and financially. Financial expert Helen Baker talks about how to bounce back. Relationship problems often start with money. According to the finder.com.au survey, 1 in 4 Australians has lied to a partner about money or been lied to about finances. The Finder survey also found that men are twice as likely to lie about their money,...

When it comes to what’s likely to happen with property in the future, given its meteoric rise across the board last year, it seems that everyone’s an expert but none more so than Pete Wargent from Buyers Buyers who shares his thoughts on where the property is heading this year. What’s the cost of ignorance? In hyper-competitive seller's markets, many property buyers end up buying anything they can...

One of the biggest barriers to growth for property investors is access to cash. So if you’re out of savings, equity or ideas, what can you do? Our guest Godfrey Dinh shares his insights. If you’re an investor who wants to build your portfolio but have hit a cash wall, you could start saving furiously by living on a budget of baked beans and dog food … but this is likely to take years unless you’re...

As property around the country has enjoyed the strongest growth in over 30 years, everyone is wondering what the future holds so contrarian Simon Pressley from Propertyology completes our 2 part special with his surprising predictions for 2022.  When it comes to opinions on property it seems like everyone’s an expert - but who can you trust? Lloyd Edge from Aus Property Professionals questions the...

In this episode, we change the way we look at stress and talk about how to harness it with expert guest Paul Taylor.  Paul is an Exercise Physiologist, Nutritionist and Neuroscientist, and a former British Royal Navy Aircrew Officer. He is currently completing a PhD in Applied Psychology where he is developing and testing resilience strategies with the Australian Defence Science Technology Group a...

Last year was a truly remarkable year in property, so what lessons did we learn from it that will guide us in the year ahead? To discuss the year that was and then the year that will be, Realty Talk regular Simon Pressley from Propertyology joins us for part one of a 2 part special feature. Most investors tend to focus on how much money they’re likely to make without properly considering the risks...

What in the world is going on in global and local investment markets? Top analyst Pete Wargent provides his outlook. What is likely to happen in the world this year? What does this mean for global and local equities and property investment markets? How does this affect you as an investor? What do you do, and what don’t you do this year? On the surface these appear like relatively simple questions...