Property Hub - Investment Insights & Inspiration

Let's get in to the really practical side of property investing and creating financial freedom. We’ve got another special episode this week, where Bushy Martin sat down with Jef Miles and Joe Tucker from Aus Property Investors, one of Australia’s largest Facebook communities dedicated to Property Investing.  This was a live stream recorded with the investor community, so there was a stack of great...

There is no doubt there have been a lot of changes in the last few decades in how we buy a family home, invest in property or sell a property.  Technology has played a big part in shaping those changes.   One thing that has not changed though - despite technology – is the significance of getting the right agent.  Property marketing is like fashion trends - forever evolving and changing.   Likewise...

A staggering number of investors (73%) who sold one or more of their rental properties in the last year say they were sold to owner occupiers. That could equate to 217,072 dwellings having been stripped from rental markets across Australia. NEW – Join the Property Hub community on Substack! Sign up  to get Australian property news, opinion, and episodes in your inbox:  https://propertyhubau.substa...

Beyond the hype and the headlines, how hard is it really to break in to Australian property, especially for young people? To talk about this and much more, Damian Hoar joins this week's episode of Get Invested. Research from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute suggests that only 11 per cent of potential first home buyers can afford to purchase property in Australia. And it's not as...

Technically speaking there is no such thing as an off-market property if you are dealing with an agent.  If an agent is involved - whether it is advertised/marketed or not, a property must be listed for sale and the proper authorities must be in place so the agent can represent the seller. Joe Tucker and Bushy Martin give great insight today about listings that are referred to as being off-market,...

Having built their own multi-million dollar property investment nest egg, Lisa and Brian Happ walk the talk. In our previous episode, Lisa and Brian revealed how they built a $7M+ property portfolio while working in their full-time jobs. Now, the duo get practical ... talking about the ins and outs of what they learned, and just how important it is to buy the right property, the right way. Lisa an...

Given the massive uplift in property values post-pandemic with prices lifting properties to the tune of 20% to 50% against the backdrop of average annual growth of under 7%, many locations and property prices are likely to flatline and go sideways over the next 8-10 years.  So how can you continue to build equity in your property in this climate?   This week Bushy is joined by  Joe Tucker, co-foun...

How did a hard working, everyday Aussie couple build a $7 million plus property portfolio? On Get Invested, we bring you the first episode in a two part interview with Lisa and Brian Happ. Lisa and Brian are living breathing examples of 'the Power of 2' in action. Lisa is a former Teacher and Brian is a local government asset maintenance coordinator who have together spent 20 years building a dive...

Drew Evans, a Director of Caifu Property, joins Bushy in this week's show with a somewhat fascinating thought about securing property at a wholesale price to maintain cash flow affordability while generating equity growth. An interesting thought. Find out how Drew suggests it is possible. Also in today’s show, Bushy talks to Kev Tran who quotes from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Instit...

What's happening in Australian property, where is it heading and what should you do about it? In this episode the tables have been turned yet again and Bushy is on the receiving end of more great questions, this time from Wealthi's Dom Nesci. You'll know Dom from our recent Get Invested interview, and today's chat is Dom interviewing Bushy on his Wealthi podcast . During this great chat Bushy give...

Are familiar bad habits preventing you from investing and growing wealth? The core issue could be rooted in childhood trauma, says Mark Reid. This could be the most important podcast you listen to, giving you the power to transform your life so that you can start to remove the hidden barriers that are preventing you from living your best life. Many of us struggle to break free from fear, anxiety,...

We start this week with an alert from Ben Kingsley , Chair of the Property Investors Council of Australia.   We will play Ben’s full video message to you in the show today because what he talks about - the Green’s proposal for 2.2 million small business property owners to subsidise their tenants’ rents, with a 2 year freeze on rental increases - promises a very real financial burden on all the Mum...

This week in the show we turn the spotlight on successful investment and alarmingly we have learnt that a very small percentage - 5% or 1 in 20 - property investors achieve sustainable success.   John Manciameli also tells Bushy how many investors sell up within 5 years.  John will reveal what separates the best from the rest. Also in today’s show, Bushy talks to Matthew Aflitto about the investme...

Many Australians are following the broken 'Australian dream' model, says Bushy Martin.  That 'dream' - get a good job, pay off your mortgage, put money into your super, and then retire comfortably - is leaving many Aussies unable to afford their lifestyle after stopping work. Bushy talked about this big issue on the Finance And Property Survival Guide podcast with Damian Hoar, which we’re sharing...

During the week we were interested to hear concern expressed about the possibility of an El Nino event occurring.  We were not so surprised at it being raised, but more about the person raising it.   Ray Ellis - CEO for First National Group joins us in today’s show to tell us why a weather event should concern property owners.    Victoria has been named as the worst state in Australia for renters....

The ChatGPT, artificial intelligence revolution is coming for every industry. How can property investors take advantage? Dax Stanley explains. In short, ChatGPT is a natural language processing (NLP) platform that uses machine learning algorithms to generate predictive analytics and forecasting models. Whether you want a specific diet plan, or generate complex code for an app, ChatGPT is transform...

Nearly a third of Australian households are now renting and rental vacancies are at their lowest level ever.  This is happening now, before the floodgates open to the arrival of nearly 1M new migrants in the next 2 years.  The pressure is extreme and will get worse before it gets better.  A solution could be possible and this week we tell you how. NEW – Join the Property Hub community on Substack!...

Sustainable success in wealth creation is about getting and staying financially fit, says Amanda Thompson. Yet most people don't have the right financial foundations, even if they have the best of intentions for investing and building wealth. Women are affected more than men, earning on average 23% less, with 28% less savings in their super balance at retirement, and shockingly 33% stop work with...

Airbnb certainly changed the short term accommodation market and arguably caused a tectonic upheaval in the availability of rentals for long termers. Currently there are over 100,000 Airbnb properties listed in Australia. A more serious problem than supply has surfaced. Hear Bushy discuss it with Juls Rolnik. There is a lot to be said for planning your exit.  That especially applies to investment...

Entrepreneur Kobi Simmat talks about how to use the key principles of investment to build something that people want to buy. Are you tired of trading your time for money and making someone else wealthy at your expense?  Or perhaps you’ve started your own business and you’re still struggling because you’ve simply traded your regular pay packet for the hit and miss uncertainty of inconsistent pay fo...

Since May 2022, the RBA cash rate has risen 12 times to the highest level in 11 years.  Many of the messages we receive are from mum and dad investors asking how to securely navigate portfolio growth opportunities in such a volatile and high-interest rate environment.  Today we lift the lid on a whitepaper setting out the 5 rules for safely investing during periods of higher interest rates  In the...

Whether it is a new build, renovation or extension, construction is often a nightmare, but David Sharp wants to give homeowners and investors the power back.  Right now, the construction process works against property owners where inefficiencies are rewarded. It's not about screwing builders, who are often trying to do the right thing within a broken system.  As a home renovation and extension adv...

The problem with politicians making decisions is most times they are short term thinkers - normally their own term.  There are no quick fixes to rental shortages and housing affordability.  If politicians can’t do it, we ask the question about who is best to frame thinking around long term solutions.  We try to come up with some suggestions you will never hear from pollies and we attempt to apply...

Getting property performance prediction right will transform your investing outcomes, and there's few better at it than John Lindeman. John has a proven 90 percent success rate in predicting property movements and trends, and understands the power of working with leading (not lagging) data. John is revered and respected as one of Australia's leading property market analysts. With over 20 years of...

Buying, renovating, selling and investing isn't just limited to bricks and mortar, the digital world offers huge opportunities for property investors to diversify and unlock more cashflow, says Matt Raad. Typically in Australia, the highest and safest reliable growth and cash flow vehicle that is tax incentivised is property. However with recent increases in both property values and interest rates...