Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

Success is no accident.  The most successful people in life may not always seem like they have much in common.  How are The Beatles similar to Steve Jobs? Or Warren Buffett and Shane Warne? But when their traits, habits, and work ethics are distilled down, these unlikely characters share many similarities. They do the work, they turn up, they believe in themselves and sometimes, they even wear the...

What will life be like when the COVID-19 crisis passes? What aspects will stay with us, and what will disappear? We've been thrust into a moment of rapid change, but most of us don't like change. It makes us feel uncomfortable. We like a level of certainty about our future, health, and jobs, as well about the worlds of finance and property that most of us are interested in. But there are lessons i...

Can property prices really keep rising considering where they are today? And how much are property prices likely to fall once this cycle comes to an end? These are some of the questions Brett Warren and I are going to discuss in today's podcast To do this we are going to look back at history and see what we can learn from the past 50 years of economic and property price changes and what has driven...

If you're a poor negotiator, you're going to spend a fortune, if you're a good negotiator, you'll save a fortune, if you're a great negotiator, hopefully you'll make a fortune. Success in life depends upon your ability to influence. And I've just recently had my 9th book published - Negotiate, Influence, Persuade. In today's podcast, Mark Creedon has a chat with me and I share some tips from my bo...

What's ahead for property in 2022? If you're curious about what will be affecting our property markets in 2022, you will love today's show, because Pete Wargent and I discuss 8 trends that will shape the property markets for 2022 and beyond. Property trends for 2022 We experienced a wild ride in property in 2021, didn't we, so what's ahead for 2022? While our property markets are slowing down as t...

What does it take to become a successful investor? You know, one that builds a large property portfolio rather than selling up over the first few years like happens to about half of those who get involved in property. What does it take to be part of the 1% of property investors who build a portfolio of six or more properties? Now that was a question asked of me recently by Aaron Christie Davies fo...

Our current property boom is going to create a whole new generation of wealthy Australians. But since most people who become involved in a property boom don't become financially independent, last week I started this special series of podcasts discussing 40 lessons I learned in the last 40 years of property investment to hopefully help make sure that you're one of the ones who does succeed. Last we...

It should come as no surprise that the current property boom will create a new generation of wealthy Australians. However, if history repeats itself, most people who get into property investment this cycle won't become financially independent. Just look at what happened during the last property boom, and the ones before that. 92% of those who held onto their property never got past the second prop...

Not all investors are created equal. If you want to become a successful property investor you really need to understand the five levels of investing which is a model that I've designed to explain how most investors progress along their path to financial freedom. Just to be clear, this has nothing to do with your level of income. It has a lot to do with your financial fluency and financial intellig...

If you want to take advantage of our property markets and become financially independent, today's show is for you, because I've got 3 segments during which I share a number of concepts that will help you along the way. First, we discuss whether property investing is an art or a science. Spoiler alert: it's both. But you still need to listen to the balance of the show because I'm going to explain h...

If you're looking for more success in life – be it in your property investing, wealth, or money management, today's episode of my Podcast is for you. I'm going to share 2 sessions with you – in the first one, I will discuss 21 reasons many people are terrible at managing money. And even if you've got your finances under control, I bet you'll learn something from the lessons I want to share. And th...

What's ahead for our property markets in 2022? Even though the situation is improving, there will clearly be continuing issues with Covid 19 affecting our local economy in the new year. And the socio-political problems that plagued the world over the last few are unlikely to disappear. Yet most analysts and economists agree that our property markets should perform strongly in 2022. But the markets...

How has the pandemic re-shaped your life? It would be very unusual if you hadn't had some major upheavals over the last couple of years, but what's going to remain as a long-term trend, a legacy of the lockdowns, and what fads are soon going to be forgotten. I'm sure many of us would like to forget the last couple of years, but they will be pretty hard to forget. In fact, it's likely Covid will le...

According to Core Logic, over the last 12 months, their home value index has risen by 30% in Sydney, 26% for Brisbane, and almost 20% for Melbourne. There is no doubt that these levels of property price growth are unsustainable in the long term, so are we in a property bubble? Are our property markets going to crash? And if so when will this happen? That's what I'm going to discuss in today's podc...

Australia's economy and our property markets don't operate in isolation, so I believe it's good to regularly have a look at the big picture, the macroeconomic factors affecting not just Australia's economy, but the world economy to help us understand what's ahead for us, and I do this once a month in these Big Picture Podcasts with Pete Wargent. Since this will be our last Big Picture podcast for...

As they say - every cloud has a silver lining. So, what can we take out of the last couple of years of Covid to make our futures better? Well, in my last podcast I was chatting with Ken Raiss, Australia's leading property tax strategist and director of the Metropole Wealth Advisory and we started to share 20 insights we've learned from Covid-19, in the hope that if you learn from these lessons you...

The naysayers and the property pessimist were proven wrong – again! Despite prolonged lockdowns, no immigration, no international students, the threat of high unemployment, and all the pessimistic predictions for our housing markets, the value of many houses around Australia grew by more than 20% in the last year alone. Obviously, these are unprecedented times, and we can't blame some of those who...

Do you want to learn some investment lessons from somebody who's been in the property game for almost 50 years? You'd hope to get some great insights and perspectives, wouldn't you? Well, that's what you going to get in today's show, but it's a little bit different from normal. As you know I normally interview guests or have my little chats with you in this podcast, but I was recently interviewed...

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. If you think about it, it's the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure. So how can you become more successful in life, investing, or in your business or profession and have a lower chance of fai...

One way of getting more finance as a property investor is to get a higher valuation on your properties. So how do you go about this? How does a valuer evaluate your property – what do they like to see, what adds value, and what makes them nervous? These are some of the questions I'm going to ask my guest today, Belinda Botzolis, a valuer with one of the leading national firms of valuers, but as yo...

What's ahead for our property markets? If you're like most property investors, you'd probably give your second garage to know what's in store now that our markets seem to have moved to the next stage of the property cycle. Sure, our markets are still booming, but there seem to be more headwinds ahead. In light of that, in today's show, I'm going to answer the question: where should you buy your ne...

Are you wondering what's ahead in property for 2022? Maybe you'd like to know what other Australian property investors plan to do? Well, that's exactly what we discuss in today's show as we unpack the results of this year's Property Investor Sentiment Survey.  You'll hear what 1,700 Australians feel about our current real estate markets and what they plan to do. And you'll also hear what Covid did...

A number of years ago I started making a list of all the things one needed to know about investing. I wanted to capture the favorite quotes I have read and the lessons I have learned. This ended up being a more ambitious project than I envisaged, and it remains an ongoing one. So, in today's show, Mark Creedon and I are going to share with you a list of 24 things we believe you need to understand...

When you're on the hunt for a new property, there are so many things to consider – location, amenities, capital growth potential and if it's your home you may be wondering is there room for a zoom room or a man cave? So, what are property buyers looking for when they search sites like domain.com.au? That's what I'm going to be chatting today about with Dr. Nicola Powell, the Senior Research Analys...

It's often said there are two things that are guaranteed in life – death and taxes. While taking care of your physical and mental health can lead to a longer, healthier life and stave of the death part, what can you do to legally minimize your tax? Since tax can be one of your biggest expenses as a property investor, in today's podcast I chat with independent financial advisor Stuart Wemyss about...