Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

Property prices have been climbing at a breathtaking pace in 2021. This has been good news for homeowners but heartbreaking for house hunters. At the same time, there have been mixed messages in the media about what's ahead. Of course, there's always the Negative Nellies wanting to tell anyone who is prepared to listen to them the market is about to crash, but other more solid commentators are sug...

Today, I'd like to share with you my top insights into creating accelerated wealth. Now, the show is a little bit different, because it's actually the audio of a webinar I conducted with my friend Louise Bedford who asked me to share with her audience my insights into creating wealth in this new business, property, and economic cycle. It came at a great time because I was preparing the curriculum...

Perhaps it's a reflection of how old I am, but as I keep seeing the stories in the media about rapidly rising house prices, I simply think: here we go again. There are already those out there telling us we are in the housing bubble that's going to crash. Then there are others who are warning us how the Reserve Bank or APRA are going to interfere and slow things down. And then the banks that only 1...

We are experiencing extraordinary times with a booming economy and surging property market yet if history repeats itself, most investors won't become rich. So, in today's podcast, I want to share three lessons with you to help even the odds in your favour. Firstly, I'm going to explain six reasons many property investors don't become rich, and they're probably not ones that you would've thought of...

Property investment may be simple, but it's not easy. It's simple if you follow the rules and the right strategy, but it's not easy because there are so many moving parts, and most people don't even recognize that. Successful property investment requires the collaboration of a team with expertise in property, finance, tax, the law, and financial planning. If you're a regular listener, you'd know I...

Almost 50 years ago I began my study of rich and successful people. Of course, not all rich people are successful. But I remember trying to understand why some people were rich while others kept struggling financially. Over the years I attended many seminars, paid mentors, and read as many books as I could on the topic of success. I modeled successful people and eventually grew successful myself....

I recently read an article in the Australian by leading demographer Bernard Salt that made me think. He posed an interesting question. He said, " imagine taking an Australian couple from the 1950s and placing them in our society today. What would surprise them most?" Would it be the internet or mobile phones or our general level of prosperity? Maybe it would be something seemingly unremarkable (to...

There are a lot of great things about being an adult, such as setting our own bedtimes and owning the pet of our choice. But perhaps most importantly, with age comes the wisdom and perspective we only wish we had when we were younger. So if you had the opportunity to go back in time, what would you have liked to tell your younger self? That's what I'm going to discuss today with Mark Creedon and e...

We're at the beginning of a new economic cycle, a new property cycle, and a new business cycle - a time when lifetime wealth will be created by some people, but unfortunately not by most. I was recently asked by somebody in my mentorship program how to make the rest of their life the best of their life – how to make the second half of their life much, much better than the first half of their life....

I took some time last weekend to look at some articles and commentary that came out about a year ago when the GVC (Great Virus Crisis) was just beginning. The media was full of negative commentary but in my regular podcasts my guests and I gave a much more measured commentary using our perspective gained from many years in the market, and as a result we were circled by a pack of "hangry" housing b...

Why are you investing in property? Or why do you want to get involved in property investment? It's not really for the properties, is it? For some people, it's because they want to fund their retirement, while for others it's that they want more choices in life – they don't particularly want to retire, but they want to work when and how they want to work and because they want to go to work, not bec...

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...

With the property markets surging around Australia, people are starting to ask is this more than a just a property boom? Are we about to enter a property bubble? That's what I'm going to discuss today with property researcher John Lindeman, and we'll explain the difference between a boom in the bubble in what we believe is ahead for a property market so you have more clarity in making investment d...

Who do you ask for property advice? With so many mixed messages and so many people out there with property advice, who can you trust? Today I'm going to teach you the ten-meter rule, and suggest you never break the ten-meter rule when getting property advice. The rule will also stand you in good stead in other situations where people are willing to offer you advice. Then I'm going to have a long c...

One of the most significant changes in the time I've been investing in property, and that's close to five decades now, is the availability of data. When I first started investing in the 1970s there weren't any blogs, podcasts, YouTube channels and the only way to get property data was to be part of the secret inner circle – which was then a men's club of Real Estate agents – because the lag in pub...

Just like 2020 was the year of surprises many of us didn't foresee, I believe 2021 will offer its own surprises – but this time, on the upside. There is a perfect storm of economic outcomes and that's what I'm going to be chatting about with Pete Wargent in today's show as we have a look at the macroeconomic big picture that will affect our property markets, our economy, and our lives in general i...

As we move into a new property cycle, a whole new generation of people are going to become financially independent through property. So, today's show is going to be dedicated to helping you become one of those. I've got two segments for you today. The first segment is a chat with Brett Warrant about 10 questions you should ask yourself when you're going to buy an investment property – whether you'...

There is no doubt that our property markets are in a broad-based boom, with almost all segments, other than the inner-city apartment market showing strong property price growth. And the media is having a field day whipping up a frenzy of emotions with headlines causing some buyers to worry that the housing market is running away from them. In fact, FOMO (fear of missing out) seems to be a common t...

Have you considered getting involved in property renovations? If so, then today's show is just for you. Making a tidy profit renovating a property seems like an attractive proposition, doesn't it? And that's why more real estate investors are turning to renovations: you know, buy low, renovate cheaply, add substantial value. That's the aim of their game. Sounds simple enough. But it's not really t...

As we move through 2021, we're still getting regular reminders that even though life is more normal, the effects of Coronavirus will be with us for a long time. While some people are still looking back in the rear vision mirror to see what lessons we can learn to give us some guidance for the year ahead, today I'll be looking forward into the future as I chat with leading demographer Simon Kuesete...

Success is no accident. The most successful people in life – whether in business, family life, music, or on the sports field – 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. You see, aside from the ran...

Property values can't keep rising! It's all a Ponzi scheme and is going to come crashing down around us! The only reason our property markets have survived COVID-19 is because of bank and government support. That's some of the commentary you'll find in the media and over the Internet at present and on the other hand you'll find many experienced property commentators saying we're at the beginning o...

Have you ever wondered how certain people become so rich and successful? Well, if you've been listening to my podcast or reading my blogs and my books, you'd know that rich people don't become rich by luck or by accident. Becoming rich requires hard work, dedication, and a certain set of habits. We are what we repeatedly do. That means excellence isn't an act, it's a habit. My friend Tom Corley sp...

Navigating the world of personal finance can be overwhelming, even for an adult who has quite a bit of experience in the working world. Yet with some smart planning, a good strategy, and an understanding of the basics you should be able to develop the money-management skills you need to get your finances under control. And that's what I discuss in today's show with Australia's leading finance colu...

How do you evaluate the investment potential of a particular property? Well, that's what I'm going to share with you today as we I share 5 metrics that we use at Metropole when discussing the investment potential of properties that we're considering showing to our clients. But I'm also going to share 1 metric that you probably think is important, but we think is very misleading. In assessing a pro...