Property, Straight Up

Most property investors leave their tax planning until it’s too late, and it ends up costing them. In this episode of Property, Straight Up, Warwick Brookes talks with Christie Morris, an accountant and tax agent at Semmens Partners Accountants, about the EOFY mistakes, negative gearing changes, ownership structures and hidden costs that catch property owners out. Christie explains why timing your...

Most people don't think about what happens to their property in a separation until they're already in one. In this episode of Property, Straight Up, Mel Dennis talks with Claire Walczak, an accredited family law specialist and partner at Lander & Rogers, about property settlements, binding financial agreements and the mistakes that end up costing people the most. Claire explains why...

In this episode of Property, Straight Up, host Mel Dennis sits down with Inna Segal, director of RET Conveyancing, to talk about what can go wrong when buying or selling property and how to make sure it doesn't happen to you. Inna has over ten years of experience as a licensed conveyancer and has spent the last five as director of RET Conveyancing. She is the person who sees the mistakes befo...

In this episode of Property, Straight Up, host Warwick Brookes sits down with Gerard Burg, economist at Cotality (formerly CoreLogic), for a data-driven conversation about what is actually happening in Australian property right now. Gerard works with national property data every day, and he brings that perspective to some of the biggest questions buyers, sellers and investors are asking. From Melb...

In this episode of Property, Straight Up, host Mel Dennis sits down with Scott Mitton from Secure Invest to explore one of the most common traps in property — making buy, sell, or hold decisions without looking at the bigger financial picture. Scott brings nearly 20 years of financial advisory experience, having entered the industry during the Global Financial Crisis and building through to his cu...

In this episode of Property, Straight Up , host Mel Dennis steps back from the transaction table to look at the forces shaping Victoria's property market from the top down. Mel sits down with Toby Balazs, CEO of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) , who brings over 20 years of experience across proptech, residential, and project marketing — and right now, a packed policy agenda headi...

In this episode of Property, Straight Up, host Mel Dennis from Domain & Co sits down with Nathan Murphy, mortgage broker at Blue Rock, to demystify property finance from understanding what you can actually borrow, to structuring your lending for long-term growth. Nathan brings nearly two decades of industry context from Blue Rock, a Melbourne-based multi-disciplinary firm covering accounting,...