Scouting Australia Podcast

Sam Gordon is joined by Jimmy "The Silver Dog" Ibrahim for the first ever LIVE Q&A for Sammy Gordon’s School of Property. The boys were joined by an incredible virtual audience, and answered as many questions as they could (we received too many to answer)! This hot-seat style, School of Property Q&A runs through questions ranging from maxing out with lenders to multiple pre-approvals, depreciation...

This episode has been a long time in the making, and has been one of the most requested by Scouting Australia Podcast fans. Sam Gordon is joined back in the studio by Jimmy "The Silver Dog aka Gandalf" Ibrahim for the next instalment of his personal property journey. The boys chat through a recap and the main takeaways of Sam’s portfolio of properties 1 to 11, then deep dive into the juicy details...

Sam joins Jimmy in the studio to discuss our last big bank of questions sent in from throughout the year. This hot-seat style, snappy Q&A episode runs through a multitude of questions around investing overseas, when to know the point you should stop investing in a certain area and the pros and cons of prefab granny flats. School of Property is the ultimate education destination to master property...

It’s finally here… the HUGE announcement you’ve all been waiting for. Introducing… Sammy Gordon’s School of Property. Sammy Gordon’s School of Property helps new to the game or seasoned property investors create a strategic, bullet-proof and refined portfolio blueprint to succeed with current and cutting edge approaches working in the industry today. Sam joins Jimmy in the studio to break down exa...

Off the back of our hugely popular APS Round Table episode, we had lots of questions sent in asking us to explain in a little bit more detail the current landscape of the Australian housing market, and the impact that immigration is having on the housing shortage. We have our resident fan favourite and APS Strategist Luke Teeuwsen, joining Sam and Jimmy back in the studio to discuss and dissect th...

This week we have a very special guest and one of Australian Property Scout's "Young Gun" clients Ethan Kelly. Ethan aka "The Aussie Battler from Logan", has an impressive 5 property portfolio at just 25 years of age.  From being a menace to society growing up, Ethan talks about the importance of setting himself up for the future and how he ‘accidentally’ became a property investor at the young ag...

Back for round 2, we have the very special “Magic Mike” Mortlock in the studio to run through his impressive data set on understanding investor behaviours. The depth and breadth of the data that Mike and his team at MCG Quantity Surveyors collect means that Mike is truly the expert in this field, so who else would we get back on, other than our fan favourite Mike. Sam and Mike dissect the intrigui...

Sammy "The Bully Shark" Gordon and Jimmy "The Silver Dog aka Gandalf" Ibrahim are back to answer more of your hot property questions in this month's Q&A! From complex personal portfolio scenario questions, the ability to continue borrowing on passive rental income, to the feisty question of the notorious Anon Don and his baity questions designed to fire the 'Bully Shark Sammy' up, there is plenty...

Off the back of a huge run with interest rates over the last 18 months, a question asked regularly is "Should I wait for interest rates to come back down"? Or "should I invest in this high interest rate environment".      So the boys are back, and Sam and Jimmy are ready to unpack this regularly asked question of the Scouting Australia Podcast Team!   Chapters: (00:00) Welcome   (01:43) Pausing of...

In the studio today is our resident depreciation expert and all round good bloke "Magic Mike" Mortlock. Mike brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from over 20 years in the depreciation game. Deprecation! What is it, why should you care and should you invest in a "Depreciation Report" for your investment property? Mike is here to unpack what it's all about and to run through some scenarios t...

The boys are back and this time they have brought the big guns back into the studio once again, in the form of APS Strategist Luke Teeuwsen. A question we are regularly asked both in strategy sessions and in the Q&A's is Cross Securitising vs Equity Release. Brokers too often take the easy path of crossing an investors portfolio, we're here to unpack what you should be doing and the pitfalls surro...

Sammy "The Bull Shark" Gordon and Jimmy "The SIlver Dog aka Gandalf" Ibrahim are back to answer more of your burning questions in this months Q&A! From personal property questions to the introduction of the new Anon John and his baity questions designed just to fire Sammy up, there is plenty to unpack. Your quality questions have been banking up listeners so make sure you keep sending them in so t...

Off the back of last weeks episode and answering a regularly asked question, Sammy "The Bull Shark" Gordon and Jimmy "The SIlver Dog" Ibrahim decided to unpack another commonly requested topic that would be sent in weekly as well -  should you develop in this market?! We have our resident build expert Mr Liam Correy back in the studio with his 10+ years of wisdom in the building game in Australia...

A super commonly asked question we get at APS and that is actually sent in as a question regularly for the Q&A's is - should I buy now or wait? The boys are back in the studio and have decided to unpack this in a full length episode rather than short and fast on a Q&A, and we believe they have the answer! If you're loving the ep please share to someone who could take some value, and please give us...

Sammy "The Bull Shark" Gordon and Jimmy "The SIlver Dog" Ibrahim are back for another Q&A to answer all your latest questions! Including a (not so) surprising appearance from the regular big game fisherman, Mr Anonymous Smith himself. We're committed to answering your burning property questions so make sure you send them into the team at the below email. If you're loving the ep please share to som...

Welcome back folks! After a short hiatus Sam and Jimmy are back, and this time for something a little different.  Normally being all about property, today the boys unpack some recent personal events and Sammy goes deep, behind the curtains of his life and the lessons he picked up after reflection of a heavy loss.    "Enjoy the journey as much as the destination" - Marshall Sylver   If you're lovin...

This episode has been a long time coming! Today, we step into the proverbial dog run to dive deep into Jimmy Ibrahim's own portfolio.    There are some battle scars on the old dog, and he's been through a lot in his journey and it's time for Sammy to step on the other side of the mic and ask Jimmy all the questions about his own journey and how he built a 10 property portfolio in a few short years...

Welcoming to the show for the very first time, is our resident Building Expert, Mr Liam Correy!   Liam comes in with over a decade of experience in the building game, and jumps on the show to share his experiences and how to navigate the murky waters of today's current building environment.     APS is renowned for completing renovations and small developments for our clients and today you'll step...

Today we're back in the shark cage with Sammy "The Bull Shark" Gordon and Jimmy "The Silver Dog" Ibrahim to ask all the questions you want answered about investing.  If you're loving the ep please share to someone who could take some value, and please give us a 5 star review if you haven't yet and are loving the poddy! If you're taking tremendous value from these episodes why not share them with y...

In the shark cage this week the boys discuss property stock levels in Australia right now, which are currently at record low levels.    We ask all the hard questions and give some deep answers as the boys are joined once more by APS Senior Strategist and Property Economist Luke Teeuwsen to dissect the issue.    If you're loving the ep please share to someone who could take some value, and please g...

It's been a wild start to 2023 and the full financial year saw some crazy things happen.    Tune in to this week's Shark Bites ep with Sammy Gordon as he picks through the ridiculous amount of data and info the team (Sammy, Jimmy, Luke and Morgan) dissected on the full length episode.    Listen in to make sure you didn't miss anything!  If you're taking tremendous value from these episodes why not...

It has been a wild and wooly start to the year, and we're only 6 months into 2023! June 30 however marks the end of the financial year and Sammy "The Bull Shark" Gordon and Jimmy "The Silver Dog" Ibrahim are back in the studio and this time they've brought friends!   Here to unpack the ep in full are big Lukey Teeuwsen (APS Senior Strategist) and the lovely miss Morgan Holmes (APS Senior Buyers Ag...

We were a bit late to the party but Sammy has chopped down the full length ep into some consumable bite size pieces with all the key takeaways from this weeks "Top Tips for Tax Time" ep.    Listen in to make sure you didn't miss anything!  If you're taking tremendous value from these episodes why not share them with your mate? If you want your question answered on our podcast DM us on our socials...

It's that time of year again folks! Sammy "The Bull Shark" Gordon and Jimmy "The Silver Dog" Ibrahim are back and this time live in the new studio!    They are here to help you get ready for tax time and maximise both your deductions and get you prepared to head into the new financial year.     Strap yourself in for some EOFY Tax Time gold.   If you're taking tremendous value from these episodes w...

The full-length episode hit most of you pretty hard. So our Bull Shark teacher Sammy Gordon is here to deliver the biggest bites from that episode for you to take action on and learn from. Guys, if you got motivation from this episode to get out there and make an active change in your investing situation, perhaps others in your circle will too. Send this episode on, let's grow this community. Bite...