The Elephant In The Room Property Podcast | Inside Australian Real Estate

This is the first property manager we've had on The Elephant. Here’s what we found out: Seasonality & over supply, the months to avoid. What constitutes a good tenant & how to choose a good property manager. Reference checking tenants & how Instagram pics reveals all. How to change your managing agent the easy way. Landlord insurance - not all policies are created equal. If you own an investment p...

Malcolm Gunning, has been in real estate forever & his agency Gunning Real Estate focuses on commercial, industrial, retail, residential & development real estate. They also provide services in sales, leasing, property management, consultancy, & valuation. Here is some of what we covered: What is sophisticated investor & do they always get it right? The 3 main methods used to value a commercial pr...

Haesley Cush, auctioneer, sales agent and principal, opens up about the Brisbane property market and explains how apartments can lose money while unrenovated Queenslanders in the same suburbs sell for ridiculous prices. What are the best buys in Brisbane at the moment?  Here’s what else you’ll learn: The Brisbane property market & why locals don’t like auctions. What's a good property investment &...

In this episode, we pick the brains of Tim McKibbin, CEO of the REI New South Wales. Originally qualifying as a lawyer and an accountant, Tim joined the REI 15 years ago, and has been the CEO now for 13 years. He's an extremely vocal advocate for the real estate industry, and over the past few years he's had a couple of stoushes with the New South Wales state government on a number of issues. Rece...

Plus all the dirt on the hidden pitfalls in off-the-plan contracts. We are very excited to share our conversation with Jennie Tonner, our very first conveyancer on “The Elephant”. She is one of Australia’s most experienced conveyancers who has spent decades working in the “big end of town” and now runs her own small business, Cremorne Conveyancing. You’ll learn an incredible amount about what can...

Cameron Macqueen is a man that’s done many great things in the business world. After 5 years growing a big business in China he came back to Australia to run a Chinese property development company - PAI Group. PAI have been building 100’s of small developments, mainly in Melbourne’s middle ring suburbs. These developments are funded by Chinese citizens mainly to get two things, a great return and...

In this episode, Veronica and Chris finish the summer series with a discussion about some of the biggest  “aha” moments in the first 25 episodes. As always, this conversation covers a lot of ground as we pull snippets from different interviews and discuss the key lessons and takeaways in more detail. The most common behavioural biases we have that let us down. What’s really happening during an auc...

Will it really create housing affordability and will there be unintended consequences? In this episode we stir up the conversation on Labor’s negative gearing policy and just how crazy we believe it will be if they successfully get it legislated. To help you better understand what could happen, we bring in parts of the conversations we’ve had with some of the smartest minds in property - Pete Warg...

In this episode we have a look at 2019 and what could change in “the property market”. This is the first of our 2019 summer specials and we reflect back on what some of our podcast guests have had to say about the big issues affecting property prices. Peter Koulizos talks Australia. Pete Wargent talks Brisbane. The Kouk talks all things interest rates and what the RBA could do. Mark Foy explains w...

Bryce Holdaway, is probably Australia’s most famous property co-host - podcast fans will know him from The Property Couch and TV fans will know him from Location, Location, Location Australia, Relocation Relocation Australia and now Escape from the City on the ABC. What you may not know is why he is the best person to explain to us exactly what a property spruiker is and what makes them so dangero...

Lorna Patten, counsellor and trainer, is renowned for telling the truth that needs to be told. So who better to explain to us exactly what lies underneath some of the decisions property buyers make - in particular those that cost people a lot of money. This is the episode we’ve been wanting to make for some time and we uncovered some absolute gems:   What we fear the most when it comes to life and...

In this episode, we had an eye-opening discussion with Noel Whittaker, who is somewhat of a household name. Noel writes weekly columns in major newspapers in every State in Australia. He also broadcasts regularly on ABC Radio and appears on channel nine. He's written 22 best selling books that have sold over two million copies around the world. His book Making Money Simple set sales records across...

You make your money when you buy, not when you sell. In this episode we pick the brains of Kevin Turner, a leading independent property market commentator, that's a mouth full, and host of the very popular podcast for consumers, called Real Estate Talk, and another for agents, called Real Estate Uncut. But he's more than just a star podcaster, Kevin has been able to combine his extensive radio and...

In this episode, we pick the brains of Stephen Koukoulas, better known as the Kouk. He’s One of Australia's leading economic visionaries, past chief economist of Citibank and probably most famous for being Chief  Economic Advisor to Julia Gillard. He's renowned for being able to turn complex economic analysis into terms mere mortals can understand. We cover a vast array of topics including: Electi...

Jarrod McCabe is director of Wakelin Property Advisory. Wakelin specializes in the investor market in Melbourne, and Jarrod runs a team of property advisors. Wakelin has been around for decades, and Jarrod's been there for eight and a half years, but he started his career as a valuer almost twenty years ago. Now, he knows the Melbourne’s property market inside out. This episode covers: The importa...

Why your first property purchase is your most important financial decision. Meighan Hetherington is one of Brisbane’s most respected buyers agents with 15 years experience and over 650 purchased properties under her belt. This entire episode is dedicated to first home buyers. Getting your first purchase right can set you up for life but getting it wrong can be devastating. We delve into the best s...

Simon Kuestenmacher is one of Australia’s rising stars in the world of demography. Demographers study people and because property is all about where people live and what we live in, this is something we need to pay attention to. Simon is probably most well known to be the brains beside the renowned Bernard Salt at The Demographics Group. Here’s some of what we learned in this discussion; How an ag...

Stuart Weymss is one of Australia’s top financial experts and has been running his own financial planning & mortgage broking business for over 15 years. Stuart truly gets the important cross-over between good property advice and good financial advice. He’s written many books and his new one Investopoly is a must read because it covers the importance of quality assets and sound evidence based finan...

Bryce Holdaway, Veronica’s TV co-host, is also co-host of the incredibly popular podcast The Property Couch and the soon to be released brand new TV series called Escape From the City. In this episode we discuss the ups and downs of making a sea or tree change. Plus why it’s important to think ahead when you buy property, whether or not you’re moving away from the city. The top three takeaways are...

Frank Gelber describes himself as a property forecaster with a long memory. In this interview we are all treated to a masterclass in property cycles from an expert with an impressive pedigree. Frank is a director of BIS Oxford economics and he takes us on a whirlwind tour of the entire Australian property market and explains how interconnected it all is. Here’s what you’ll learn: How buyers can na...

Tim Heavyside, sales agent, auctioneer and director of Melbourne based Fletchers, is the very auctioneer we critiqued with behavioural scientist Simon Russell in our first episode! Tim is the consummate professional, and it should come as no surprise that he is acutely aware of the ways in which his actions influence the behaviour of property buyers. Buyers need to be very, very aware that many au...

 Jane Slack Smith is probably best known for creating the Your Property Success online education program. Jane has worked with thousands of students through the Ultimate Guide to Renovation course and Location Masterclass and also runs a successful mortgage broking business. In this interview we cover a lot of investment fundamentals, including:   The danger of “hot-spotters” who forget to tell yo...

Shelley Horton has been a property valuer for over 20 years and worked in many different parts of the industry including the much misunderstood area of Lenders Mortgage Insurance. For the past five years, Shelley has been running her own buyers agency in Sydney and her expertise extends to helping tree changers in the Blue Mountains. As usual, we covered plenty of ground in this episode, including...

Peter Koulizos is one of Australia’s best known property commentators for good reason. As a university lecturer, Peter’s passion and skill is in educating people and he brings research to the minds of investors that makes a hell of a lot of common sense. Peter is also a respected author and this episode is one that you’ll be nodding your head to as he is so practical! Some of the big points we cov...

Ben Kingsley is probably best known for being one half of Australia’s number one property podcast “The Property Couch”. Ben is without doubt one of Australia’s big names when it comes to property investment and his business Empower Wealth has helped thousands of Australians. It was such a pleasure to get Ben fired up and we sure did get to talk about the things nobody talks about! The case for reg...