The Property Couch

This week, we are discussing these questions: Q1: Career as a property professional from Hayden Q2: New developments from Brad Q3: Next step in property investing from Damien Q4: Cash flow from Ben Q5:  Investing in newly developed areas or established suburbs from Stephen LISTEN TO THE FIRST 20 EPISODES HERE >> MOORR MONEY MANAGEMENT APP: 👉 Apple: https://apple.co/3ioICGW 👉 Google Play: h...

If you were at the Sydney Property Buyer Expo last weekend, you probably listened to this episode already but for those of you who weren’t there, Bryce Holdaway and Ben Kingsley recorded a LIVE Podcast with Dr Andrew Wilson on the Future of the Australian Property Market! Dr Andrew Wilson is the Chief Economist for the Domain Group and is an appointed housing market expert and adviser to the Feder...

Have you heard about the myth that all property doubles in value every 7 – 10 years? If this is true, it is certainly an irresistible offer! But if it is true, why isn’t everybody investing in property? Unfortunately, based on the report recently released by CoreLogic, this is simply not true. In fact, only three capital cities in Australia have doubled their median house prices in the last ten ye...

Are you into economics, numbers, trend lines and the Property reports released by CoreLogic ? If you are, this episode is just for you! It can be a bit heavy and we recommend you download CoreLogic Monthly Housing & Economic Chart Pack for October 2016 to have a full understanding of what Bryce and Ben would be talking about today. Their focus is on Page 10 of the report, titled Investor lendi...

Yes, we know it can sound a bit contradictory. This is a property podcast with two of Australia’s top property experts and we even did an episode on why invest in property ! So why would we talk about not investing in property? Well, the fact is, investing in property is not the perfect type of investment for everyone. There are certain times in an investor’s journey when it is simply a bad time t...

If you are new to property investment, don’t you want to know what sophisticated property investors are doing? Why would you want to reinvent the wheels? It will certainly save you more time and money if you understand the norms and fundamentals of those who have already experienced the journey. So this time on The Property Couch podcast, our hosts will be discussing the practices of a sophisticat...

It has been 3 weeks since our last Question and Answers episode, so it’s about time for another one! Thank you again for sending in your questions. For today’s podcast, we will be answering these questions: Question on tenants vs rents from Mark. Question on an exit strategy from Tom. Question on investing in property overseas from Sean. Question on a career in property investing. Question on payi...

Thank you for coming to our Facebook Live event on the 13th of Sept! We received a lot of great questions that night but unfortunately, time ran out and we couldn’t answer all of your questions. We really do appreciate you taking some time away from your busy life to listen to us so that is why we are recording a bonus episode (or as Ben called it Bonusisode) today to answer all the remaining ques...

For today’s podcast, we have Stuart Wemyss , owner and Director of ProSolution Private Clients joining us to talk about his property investment journey and his investing philosophies. Coming from an Accounting and Finance background and with more than 19 years of experience in investment services, Stuart is also a PIPA Member and has authored two books; Smart Borrower’s Handbook and The Property P...

One of the negotiation tips mentioned in previous episodes is to understand the vendor’s motivation to sell. Once you understood that, you would have a better idea of what to negotiate on and increase your chances of securing that property. But as always, this is easier said than done because how would you know if the real estate agent is clouding the truth? Hence why you need to make sure you are...

It’s the first day of Spring and a perfect time for a Question and Answer episode! Bryce and Ben started off with some of their auction stories on underquoting and a general market update. The property market had been rather cold this winter but with that over, what will we be expecting these coming months? Here are the questions for today’s podcast: Question on new developments next door from Jes...

Investing in property is considered a relatively safe investment class but as with other types of investments, there are some downfalls that you need to be aware of. So in this week’s podcast, Bryce Holdaway and Ben Kingsley will be sharing their ten biggest property investment risks. They will be unpacking this list from a macro point of view such as factors that are beyond an investor’s control...

What is the possibility of investing in property with the right strategy, in the right market, and at the right time? Well, that depends. Now, we know this sounds really vague but in order to determine that, one needs to ask if they have the right understanding in the first place? Because it is very dangerous if the perception of the right strategy or the right market is wrong and you go ahead and...

This time on our Special Guest Episode, we’ve got Veronica Morgan on the Couch! Most of you would have known her as the co-host of Location Location Location Australia on Foxtel Lifestyle Channel with Bryce but when they aren’t filming, Veronica is the Founder and Principal of Good Deeds Property Buyers . She is also the Vice President of the Real Estate Buyers Agents Association of Australia ( RE...

This week on The Property Couch Podcast, we are going through some of our listeners’ questions. But before that, Bryce and Ben will be discussing the 25 basis point cut passed on by the Reserve Bank of Australia early this week. How will this impact the Australian Economy, how much have the banks passed on and will there be any flow-on effect on the Australian household? Here are the questions for...

It is Special Guest Day and we’ve got Damian Collins from Momentum Wealth with us on our very first Vodcast! Just a bit of a background on Damian, he is an established property investor , the founder and managing director of Momentum Wealth, a Perth-based property investment and buyers advocacy firm and is also on the board of PIPA which means he is very well qualified to talk about the art of inv...

We’ve received a lot of great feedback regarding our MoneySMARTS system and quite a number of our listeners have requested we unpack it a little bit more. So for today’s episode, we'll be talking about some of the dumb things people do with their money! If you’ve listened to our previous episodes, by now you would have understood that good money management is crucial to building a successful...

Before you go on, let’s make this very clear: We have full respect for real estate agents out there. This episode is not about highlighting the differences between us and them. Instead, what we are focusing on today is the full role of a real estate agent. As insiders of the industry, we noticed that a lot of buyers out there do not seem to realise that the real estate agent is not working for the...

Back-to-back Questions and Answers episode! We’ve had a great time yesterday on our Facebook Live and hence we thought we should answer some of our other listeners’ questions. This week, Bryce and Ben look at the questions below.  Thanks again for submitting your questions!: Question on entering the property market from Glenn. Question on buying a property with another person from Stevie. Question...

It’s Questions and Answers time! This week, Bryce and Ben look at the questions below.  Thanks again for submitting your questions!: Question on Growth and Yield from Steve:  Question on Metro or Regional from James: Question on forecasting capital growth from Kayne:  Question on active investing from Brian:  Some of the resources mentioned in this podcast: Report from CoreLogic: A Profile of the...

It has been some time since our last episode on investing and mindset framework so this time, Bryce and Ben will be unpacking the common complaints they hear from property investors. Here are the top 9! Wrong asset No buffer in place Mentoring was actually salesmanship Not maximising tax depreciation with Quantity Surveyor Solo sport Self-property management (Check out Episode 31 ) Poor cash flow...

We have a guest on the show today! Kieran Clair , Editor of Australian Property Investor Magazine joined Bryce and Ben to talk about his role in the media and publication industry specialising in property investing.  Prior to journalism, Kieran was an experienced property valuer and has more than 20 years of experience valuing properties for owner-occupiers and property investors. So for today’s s...

Well, technically winter is already here. However, we will be talking about the Property Market in this episode and for all of you who are a fan of Game of Thrones, you’ve guessed it right. It’s not going to be a good news story. Now, you’ve heard us talking about the danger of high-density developments before but this time, we are hoping to solidify our message by sharing some numbers with you. I...

Today’s episode starts with a recap on the AREC16 Conference ( ps: Bryce refused to talk about AFL ). Bryce and Ben also discussed the possible impact of technology on the property market for example, what would happen if we don’t need to drive a car in the future anymore? Would car spots still be a consideration in asset selection ? They then moved on to answering a couple of the listeners’ quest...

It has been quite some time since our last case study so this time on The Property Couch, Bryce and Ben will be discussing one of the case studies that we’ve received from our fellow listeners! Here’s what Tom wrote to us: After listening to Episode 56 where you discussed various other case studies I thought I might write in to see if you were interested in discussing our situation. I’ll try and k...