Cousins interview and candidly chat with Ron Bakir, CEO of HomeCorp Property Group one of the largest builders in Australia. Most impressively, Ron Bakir has been knocking on doors since he was 17 years old where he began selling phones. After hitting up his Dad to loan him $10,000 to open his first telecommunications store, he grew rapidly to 18 stores by the time he was 24 years of age. Ron is candid in that having a clear end game in mind is his key driver throughout all his successes even when knocking on the interntional doors of some of the biggest companies in the world.

Cousins talk about the latest Covid numbers, mostly because Alex is sick of the media and number counts out of context with a virus that has a 99.5% recovery rate. Aussies saving $38B on overseas travel and the possibility of at least $20B being spent domestically, New Homes sales skyrocket, Human Covid vaccine testing & a few ways we can reboot the economy.

Cousins talk Victoria, the nanny state, back into iso for next 6 weeks, Lendlease bracing for a $340M loss on the books, Apartment approvals are down, Aussies gambling more than ever, are sexy homes more volatile and the safest countries to visit post COVID.

Cousins talk Virgin sale, changing for the middle class and ditchin’ the rich. James is particularly chirpy today taking cheap shots at Alex being in the ugly step sister state of Australia (VIC) and lacking holidays. Cousins get their hands on the rental vacancy numbers and talk about the Amazon effect in Australia.

Cousins catch up - Victoria summoned back to the naughty corner, James gone electric with a Tesla (fancy)

Cousins talk Labor party dog and pony show, stacking and brown paper bag deals - grabbing our popcorn for that one! 'The Oracle' (Harry Trigabuff) is a bit cheesed off that apartment developers have missed out on the new build incentives. 124,00 jobs in May showing a turningpoint in Aussie employment but also a $72B infrastructure spend. Also, are voicemails dead?! FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM THEDOUBLESHOT.PODCAST

Cousins talk about how Alex stuffed up last week (whoopsie!), Aussie's take cake for best panic buyers in the world, massive numbers coming out for HomeBuilder applications for owner occupiers to access the $25K. Are we REALLY in a recession like the fear mongering media have been blasting us with (tit-bit: no). Christopher Joye goes whack as he continues to BBQ the Bears & what if interest rates go to 7%?

Cousins are EXCITED. Breaking News bonus Ep. Coalition has announced the $25,000 New Home construction stimulus effective from June 4 till December 31st. Cousins talk more around the details of what is and then what it MEANS.

Cousins talk the govt cash'a'splashin; record sexy home sales amidst PANDEMIC, whispers of new home incentives all around the country. James reckons Alex wrote a blog about herself (she didn't and big thanks to GAZELLA for the write up) and Aus has $2 TRILLION buckachinos of cash in bank looking for a home (double what we had 2007).

Cousins delve into the $60B 'whoopsie' overestimation of JobKeeper by treasury; 6.5mill people forecast to be on JobKeeper, 3mill actually receiving today. And, how do we separate which house price articles have meaning and which don't - the 3 driving factors of property prices and how they look moving forward.