The residential property market is about to be split into very clear segments thanks to a wave of generous home loan incentives. For investors, there is a clear opportunity here: Competition will be slim and values will improve in the market categories just above the incentive thresholds. In fact, the government has usefully provided a guide to how and where the opportunities will arise.

Cameron Kusher of Kusher Consulting joins Associate Editor, Wealth James Kirby.

In today's episode, we cover:

* The new opportunity for investors in a distorted market 
* Queensland takes the prize for loan incentives with a 2% deposit scheme
* The bad news for those waiting for the apartment gap to narrow 
* Capital Gains and Land tax tipped as new tax targets 

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One in three Australian investors now have crypto, and that includes an estimated $1 billion inside the SMSF sector alone.Bitcoin is up more than 40 per cent over the last year...it's time to reconsider 'digital gold'.

Author and family office director Jacqui Clarke joins Associate Editor-Wealth, James Kirby in this episode.

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In today''s show, we cover

• Why has crypto jumped again?
• The big end of town gets involved
• How it still fails the 'intrinsic value' test
• Beyond betting...the post-Trump scenario 
  
  

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Buyer's advocates spend their entire time professionally working on the business of buying residential property: As our guest today suggests: "It's both a science and an art."

In fact, the secret is that you can make compromises to get what you want.
But those compromises can be quite different for the home buyer compared to the residential investor.

Jarrod McCabe of Wakelin Property Advisory joins Associate Editor - Wealth, James Kirby in this episode.

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In today's episode, we cover:

The compromises you can make in buying property
The mistakes to avoid in having a property managed for you
Making the big jump to owning more than one property
How does the First Home Buyer Guarantee scheme work?

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McGrath’s Tony O’Doherty is one OF Australia’s top real estate agents: He has sold more than $270m worth of residential property over the last year…and he’s got some very useful information to impart, one secret in particular will fascinate you.

Tony O’Doherty of the McGrath property group in Bulimba joins Associate Editor -Wealth, James Kirby in this edition.

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In today’s show, we cover:

* The biggest risk facing today’s property investors 

* Hottest areas for long-term property investment

* Queensland - Why it’s so popular right now 

* Oh yes, the secret..well, you’ll just have to listen…

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The second term of Donald Trump has been marked by a roller coaster global sharemarket: Even the biggest players among Australian industry funds are openly debating whether it's worth sticking with Wall Street. But you have to make a decision...

Nick Griffin, chief investment officer at Munro Partners joins Associate Editor Wealth, James Kirby in this episode.

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In today's show, we cover:

* It's the earnings, stupid! - Trump or no Trump

* Why global software giants will keep winning

* The case against banks, airlines and consumer fashion stocks

* AI -It's the real deal for long-term investors 

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Our show on the incentives available (federal and state) on turning your home into a clean energy powerhouse brought in a flood of questions.Today we return to the issue with top questions from listeners.

Financial adviser James Gerrard of www.financialadviser.com.au joins Associate Editor - Wealth, James Kirby in this episode.

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In this episode, we cover...

• The best way to go solar at home 
• Do second hand electric cars have any value
•  The future of battery power at home
• The latest on the new super tax
  
  

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One of the most original ideas in property investment is the ThirdHome group, a global exchange club for holiday home properties that opens up what in many cases is an under-utilised asset to the wider world: Just quietly, the group has signed up more than 500 Australian luxury holiday homes - it's a fascinating story.

Wade Shealy, founder and CEO of the ThirdHome group, joins Associate Editor Wealth James Kirby in this episode.

In today's show, we cover...

* The upmarket holiday home swap  

* The rules of luxury property 

* Wade Shealy on how he built a global property enterprise 

*  New directions for the luxury holiday home market

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Everyday shareholders have always been at the back of the queue when it comes to takeovers, but this year global private equity players have clearly emerged as the 'Barbarians at the gate'.
Healthscope, once a $5 billion stock is now in  receivership along with  its chain of 37 hospitals after a private equity deal went very wrong...what's next?

Eric Johnston, Associate Editor- Business, joins James Kirby in this episode.

In today's show, we cover...

How do we navigate around private equity plunder?
Can social infrastructure such as hospitals ever make useful listed investments?
Have we been unfair to Bitcoin?
How productivity makes a difference to your share portfolio 

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pmarket property is, well, in a league of its own: Shane Smollen is a specialist in the area…and the creator of some of the most impressive heritage-focussed developments in the country.

In today’s episode, we cover…

* Quality first - Setting your property ambitions higher
* Expect the unexpected - surviving whatever gets in your way
* The distinct business of luxury property
* Can I live in my SMSF-owned property ?

Shane Smollen of the Central Element group joins Associate Editor - Wealth, James Kirby in this episode

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Investors at all levels are up in arms over the new super tax largely because it is based on 'paper gains' and it will not be indexed for inflation.

Don't miss this special edition...

In today's show, we cover...
* The essential problems with the new super tax 

• Why it will affect you faster than you may realise
• Alternative options to keeping money in super
• What is likely to happen next with so-called 'Division 296'?

Hugh Robertson of the Centaur Financial Services group joins Associate Editor- Wealth James Kirby in this episode 

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