The Property Couch

By Bryce Holdaway & Ben Kingsley

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In a casual ‘conversational’ style, Bryce Holdaway and Ben Kingsley talk all things property investing in Australia. Each week they explore relevant and topical ideas in a fun and interesting way forming a complete guide to Property, Finance & Money Management. From which property to buy, structuring your loan, SMART Money Management habits, investing mindset, finding the right property investment strategy to tips for bidding at an auction, Bryce and Ben aim to share their knowledge with you!

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09.17.2020

What do you do if you’re picking between two properties? Or two locations? Or even two investment strategies?! Well, step right up… ‘cos we’re about to give you the top tips to make the best judgement call when property investors ...

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09.17.2020 304 \| Picking One Over The Other: Top Tips To Help Property Investors Make The Best Judgement Call What do you do if you’re picking between two properties? Or two locations? Or even two investment strategies?! Well, step right up… ‘cos we’re about to give you the top tips to make the best judgement call when property investors ...
09.10.2020 303 \| The Three Money Rules For Life... There are only 3 “Money Rules” you need to follow to transform your financial future… and, yep, we’re about to tackle all three right now! So, if you want to avoid the biggest derailments to wealth creation and instead get ...
09.03.2020 302 \| Back To The Future: Lessons From 50 Years At The Top Of His Game - Chat with Scott Keck Want to hear from an Expert Witness who has been observing and analysing the property market for over FIFTY years? And what if they also happen to be a highly regarded industry professional who’s literally been valuing the price of ...
09.01.2020 RBA Sept 2020 - Have we reached a Turning Point in the Property Market? It’s the first Tuesday of the month… which means the RBA Board has met and announced the official cash rate! This video features September’s cash rate update, and because it’s also the first day of Spring, Ben is also giving ...
08.27.2020 301 \| How to Lose Half a Million Dollars & The Secret to Lifestyle Design Don’t want to lose half a million bucks? Well then, make sure you don’t do this… In today’s episode, we’re diving deep on The Secret To Lifestyle Design – that’s means What To Do & What NOT To Do when ...
08.20.2020 300 \| The Unfair Advantage: Master This New Framework To Get The Passive Income You Want - Chat with Jaemin Frazer Follow this NEW 7-step framework and you will dramatically increase your ability to create the passive income you want! In fact, if you put this powerful framework to use, not only will you get “The Unfair Advantage”… but here’s the ...
08.13.2020 299 \| Sell Everything And Run? Brand New Update From Leah Calnan, President of REIV If you listened to last week’s episode, you’ll know already that there’s been significant changes happening on the grounds in the real estate industry… particularly here in Victoria with Stage 4 and Stage 3 Restrictions now seriously impacting what we ...
08.06.2020 298 \| Property In A State of Disaster – Chat with Leah Calnan, President of REIV and Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at REA Group “Property in a state of disaster.” Yep. You heard it here first, folks… And there’s no doubt we’re literally making property news with this timely, “double header” episode featuring two of the brightest minds in Australian real estate… (and, no, ...
08.04.2020 RBA August 2020 - The Second Wave is Here — Will The Stimulus Be Enough To Steer Us Away From The Cliff? It’s the first Tuesday of the month… which means the RBA Board has met and announced the official cash rate! This video features Ben’s update on the cash rate, as well as what the Australian economy is about to face ...
07.30.2020 297 \| Closing The Gap: How This Indigenous Investor Is Pioneering The Way Forward - Chat with Nancia Guivarra A little while ago, today’s guest reached out to us and said this, “I’d really like you to interview an Aboriginal person (I’m one) as I think finance isn’t really our focus.” And, just like that, the brainchild of this ...
07.23.2020 296 \| (Part 2) How To Reach The Summit: Achieving $2K Per Week in Passive Income We’re picking up where we left off last week… how to create $2,000 per week in passive income and actually design the lifestyle you’re proud of (instead of just daydreaming about it)! This means we’re riffing through a stack of ...
07.16.2020 295 \| How To Reach The Summit: Achieving $2K Per Week in Passive Income So… earlier this week, we posted this on our Facebook page: And the response was overwhelming! Thank you to everyone that everyone that wrote in and that’s why, in this Q&A; episode, we cover everything you need to know to ...
07.09.2020 294 \| The Secret To Triple Returns: How This Socceroos Star Changed The Projection of His Entire Future – Chat with Chris Ikonomidis * yes, this is one of Ben’s favourite episodes EVER! * Have you ever been around someone who you “just know” is going to be successful? Like, really, really successful?! They talk differently. They think differently. It’s like you can ...
07.07.2020 RBA July 2020 - Victoria’s Lockdown Slows The Speed Of Recovery & The Air Is Colder Up High It’s the first Tuesday of the month… which means the RBA Board has met and announced the official cash rate! This video features my update on the cash rate, as well as the increase in case numbers and “postcode lockdowns” ...
07.02.2020 293 \| What Property To Buy & Practical Tips For Asset Selection Have you ever wanted to know what property an investor should buy? It’s a question we get asked ALL the time and for a very good reason…. pick the wrong property and you’re in trouble! So today’s central theme is ...
06.25.2020 292 \| How to Get Australia’s Property Market Back on Track with This 7 Point Plan - Chat with Ken Morrison, CEO Property Council Australia Get excited. Here with us is a “V.V.I.P” guest… and this very, very important person is, wait for it… the national representative of the Australian property industry… Ken Morrison, CEO of Property Council of Australia! And he’s about to unpack ...
06.18.2020 291 \| The Property Loophole: Recognising A Pipe Dream From The Real Deal The Property “Loophole”… is it a myth?! If you’re interested in investing in property, at some point or another you’re probably going to run into someone who tells you about some “secret loophole” – whether it be about property, tax, ...
06.11.2020 290 \| Why Job Security Does NOT Equal Income Security… And Why You Must Know The Difference Before the Next “X-Factor” Event Catches You Out If there’s one thing COVID-19 has taught us, it’s this… “Job Security is Everything”. But if we think about it… is it really?! Sure, the global pandemic – the “X-factor” event – caught quite a few of us (well all ...
06.09.2020 (LIVE) Why $2,000 per week?! It’s here folks! >> www.thepropertycouch.com.au/startandbuild We often talk about the aim to retire on $2,000 per week in passive income. We even wrote a book about it! But why $2,000? Why does most people ask us to aim for that ...
06.04.2020 289 \| Why McDonald’s and Churches Know More About Land Value Than Anyone Else What do McDonald’s and Churches have in common? For starters, they understand what underpins property prices! And not only are we about to dive deep on this in today’s Q& A, we’re also going to tell you exactly why property ...
06.02.2020 RBA June 2020 - Swaying on the edge of an economic and property cliff? Most states have now eased their restrictions… so what should we expect in todays’ RBA Board meeting?First things first… “Is Australia swaying on an economic and property cliff?” Ben will give you the insights into the latest data and address ...
05.28.2020 288 \| How He Survived Multiple Recessions & Why He Still Believes in Property, Even During a Pandemic - Chat with Peter Koulizos, Chair of PIPA Did you know that “Property Professor” Peter Koulizos INVESTED during multiple Australian recessions? And now, in the wake of COVID-19 he is STILL adamant that property is a safe bet! So, what can we learn from one of Australia’s leading ...
05.21.2020 287 \| Why buying a Harley derailed Bryce's property portfolio & the Ten Tips we'd tell our 20-something selves If we could go back and invest in property all over again, what would we do differently?! Well, for one, Bryce probably would’ve have bought a Harley Davidson!! (Yep) Folks, this is exactly the stuff we’re unpacking today – the ...
05.14.2020 286 \| Best Case & Worst Case For Property, PLUS what’s making Property News?! You’ve probably heard Commbank’s “warning” that property prices could drop by “a third” as a result of the unemployment levels due to COVID-19… You’ve probably ONLY seen this scary number come out of their March Quarter 2020 Trading Update, though ...
05.07.2020 285 \| "Catching a Falling Knife" Is investing in Commercial Real Estate a good idea right now? - Chat with Scott O'Neill Is the “home office” the future office? Coronavirus has changed the face of many businesses – entire companies are now working from home, retail shops have switched to online selling and others, like cafés and restaurants, have simply “shut up ...
05.05.2020 RBA May 2020 - Three Critical Themes Unfolding In The Economy Right Now --- And How They Impact Property Prices! It’s the full month after Australia’s social restrictions so… what should we expect in todays’ RBA Board meeting? One thing for sure, the cash rate remains at 0.25% and while there isn’t too much of a surprise there, Ben is ...
04.30.2020 284 \| Kyal & Kara from The Block – How To Renovate, Raise Kids, Run A Business & Not Lose Your Mind in the Process “Kyal & Kara” Demmrich became household names after the humble chippy & physio joined The Block back in early 2014 for their Fan Vs Favs series. And when that popular reality program was over, the courageous renovation-lovers decided to do ...
04.28.2020 UPDATE: WA Residential Rent Relief Grant Scheme As each State Govt rushes to respond to this health crisis, we strive to update our community on the most recent changes relating to residential real estate as well. And this update is no different. This time, we’ll be unpacking ...
04.28.2020 283 \| "Buy & Hold vs Buy & Sell" - Which Strategy Works Best in WA? Chat with Damian Collins, President of REIWA And so our theme of chatting with the Presidents of the property markets across the country continues! Here to tell us what’s happening in Bryce’s hometown (Perth
04.27.2020 Bonusisode with Nerida - How does Australia's Property Market Compare to the Rest of the World? Time for our monthly catchup with Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at realestate.com.au! It’s a long one today but we promise you it’s jam-packed with absolute gold! So here are some of the discussions we had today:
04.24.2020 UPDATE: Shocker Revoked! Why Property Owners Can Rest A Little Easier in QLD Now? What a difference a couple of days makes, huh?!! Back on the couch is Antonia Mercorella, CEO of REIQ… with some GREAT NEWS!!!! In light of last week’s episode, the Queensland Government has reached out to The Real Estate Insitute ...
04.23.2020 282 \| “I Was Fired Every Week”… And Now She’s The President Of The Largest Property Market In Australia - Chat with Leanne Pilkington, President of REINSW Leanne Pilkington is no stranger to real estate. When she first started in the property industry almost four decades ago, things looked a bit different from what they do now… For one, she was literally fired from her job every ...
04.16.2020 281 \| Why The Easter Break Almost Ended in Disaster for Property Owners… and How it Was Avoided – Chat with Leah Calnan, President of REIV Yes, we’ve got TWO back-to-back episodes this week! ‘Cos let’s face it… there’s been A LOT that has disturbed the property industry over the week! Case in point: Easter. Oh, Easter. The break that had a lot of us biting ...
04.16.2020 280 \| QLD Govt Shocker: Why the Renter Protection Package doesn’t protect everyone!... Chat with Antonia Mercorella There’s no doubt governments are “regulating on the run” with the current crisis on our hands. Coronavirus demands quick action… but, wow, the Queensland Government’s new “Renter Protection Package” is a SHOCKER. What’s being proposed is, ahh, let’s just say, ...
04.09.2020 279 \| How To Master The Pillars in Pandemic Times As a property investor, you have to master the frameworks. But during a pandemic, you have to tweak specific strategies in each framework to not just survive in this climate, but thrive — now and in the future. Make no ...
04.07.2020 RBA April 2020 - Lockdown, AUS Recession And What This Will Mean For The World Economy Yes, it’s the first Tuesday of the month… which means the RBA Board has met and kept the cash rate on hold at 0.25%. This video features Ben’s update on the cash rate… as well as a DEEP dive on ...
04.02.2020 UPDATE \| QLD Emergency Rental Assistance Payment : Landlords vs Tenants Just a quick update folks! There’s been some changes since we released today’s episode. The Queensland government had set up a grant program that offers an emergency rental assistance payment of up to $500 a week, for up to four ...
04.02.2020 278 \| Coronavirus: Landlords vs Tenants “Landlords vs Tenants.” Has this become the Unspoken Virus as the current pandemic escalates and more folks lose their jobs, fall into financial distress and struggle to pay rent? Well, to answer this question, let’s talk about the myths and ...
03.30.2020 Bonusisode with Nerida - Coronavirus, Property AND the Economy Folks, March hasn’t ended yet but we’ve decided to bring forward our monthly catchup with Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at realestate.com.au! We understand that in these uncertain times, all you want is some certainty and information around all the changes ...
03.26.2020 277 \| Coronavirus & Property FAQ There’s been a lot of questions coming in about the coronavirus and its implications to the property market, the finance sector and the economy at large — particularly in direct response to the higher levels of social distancing regulations we’re ...
03.24.2020 COVID-19 & Share Market Analysis If you’ve seen the headlines recently, you would notice these: ASX finishes worst week in more than 11 years Dow drops more than 900 points, ending worst week since 2008 And then yesterday night, for those who’re active with the ...
03.24.2020 UPDATE \| Monetary & Fiscal Stimulus Program - What you need to know about them As you’re likely aware, the coronavirus has NOT slowed. In fact, the coronavirus pandemic was having deep ramifications for financial systems right around the world, until central banks stepped in. So in his unprecedented speech late last week, Dr Philip ...
03.19.2020 Ep. 276 \| COVID-19 & Property Outlook There’s no doubt that every one of us is impacted by COVID-19 — the coronavirus pandemic — that’s practically everywhere right now. It’s on the news. It’s in our countries. It’s fuelling a lot of anxiety and panic across the ...
03.12.2020 Ep. 275 \| 7 Grades of Financial Wellbeing - Which one are you? Where do you sit on the ladder of financial success? In this episode, we’re unpacking a brand-new framework that outlines the seven grades of financial wellbeing… so you can self-assess your financial health in a way you’ve never been able ...
03.05.2020 Ep. 274 \| Coronavirus Special: Keep calm and carry on! With the Coronavirus outbreak spreading across the globe and impacting the economy, it begs the question… Is buying property right now still a good idea? Well, without giving away today’s episode, the message we want to put out there is ...
03.03.2020 RBA March 2020 - The Coronavirus Spreads Right Across The Economy It’s the first Tuesday of the month which means the RBA Board has met and announced the official cash rate! And to no surprise, they’ve decided to cut it by 25 basis points to 0.5%. Now, this commentary features Ben’s ...
03.02.2020 Bonusisode with Nerida - RED Rooster & Property Prices?! Folks, it’s officially March AND today’s Facebook LIVE with Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at realestate.com.au was like no other!! So… what did we chat about? Here’s a rough list!
02.27.2020 Ep. 273 \| Calling out the Bad Guys - How we Found our Voice & Our Top 5 Frameworks to Defend Against Bad Advice The property industry is unregulated. What this means is that there are more than a few Bad Guys – and not just the sharks in white shoes – out there who slither under the radar and sell dodgy advice that, ...
02.20.2020 Ep. 272 \| Q & A: The Unspoken Truth About Growth Corridors & Picking The Right Property Investment Strategy How many times have you heard something along these lines…? “This suburb’s a growth corridor…” “There’s heaps of development happening here… it’s the next growth corridor.” “With all the new public transport networks, job opportunities and shops coming in, this ...
02.13.2020 Ep. 271 \| Property Outlook and Hotspots To Watch in 2020 Who wants to know what’s in store for the property market in 2020? Think Hot Spots. Suburbs to watch. Capital city drive by. Property Predictions!! Sure, we know all of this property outlook stuff is a bit “crystal-bally” folks… BUT ...

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