Imagine waking up to find yourself $30,000 in debt with a restaurant business turned bad and a great deal of self-doubt left in its wake. 

Now fast forward a decade or so to find...

You've amassed a $2.78 million property portfolio; you are now confident on your path to helping others and you are financially empowered.  

This is the rollercoaster ride of James, today’s articulate and inspirational Summer Series guest.

From growing up “material poor but experience rich” in the heart of Canada (You’ll have to tune in to find out how this Aussie family found themselves in the remote province of Manitoba) to running a successful bar business that ended in disaster, we’re tracing the peaks and troughs in James’ career and financial life. 

Together, we unpack how he snowballs out of this debt, the advantages that come from having a wonderful accountability partner and wife, and his passionate pathway to self-development. 

Plus, we’ll dive into that heart-dropping moment that this self-professed “enthusiastic amateur” realised HE was working alongside spruikers 😮  

Yet another fantastic story that highlights the importance of smart money management, resilience, the power of financial education and so much more!  

Thank you for coming to the couch to share your story, James! Listen now folks.  

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Welcome back to our FIRST episode for 2024! To celebrate, we’re sharing the story of a Summer Series guest who encompasses all the great values we hope to bring into the new year. 👏🤩🙌 

Meet Jasmin, a brave, determined and resourceful investor whose drive has taken her diving around the world, to cruise ships in the Caribbean and to prestigious universities across the continent of Europe. 

If you can’t tell already...this is one awesome, action-packed tale. 

Tune in to hear Jasmin leap from discovering a life-changing passion to moving across the globe for love to losing every cent in her bank account in just one day. 😲

We’ll uncover exactly how she rebuilds her life from this harrowing situation, finds her feet on the road to property and secures her ideal lifestyle (that includes some loveable furry friends 😉). 

As an aspirational, single female investor, this is the perfect tale of empowerment to kick off the new year. Tune in now folks! 

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It’s our final episode for the year and folks, we’ve saved one absolutely inspirational tale to finish 2023. 

As a hint of what’s to come, today’s articulate Summer Series guest invested $500 into Westpac shares at the age of 10.  

While this one action already sets him aside, Bailey isn’t special just because of his remarkable approach to investing but because of one skill that, as described by Ben, is “one of the greatest skills to learn in life”.  

Tune into this fascinating episode to find out what sets this 24-year-old apart from the rest, how he bought his first property at the young age of 21 and to hear the heart-warming reason why he decided to speak out and come onto the couch.  

This guest has Ben and Bryce completely rapt.  Seriously, give it a listen now folks 😊🌌✨ 

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It’s no secret that maintaining a multi-property portfolio in a high-interest environment is hard. 

Now add in a difficult divorce and raising two teenagers in the most expensive phase of their lives and well...

You have the incredibly motivational and heart-warming story of Lesia, this week’s brilliant Summer Series guest.  

From her initial plan to own 10 properties (yep...things really have changed since the times where “he who dies with the most properties wins!") to the revolving door of properties she’s bought and sold to juggle cashflow...

We follow Leisa on her jaw-dropping journey as she navigates holding onto her 4 properties, is blasted with a $15,000 levy fee, manages mortgage prison and much more on her journey to passive income retirement. 

An inspirational tale for all, we hope Leisa’s story will inspire - particularly the middle-aged folks out there or solo supermums - who fear it’s too late for them to get onto the property ladder. Please just listen to this episode!  


P.S. Merry Christmas folks! From Bryce, Ben & the team of Stigs, we hope you have a very safe and festive break 😊🎄🎅🎁 

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 This week’s episode is about many things...

💎 The boundless rewards that come from delayed gratification, 
📚 The enlightening power of financial empowerment, and...
🧑‍🌾 Getting out of your comfort zone by heading to the outback.   

Meet Amy, today’s brave and resourceful Summer Series guest! 

Growing up with “tangible money values”, Amy would spend her early 20’s prioritising life experiences over financial gain until the age of 26 when she made 1 life-changing decision...

This would completely change her financial future and allow her and Sam, her wife, to leap onto the property ladder in less than a year.

Tune in to hear what this revolutionary decision was, their experience moving from the East Coast to the Outback and their diverse property investing journey.   

From their first hands-on property investment to the land purchase near Byron Bay to the joint venture with her parents, Amy’s story has many chapters full of laughs and good lessons along the way. 

An episode for those who are willing to get outside their comfort zone to get into the property game, listen in now! 


P.S. Did we mention...Amy’s been a Property Couch listener for 9 years?! What an honour to talk to a long-time listener 😊🌌✨ 

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Folks, today marks the FIRST episode of our much anticipated 2023/24 Summer Series!

We’re extraordinarily excited to sit down with some amazing listeners and dig into their money story, explore the steps they took to build their property portfolios and ultimately unpack the intriguing question (which is also the theme of this series...)

“What does money mean to YOU?” 

As our 6th Summer Series, we’re spending this season digging deep into the psyche of the investor, understanding what motivates us ultimately as humans and understanding how we can use this knowledge to bolster us on our property journeys. 



To start us off, we’re welcoming an incredibly hardworking and humble guest who realised at a young age that if he wanted anything in this life, he would have to make it happen himself. 

Ethan, today’s Summer Series guest, grew up with a younger brother with Down Syndrome and at just 16 years old,  was diagnosed with depression. Knowing that the school teaching system wasn’t working for him, he left school shortly after.  

Over the next 14 years, Ethan has completely transformed his circumstances and now owns a 5-property portfolio worth 2.3 million dollars. 🤯🤯🤯  

Tune in to discover how he bought his first property at 18 while earning apprentice wages (He was on $6 an hour folks!), why he continues to invest in Wodonga and the benefit of having a strong network and great tenants.  

Ethan was also recently diagnosed with Aspergers, adding another layer to his incredible journey!  
 
Thank you for blasting off our 2023/24 Summer Series Ethan, what a truly motivational tale that showcases the importance of hard work and highlights that young people can get onto the property ladder.  

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Welcome to the final Economic and RBA report for this year! In this edition, Ben delves into crucial topics:

• Has the US concluded its Interest Rate tightening cycle?
• Unpacking the Governor’s recent slide deck on inflation and the signals outlining the problem.
• In the extensive property update, Ben recaps the 2023 Property Market and shares initial insights on the ten Macro forces shaping different property markets in 2024. Stay tuned for this at the end of the update!

And folks, anticipate more charts in this edition compared to our previous release too. We recommend checking out the video version of this release here: www.thepropertycouch.com.au/rba-cash-rate-dec-2023

Before we get started, we've recently unveiled two brief videos on property selling. If the rate hikes are impacting your cash flow, explore these videos below:

• Why Now Is NOT the time to sell here >
• Three things to consider before selling your property here >

Now, let's delve into this month's update!

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Folks, as the LAST episode for 2023 before we kick off our inspiring 2023/24 Summer Series, we’re focusing on a question that looks at the heart of what we do (and not just as a podcast but through our advisory business):   

What Does Money Mean To YOU!?

To properly dig into this question, we’re unpacking the psyche of the investor through one of America’s greatest psychologists and combining it with data from THOUSANDS of respondents to explore...

👉 The #2 biggest reasons that investors seek money (+ why they're critical to our overall wellbeing) 
👉 54 of the most common reasons people want to build their wealth 
👉 How an individual’s financial freedom fit into Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
👉 How Time Wealth drastically improves your life 
👉 The #1 thing that will ALWAYS lead to financial stress
👉 What does financial independence really look like? 
👉 If you don’t know your cash flow, you risk... 

Plus tons more gold! As rates and cost of living continue to rise, this super topical episode will help you remember – and solidify – your why.  Listen in now!  
 

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• See Maslows Hierachy of Needs & the article from Ben's "What's Making Property News" here >> 

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Please Note: This episode is a re-run. The original air date was on February 16, 2017. 😊 

In our FINAL bonus episode for 2023, we’re replaying an awesome episode with one of Bryce’s all-time property-investing heroes... 

Jan Somers! 

She is an incredibly humble housewife who is the author of 4 bestselling property books and is a successful property investor and educator extraordinaire. 

With her property portfolio spanning more than 40 years, we follow Jan’s motivational story from her first venture into property investing to her inspiration for writing her bestselling books, Building Wealth.   

Tune in now to hear her evergreen wisdom from the secret to improving your borrowing power, cultivating the right investing mindset, the types of properties Jan prefers to invest in, and much more!  

Listen now for an awesome blast-from-the-past episode! 😊 

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What are the best auction strategies for buyers when the hammer drops?  

Why should buyers use “Courageously Uncomfortable” reserve prices?  

And who do auctioneers really work for??  

Folks, these are just a few of the big questions we’re tackling today in an episode that’s all about the art of auctioning in Australia. 

Here to shed expert intel into this world is Justin Nickerson, Director of Apollo Auctions, the largest auctioneering business in Australasia, and the only Australian to win the Australasian Auctioneer of the Year 3 times in the award's history.

Justin is also the 5-time winner of the REIQ Auctioneer of the Year award, again being the only auctioneer in the state to achieve this distinction. 

Today, he’ll be using his knowledge earned at the coalface of auctions in Queensland (aka. some of the most challenging auctions) to share secret Buyers’ strategies that win from bidding quickly to keeping the pressure on to why online bidding might just work for you. 

He’ll give us a rare look into the Buyers experience of winning auctions, the crucial skills needed for those wanting to become an Auctioneer PLUS his craziest auction which saw 24.8M under the hammer 😮 

(Yep, we know we blew this episode over our 1-hour mark, but BOY is it jam-packed with so many nuggets of wisdom. Seriously folks, tune in now! )


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• Are you eligible for the first homeowner grant?  (From Ben’s “What’s Making Property News”) Find out here >>  

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