The Property Couch

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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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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In this week’s bonus episode, we’re back with Part 2 of Bryce's appearance on the Parenthood Podcast featuring its Founder and Host, Leonie Akhidenor. 

Continuing last week’s theme, Bryce and Leonie are unpacking how new parents can get onto the property ladder despite today's high-interest rates and heated property market.  

They’ll be exploring Bryce's fail-proof money management system, deep diving into how folks can use this to manage their money in 10 minutes a month and unpacking the options investors have once they’ve trapped this surplus.  

A super insightful episode that reveals how new investors can afford home ownership. faster. Tune in now!  

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• Once you’ve trapped this surplus, start putting it to work through property! Get MMSA’s sequel, The Armchair Guide to Property Investing here >>   
• Manage your money in 10 minutes a month! Get Moorr on your desktop or smartphone. Automate our award-winning money management system from our MMSA book: Start trapping more surplus and pay off your mortgage quicker today.  

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In this week’s episode, we’re back with our final Throwback Thursday episode focusing on our last. three foundational pillars from our Four Pillars of Property Investing Mastery! 

Folks, these pillars are absolutely critical for anyone wanting to build a stable property portfolio which is why we’re revisiting and unpacking these concepts with today’s market conditions. 

We’ll be covering...

⚡ Ep 4. Borrowing Power: How to smash glass ceilings, why finance is like a game of chess and the top #3 solutions to maximise your leverage 😊 

🔬 Ep 5. Asset Selection: Why we don't start with property first, the telescope vs microscope view and applying the Buyers Decision Quadrant today.

🛡️ Ep 6. Defence: The most important asset, why you need to build a moat and the critical elements of defence.

A topical episode which ties into our evergreen investing strategies, tune in now!  

 
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The transition into parenthood can be a difficult one with new priorities, greater expenses and less free time.   

During this time, it’s no surprise that many parents start to search for security through that forever family home, however, with today’s tumultuous economy, high interest rates and heated property market, it's no surprise that new parents are wondering how and if it’s even possible. 

In today’s bonus episode – originally recorded by Parenting Podcast - Bryce sits down with Leonie Akhidenor, its Host and Founder to unpack:  
 
📈 How to negotiate a fair price on your family home 
⚡Understand this 1 thing about Buyers Agents to reclaim your buying power  
🏠 Know what matters to you! Learn how to identify your top 3 priorities in a property 
🔥 How To Out-Smart Real Estate Agents 
🤝 Why you should make the sold tag your best friend, and much more! 

 Tune in now folks! 

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