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Alright, folks, Episode 141 has landed! And today Ben is sliding on his “PIPA” Chairman top hat. Why?

Because PIPA’s Annual Investor Sentiment Survey is out! And the boys are going through these factual insights so you can see what the most successful investors are doing, thinking and learning, right now!!

So what’s PIPA?

If you’re a recent Coucher, you might not know that the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) is the peak association for businesses that operate in the property investment space. In other words: PIPA makes sure that professionals in the industry are, well, professional.

PIPA has developed a Code of Conduct (read it here) that their members MUST operate under. It’s a framework that, ultimately, makes sure clients come first — and aren’t misled by unsuspecting property spruikers!

What can you expect to learn from Australia’s sophisticated investors?

• Is now a good time to invest in residential property?
• What type of property is the majority of investors buying?
• What state capital currently offers the best investment prospects?
• What is the exit strategy should you consider adopting?
• Should you be worried about the banks raising their interest rates?
• Where is the most appealing place to buy right now?
• How long should you expect your property to be negatively geared for?
• Should the “bubble” stop you from investing?
• Is there a need for regulation?
• Is it possible to become a sophisticated investor on your own?

For Bryce’s cover story in the Money Magazine? Get a copy here or at a newsagent/supermarket near you.

Just joined the podcast, here’s the Money SMARTS Checklist that Bryce mentioned on the show! Download here.

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It’s here folks! Sorry, it took some time. We thought we’ll organise it a little bit before broadcasting it to the rest of our fellow vouchers.

So here’s the recording of the Facebook Live last week! This session is mainly based on the Questions we’ve received from our webinar, Property Hotspots and How To Find Them. Enjoy!

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It’s about time we talk about selling a property! So today, we lift the standard with not only one but two Property Stylists extraordinaire to share with us everything we need to know about styling for profit.

Want to add $50,000 – $300,000 to your property? Sara and Amy Chamberlain, owners of the successful styling company The Real Estate Stylist (TRES), are here to explain how it’s done.

Originally from Wagga Wagga, these sisters are making a serious return on investment for their clients, transforming an empty property into a buyer’s oasis in five weeks. Styling 300+ properties every year, these women are specialists in styling a space to make a killing at auction, focusing on buyer demographics, market specifics and a super-human level of detail. Sara and Amy have styled the properties of Rebecca Judd and previous TPC guests, Josh and Jenna from The Block and regularly feature on realestate.com.au as well.

Passionate about real estate, style and business, Sara and Amy chat with the boys about:

• How did they get into the world of property styling?
• What is a property stylist?
• Why does a professionally styled property make such a difference to its value?
• What happens behind the scenes in property styling? 
• What’s the process of engaging a property stylist and what things to consider?
• Styling 101 — what can you do yourself?
• What do owner-occupier appeal and styling have in common?
• What time frame should you be looking at if you want to get a property stylist in?
• Who should view the property first: a stylist or a real estate agent?
• Do they style for the market audience? How?
• What is the “Cuppa Tea Test”?
• Does property styling work better in an auction or private sale environment?
• What are the smells you never thought mattered?
• Should you get rid of those family photos?
• What should you do with great tenants before you get a stylist in?
• When will a stylist not make a difference?
• What happens post-purchase?

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It’s podcast day, yay! Today we have a special guest on Indeed — Pete Wargent!

Aside from achieving financial freedom at AGE 33 (yep) through property investing primarily in London and Sydney, Pete is now one of Australia’s leading experts on market trends, co-founder of AllenWargent property buyers, a 4-time published author, a Buyers Agent and a blogger —http://petewargent.blogspot.com.au/

Originally from the UK and now living in Brisbane, Pete has a worldly insight into investing, finance, and shares and is our first guest who achieved a passive income with an international property portfolio. So how many properties did it take Pete to retire

Pete and the boys discuss:

• How he retired as a multimillionaire in his early 30s 
• What he did after he said goodbye to his full-time job as a Chartered Accountant
• When and why he started investing
• Why he has never sold a property (Does investing for the long term actually matter?)
• Investing in London and the considerations involved
• The problems with drawing comparisons with world cities (i.e. Melbourne Vs London)
• Pete’s Property Investment Mistakes
• The Consequence of Brexit on property investors
• His thoughts on franking credits
• Does he recommend Australians buy in London?
• The hard lessons of growing up in a recession
• What is the equity target to achieve a passive income?
• The important variables to identify a trend to find investment grade markets
• Investing in Sydney vs investing in Brisbane (he has now invested in Brisbane)
• The importance of taking action
• What NOT to do if you’re investing in the stock market
• His investment decision on off-the-plan/high-density apartments

Interested to join us on Facebook LIVE next Wednesday, 4th of October at 7:30pm? Register your interest here!

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Alright, folks!

Joining us on the couch today is Alan Kohler, the renowned Australian financial and newspaper journalist! Aside from being the founder of The Constant Investor and co-host of The Money Café podcast, Alan has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the financial sector.

To give you an idea, Alan was the Editor of The Age and CEO of Australian Independent Business Media Pty Ltd. Currently, he’s a Finance Columnist for The Australian, the Financial Reporter for ABC News and the host of ABC Inside Business (for 12 years) AND like us, has his own show on Qantas’s Inflight Radio called Talking Business with Alan Kohler.

And this is not even his entire resume!

Alan and the boys discuss:

• How did Alan flourish in an industry he once had no interest in or knowledge of?
• What was it like to live through digital change?
• What did he do to stop Financial Advisors from operating in a commission-based system?
• Yesterday’s US Federal Reserve Board Meeting and its possible implication for the Australian Economy
• What is Donald Trump’s Impact on the economy?
• How is the Australian Economy fairing?
• Will the demand for Sydney and Melbourne markets continue?
• What and why is the difference between total GDP numbers and GDP per capita matter?
• How does inflation impact interest rates and why are the Central Banks of the World care about it so much?
• What is the reason for increased asset prices?
• Potential risks with asset selection in outer suburbs
• Will there be an interest rate rise this year?
• How much of an issue is housing affordability in terms of predicting the market?

Oh, and these are the books Alan mentioned:

• Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond
• Competitive Advantage of Nations, Michael E. Porter

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Spring has sprung! And it’s the selling season, indeed. Properties look more beautiful — the lawn is luscious, the sun’s out, and there are flowers all around … these all tickle your emotions, charming a lot of buyers to come out and bid. And pay an emotional price too — a lot more than the property is worth!

So how do you make sure you knock out all the competition AND still buy the property at a price you can afford?

In this episode, the boys explain the 7 tips to Buying in Spring to make sure you, as a property investor, succeed!

Bryce and Ben discuss:

• Why is Spring the selling season?
• The importance of a vendor’s motivations and which ones could get you a cheaper price (you can listen to The Four D Words here)
• What to look out for before you make an offer
• How AND when to make a knockout offer
• How to outsmart a real estate agent by not being smart
• What do you need to say to a real estate agent?
• What type of buyer do you need to be in Spring?
• When does the negation actually start and how do you negotiate to win?
• What to do (and what to not do) at Open For Inspections
• How do you find out what a property is really worth?
• The power of having a Plan B and why you need it in a negotiation?
• First Home Buyer Tips and how real estate agents use your words against you.

 Don’t forget to check out this month’s Money Magazine on Where to Invest $10k! There are tips and advice from 8 Property Experts and TPC Listeners will find one particularly familiar face too.

And if you are interested in the research tool Bryce and Ben mentioned in the podcast, here’s the link to it: Find out more about LocationScore here.

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Well folks, after Awe-Guest, it seems like a long time since our last Q&A!

So a lot of you have been writing to us wanting to know our view on Four Corners’ recent episode on property investment in Australia, Betting on the House.

Now, there was a bit of doom and gloom in this episode and we want to talk about it.

To do this, we’re going to answer YOUR hard questions about property investment — the difficulties, the consequences of poor asset selection, bad property investment advice, the fear of debt and the “1 – 2 property block”.

Note: Ben’s reference to PIPA’s Framework on regulating Property Investment (very, very important stuff) can be found if you click here.


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Andrew Bogut, NBA superstar & Australia’s greatest basketball player, is here!

Alright, folks — we promised an international sports star to end our month of Awe-Guest — and we are really excited to announce that he’s here!

Yep, let’s not hide it. We are entirely pumped for this show!

Because not only is Andrew a basketball legend — he won the NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2014 – 2015, playing with THE biggest names and best athletes in the world, and even represented Australia at two Olympics with the Boomers — but also Andrew is a highly effective investor himself, savvy with his millions AND (we feel very proud about this) is a regular listener of The Property Couch!

The 7ft tall talent gives us insights into the world of NBA (and what it’s literally like to break a leg in his first game with the Cleveland Cavaliers this year), how he set up his investment portfolio and what’s in store after basketball:

• Firstly, how on earth did this internationally known sports star end up on The Couch?
• What’s life like as an NBA player?
• What do the financial future and investment mindset really look like for most NBA players?
• His experience with some of the Financial “Snakes” out there
• Why is an NBA player interested in suburb development and gentrification?
• Investing in supercars and commercial properties
• How important are trust funds?
• How was money spoken of when Andrew was a kid — did this shape how he sees his future?
• Aside from the hype, what does an NBA schedule really look like?
• Let’s be rule: who is the best player in the league?

 Oh and (we had to ask) … where does Andrew store his Championship ring?

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Alright folks: what does the drummer from The Screaming Jets and property investment have in common?

Craig “Rosie” Rosevear!

That’s right—on The Couch today, the man behind the drums of one of Australia’s legendary bands explains how he used his royalties to break into the property market and transformed his touring days into a growing property portfolio and now, a charismatic, auctioning career! Yep. Aside from being the Founder of Rock Your Future and the owner of Rosie’s School of Rock—where he and his wife, Belinda, motivate and educate young people to be confident in both music and life—Craig is also an auctioneer at Cooley Auctions, winner of the Newcastle Heat of the Real Estate Institute of NSW Auctioneering Competition and a property investor with a knack for DIY renovating!

No stranger to hard work, Craig explains:

• Firstly, what life is really like as a rock star?
• How invaluable a good work ethic is, and how he managed to maintain it, despite fame and, well, being a rock star
• Why he used his royalties to buy his first investment property
• What he discovered about investing with equity that changed his way of thinking
• How he became a borderless investor in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney
• Ways to get around Sydney’s Housing Affordability
• First Home Buyer mistakes and DIY renovation tips
• How he got into auctioneering (it has something to do with Episode 121 with Damien Cooley)
• The similarities between being a rock star & an auctioneer (“Rocktioneer”)
• Investing in Newcastle, NSW
• Things buyers should do at an auction
• Business acumen tips from rock band KISS (!)

And (we had to ask), what is Craig’s “go-to” rock star story? The unexpected, sneak peek into what Muso's life was like …

He tells us right at the end—of course he did.

What an absolute pleasure!


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Today we’re in for a special treat with a Government figure—who just so happens to be directly involved with the rules about what we build, planning the future story of housing in Sydney and all of NSW!

Yep, that’s right. We’ve gone to the top! We have Chris O’Dell—the man from Research and Insights in NSW’s Department of Planning and Environment on the show. Chris manages a very brainy team who provides analysis to support our strategic, OFFICIAL decisions. He absolutely loves his data, is extremely personable and open to bigger and better plans for Sydney and NSW. Solving real-world problems, Chris and his team have big plans for Sydney to be a global, game-changing, urban city! Rest assured, there are some “takeaways” for the future of the Australian Property Market!

And some of the resources mentioned in today’s episode are:

• PIPA Annual Investor Sentiment Survey 2017 – Fill in here
• DPE population and housing data – Find out more here
• Our video on RealEstate.com.au – The other “C” word in property – Watch here

This is an informative, important one guys! So much so that we put our own fingers to the keyboard so you wouldn’t miss out on anything!

Now, because Chris is based in Sydney, we’ve had to invest in the ol’ virtual call … and at certain times during this podcast, sadly, Chris is a teeny bit hard to hear. We’re very sorry about this—so we’ve transcribed the ENTIRE podcast for you to read if there are any parts you miss when listening. Check out the transcript here:


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