The Property Couch

We’re very excited to announce that Josh & Jenna—who, let’s face it, ditched their surnames after becoming household names on the 2011 series of The Block—have landed, with their 8-week-old bubba, Freddie, on the Couch!

The husband and wife duo, also featuring on The Block’s All-Star Series and Reno Rumble, are founders of Melbourne-based interior bicker design. With Josh a qualified plumber and Jenna currently sharing her knowledge and passion at Design School, they are here to chat about all things renovation—and how to make a profit out of it!

We’ll cover quite a few things, folks:

• What being “the bickering couple on The Block” was really like
• How it felt to lose at an auction
• The most important tips for renovating
• How they used the equity in their first home to buy in Melbourne (a city they hadn’t been able to afford until then)
• What is the end game of buying and renovating in today’s market?
• Their budget formula for renovations
• How to invest in Blue Chip areas when you can’t afford it yet
• The financial benefits of paying a Stylist to “stage your house” before selling
• Tiny House Movement in Australia: What is it and how will it impact asset selection
• The future of renovating and what need to know
• Investing for Airbnb

Happy listening (you can hear Freddie in this podcast too, naaw)!


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What would you do if you arrived from Fiji to Australia with only $4,500 to your name and little else? Well, that’s exactly what today’s guest, Victor Kumar, Partner at Right Property Group, and his wife did in 1997. And their story is truly extraordinary! Within 1 and a half years in Australia, the radiographers—thanks to reading The Wealthy Barber and Building Wealth Through Investment Property, learning as much as they could about property investment, lots of hard work coupled with a steel determination —had secured their own PPOR as well as 11 investment properties!

Here to explain how he did it, the co-host of Investing Insights with Right Property Group podcast, Victor Kumar, explains:

• How he chose a mortgage broker to get the loan he was first rejected for
• Who to take your advice from (aside from Jan Somers and David Chilton)
• The difference between money and mindset, and why goal setting is crucial:

“The very first thing is: you’ve got to sort out your goals—why you’re doing it and what are you aiming for—before you start the journey. Most people start the journey and then try and get the GPS up and running to say where they’re going.”

• Victor’s reason “why” he invests in property—and why it is crucial to know your “why”
• A simple, easy habit anyone can do to outsmart a spruiker and determine if the property seminar is genuine
• His investment strategy, how he accumulated such a ginormous portfolio and if he would do it again
• A few of the mistakes and lessons learnt while building his portfolio (and they’re hilarious!)
• When to DIY and when to always pay for professional services
• What factors to consider if you are investing in the outer suburbs?
• His renovation “Life Hack” and why it’s the most important renovation tip to add value
• What are the three things that can ruin a property portfolio?
• How to manage multiple investment properties and the problems with investing in too many properties
• Special: Victor unpacked an amazing tip at the 55-minute mark. So make sure you don’t miss that!

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Awe-Guest, for us, is about bringing in experts from all walks of life and we are proud to say that we’ve finally got Rachel Cole on the show! Welcome, Rach!!

Rach is an accomplished performer, singer and actor and is currently understudying Miss Honey, Mrs Wormwood and Mrs Phelps on Matilda The Musical (yes, that one), after understudying Nessa Rose in the Australasian tour of WICKED. A young property investor, Rach loves property research, and spreadsheet and is very savvy with her spending. Rach also has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, a quick-witted blog, Stage Door Shrink, and a passion for sharing what she knows about property investing, even when her creative work (read: money) isn’t always guaranteed.

In today’s podcast, she and the boys unfold:

• How to invest as a young, single woman with intermittent paychecks
• How a conservative upbringing and 25 cents in pocket money for every year old she was, paid off
• What things you should never get a loan for
• Money SMARTS, how to implement a budget for everything and other ways to save money
• Why investing in a $100 bike can land you a house deposit
• The necessity of sacrifice
• Getting her first investment property without a fixed income
• How to be a borderless investor and things you need to consider
• The costs of renovating and how much is too much
• What you should always ask the “the locals” before you buy in their suburb
• What research do you need to do to get the best possible returns?
• When is the only time to buy off the plan?
• How to act now when you’re circumstances “aren’t right”

PLUS you’ll also get to hear an exclusive performance from Rach! Don’t miss out!

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Disclaimer: This is Beyond Mind-blowing.

Think technology. Think crazy. Think sci-fi films, actually. Yep. This podcast is futuristic—except, all this crazy tech stuff is happening in the future arriving sooner than you think!

To tell us all about it (and to bewilder us), Nigel Dalton—one with the coolest title going around—Chief Inventor at realestate.com.au (REA)—literally awes the couch. With 25+ years of experience in IT, Nigel co-founded Luna Tractor, which is responsible for discovering the crème de la crème in the digital space and bringing these phenomenal developments to the Australian property market.

You will laugh as Bryce and Ben turn The Property Couch into a virtual 3D house inspection, looking seriously ridiculous in “extended reality” headsets!

This mind-blowing podcast includes:

• How the property industry will benefit from robots, drones, avatars and reality-altering headwear
• Is technology a friend or your foe?
• The “human” side of technology and whether or not you’ll lose your job to a robot (seriously)
• The social implications of technology and the boundaries that shouldn’t be pushed
• Where big data are being collected, how it’s analysed and when will it start changing our day-to-day tasks
• How technology will potentially outsmart a lazy real estate agent
• The trends happening in property, asset selection and the beginnings of a massive change in the industry
• How many years (!) it will take until we live and work in a virtual reality (prepare yourself)
• Trialling the Microsoft HoloLens … and why the groundbreaking “virtual reality” headwear will be the next hit
• How to “air tap” or simply look at a wall to enter a house (we’re not kidding)
• The global competition in real estate and the digital space
• How to “dream build”
• BREAKING NEWS: Will iPhone’s Suri will be able to pick your investment property for you!

In Nigel’s own words, it’s: “The cutting edge in what’s crazy.”

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That’s right guys. Duncan McPherson, Director at Nelson Alexander (also a successful property consultant, auctioneer, founder of Nelson Alexander Charitable Foundation and a property investor himself) started his roots in a small country town as, well, a butcher. Yep—his story is absolutely a white-butcher’s-coat to wealth-building-creation!

Duncan is a family man, centred on honest and committed customer service, who has built his riches on sharing what he knows and paying it forward, giving almost $2.5 million dollars to local charities in the process.

On the couch to share his wisdom, humbleness and good humour with the boys, Duncan explains:

• How he came to Melbourne as a butcher and ended up as a highly-successful real estate figure
• Why one man in a black BMW, a shiny suit and a bad attitude was likely the catalysis for his career change
• How Nelson Alexander, since 1971, has transformed the face of real estate services, especially in the Northern suburbs
• How he approaches property investment with 20+ years of experience
• What are his criteria for a successful asset selection?
• Which one is a “better” investment: a house or a townhouse?
• What does “buying land and airspace” means and how you can value from it
• What is “The Beef Wellington” to add value to your property?
• What to look for in a quality real estate agent and how to outsmart them
• How many off-market properties exist without you even knowing they’re For Sale? 
• The inevitability of housing affordability—has it always been tough breaking into the market?
• When will he consider buying a property with someone else?
• What he looks for in an investment property and what always impresses him

We really, really think you’ll benefit from this one guys. It’s one thing to hear tips from the best in the business, but another thing entirely to hear it from someone who made it there from the humblest of beginnings!

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Happy AWE-GUEST! Yep, the month of “Awe-guest” — it’s a little bit witty isn’t it  — means only awesome things because we are releasing 2 EPISODES A WEEK WITH THE MOST AWESOME GUESTS for the entire month!

To kick start Awe-guest, we are stoked to announce Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at REA Group is here for the second time — you can listen to her first episode on which market to invest in 2017 here. With more than 20 years of experience in property research throughout Asia Pacific, Nerida is THE professional to talk to when it comes to the economy and market conditions!

Sharing what she knows best with Bryce and Ben, Nerida and the boys cover:

• How the cyclical conditions in Tasmania will affect property investors
• What the changes are to foreign investment and how they affect our economy and your investing
• Where Chinese buyers are choosing to invest and how it’s affecting the Sydney boom
• What other long-term affordability solutions are out there
• Whether or not rates will increase for homebuyers
• What the banks will do if the interest rate on mortgage loans increases
• How interest rates and unemployment levels correlate with demand in a market
• How to look at investment in Brisbane and the gentrification in Adelaide
• What the “expectation problem” in Melbourne is and how to use it to your advantage?

And here’s the link to all the resources mentioned in today’s show:

• CoreLogic’s latest report on Capital Gains Trend – Read here
• Bryce’s appearance on ABC 7.30 on Housing Affordability (21-minute mark) – Watch here
• The Code of The Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani – Find out more
• The 5C’s Lenders look at to Approve your Loan – Watch here

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Alright, folks! It’s Q & “Accounting” time! Yep, on the couch today we’re talking all things tax! Here to help us wade through the grey area is Frank Azzopardi from our friends at YK Partners. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Frank joined us back in Episode 48!

So, we’ve received a couch-load of questions about tax lately, and quite a few of you have these questions because you’ve “temporarily departed” overseas—you’re Aussie Expats working in another country, but investing in properties back here. And as you know, this can be quite the pickle for tax purposes!

Trying not to number-crunch the neurotransmitters in your brain, here are what B1 & B2 + Frank discuss:

• Is there a tax-free threshold when you live overseas?
• What is a Double Tax Agreement and what does it mean for you?
• How does foreign tax credit work?
• How do you offset tax losses?
• Tax Talking, What’s the difference between a PPOR and an IP?
• Can you claim tax on Lender's Mortgage Insurance?
• What really constitutes “Repair” or “Capital Improvement”?
• Can you negatively gear a property as an expat?
• What is the “6-Year Rule” of Capital Gains Tax?
• Can you avoid Capital Gains Tax?
• What’s the risk of the loan in two people’s names (joint ventures)?
• What’s the tax cut for your kids when they inherit your property?

Some of the helpful resources mentioned today are:

• Income Tax Rates – Find out more here
• What are Tax Treaties or Double Tax Agreements (DTA)? – Find out more here
• LocationScore Research Tool – Explore it here
• Episode 1 of Season 2 with RealEstate.com.au – Watch here

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Did we deliver on the gold in PART ONE?

Jeremy Sheppard, also the Director of Research at Select Residential Property, definitely has a serious knack for data collection and analysis, doesn’t he? 

Chasing the tail of Part One, PART TWO unpacks the remaining 3 of the 8 fundamental indicators that affect demand and supply.

The last 3 are:

1. Vendor Discount
2. Rental Yield
3. Renters versus owner-occupiers

Yep. Did we warn you that this episode could be quite overwhelming? Stay with us.

It’s been no secret that we’ve been waiting A LONG TIME to share this episode with you because … LocationScore is finally live!!

So, what is LocationScore?

Jeremy met with The Property Couch’s Bryce and Ben back in 2016 and that led to their creation of this online property research tool.

All of the indicators you hear mentioned in this episode are exactly what LocationScore’s algorithm measures! They are the tools that sniff out supply and demand levels all across the country, changing the face of Capital Growth, and investing, forever!

So, what if we could tell you the suburbs—right down to the specifics of houses and units—that are saturated in scarcity, landing you the BETTER LOCATIONS to increase your chances of making real returns in the long term?

This is what LocationScore, pioneered by Jeremy, Ben and Bryce, has been designed to do for you.

These indicators are the wires that power LocationScore. And with over 15,000 suburbs in the Australian market, Jeremy, Ben and Bryce continue to untangle them for you, hoping to fix the headache of finding investment-grade suburbs and, in turn, crucial asset selection.

Let’s be honest: there’s obviously a lot to tell you.

We hope you like this one guys!

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• LocationScore Webinar | Register your interest here
• Interested in the LocationScore Advantage? | Check it out here. (Discount Code: TPC20. Valid till 19th August 2017)

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We’ve been building this one up a bit, haven’t we? But TODAY is the day we’ve got Jeremy Sheppard on the couch! Jeremy—himself an investor with 16 properties in his own portfolio—explains his years of passion in data collection, analysis and research into the levels of supply and demand (across every market and 15,000 suburbs in Australia). This passion pioneered the DSR Formula and the inception of DSRData.com.au.

How it works (nutshell): Supply and demand are the only things that affect the future price of any good. If you know the exact level of supply and demand in a market, you can roughly predict its capital growth direction—up or down/making you money, or not.

But how do you identify the level, and how can specific variables influence the market’s movement?

There are 8 proven indicators that measures EXACTLY WHERE demand exceeds supply, honing in on where the capital growth lives.

And in PART ONE, 5 of the 8 key indicators will be explained by the boys. They are:

1. Stock on Market
2. Auction Clearance Rates
3. Online Search Interest
4. Days on Market
5. Vacancy Rate (and how to calculate your own vacancy rate)

Just listen. We promise more gold than ever.

If you like this podcast: “Everything You Need To Know About Picking The Next Hotspot – Chat with Jeremy Sheppard”, don’t forget to rate us on our iTunes channel (The Property Couch Podcast) and our Facebook page. If you have any questions or ideas, feel free to drop us your thoughts here: New Topics

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