E93 // The Property Pod - Housing Affordability in Tasmania (With Chris & John McGregor & Sam Allwright)

Mixing things up this week, John has hijacked the mics and is having an in depth discussion about a recent Real Estate Institute of Australia - REIA report on Housing Affordability.

You can also head over to our Blog to find an in depth break down of the report:

https://www.4one4realestate.com.au/2021/09/housing-and-rental-affordability-decline-in-tassie/

This week the 4one4 Property Co. Property Pod team are getting down and dirty!!! Reppin' their MKH Contracting gear they dive into Hobart Ferry Trial running from Bellerive to Princess Wharf, the Wild Wintery weather of the past week and How the rental market could be affected by Airbnb restrictions!!!!

The boys sure have some fun with their 'Sponsorship', so jump on board this week, jump on board the MKH x 4one4 Property Co Property Pod!!!!

Transcript of “Hobart Ferry Trial”

Episode: | EP91
Show Title: | Hobart Ferry Trial
Cast: | Aaron Horne, Patrick Berry, & John McGregor
Show Length: | 24 minutes 44 seconds

Patrick: Exactly! Just use the things you have, people, which already exist. [laughter]

John: Yeah, that's the whole plan for the next city: use what you got! [laughter]

[intro music]

Going once... going twice... SOLD! You're listening to The Property Pod!

Aaron: All right, gang. It's your rough and tumble, ready to roll, MKH Contracting-sponsored podcast, The Property Pod. I'm your host, Aaron Horne and I'm joined, as always, by MKH Contracting-wearing superstar, Patrick Berry.

Patrick: Hey, everyone! How's it going? 

Aaron: And I don't know if John got the memo, but John is also wearing some contracting gear today…

John: Unfortunately, I didn't have any MKH gear because I'm still waiting for my MKH Contracting gear. 

Patrick: Don't worry, it'll be in the mail.

John: I'm looking forward to getting my MKH Contracting gear... [laughter]

Aaron: I feel like the dream is you start a podcast and all you want is somebody out there to listen be like, "jeez, I wish they'd talk about me on that podcast"

Patrick: Yeah yeah!

Aaron: "I'm gonna send them some stuff." [laughter] 

Patrick: And if you do…

John: MKH Contracting... we we wear it [laughter]

John: All I could think of is that scene from Wayne's World where he's wearing the full Reebok and he's going, "it's like people only do things because they get paid and that's really sad, you know" [laughter]

Aaron: Totally agree, but shout out to Pat's good mates at MKH Contracting! They have provided us with some very very nice attire here...they also do a really good job at moving dirt [laughter] and what they do, but they also make some nice clothes [laughter]

John: As it turns out…

Aaron: So, Pat, tell us all about the sponsorship you've got us. 

Patrick: Oh well, so far I've hooked us up with one hoodie and one t-shirt...you know, we're really rising up here at The Property Pod, so I'm pumped about that…

John: I don't get anything that's a good start, as far as I'm concerned.

Patrick: Well, I'll just share my mine then... [laughter]

Aaron: The tricky bit is for everyone out there listening, if you heard last week, Pat mentioned his friends, Marcus and Kirsten, they like to listen to us as they go to sleep. So, we said, "Oh, maybe we're boring and we don't keep them interested." But now they're gonna be so interested they won't be able to sleep; they'll be jumping up in bed just thinking like, "yes, we're famous for all their listeners!" [laughter]

Patrick: All 35…

Aaron: No, look... I'll shout out that Sam last week on the show, all his people out there in his greater world, our show went gangbusters out there…

Patrick: I'll tell you what it did all the way up to Bernie, I saw we had comments from people up there and like man, Sam has got some serious connections out there. So exciting to see what he can do.

Aaron: Yeah no, it was a really really good episode with Sam talking on the show last week and it was really really well received from a few people reaching out and saying, "fix up his hair"

John: Yeah! [laughter]

Aaron: We will work on that as we get deeper into his 4one4 career.

Patrick: Well, no doubt. He'll be listening to this week's episode while he's up at Derby riding down the trails, probably have those headphones in and just…

John: I could just imagine, maybe we've got a six months, you know... a six month hair update.

Patrick: I want to know how he keeps that hair so good under that helmet of his…

Aaron: Well, can I say I don't know he'll listen to this and I want to see if he comes back, but can I say as I was editing the podcast together, he had this real Harvey Specter kind of look about him, you know, suits the TV show. You guys watch that?

John: Yeah yeah... 

Aaron: Yeah, I just like... if you catch him in the right angle, I think there's a little Harvey Specter going on there so hopefully, he's good at wheeling his deal…

Patrick: I was gonna say, Harvey gets the job done so, you know, fingers crossed he has the same traits. [laughter]

Aaron: Indeed. All right, enough banter for this morning, let's jump straight into some of our show. We're planning to talk a bit about the community of Tasmania at the moment. I thought we'd cover off on the Ferry, the latest trial there, talk a little bit about the weather that came in and did a bit of damage, and then I think talk about Kingston and the pool down there. Ariane Titmus got us all excited about swimming here in Tassie, so we could cover up on a few of those topics.

John: And if we've got time to the...

Patrick: I have no time for whatever topic you're bringing up... [laughter]

John: Well, it's the real estate specific one ... [laughter]

Patrick: Baby, you know we don't have time, we don't have time. What are you gonna do?

Aaron: Here's what it is... we're construction boys now. [the two agree]

Patrick: We just know about diggers, excavators, and bobcats.

John: I can see some waterproofing still stuck on these pants. [laughter] 

John: I know what I'm doing... [laughter]

Aaron: Yeah, baby. [laughter]

Aaron: So, first thing I wanted to cover off today... we'll get to the real estate stuff, John. Thank you for bringing that up, but um…

John: Okay, I like the idea of talking about the weather, th...

Transcript of “Allwright, Allwright, Allwright”

Episode: | EP90
Show Title: | Allwright, Allwright, Allwright
Cast: | Aaron Horne, Patrick Berry, & John McGregor
Guest: | Sam Allwright
Show Length: | 22 minutes 08 seconds

Sam: And obviously, real estate provided opportunities to work with people a lot more closely--a lot more relationships, but then at the same time, it gives me flexibility during the week: picking up the daughter, doing a little bit of work from home, a little bit out, you give a bit more on the Saturdays, be a little bit back during the week…

[intro music]

Going once... going twice... SOLD! You're listening to The Property Pod!

Aaron: All right, all right, all right. Welcome to The Property Pod, your weekly engagement into a fun and entertaining show all about real estate here in the Hobart marketplace. [laughter]

John: You better believe it. 

Aaron: You better believe it. Trying out new intros is pretty tricky, I'm your host, Aaron Horne. I'm joined as always by Patricia Berry and Jonathan McGregor 

John: Well, let's face it. If commanding pauses can be difficult sometimes, but it's worth practicing

Aaron: Yeah, I pulled it off all right, can I get that?

John: Yeah, I totally agree.

Aaron: Yeah no, look. Shout out to everybody that's listening along. You heard our Olympic intros the other week, here we are with something brand new. Pat's claimed that we can't do the same one every week. I think it's good for continuity, Pat thought…

Patrick: I just thought I'd change it up, you know, we've got 80 episodes now, just felt a bit repetitive.

Aaron: 80 mate, 90.

Patrick: Oh [ __ ]

John: How many hours did you work out?

Aaron: I was lying in bed last night. I was trying to nut out how many times we've done this, like you could essentially listen to The Property Pod for two days straight... [laughter] 

Patrick: Look. Speaking of people going to bed, I did find for my friends this week Marcus and Kirsten, who are probably be listening right now, that they enjoy the soulful sounds of us sleeping at nighttime [laughter] so I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but shout out to you, guys, while you lay there trying to go to sleep tonight.

John: Welcome to The Property Pod…

Aaron: I couldn't work out whether that was a really good thing or a really bad thing, like it was so boring that we put people to sleep or are we so soothing, those soulful terms, the focal tones are just like, "I really like crawling asleep" [John agrees] we can flip it either way. You guys are in sales, so you can flip it however you want…

Patrick: Hey, I'm just excited someone's listening so I'll take it. [laughter]

Aaron: Well, shout out to all our listeners out there! We had a really good response to last week's episode and I feel like we're gonna have a really good response to this week's episode. So this week, we've brought in a special guest and it's someone that you might get to know a bit more moving forward with The Property Pod and with 4one4 Property Co. Today, we are bringing in a brand new team member, a new guy that is joining the 4one4 family, we're bringing in Sam Allwright!

Sam: Cheers! Good Morning, everybody! How are you?

Aaron: Very well. Thanks for joining us on The Property Pod and thanks for joining us here in the 4one4 family.

Sam: I'm excited with this. It's getting very interesting. I love all the gear, I love all the tech... 

Aaron: Yeah, there's nothing like joining a new company and then and coming and saying, "hey, just jump on camera and tell us your life story, so that we can like check you" like this is the interview actually. 

Sam: I'm just being very careful I don't break anything. [laughter] I do have a history of breaking items. Anything expensive, keep it away from me. [laughter]

Aaron: Well, speaking of history, can you give all the listeners out there a little history in yourself, kind of a little flash into who Sam Allwright is? 

Sam: Sure! Very very roughly, I've been in real estate for probably about 12 months, been in sales though I suppose you'd say for probably over 20 years. So, I've been dealing with a lot of clients, with government customers, print houses that sort of stuff, so I've had a lot of dealings with people back to front, but then I suppose, outside of that, I've dealt a lot to do with cooking, mountain biking, motor vehicles, car racing, motorbikes 

Aaron: So your activities, man, you'll have a little bit of extreme sports out there in the...

Sam: Oh, 100%! Most of the reason I probably got into sales, so I could actually work while talking about cars. It's probably a bit of a selfish thing, you get to talk about the things that you like with the people that you like. It makes my life so much more fun, I suppose.

Aaron: It might sound like a silly thing, but real estate not cars was ever there…

Sam: I did dabble a little bit in cars a long time ago, but it is difficult to deal with the fast cars and the expensive ones all the time. [laughter] [John agrees] which is where my heart is.

John: Yeah, gotcha. Is it sort of a very different environment of selling too like where you work cars versus real estate? Has that been an interesting transition?

Sam: Yeah, cars was a long time ago that when I was much younger, but yeah, it's very much sitting in a small confined space where here in real estate, you get to get out and actually physically make people in their own homes, much more of what they're doing, you get to make a lot more lasting friendships because you're dealing with them over two to three months, right? Rather than one or two interactions in an office…

John: Yeah and out again, now you did mention that cooking was a thing. Does that mean that you're the one who's doing most the bulk of the cooking at home? what's the story?

Sam: It's me doing the bulk of the cooking at home, 100% say that. I do love my partner, but cooking is not one of her strong shoots. She has many, [John agrees] she will listen to this, she has many lovely... [laughter] but cooking's not one of them...

John: So we can talk about all our good traits and none of our flaws... [laughter]

Sam: Please don't edit that out [laughter]

Sam: But yeah, look. Cooking, somethin...

This week the 4one4 Property Co Property Pod team cover off on some outstanding results John has had during the week, some staggering statistics of house prices going up by almost $400 a day in Tasmania at the moment.... and of course to keep things light and fun, how Tasmania has scored well on a Sustainability Report, and can now boast about being 1 of the top 5 safest places in the globe in the event of a Mad Max style Global Collapse...

This week is the Property Pod team chat about their excitement around the 2020 Olympic Games, the Hobart City Councils decision to not go ahead with the latest Cable Car proposal & the opening of a New 6 million Dollar sports facility in Brighton, Tasmania.

This week the team are joined by 4one4 Property Co.'s Property Management Director (& Pats wife), Abbey Berry, to discuss an initiative started up recently to celebrate the work of Property Managers across Australia, the National Property Management Appreciation day

#NationalPropertyManagementAppreciationday

Find out more here: https://www.nationalpropertymanagersday.com.au/

Transcript of National Property Managers Appreciation Day

Episode: | EP87
Show Title: | National Property Managers Appreciation Day
Cast: | Aaron Horne, Patrick Berry & John McGregor
Guest | Abbey Berry
Show Length: | 25 minutes 20 seconds

Abbey: But so many of our owners were so generous in the rent reductions that they would give to their tenants and that was just really heartening to see that there really are still a lot of people out there prepared to do good.

[intro music]

Going once... going twice... SOLD! You're listening to The Property Pod!

Aaron: All right, guys! Welcome back to The Property Pod, your weekly engagement here into real estate in the Hobart marketplace. I'm your host, Aaron Horne, and as you can see from my lips moving, I'm the only one in the room that hasn't been to mainland Australia in the past a little period. Just moving around the room from a visual point of view for everyone out there watching, you'll see that we have a masked up team here in the pod studio. I'm joined, as always, by John McGregor 

John: Hey, how are you?

Aaron: How are you, mate?

John: Doing good. I feel really...I feel it's almost like "V for Vendetta" style where I'll just have to be... you can't see my facial expressions so just be deadpan for the entire bloody hell entire episode. [laughter]

Aaron: Yes, we'll have to do a lot of eye communicating; talk with your eyes on this one, buddy and Pat, how are you, my friend? 

Patrick: I'm over this mask, but I'm doing my part.

Aaron: No look, it's it's one of those little things where we  

here in Tassie, being really lucky with the COVID restrictions and things that have been bestowed upon us, so yeah, if you guys have to do a a little bit of mask wearing in the office because you've visited... it's finally y'all went to Victoria on the same weekend for different reasons, but you just happen to be there and then you come back you're like: "ah... we've got a directive that we need to wear our masks''

Patrick: Yeah, it was supposed to end last night but they've just extended it to Friday so a couple more days of this beautiful thing.

Aaron: That's all right. It's nice to see you guys going around. I actually think Shredder more than I think V for Vendetta. I kind of feel like ninja pedals.

John: You know, I take back my previous statement and I'm going to go with yours Aaron: Speaking of Friday, jumping straight into things that are coming up this week other than the masks being removed--oh it's almost like the "Masked Singer" as well, you know that TV... [laughter]

Aaron: Lots going on! Speaking of Friday coming up, it's a day I didn't know existed. I don't think it existed before... last year, we'll have to check off with some facts, but it's actually National Property Manager's Day

Patrick: Yes, it is.

Aaron: So who wants to jump in and tell us about National Property Managers Day?

Patrick: I'll jump in as. So you are correct. It only started last year during the first outbreak of the pandemic and it really came about because of all of the legislation that changed and the hard work that a lot of the property managers had to go through last year sort of navigating tenants and landlords and trying to, in commercial properties, trying to make sure everyone was able to stay afloat. So RIE New South Wales (REINSW) obviously brought it in.  

Aaron: Yeah, that was where I was reading off. It was kind of the REINSW which is a mouthful; we've got the nice REIT that's easy to roll off the tongue. I'm sure they're used to saying REINSW [laughter] but I read that they started off this year and then all the other institutes around Australia are kind of picking it up this year. A lot of them are jumping on boards and yeah, REIT are jumping on board, as well as 4one4!

Patrick: Yeah, so we see it as a good opportunity just to recognise some of our staff and the work that they do, because let's face it, the property management job is a hard job [everyone agrees]

John: It is. It goes to show that I'll be the way in which we do business and interact just completely changed in an instant and so many people were just as a result of that change, so many laws changed, so many expectations changed, so many responsibilities changed, and with that then, the roles of real estate agents have actually, as far as I'm concerned, you know concern and become even more important as these roles you know, this is the world changes because we're the means to help people connect to get to where they need to be in amongst all this chaos [Aaron: indeed] and I think the property managers had to deal with people in probably the most stressful situation that on a blanket scale because all of a sudden, there was so much uncertainty and there are the ones that had to bear the brunt of being able to give certainty to our clients as well as landlords and tenants and guide them through that extreme situation--they did a phenomenal job. 

Patrick: Yeah, and that's why this year, we thought we'd get on board with National Property Managers Day and celebrate it a bit this week [Aaron agrees] so we thought we'd start off by getting my wife, Abbey, in. 

Aaron: Welcome to The Property Pod, Miss Abbey Berry! 

Patrick: First thing I'm mostly excited about is this will be the first episode she's ever listened to because she's in the room with us and she has no choice [laughter]

Aaron: I was going to say, "you think she'll listen back after it?"

Patrick: I don't think so [laughter] 

Abbey: I don't know you tried to trick me in the car the other day and put an episode [laughter]

Patrick: Don't touch…

Aaron: No, thank you so much for coming in. I think we're up to episode 87 and then I'm happy to know that 87 of those have not been listened to by yourself, [laughter] but we do appreciate you coming in and being a part of the show for us. 

Abbey: Thanks for having me! Finally, after 87 episodes... [laughter] 

John: Oh yeah, there it is…

Aaron: So, Abbey, for all those people out there that are not aware, Pat doesn't just bring his wife to work every day. You don...

This week we chat about Tasmania's Ancillary Dwellings Grant Program that applications have just opened up on... The boys discuss how this may be an answer for the Housing Shortage that is currently affecting the Hobart Marketplace.

Transcript of Granny Flat Grant

Episode: | EP86
Show Title: | Granny Flat Grant
Cast: | Aaron Horne, Patrick Berry & John McGregor
Show Length: | 25 minutes 48 seconds

John: To build that granny flat, it actually quite... it could be potentially a very good financial move for a client, so the numbers stack up for sure.

[intro music]

Going once... going twice... SOLD! You're listening to The Property Pod!

Aaron: Okay, guys. Welcome back to The Property Pod, your weekly engagement into real estate here in the Hobart marketplace--I'm getting so good at this intro--my name is Aaron Horne. 

Patrick: I'm so glad you went there, because... [laughter]

Aaron: Absolutely! Yeah, thank you so much! Welcome back to The Property Pod. I'm your host, Aaron Horne, and I'm joined…

John: ... and he is crushing it [laughter]

Aaron: I'm on fire this morning, guys. It was freezing this morning, so when I woke up this morning to my son, I put on the "Hello, Google" and it said, "Welcome, Good Morning! It's minus one." You gotta love a minus one morning here in this brisk brisk state of Tasmania.

Patrick: It's so cold when I left home this morning. I got rid of the ice off the car with the old bucket of water, and started driving down Crosby road. Had to pull back over because the water had re-frozen [laughter] onto the front of the glass and then Parker and I had to drive back with no vision to get more water.

Aaron: I was doing the "Ace Ventura head out the window" trick, you know he drives with his head out of the window, yeah, so I was doing that one because I only have to cross two streets [laughter] I probably shouldn't say that in the company car [laughter] that I was driving somewhat, I'm...  

Patrick: Insurance claim... [laughter]

Aaron: No, the mercury dropped very very low but, Pat... well Pat, you're meant to be on the warmer side of the country.

Patrick: I was supposed to be in Queensland but here I am with you, boys, instead

John: Well, you're welcome! [laughter]

Patrick: Not sure if that's a good thing or not, but hey, I'll take it 

Aaron: Look, I think one positive of it was: you would have missed your daughter's dance recital this morning at the Stedeford's, had you been in Queensland…

John: Oh yeah

Patrick: That's true. [Aaron: you got to get there this morning...] instead, I got to watch dancing for a couple hours, but hey…

Aaron: Mate, you were beaming when you came back and you said that... 

Patrick: It was pretty funny [Aaron agrees] like, I don't think it was supposed to be funny, but it was. Kids are funny. 

John: I watched that movie "Little Miss Sunshine", a couple of nights ago and that great scene where you find out that the whole dance scene that her grandfather taught it was just an absolute abomination. I just... I love that scene, so you just made the whole... I'd love to go to a dance result or something like that where that happens.

Aaron: Well, it's not the same; it's in the movie, but you were describing a young girl who maybe just danced to the beat of her own drum...

Patrick: ...on stage and it didn't matter what everyone else was doing, she was going to do…

John: I love that! [laughter]

Patrick: That's very good [laughter]

Aaron: All right, let's jump into some real estate stuff today. We've got to get into it;

We've got a little bit to talk about. First up, there's this realestate.com report that's come out that... it's not quite in our realm, but it's in the rental realm of things you want to cover off on this, John?

John: So I think what's describing is that the amount of views that's coming through the website for rental properties in Tasmania has just again continued to increase so…

Patrick: Yeah, crazy. I think they were saying 2,600 views per listing. 

John: Yeah, that's amazing!

Patrick: It's just silly [John agrees] like that's just unbelievable…

Aaron: I can't even fathom that that many people are looking at rental listings like here, there, and everywhere to just try…

Patrick: And there appears to be a lot of tenants moving around a moment. We've had a few lease breaks take place at the moment and I follow a couple of Facebook pages like rental towers and a few others, and there's a lot of people that seem to be just finishing up in a lease where they're at and and moving into something else [John: moving sideways] yeah and I don't know if they're doing that to try get a cheaper rent or if they're doing it because it doesn't fit their needs anymore, but yeah, just a bit of movement around at the moment, but the market's still really strong. This shows that--like 2,600 views per property. That's a lot of people...

John: 100 percent! When that's just like straight activity and more so to that, it's unlikely where you'll have, say in a real estate--in a sales transaction, you just got a lot of people sticky baking. It's not as common we find that you're going to be sticky peeking just at other rental properties.

Aaron: Yes, that seems more like out of necessity than out of kind of: "I just want to have a window shop through what could potentially be"

John: Yeah yeah, exactly right…

Patrick: Yeah, but this stat here: it's the highest number in Australia. So, out of all of the entire country, people looking here the most for rentals. But it's up by 72.4%.

John: That's insane! 

Patrick: It just shows how many people are seeing Tasmania as an option and maybe, they can't buy at the moment, so they have to rent because they move back to the state and there's no stock for sale like there's a heap of different reasons why maybe the rental market is still just booming along.

Aaron: I think out of this report as well, it had something to do with Hobart being again top three cities and it's still seen affordable as from the mainland perspective--from the perspective of I can afford to look into that market. [John agrees] Again, we're in that position where there's not a lot of stock on...

Want to hear Aaron's Brain explode as he tries to discuss something he knows very little about on a Podcast???? Then this episode is for you.....

Episode: | EP85
Show Topic: | Tax Tips for Property Investors
Cast: | Aaron Horne, Patrick Berry & John McGregor
Show Length: | 20-30 Minutes
Date/time: | 30/06/2021 @ 8:45am 
Location: | 4one4 Real Estate - 414 Main Road, Glenorchy

End of the financial year: 30th of June
Start date on processing of 2020-21 tax returns: 7th of July

In March 2020, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Commissioner Chris Jordan revealed that an audit of property investors found errors in just shy of nine out of every ten returns reviewed.According to the ATO’s website, among the common errors made by rental property owners “that concern us” were:
(1) Claiming deductions for properties that are not genuinely available for rent,
(2) Claiming deductions for loan interest expenses when a portion of the loan was used for private purposes
(3) Incorrect categorisation of capital works and capital allowances
(4) Not having records to substantiate income received and deductions claimed
(5) Incorrectly apportioned claims for interest deductions

Tax Return Details: A tax return is a form you complete online, on paper or get a tax agent to help you with, that tells (1) how much money (income) you earn and (2) if you are claiming any deductions.

This information is used to check if you: (1) have paid enough tax or too much, (2) need to pay the Medicare levy or surcharge, (3) can get any tax offsets (for example, the low and middle income tax offsets).

If you pay more tax than you need to, ATO will refund the extra amount to you (this is known as a tax refund). If you don't pay enough tax then you may receive a tax bill.Reasons to Lodge Your Tax Return:had any tax taken out (withheld) from income you receivehad $1 or more of foreign incomeare a liable or recipient parent under a child support assessmenthad business or investment incomeare leaving Australia and have a study or training support loan

Some Important Points: “Residential property investors can claim a range of expenses, just as long as they have appropriate documentation and receipts”

Deductible expenses:
- interest on the mortgage
- property management fees - repairs and maintenance
- providing renovations/ enhancing the property

“If you did have a tenant that was unable to pay you for a length of time, then you’re likely to have a much bigger tax write off.”
(For more information, especially on the detailed processes, advise the listeners to visit www.ato.gov.au)

The status of your property can determine your tax concessions
- Before you file your taxes, understand the status of the properties in your portfolio.
- If you’re not currently renting your property to anyone, ask yourself – is your property available for rent? As this can impact how tax affects it.

Make sure all repairs, improvements, and construction costs are recorded properly- Keep a track of all the expenses and investments you’ve made on each of your properties, as these may allow for some tax dedications.- you can claim a 2.5% deduction of the construction costs for 40 years from the date when the construction was completed-if you paid for initial repair after purchasing a property or had to fix damages that resulted from renting out your property, you can claim deductions for the cost.
Take note of your capital gains and losses- Your capital gains or capital losses refer to the difference in dollar value between when you bought and improved a property to what you receive upon selling that property. (these can affect your deductions)
-If you make a capital gain, you must include the gain in the income year that it was acquired. On the other hand, a capital loss can be carried forward and be deducted from capital gains in later years.

Organise your records
-Whether you’re a buyer, an owner, or a seller, keeping your documents organised during the entire year instead of trying to source them all when tax time approaches can be stressful, and you may even miss some. -Try scanning all transaction receipts so you could keep them in one place
Ask for an expert’s help-The first person to start with is a quality tax accountant as they can provide more specific advice that’s suited to your circumstances and financial goals.

Tips and Tricks for Home Preparation for Sales Photos :

Front of house/facade

- ensure all cars and trailers are removed from the driveway and park them out of sight instead
- keep the lawns mowed and the pathway cleaned
- remove all unnecessary items
- keep your windows neat

Kitchen and Dining Area
- declutter the area and empty the kitchen benches to make your place look larger
- remove everyday items such as dish racks, tea towels, rubbish bins, pet bowls, and the like
- put distracting things off the fridge like magnets, bills, kids’ artwork, etc
- add a large fruit bowl or a bunch of fresh flowers in the area

Lounge and Living Areas
- clear away all DVDs, TV Guides, magazines, and remote control
- keep the coffee table clear from any unnecessary items, but a few good books will add up to the aesthetics
-  remove throw rugs and couch covers for a neat and comfortable atmosphere

Bedrooms
- ensure that the beds are neatly made with new bedsheets, blankets, and pillow cases
- make it look organised
- remove irrelevant items in the rooms such as personal things in the bed side table, or posters from the wall

Bathrooms/Ensuite
- ditch those personal things in the shower area
-  tidy up your vanity and make sure everything’s in order
- Remove clothes hampers, bath mats, rubbish bins, and other insignificant items
-  display fresh matching towels
- ensure that the shower screen and the mirror is clean
- put down the toilet seat

BBQ area and Backyard
- keep it clean and free from any trash and wilted leaves
- kids’ toys, gardening tools, dog kennels, and pet toys aren’t necessary for the photos
- take the garbage and recycle bins away
- make sure that the BBQ area is clean and leaf-free
- remove the BBQ cover and open up the umbrellas

General Items
- ensure that all blinds all throughout your house are open and at the same height
- check if all lighting globes are working
- replace white globes with yellow ones
- make sure that all hanging furniture, photos, and wall arts are aligned accordingly

Transcript of Ready, Set, Shoot: A Conversation about Your Home Preparation

Episode: | EP84
Show Title: | Ready, Set, Shoot: A Conversation about Your Home Preparation
Cast: | Aaron Horne, Patrick Berry & John McGregor
Show Length: | 26 minutes 57 seconds

Patrick: Well, that it was always supposed to be an event for Tasmanians.  [Aaron agrees] In a kind of weird way, it was kind of cool that it was…

Aaron: We finally had a chance to lock it down and be like,  "oh, this is our event"

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Aaron: Alright, guys! Welcome back to The Property Pod, your weekly engagement here into real estate in the Hobart Marketplace.I'm your host,  Aaron Horne, and I'm joined by our 4one4 Property Co. Sales Agents, Directors, all of the above: Patrick Berry and John McGregor.

John: Gentlemen!

Patrick: Oh, that's like a wrestling intro…

Aaron: Yeah, I've done one of those before and I got quite excited this morning. I'm a few too many coffees deep at the moment, but yeah, we're getting there. It's a cold cold morning

Aaron: Actually, [John: it is frosting] [__] of recording, let it be noticed, the Winter Solstice

John: Oh right!

Aaron: All those people were nude down at the long beach in Sandy Bay [John reacts] jumping in that water

Patrick: So, that's why you're late to work this morning as?

Aaron: Well, yeah, funnily enough, I've been working on a blog post or we've been working on blog post about how much we love Dark MOFO here and at the end, it's like: "oh no, it always capped off with the people jumping in the water," none of us have ever done it--not once. No way, jose.

John: I don't know if I really wanted to be. I mean, I've done nudie runs and swims the beach, I don't know if I need that to my tick box, if that makes sense. I don't know.

Patrick: I reckon John in these 70s, is down there with the red cap [laughter] they're still doing it 

Aaron: It's amazing, I love Dark MOFO. Dark MOFO is one of my favorite festivals. It's amazing that so many people, especially Tasmanians, are out in force in the coldest part of winter. It's literally always over the the longest day of the winter solstice is when we have our shortest day, sorry, I've said the wrong way around.

Patrick: Longest night, longest night.  

Aaron: There, yeah, thank you very much for the for the save. But just to see so many people out and about in Hobart this year, obviously, a little bit different with Victoria kind of being locked out of the state, because I think we read a stat that said or 65 percent of the tickets sold are normally interstate people, so only like 45 percent of people that go to the events generally, are out of status. This year, kind of, you know, there was a block on lots of people coming, so it's really been Tassie people, Tasmanians out in force driving this event this year.

Patrick: Yeah, I think I also heard like the curators of the event were saying as well that it was always supposed to be an event for Tasmanians, in a kind of weird way, it was kind of cool that it was…

Aaron: We finally had a chance to lock it down and be like, "oh, this is our event for our day," but look, it's amazing it's a world-class event that is held in our backyard in the time of year when nobody normally goes outside.

John: Oh, without a question.

Aaron: You bunk it down; you hibernate. We do have really really cold temperatures here, there's frost on the car, this morning, people are out in the nut jumping in the water all for the sake of art  

Patrick: I think what was really cool is it just brings the city to life. The life like the amount of people that are out over the weekend was just huge. There were people everywhere like lines to get into nearly every event that was on. It was just fantastic to see.

John: Well and like, like you said, people with lines everywhere, but yeah, from... like from, through the city part where they're called Dark Town, wasn't it? Then all the way through into Salamanca as well, where there are other elements was unbelievable.

Aaron: It's just amazing also to see kind of the re-imagining of spaces that you've been to and kind of just looking at them with a different light, like I heard you discussing with someone how the street lights were turned off next to the odeon, and it just completely changed the vibe of the stream and look...

Patrick: Before...