Welcome to part 1 of our series on how to select the right market, suburb and property.

A few years ago I read two pieces of information that changed the way I will invest for the rest of my life.

1. Australia's metro markets have outperformed its regional markets by over 85% in the last 20 years, according to Core Logic. 2. Property prices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth all grew by an average amount of 9% per annum between 1976 and 2016, according to Homely.

As soon as I read this information I decide to only invest in metro and major regional markets moving forward and to stick to the biggest capital cities.

In this podcast, Simon sits down with Hayden, a previous client and now team member at Pumped On Property, to discuss how he was able to buy 5 properties, create financial peace and set up his family for life before his 27th birthday.

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When I was first starting out as a property investor I could never have imagined buying properties that not only achieve strong capital gains, but also incredible rental returns and tax benefits.

As my knowledge grew around timing and how I could manufacture value on the properties I was buying so did my short-term returns.

I'm really excited to bring you my version of property investing in today's Podcast.

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I love this quote from James Clear.

“Real wealth is not about money. Real wealth is: not having to go to meetings, not having to spend time with jerks, not being locked into status games, not feeling like you have to say ‘yes,’ not worrying about others claiming your time and energy. Real wealth is about freedom.”

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I recently had dinner with Phil Anderson (one of the worlds leading property historians).

I asked him where we are in the current real estate cycle and what's coming next.

He responded by saying the 18.6-year real estate cycle is currently on track and that he could see Australian property prices increasing by 50-70% in a number of locations between now and the end of 2026.

It was a great dinner and I'm so grateful to have an investor like Phil Anderson in my life.

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Simon Pressley is one of Australia's leading property analysts. In a series of recent articles on his website (Propertology), he looked deeply into the pros and cons of the state of the Australian economy and real estate markets.

I love the way Simon separates fact from fear.

His predictions are super bullish and while I will always personally be more conservative this podcast is well worth a listen.

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I was lucky enough to catch up with the great Phil Anderson a few weeks ago for a conference and then dinner.

He was more bullish on the Australian and global economy than any other time I have seen him live.

He mentioned the fear in the media will be short-lived and that he personally sees strong price growth in a number of real estate markets in the next 4 to 5 years.

During dinner we discussed the 18.6-year economic cycle and why it's impossible to have a recession this year.

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When I first started out as an investor there were no Podcasts or YouTube videos to check out online.

Unfortunately, this meant I made a heap of mistakes because I didn't know any better.

In this video, I share some of the major mistakes I've made so you can learn from my experience.

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I remember buying my first investment property in 2011.

I spent 6 months learning everything I could about the suburb I was going to buy-in. I even created an 80-page document on the suburb and showed it to one of my mentors at the time. I remember

I asked him (after we spent an hour going through the document) if he thought it was a good investment property - he said he didn't know. At the time I was pissed off with his answer.

Looking back now the document I created was full of the wrong information because I was asking the wrong questions.

What I should have asked my mentor at the time was

1. Would you buy this property knowing what you know now?

2. What makes a great investment property?

3. What would you buy if you were 24 years of age and just starting out as an investor knowing what you know now?

In this video, we discuss the process of buying an investment property from start to finish so you don't go in blind as I did.

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I heard an incredible quote the other day - whatever makes your soul happy do that.

Finding happiness and creating financial freedom is both so simple, the complicated part is our past, our ego and our fears.

We all deserve to find happiness and we all deserve to be financially free.

Let's work towards both from today forward.