69. FI case study: Are first home buyer schemes worth it?
Aussie FIRE | Financial Independence Retire Early · Hayden Smith & Dave Gow
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Show Notes
What happens when a government equity scheme starts to feel like a trap? In this episode, Hayden and Dave sit down with listener Steve to unpack his property situation and map out a path forward.
Steve is a self-employed sports coach earning around $120,000–$130,000 a year, with a partner on $100,000. He owns an apartment worth roughly $570,000, holds a $200,000 ETF portfolio, and used the Victorian Homebuyer Fund to get into the market with a 25% government equity stake still sitting on his property.
In this episode they cover:
👉 How the Victorian Homebuyer Fund works and why Steve is feeling stuck
👉 Whether refinancing could free him from the government equity stake without selling his ETFs
👉 The case for rent-vesting as a flexible alternative to upsizing
👉 How to weigh lifestyle preferences against pure FIRE optimisation
👉 Why financial flexibility can matter more than squeezing every dollar out of a strategy
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