Geared for Growth Property Investing Podcast

Mike is joined by Steve Palise, Property Investor and Author of "Commercial Property Investing Explained Simply". As an experienced buyer's agent, Steve has worked with thousands of clients to source and purchase quality commercial property investments across the country. Far from being the domain of only the big end of town, Steve believes that commercial property investing is well and truly attainable for the average punter, and in fact provides a more immediate path to strong cashflow.

Mike is joined by Julie Crockett, CEO and Founder of Australian Property Investment Solutions and experienced Buyer's Agent, to talk about the importance of having a plan when it comes to investing in property. Julie explains in clear terms the steps she believes to be important in creating and following a profitable investment plan.

Mike speaks with Drew Evans, Director of Caifu Property, on his philosophy of finding opportunities for himself and his clients that are under market value, and the potential to add value by completing small developments. Recognising that there are many ways to make money through property, Drew talks through some of the ways investors can manufacture equity and what to look out for in going down the development path.

Buyers' Advocate Lisa Parker shares her top five tips on how to spot a spruiker, and avoiding the pitfalls of making hasty or pressured decisions when it comes to building a property portfolio. From the enticement of the "one day only" specials at investment seminars, to the appeal of brand new property developments, Lisa provides direct examples of what to look out for, and the possible ramifications of ignoring the red flags.

Mike wraps up the four part series on What should you buy?, talking to Darren Venter, Director at The Investor's Agency, to discuss the merits of yield vs growth and whether investors should target one over the other. Darren likens the yield vs growth equation to a Toolbox, where the box is the equity and cash is the key which unlocks it. Mike and Darren explain in simple terms the balance that's required when weighing up the two drivers.

Mike turns his attention to the age old question of house vs unit. He's joined in this episode by Matt Sharp, Buyers Agent on the Central Coast of New South Wales. Matt's in-depth knowledge is brought to the fore in this clear and frank discussion about the relative merits of each style of investment. While there may not be a one size fits all solution, this episode highlights the various scenarios and the reasons behind each investment.

In part 2 of the four part series on What should you buy? Mike is joined by James Rankin, property advisor with Elephant Advisory in Melbourne. Here Mike and James delve into the ongoing debate – should you buy a bright shiny new property or are you better off investing in one that's already established? Drawing on years of combined experience, Mike and James talk us though the pros and cons of buying in a new development compared to an already established property.

This episode of the Property Investing Journey, Mike is joined by Veronica Morgan, Principal of Good Deeds Property Buyers and Co-Host of Real Estate podcast, The Elephant in the Room. Kicking off a four part series on "What should you buy", Mike and Veronica chat about the multitude of property clichés and whether there's any truth to them. Mike and Veronica dispel the myths behind these clichés, noting that these sayings tend to oversimplify the property process in what is oftentimes a complex market.

Mike is joined by David Johnston, founder of Property Planning Australia, to discuss the importance of creating and following an investment plan when it comes to buying property. In this episode, Mike and David explore the main criteria involved in setting a property strategy, including income goals, asset quality and mortgage structures. This podcast is required listening for anyone looking to build on their property portfolio in a way which maximizes their investment, and sets them up for future success.

Mike follows up his first episode on the property investing journey with this podcast exploring the equity question, speaking with industry guru Chris Bates from Wealthful. In this podcast Mike and Chris talk through the pros and cons of buying investment property with equity and how, with the right strategy in place, homeowners can dramatically reduce risk and ensure there's a buffer for life's inevitable surprises.

We're going to look from the beginning at how to save for a deposit or how to use equity to purchase an investment property through two common questions like houses versus units. How do you do research on certain areas all the way through to protecting your assets and settling down and becoming financially free. Starting off with episode one. We're looking at how to save for a deposit. So top tips to save for a deposit in record time. So we've got a special guest from Newcastle Financial Planning Group Tom Momsen, who you may have heard on the longest series of the Geared for Growth property investing podcast.

Enjoy this bonus tax time podcast from our very own Managing Director, Mike Mortlock as he provides our listeners with 4 hot tips on how to maximise your tax deductions this upcoming tax time.

Mike interviews a commercial property guru, buyers agent, published author and principal for Palise Property & Suburbanite, Steve Palise. He shared some information around the key differences between residential and commercial, the risks involved, he talks about how to spot good growth markets and the key difference between doing the research around commercial compared to a residential property.

We're taking a take a deep dive into a new real estate platform. Rate The Rental with Trevor White. It's a platform for renters across Australia to share their thoughts on properties and their experience with the dwelling and the people involved. It's designed to take the guess work out of providing renters with the information they need to make informed decisions about where they choose to live, based on real reviews.

We're chatting with Todd Sloan, a sales agent, author and host of the Pizza and Property Podcast. We chat to Todd about what he's learned interviewing some of the best and brightest in property, his insights for how sales agents manipulate buyers into doing what they want. Todd has a lot of experience in flipping and renovating an investment as well. So we ask questions about everything that he's done there, his best advice and a bit of a rundown on the Adelaide market where he's based.

We're interviewing Gilbert Melgar, founder of Suburbs Finder. Suburbs Finder is a platform that enables you to drill down across suburbs for properties that match your criteria i.e. minimum yield, number of bedrooms etc. We talk all about data and types of opportunities with boarding houses, and types of investments that he favours, and where he sees property investors getting it wrong.

We interview Brendan Clark, who's the principal Buyers Agent and Founder of The Property Curator. Brendan comes from the finance world. And it won't take very long for you to understand how valuable that is when he's doing his due diligence on property. So we talk about how he creates a property strategy and why it's so important, how to avoid spruikers and making sure that you are being very targeted in the areas that you're looking at.

We're talking to an absolute data genius, a man in rarefied air with his knowledge of property data analytics, machine learning, and the list goes on. He's worked for CoreLogic, for JLL, for PriceFinder. Kent Lardner is the founder of Suburb Trends and the co host of the Property Nerds podcast. We talked to Kent about property data, how to really look at statistically important data and the pitfalls in relying on things like medians when you're doing your analysis.

We interview Bushy Martin, founder of Know How Property Finance and host of the Get Invested Podcast. We chat about his background and how he got involved in property. We discuss property strategy and why calculating what you want to achieve in property is more important than the individual properties in the portfolio itself. There's some good insights in creating a plan, the importance of having a structure and a strategy, and about the property being subservient to what you want to achieve in property.

We interview Tim Garth and Dan Osborne, the hosts of Two Drunk Accountants podcast. We had the pleasure of some time together, as we jumped on each other's podcast, they were kind enough to have me as a guest on the Two Drunk Accountants which was a great bucket list exercise for me. During my interview with them, we talked about how to select an accountant and the importance of having a property specialist, and everything you need to know about accounting as a property investor.

Darren Piper, founder of Universal Buyers' Agents who works between the Sunshine Coast through Brisbane and the Gold Coast. We ask him about his background in sales and what that taught him that he can utilise to advocate for the buyer. We take a dive into the local markets and the areas that Darren sees as having the best potential for capital growth. He gives some great advice for investors on value adding on purchasing properties that have got good upside potential and long term potential.

John Lindeman, CEO for Property Power Partners, published author, real estate market analyst guru and a gentleman with the only patented system for predicting property prices within Australia. We chat to him about his property analysis all the way back from the 1890s, and what we can learn from the analysis that he's taken through to today. We talk about the regional versus city debate, and we get some insights from him about what investors should be looking at and focusing on in the next couple of years.

Mike interviews Andrey Vinogradov who is the founder of Property Buyers Team. We have a chat to Andrey about his background growing up in Russia and how he started his career in land surveying, and what that taught him about property investing and development. Property development is his vehicle of choice so we ask him about what he does for his clients and what are the most important things to get right within a development and managing risks.

Samantha Dean, Founder of BlueprintHQ and host of In Demand Accountant Podcast, chats to Mike about how she revolutionises practices for Accountants and provide value to their clients and scaling up businesses. She provides some great insight about the role of accountants when it comes to helping their property investor clients. We talk about the importance of selecting the right advisor and how a lot of investors search for a property-focussed accountant, and whether that's a worthwhile exercise or not.

We chat to Peter Mumford, Founder and CEO for Stone Real Estate, about his background and growing up in the Northern Beaches area. We ask him what made him so successful at business growth. Peter started out as a chef, restaurant owner, and then moved into the real estate game before starting the Stone group. He has some great advice on what he has observed in the market and shares tips on where he sees the best opportunities for investors in the next few years.

We chat with property investment specialist, Darren Venter, Founder of Strat Prop which stands for Strategic Property. We take a deep dive in to his background growing up in South Africa, and what got him interested in working in property. It's a great chat about the fundamental drivers behind property investments and how he's able to leverage his clients through the purchasing of property in growth markets with tightening vacancy rates and getting some instant equity to be able to go again.

James Rankin is a buyers agent, property investment guru and Director for Elephant Advisory. We talk to him about how he first got interested in property, what it means for him now working as an advocate, and we ask him to share some stories from his Youtube series called 'The Trunking Truth about Finance and Property'. We also cast the spotlight on Melbourne South East which is where he is most active and the roadmap he has put together on how to buy a property.

We speak to Janine Leafe, senior broker from PKF Financial Services who has a massive following on social media with some amazing content on the mortgage broking industry. Janine fills us in on what investors need to know when they're structuring their finances, the 'why' and 'how' she got into the game, and she gives us advice on types of investments she favours, and how to spot a 'sprooker'.

We interview Tiron Manning, Founder of Newcastle Buyers Agent. We chat to him about what he has noticed from a gentrification point of view, he points out what you need to spend to secure an investment in the Newcastle area, he gives us some great advice for investors looking for their next property and we talk about the role of a Buyers Agent in general.

Anthony Spagnolo, principal of Agenzia Property Consultants, chats to Mike about his background as an Accountant and how an Accountant looks at property investing differently to your average investor. With his development experience, we talk to him about getting involved in property development along with NDIS properties which is a real specialty of Anthony's. We look at how that works, how to get involved, what the requirements are, who pays the rent, what sort of returns we having, and much much more.

We interview Sanjeev Sah, Director of Investors Dream Property Buyers Agency. Sanjeev has an interesting story growing up in India, moving to Australia with a computer science background and investing in property both in India and Australia. He has managed to create a fantastic passive income for himself in as little as 5 years with a couple of key sub-division renovations and renting per room deals, and we chat to him about all the numbers and specifics of those deals and how he's been able to find them.

We focus on South Australia, more specifically Adelaide property. We speak with David Traeger, owner and founder of DT Property Property Management, about his own property investing story, but he gives us an idea on where in Adelaide properties are active. David works with a lot of interstate property investors and shares some great advice on some of the areas and some of the opportunities for renovation projects.

We interview Vaibhav Rastogi (Rasti), founder of Get RARE Property. He moved from computer science, to finance, to becoming an investment specialist for one of the big four banks. We chat to him about how he got started in property and how his financial training and background helps him with his due diligence. We ask how he grew his portfolio from nothing to $5 million in 7 yrs and the importance of understanding why you're investing in property in the first place and treating it like a business.

Mike chats with Lloyd edge who is the author of the new book called 'Positively Geared' and also the founder of Aus Property Professionals. Lloyd started out as a school teacher on a very modest income and got into property from there, now owning over $12 million worth of property and runs a business as a Buyers Agency. We chat to him about his strategy, the importance of cashflow as well as equity uplifts and his advice for beginner investors or investors that aren't getting the results they are after.

Angelo is the co-founder and owner of Soul Property Agents based in Griffith NSW. We talk specifically about Griffith and the property market, the main employers, the type of money you would be looking at spending for investment stock, what sort of yields and days on market you would be looking at. We have a broader chat about investing in regional areas and what property investors need to know and research before pulling the trigger.

Ian is the CEO of Pacific Link Housing who are a social housing provider. We chat to him about the important work they do as a charity and not-for-profit organisation. Pacific Link also have a social enterprise real estate agency that private landlords can utilise where those profits go back to the charity itself. Ian shares some amazing background on how property developers and investors can give back to the community by the provision of social housing.

To help celebrate and bring in the BIG 100 episode, Mike invited Episode 1 guest, Pete Wargent for a LIVE interview.

Lachlan Vidler – Buyers Agent and Founder of Atlas Property Group. We chat to Lachlan about his unique background in the Australian Navy as a Maritime Logistics Officer straight out of high school. We discuss his experience in the Defence Force and how he transitioned to property investing and became a property professional. We dive into ways that he analyses property and all his tips for other property investors wanting to get he most out of their portfolio.

Nathan is the founder of Invision Property Buyers Agent based in Brisbane. We dive into his background and how he became a Buyers Agent after working in the construction estimating space. Nathan was generous enough to share his story around his disastrous first investment property, then we focus in on his specialty, off-market properties. He shares tips on how to pitch to vendors when selling off-market and how that can help you get that property across the line.

We are chatting with Simon Chester, Director of Channel Sales & Strategic Partnerships for Geocon who specialise in huge developments based in Canberra, ACT. We talk about the Canberra property market and he responds to the recent bad press received relating to buying off the plan apartments and defects. He also gives us some great advice on things to check out for if you are looking at purchasing an apartment i.e. warranty liability etc.

Mike interviews Leigh McConnon, Managing Director at Buyers Advocate Australia. We have a chat to him about his high flying career as a financial services guru and why the career change to property. We discuss his A grade investments and what exactly goes into an A grade investment when he selects properties for his clients.

We interviewed Matt Sharp, founder of Sharp property buyers. Matt was kind enough to put up with some of our rubbish from his NRL days, but after we get through that we talk about the demographics of the central coast key pockets where a lot of the investor interest and owner occupiers coming from Sydney. We talk about the way he thinks people can capitalise and we go in detail about the central coast market and where the opportunities are.

A commercial property special interview with Wayne Revell, Managing Director of Active Commercial. We discuss all things commercial property investing, advice on due diligence, as well as some opportunities when investing in a managed commercial property trust.

An interview with property podcast royal, Tyrone Shum, who is the host of Property Investory. We chat to Tyrone about his background and why he got into property. We wanted to get his insights around interviewing some of the best and brightest property minds in Australia and what he has learnt from them.

We are chatting all things joint venture developments looking at subdivision and small scale construction with Ep 56 guest Luke Bailey, founder of Fourtier Buyers Agents, and Ep 61 guest Oliver Jackson, founder of Living Property. These guys have joined forces together to start working with their clients doing small scale developments. We have a chat to them about all the nuisances when putting deals together from a legal point, understanding the roles of responsibilities for all parties, and due diligence.

Domenic Nesci is one of the co founders of Wealthi. Mike speaks to him about his background in financial planning and real estate development. He worked with major property developers like Third Eye Property, and he has some great take away's about what he learnt from working within that company. We have a chat to him about the way he works with his clients, the way he goes about his due diligence, how he researched the markets to understand the supply and demand characteristics.

A bonus podcast episode discussing the recent national media attention for an MCG data release which looked at the distance between where a property investor lives and where they invest. We discussed this in more detail with Cate Bakos from Real Estate Buyers Agents Association of Australia (REBAA).

A bonus podcast episode which is the recording of a webinar with commercial property investing guru and episode 50 guest, Jay Anderson. Jay is the director and owner of Jay Anderson Property and we discussed what was happening with commercial tenancies during the pandemic, how to get started with commercial property investing, how to minimise the commercial vacancies and how to undertake due diligence.

Jon Ellis is the founder and CEO of Investorist which is a platform that connects developers to property marketers who are able to sell off the plan apartments to their clients. I asked him to give us a tour on how development marketing works and how people can make their money from a commission point of view.

A webinar with Property Management training guru, Hayley Mitchell is all about residential tenancies and everything you need to know during the pandemic. We have a look at what we can do about tenancies that are not paying rent, what happens when our tenants don't want to vacate and discuss what financial support there is available for yourself, the landlord and the tenants.