Geared for Growth Property Investing Podcast

Matt Srama is an ex professional athlete turned property investor and now buyers agent. We have a chat to him about his life as a youngster, transitioning into becoming a professional athlete and how he got started in property investing.

*Webinar* This is a recording of a live webinar with Episode #6 Guest Chris Gray. The webinar was recorded on the 13th of May 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris shares his thoughts on whether there is going to be a property market crash, the opportunities for investors and what strategies investors can use to grow their wealth regardless of what the market is doing.

Peter is the owner of Rent, Sell, Buy, Move. We chat to him about the importance of presenting your property in a certain way when you're wanting to sell, the value of between tenancy renovations, and the best bang for buck when it comes to renovating or improving your investment property.

Stefan is a property developer, financial advisor, podcast host of Investor Types and Director of Angel Advisory. We chat to him about his journey pre property development and how he became so passionate about financial analytics, the stock market, and what his motivation was starting up his podcast 'Investor Types'.

*Webinar* This is a recording of a live webinar with Episode #32 Guest Jacob Field. The webinar was recorded on the 6th May 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk about the survey he sent out to 146 property experts, where they see the biggest impact from a property sector point of view on the back end of the pandemic.

Elaine Davies is a buyer's agent, author and founder of New Road Property. We chat to her about all things real estate, publishing and how she became so passionate about helping people, especially women, that find themselves exposed financially after separation, especially if they have left work to raise a family.

*Webinar* This is a recording of a live webinar with Episode #29 Guest Cate Bakos. The webinar was recorded on the 22nd of April 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cate shares her wisdom on the time to be buying an investment, what you should do if you need to sell to maximise value, and what investors should be focusing on right now.

Ben is the founder of BFP Property Buyers and has spent over fifteen years buying real estate, both personally and now professionally. We chat to Ben about his first property purchase at the age of eighteen and how he quickly learned the benefits of investing in real estate. We cover off how his accounting background helps with his due diligence, how he's built his portfolio and many other property investing fundamentals surrounding growing your portfolio.

Today we are chatting with buyer's agent Brooke Flint from Flint Property. Brooke is a gun B.A. with a sales background who specialises in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. We chat to her about how buyers' agents even the playing field for buyers when negotiating with sales agents and how she assists buyers to find killer deals. She shares some great insights into what constitutes a solid 'bread and butter property,' and how she has built her own portfolio.

*Webinar* This is a recording of a live webinar with Episode #1 Guest Pete Wargent. The webinar was recorded on the 8th of April 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pete shares his wisdom on the likely domestic and global economic impacts, as well as the outlook for the Australian property market.

Today we're chatting with buyers agent George O'Brien from Future Property Co. George is a young lad that has kicked some serious portfolio goals in a very short time. He takes us on a deep dive to where he got started, his light-bulb moments and he shares some awesome advice for both seasoned and beginner investors alike.

Today we're chatting with buyers agent Peter Toma from Elite One Property. We cover off how his engineering background helps with his due diligence, how he's built his portfolio and many other property investing fundamentals.

Today we're chatting with Richard Evans, who's a buyer's agent and from Fortune Property Finder. He's the founder of that property business. Today's a little bit of a Newcastle centric episode. Newcastle's been a property investment hotspot in the media quite a bit in the last little while, and Richard gives us a bit of a lay of the land as to all the different pockets around Newcastle and an idea about where the hotspots are and what investors need to look for if they're looking to purchase in Newcastle to expand or even begin their investment property portfolio. He gives us some really great tips as to some of the secret sauce behind buyer's agents and how they can negotiate for their clients and get better deals, how they work at auction with things like auction markers. And he gives us a nice little tip about vacancy rates and how that may predict the movement of property growth prices.

This week we're chatting with Lisa Parker, who's the Director and Founder of Parker Buyers Advocates. She's a buyer's agent and someone with an extreme amount of industry experience and knowledge. She shares some fantastic advice on how to select a buyer's agent, the different buyer's agents available and their approaches and how they fit a client's brief and just some fundamentals on how to make sure that you are selecting the right property and not falling foul of some of the typical mistakes. She's got some great insights and tips on how to avoid overpaying, how to deal with an unlevel playing field when you're transacting in property, bait pricing, and more.

This week we're chatting with Matt Knight, who's the founder and director of Precium: Buyers Agents. Matt is based on the New South Wales South Coast. So we cast the spotlight into that area and we look at the property that he's buying and what are the drivers for that market, and also the outlook for that area post the devastating bushfires as well. Outside of looking at that area specifically, Matt's one of those genuinely nice guys that you come across every now and then, and he shares some great tips on how property investors can further their property investing journey and purchase the correct assets. We've got some insights into due diligence and all the little bits and pieces of the puzzle that we need to put together to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Welcome to Geared for Growth. This week, we're chatting with Peter Koulizos, who's the property professor on the Property Planner, Buyer and Professor Podcast. He's also an academic at the University of South Australia. Peter shares some information about his research fields in property investment. We talk specifically about gentrification, and he runs us through a fantastic seven-step process for identifying property. We chat to him about housing affordability, the future of the property market, and getting into developments as well. It's a fantastic interview with an industry heavyweight that I've been wanting to get on for a long time, and I'm sure you'll get a lot out of it.

Welcome to Geared for Growth. This week we're chatting with Shannon Holmes is the founder and director of Quickstay, which specialises in short-stay accommodation management. We have a chat to Shannon about his background and how he first got started in investing because he's got quite a bit of runs on the board and then we take a deep dive into short term rental as an investment strategy. We talk about how that might fit within an investor's portfolio, the types of yields and returns and how to actually set up and manage that type of property. We also talk a little bit about the major hotel booking platforms and of course Airbnb and how he works within the Airbnb system. It's really interesting, sort of left field look at some of the potential for investment properties if they fit the right locations or the right type of property and in the right area, which we talk about as well. It's an interesting one today, which I hope you enjoy. Here's Shannon.

Welcome to Geared for Growth. This week we're chatting with Goose McGrath, who's a buyer's agent and founder of Dashdot Buyer's agents. We have a chat to him about his past life as a hard-living, a festival running chap burning the candle at both ends through his decision to leave that life behind and get into the property game. His first property began with an off the plan apartment, which certainly stung, and he talks to us about the key learnings that he took away from that. We talk philosophy and mindset. We of course talk property and all the barriers that are in the way of property investors achieving the success that they desire. He runs us through his Holy Trinity strategy. We talk about unicorn properties and much, much more pretty wild and loose interview covering a myriad of topics, but one that I'm sure you'll enjoy.

This week, we're chatting with Ramon Mitchell, who's a buyer's agent and founder of Gault & Co. Ramon is a pretty understated humble guy, but he's a very fascinating, highly educated guy, and he provides some great insights into some of his advocacy work with property managers and on the strata committees as well, and we dive into some property market economics fundamentals and due diligence and look for opportunities for investors. He gives us some great advice on setting goals and reviewing our portfolio and just some awesome general comments on the property market and its direction for the next little while as well. It's a really illuminating interview and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

This week we're chatting with Melinda Jennison, who's the Managing Director of Streamline Property Buyers, a buyers agency specialising in Brisbane and located in Brisbane. We have a chat to her about her background as what I described, a proper clever person. She has a Ph.D. in exercise physiology and we speak about how that academic background serves her as a property investment expert today. She has a lot of experience in the development side of property and we speak to her about the due diligence that she goes through and some of the pitfalls for investors that are looking to get involved in the development space, and we cast the spotlight on greater South-East Queensland, what some of the drivers are and what her expectations are for growth in the future. It's a great interview and Melinda's very generous with her time and knowledge.

This week, we're chatting with Jordan de Jong, who's a property investor and data science expert. And we take a deep dive into some of the things that are featuring in the real estate market, and will in the future from a technical point of view, such as big data and machine learning, which he gives us a great crash course on. We chat to him about how he got started in property purchasing, his first investment at 23 years old, and we go into his analysis that he goes through when purchasing a property, and what an A-grade property means to him. And I'm sure you'll agree that his approach is pretty impressive from a fundamental and analysis point of view. He comes from a very inspiring entrepreneurial background as well, but no silver spoons in his mouth. He's a very down to earth chap, and I had a great time chatting with him and I'm sure you'll enjoy the interview. Here's Jordan.

Joining me for another bonus podcast is episode #61 guest, Oliver Jackson from Living Property. Industry-leading experts and some ANZ lending guru's will be joining Oliver and myself on November 13th at ANZ's branch located at 420 Saint Kilda Road, Melbourne, and then the following night of the 14th at their Westfield Airport West branch, Shop A147/29 Louis Street. Presenters will be there to run investors through the property purchasing life-cycle from setting up the right accounting structure, researching the location and property types through to handling the exchange, settlement and the depreciation entitlements post-settlement. Investors will be exposed to free advice from some industry heavyweights, with the ability to ask questions along the way. This event is for ANZ property investors, but they have been kind enough to open up to Geared for Growth listeners. Our listeners are encouraged to take up this fantastic opportunity to meet with Mike and hear from these experts so get in touch with ANZ if you would like to come along. All you have to do is email the following email and mention you're a listener: [email protected] Look forward to seeing you there!

I'll be one of the presenters at the Australian Property Investment Show, so I've asked the host Liam Austin on for a bonus episode to see what it's all about and how you can attend for free. It's an online-only event, with a handpicked line-up of over 20 of Australia's top property experts on 6-10 November, many of whom are past guests on the show. Attendees of the Australian Property Investment Show will learn the #1 strategy for successful property investment from each of the speakers, who are sharing their insights on a wide array of topics: from the best locations, investment types, financial advice, and pitfalls to avoid. To claim your free ticket, and learn more here you can visit the link here https://rk285.isrefer.com/go/apis-main/freeticket17178

Kiani Mills, is the CEO of KLM Conveyancing. We kick off with exactly what a conveyancer does and go through the whole process of purchasing a property, from the exchange of contracts to understanding the cooling-off period and what happens with settlement, as well. She also gives some great advice for people that are looking to purchase a property and some of the key things that can go wrong as part of the process. I think it's crucial listening for anyone wanting to purchase a property in the future, and Kiani is really generous with her advice.

This week we're chatting with Sam Gordon, who's the Director of Australian Property Scout. We have a chat to him about how he got his start in investing in property at 19 years old, the types of properties that he's purchased since then to get to 18 total properties as well. We have a chat to him about the foundational properties and the trident method that he's employed for himself and his clients. That's a combination of bread and butter properties with growth potential, development projects and some high yielding cashflow type properties as well. And he shares some great advice about how to seek out these types of properties and what to look for if you're looking for a buyer's agent to help you along the way. It's a great interview that goes all the way from the Great Wall to rabbits, to soccer, and the portfolio that he's built today. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

This week, we're chatting with David Johnston, the Founder and Managing Director of Property Planning Australia. David is a mortgage broker but far more than that, he's a property planning specialist. We talk about all of the boring but very important stuff! Setting the plan about what you're trying to achieve with property, where you're wanting to live, what sort of retirement income you're looking at, what your risk profile is prior to purchasing the property to make sure it fits your strategies and goals. It's a great interview on the planning side of investing in property, which I think it's one of the key reasons why property investors aren't hitting their goals.

This week, we're chatting with Claire Corby, who's the founder of Capital Buyer's Agency. Now, this week we're zooming in to ACT and Canberra, so it's a real Canberra special. We have a chat to Claire about her background in accountancy and how she escaped, to become a buyer's agent, how she got into property, but really zoom into the Canberra market and some great tips on what investors need to be looking out for if they're investing in the ACT - some of the quirks, upcoming suburbs and areas for investors to be looking at. It's a really interesting insight into an unusual market within Australia, but a big one, with some great potential as well.

This week, we're chatting with Oliver Jackson, from Living Property. Now, although he's a buyer's agent, we have a chat to him about the strategy that he is employing to get fairly instant equity in his investments, over a short timeframe in this market. We also talk to him about the renovation projects that he worked on before he started this business, the splitter blocks that he's doing with a business partner; we talk to him about buying old '60s and '70s strata title blocks and undertaking major renovations as part of a syndicate, and just ways that investors are making money in the market that we're in at the moment. He gives us some great insights about how he got to where he is, the projects that he's working on, and the equity that he is delivering for his investor clients at the moment.

This week, we're chatting with John Russell who is the Managing Director and founder at Accumlify Wealth. Now, John is a little bit unusual in the fact that he is an accountant, a financial planner and a real estate agent and we have a chat to him about the interplay between all of those bits of advice and then the asset allocation strategies as well. So, he has a chat to us about some of the key ways that people at different stages of life can grow their wealth, a few tips for saving and we have a chat to him about the types of properties that he looks to inject into his clients' portfolios as well. He shares some great advice and tips for saving and getting ahead, and I'm sure this is one that you'll enjoy!

This week we're chatting with Jarrod McCabe, who's the Director at Wakelin Property Advisory. Now, Jarrod has a fantastic background in property valuation so he's a very analytical chap when it comes to selecting property and we chat to him about what makes an A grade property, some of the oversupply issues with apartments in Melbourne, and how he sources quality assets for investors and guides them to get properties that are going to perform strongly over the long term. It's a great interview with Jarrod, I'm sure you will enjoy it.

This week, we're chatting with Drew Evans, who's one of the founders of Caifu Property. The theme for the interview, really, today, is instant equity, and we chat to Drew about how he helps property investors generate instant equity through small development projects. We have a chat to him about the risk in construction contracts with builders and how he secures land under market value and generates that instant equity and the value of pulling the resources of his investors' group and the volume to be able to secure deals that are difficult for the average investor to look at. It's a fantastic and illuminating interview, with a lot of gold.

This week we're chatting with Chris Orr who's a real estate agent with Savills Real Estate in Sydney. Chris is a little bit unusual in that he works with the prestige property market, so properties that are transacting in excess of $10 million sometimes. So we have a chat to him about the differences between the high-end residential property and your average property market, what the difference in the drivers are and how properties are marketed differently in the high-end space. He gives us some great advice on the Sydney market and where he sees that going, we talk about the post-election landscape and how APRA changes are going to influence the property market. He highlights some areas that he's looking to, across the country, which have good investment potential and some of his strategies for minimizing risk and selecting high-quality investment grade assets as well. It's a great interview and I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy this one.

This week we're chatting with Luke Bailey, who's the founder of Fourtier Buyer's Agents. Now, Luke's got a great story in that his first foray into property investing was unsuccessful. He's very generous in sharing the reasons why the properties didn't double in the first seven to 10 years as it was expected. And we talk about his chance with a property investing guru, which set him on a different path, to the point where he now has a portfolio of 14 high-performing properties. We talk to Luke about his four main rules for selecting an investment-grade property, we talk about his own back yard in Adelaide and some of the areas that he's investing in, across Australia. It's a great interview with Luke, which I'm sure you'll enjoy.

This week I'm chatting with a slightly man flued weird radio voice, so please bear with me on this one, but I'll make it up to you with today's interview I hope because we're chatting with Tommy Segoro, who is the founder of Easy Buyer's Agent. Now, Tommy's first investment property, he got wrong, so I'm finding it really interesting to dive into the reasons why that investment was a failure for Tommy and how he was able to bounce back. We have a chat to Tommy about the cultural background that he comes from and how that influenced his purchasing decisions from the outset and how that's changed today. We also talk to him about the different strategies that he employs for his clients and to grow his own portfolio, and we have a little bit of chat about the Perth property market, where he's from, as well. Tommy's really generous with his time and quite humble about what he's done with property so far. I think it's a great interview, which you'll enjoy.

This week we're chatting with a real clever cookie, it's George Morice, one of the partners at Prime Partners Accountants. Now, I need to advise that George is an accountant, not a financial advisor, so any advice we've got here, is just general in nature, but we hear some great stories from George about his financial literacy education as an 8-year-old and an interesting way that his father taught him the value of patience and money, and George gives us some great insights into doing the due diligence on an investment property like an accountant. It's a fantastic and illuminating interview with George, who's always a lot of fun, I'm sure you'll get a lot out of it.

This week we're chatting with Daniel Walsh, who's a buyer's agent and founder of Your Property Your Wealth. Now, Daniel started investing at the age of 19 and at 27 had a property portfolio with 19 properties evaluated at over $4 million. We have a chat to Daniel about his mindset as a youngster and how he got bitten by the property bug. We also do a deep dive into the types of properties that he's chasing and how he does his due diligence, the areas he selects and how he selects properties based on the needs of the portfolio. Daniel is very generous with his information and it's a great interview, which I'm sure you'll enjoy.

This week we're chatting with Melissa Maimann, the Buyer's Agent, and we have a chat to her about how she serves both investors, owner-occupiers, and renters in the property market and she shares some great insights about how to select a property that all three are interested in. We talk about the opportunities in the market, a little bit of an idea about the more resilient pockets of real estate in Sydney, and she just gives us some great advice about selecting a property and what she's seen working from an investment strategy point of view. It's a great interview, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

This week, we're chatting with Byron Miller, who's the managing director and principal of Asset Agents, in the Sunshine Coast. We have a chat to Byron about his background in real estate, how he became an investor at 20 years of age, and we really tease apart the Sunshine Coast Market. We talk about the growth drivers, the arrival of players like Stockland increasing supply, and what the main drivers are for capital growth, with some of their new projects, such as the Airport Expansion and hospitals and that sort of thing. We talk about some opportunities for investors and how to interview a property manager and make sure that you're getting someone looking after your investment the way that it should be done. It's a great interview, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

This week we're chatting with Jay Anderson, who's the director and owner of Jay Anderson Property. We have a good chat to Jay about his background in the hotels' industry, both from the business analysis point of view and an acquisition point of view. There are some great parallels for property investing that he's learned along that journey as well. He shares some fantastic information about how population data and demographics yields days on market and all the drivers that help you to select a high performing property. It's a great chat with Jay, and I hope you enjoy it.

This week we're chatting with Scott O'Neill who's the founder of Rethink Investing. Scott and his wife have a massive property portfolio in the tens of millions of dollars by the age of 31. They were both able to retire at age 28. They enjoy a solid passive income from their property portfolio and are able to travel three to six months of the year. We have a chat to Scott about how they've been able to achieve those results and the types of properties that have enabled to get to that level. We put the magnifying glass specifically on commercial property as well and Scott's got some great advice about saving, about assessing the growth and yield fundamentals for the property and about the types of commercial properties that he's investing in as well. It's a fantastic listen and Scott's very generous with the information and the time. I'm sure you're gonna enjoy this one.

This week we're chatting with Chris Bates who's a mortgage broker and financial adviser and he's the founder of Wealthful. He's also the co-host of the Elephant in the Room podcast. We have a chat to Chris about some of the elephants in the room at the moment, the financial landscape, the lending policies around serviceability with the banks. He gives us some great advice about how to begin our planning journey and we talk about property market fundamentals and drivers that ensure that we have a framework for analyzing the properties that we purchase based on demographics and scarcity. It's a fantastic and illuminating interview with Chris. I think you'll really enjoy it.

This week we're chatting with Anthony Alabakov who's the CEO and founder of My Mortgage Freedom they're a brokerage company. He works with a lot of high net-worth individuals across all sorts of funding services. We're talking development, self-managed, superfund, mum, and dad investors. We have a chat to him about how brokers work, how he can get the best deal for his clients, and a little bit about the finance world post the royal commission and post APRA. He's also got some great advice from the top end of town the way that they invest and some great advice for people that are looking to build their property portfolio. It's a great interview with Anthony and I hope you enjoy it.

This week we're chatting with Jane Slack-Smith who's the founder of Your Property Success and the owner of Investor's Choice Mortgages. We have a great chat with Jane about her three-pronged approach to property investing that is buying under market, renovating to increase equity, and increase the cash flow and also purchasing based on growth. So finding those growth property locations so she shares some great information about how to achieve these bang for buck renovations and the different types of renovations that you can do, how to purchase properties below market even in a strong market, and how to purchase a property that's going to have good long-term growth fundamentals to help you weather the storm of the cycles. Jane's very generous with her time and it's a very illuminating interview. I'm sure you'll get a lot out of it.

She's the co-host on the Lifestyle Channel and one of Australia's leading Real Estate experts. Sydney based property expert and Principle of Good Deeds Property Buyers, Veronica Morgan is an expert on Location, Location, Location and discusses property, low-risk markets to invest in and why it's important to talk to a local agent when it comes to buying. Morgan also is the co-host of The Elephant In The Room Podcast.

This week we're chatting with Malcolm Gunning, who is the principal of Gunning Real Estate and the president of the Real Estate Institute of Australia. We have a chat to Malcolm about all the political hot potatoes going around in the property industry at the moment, negative gearing, his idea about having a professional property minister. We talk about the Chinese market and its influence on Australian property prices. We talk about the future of the east coast property market and opportunities for investors and of course the policies around housing affordability.

This week we're chatting with Rich Harvey who's the CEO and founder of Property Buyer. He's also the president of The Real Estate Buyer's Agents Association and was one of Channel Nine stars on buying blind. We have a chat to Rich about how he became a property investing expert how he overcame some headwinds in his own property investing journey to rebuild his portfolio and he gives some great advice around the strategy and the goal setting for property investing. And of course, some information on the markets that he is looking at at the moment and how to find growth markets that are underpinned by positive yields as well.

This week we're chatting with Dr. Shane Oliver who's the head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP. Now we do waste a little bit of time, in the beginning, talking about Kylie Minogue a subject that Shane is very passionate about but then he shares some great advice on: His predictions for the property market How investors can see the trends and look at the data to get an insight into where property is moving The impacts of potential negative gearing changes What he sees for the outlook for the Australian economy

After growing up in rentals and low-income housing commissions, Eddie Dilleen worked his way from McDonald's worker to property owner and investor. By the age of 25, Eddie built a property portfolio to the value of $2.1 million dollars. Frequently appearing on Sunrise for his highly sought after property investing advice, Eddie lights the way to earning solid rental incomes.

James Trethewie rose to fame outside of financial planning recently in his quest for love on reality TV show, The Bachelorette. With his father being a financial planner, the Yale and USC educated James followed in his footsteps and now works for AFP, a member of the FPA. In this episode, he talks to Mike about his time on The Bachelorette with Sophie Monk.

Michael Ossitt is the director and founder of STRAND Property Group. He's a qualified architectural engineer and a buyer's agent. On today's episode, he talks about checking out of his previous job to become a buyer's agent. He shares how he started in property and his take on emerging markets. Michael has worked his way to financial freedom and gives advice on how to source properties that work to fit within portfolios that work for you, so you can do the same.