Smart Property Investment Podcast Network

This week @philliptarrant speaks to an investor who arrived in Australia with just $4,500 to his name – and in less than 20 years built a property portfolio most people would only dream of. We hear how hard work, perseverance, education and a dogged never-give-up attitude set this investor on a path to success. All this and much more in this week’s episode of The Smart Property Investment Show. http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au https://twitter.com/philliptarrant

Negative gearing and the great Australian property bust – they’re two big issues that have been dominating news headlines this week, and we’re going to tackle them head on. Are we going to see changes to negative gearing, and do politicians have their priorities right? We find out how the changes will impact prices and who has the most to lose if they get given the green light. And could property values really be about to decline by up to 50 per cent across all Australian markets? All that and much more coming up in this episode of the Smart Property Investment Show. http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au https://twitter.com/philliptarrant

Julian Lancey is living life on the edge, his ability to service his portfolio under threat with each rate rise. In this episode of the Smart Property Investment Show he reveals to Phillip Tarrant https://twitter.com/philliptarrant and Sterling Publishing’s Head of Wealth, Russell Stephenson, the strategies he uses to keep costs down, and what he’ll do if it all goes belly-up. Julian is an everyday investor who chooses to self-manage, and furnish, his 5-property portfolio. You’ll hear why he’s chosen to take this path, and the handyman skills he’s picked up along the way. Julian also reveals why he’s investing in a tiny 17 square metre studio – and killing it as a result. But it’s not all been smooth sailing. He’s pushed his servicing capacity to the max, and there’s the looming issues of land tax, future rate increases, increasing talk of changes to negative gearing. How does Julian plan to cope with any future shocks to his portfolio? All this and much more in this episode of the Smart Property Investment S

In this week’s The Smart Property Investment show Phillip Tarrant https://twitter.com/philliptarrant and Sterling Publishing’s mortgages and real estate managing editor James Mitchell are joined by special guest Ross Le Quesne to discuss all things lending, including last year’s raft of APRA-instigated changes. Ross provides an update on how new serviceability requirements are threatening clients’ portfolio growth, and gives an insight into how investors should be engaging with their lender to make sure they’re getting the best deal possible. All this and more in the latest episode of The Smart Property Investment Show. http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au https://twitter.com/philliptarrant

In this week’s The Smart Property Investment Show, Phillip Tarranthttps://twitter.com/philliptarrant is joined by regular guest and property investor Jim Hall plus mortgage industry veteran, broker and property investor Troy Phillips to get the low down on the market and upsides for finance-ready investors with funds to move quickly. Troy says the market’s a tough one to read right now – from the real estate agents who say everything from Sydney to Hobart is going to boom in 2016, to the doom-and-gloom economists that predict it’s all about to fall apart. It’s also anyone’s call when it comes to rates, with little clear direction yet set by the RBA… however buyers that ready to move quickly can get good bargains. So act now, says Troy. Troy also gives an insight into his investment portfolio and some of the key mistakes he’s made – delivering his lessons on what buyers are doing wrong – and right – in the current market, and the traps younger players can easily avoid. This is a podcast you should definitely n

Mitchell Burge read an article about how he could acquire 10 properties in 10 years and thought he’d give it a go – but now he’s set his sights even higher. http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au https://twitter.com/philliptarrant

A young property investor reveals how he’s going to smash through his goal of acquiring 10 properties before the age of 30. Jeremy Iannuzzelli is an accountant on a modest income who started saving for his first property when he was earning less than $10 an hour. He talks to The Smart Property Investment Show about how he built his portfolio even though he wasn’t raking in the cash, how many risks he’s willing to take and where he hopes his portfolio ends up. Jeremy also reveals whether the sacrifices were worth the effort. Does he feel like he’s missed out by putting away 50 per cent of his income? Is he disappointed he’s never backpacked around Europe? Has he had time to stop and have fun? Jeremy reveals all this and more in his first instalment with The Smart Property Investment Show. Tune in in coming weeks to learn more about his strategy, what working as an accountant has taught him about property investment and some of the tenant disasters he’s encountered in his properties in Sydney’s west. http://www

Buyer’s agent Todd Hunter from wHeregroup is our special guest this week. He’ll be sharing with us the strategies and fundamentals he uses to find under-market-value properties in areas primed for capital growth. With rental growth in Australia’s major cities expected to stagnate over the coming three years, we talk about what you can do to increase your yield. And now the banks have effectively been unshackled from the RBA’s cash rate, we ask what inevitable rate rises mean for property investors. http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au

It’s more stories from real-life investors this week. Jim Hall comes in to talk about how a fishing trip nearly five years ago changed his life forever. Jim knew he had to do something to build wealth for his young family, but wasn’t sure exactly what to do. In this episode he opens up about how he started property investing. By his own admission he started without a plan but with the courage to take action. Jim tells us the lessons he learned along the way and more importantly the lessons he’s still learning. http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au https://twitter.com/philliptarrant

In a special episode this week we’ve locked the self-proclaimed ‘experts’ out of the studio and invited in a real-life investor. Eric Brown doesn’t profess to be a property guru but that hasn’t stopped him building an impressive portfolio over the past 10 years. In this episode Eric sits down with the team and shares his story - giving us some insight on the lessons he’s picked up along the way. http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au

Join the team for our Christmas Special as we look forward to 2016 and have a look back on some of our favourite stories from 2015. Our resident quiz master Georgia will also put the team under the spotlight and find out how much they really know, or don’t, about property in Australia! http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au https://twitter.com/philliptarrant

Some areas have seen astronomical price growth over the past few years but it looks like we may have finally hit the top of the cycle. With some indicators showing activity in the market is seriously subsiding we ask "Is Australian property in a bubble?". Stop children, what's that sound? Everybody look to see if aircraft flight paths are bringing prices down. Well, a survey from Brisbane has studied this phenomenon and we'll be looking at the results to see if it’s all just a bunch of white noise. And finally this week’s special guest Sam Saggers opens up about some lemons he bought when he first started investing that nearly stopped his journey before it began! http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au

The latest predictions for mining town property prices make for some fearful reading if you bought an investment property when the market was at its peak. What are the options open to investors in this situation? The latest doom sayers are predicting that property investing in Australia is a giant Ponzi scheme and we're all destined to lose our money, but are their predictions correct? Special guest Steve Waters of Right Property Group talks us through the first investment property he bought, the worst investment property he bought, the life lessons about property investing it taught him and what he'd tell his past self if he could go back with one nugget of wisdom. http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au

Mortgage broker Ross Le Quesne joins us this week as we look at the news and what it means for investors. APRA's changes are all ready having an impact on the market with investors in off the plan units starting to be negatively effected. There's already evidence of property investors walking away from their deposits! What can you do if you're in a similar position? Are all these properties going to flood the market and depress prices? We talk it through. The banks have just announced a raft of rate rises and again there's no escape for property investors. But what do you do when the inevitable happens? We talk about the different approaches we've tried. And final it's new hotspots ahoy! Or is it? We chat over the latest pronouncement of crystal ball gazing and see if there's any merit in it. http://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au https://twitter.com/philliptarrant