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What’s the story with inflation and interest rates? Where’s it all heading, what does it mean to you, and what do you need to be doing about it? This week our host Bushy Martin from Know How Property Finance breaks with tradition to deliver a special episode where he gives you the facts to balance the mainstream media’s fiction on inflation and interest rates so that you can dispel the fear and make better-informed decisions. RealtyTalk is your trusted voice in property investment and Australia’s most popular online property show.  RealtyTalk is brought to you by Realty, Australia’s leading search and social property distribution platform that helps investors like you beat the crowd, giving you the earliest access to property opportunities, listings, and insights. Check out Realty. RealtyTalk is hosted by top property investment expert, author, and founder of KnowHow Property, Bushy Martin. Find out how Bushy’s KnowHow team helps investors unlock freedom with finance and property here, and check out Bushy’s podcast Get Invested.  RealtyTalk is supported by BMT, a company that helps property investors save thousands of dollars each year by maximizing tax deductions from investment properties. Find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Technology and the digital world continues to change the way we engage with property. John Foong from Domain talks about what it means for you. It wasn’t long ago when access to property information and resources was scant and real estate agents held all the cards. Now the tables have turned, we have the control and access to more information than we could ever need - some good, some bad! How do we successfully navigate this new and ever improving world, where property business is now conducted anywhere at any time from the palm of your hand? Where is property heading and what are the challenges and disruptive emerging innovations moving forward that will continue to transform our property experience? At the crossroads of all of this is the Domain Group, where Domain is positioned as a leading property marketplace that aims to inspire confidence for all of life’s property decisions, providing us with a suite of unique data, products, technology and insights to guide all of our property journeys. And to give us a rare peek under the hood of this exciting and ever expanding world and where it’s heading and what it means to you, we’re joined by Domain’s recently appointed Chief Revenue Officer, John Foong, who brings a wealth of leading global leadership and innovation to the world of Australian property. John has come from a family of real estate investors - his parents are from Malaysia and Hong Kong, and when they came to Australia in the 1970s, they invested in property to pay for schooling when they had John and his sister, and found a niche in buying/flipping homes, specifically in NSW. This is where his passion for property started, and inspired him to start creating his own portfolio as soon as he had his first paycheck during University.  He's Invested in a range of properties from apartments, retirement and family homes in tourist areas like Cairns, and has had great success with investments in places like Darwin and Perth. He spent the next 17 years away from Australia but continued to invest locally. When he moved to the US in 2013, he started shifting investments from Australia into Silicon Valley - mostly houses, but a combination of commercial (fast food chains) and syndicates (hotels). John has been with Domain since September 2021, returning to Australia for the opportunity. Links for more information: Website: www.domain.com.au Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnfoong Facebook: facebook.com/domain.com.au Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/domain.com.au Links to products/services: https://www.domain.com.au/advice/investing/ Hour of power with Bushy: If you’d like an hour of power to talk with me personally on any questions, queries or issues you’d like to discuss about your investment strategy, finance or property portfolio delivery, whether you’re an aspiring investor or an experienced investor with a substantial property portfolio, just go here https://knowhowproperty.com.au/contact-us then click on the ‘Lets Zoom, DeepDive Meeting with Bushy’ 1 hour  option to book in your preferred time. For a small investment of just $295 you can ask me anything you want about property for a full 60 minutes.  For more free investment insights, join the Get Invested community: If you want to continue investing in your knowledge, join me and many other like minded investors in our Get Invested community right now. I send a free and exclusive monthly email full of practical ‘Self, Health and Wealth’ wisdom that our current Freedom Fighter subscribers can’t wait to get each month. It’s full of investment and lifestyle tips, my personal book recommendations, apps I use to enhance life and so much more. Just visit bushymartin.com.au and sign up at the bottom of the page … because this is just the beginning! Get Invested is the leading weekly podcast for Australians who want to learn how to unlock their full ‘self, health and wealth’ potential. Hosted by Bushy Martin, an award winning property investor, founder, author and media commentator who is recognised as one of Australia’s most trusted experts in property, investment and lifestyle, Get Invested reveals the secrets of the high performers who invest for success in every aspect of their lives and the world around them. Remember to subscribe on your favourite podcast player, and if you're enjoying the show please leave us a review. Find out more about Get Invested here https://bushymartin.com.au/get-invested-podcast/  Want to connect with Bushy? Get in touch here https://bushymartin.com.au/contact/  This show is produced by Apiro Media - http://apiropodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As property markets around the country begin to soften with rate rises, the mindset will separate successful investors from the rest. To kick off the show and unpack the key ingredients, we’re joined by Jane Slack-Smith from Your Property Success. In the age of faster, bigger, smarter…. real estate dinosaurs are headed for extinction if they don’t embrace and adopt the massive opportunities that proptech creates. To discuss the benefits of disruption, Thom Richards from Managed App leads the charge. What's stopping you from buying property now?  You will always find excuses why the time is never right -  but is this appropriate? The author of Buy Now, Lloyd Edge from Aus Property Professionals, wakes us up to the opportunities of taking action in any market.As interest costs rise, self-managing your rental property can save you money and increase your returns.  The founder of the Rentbetter DIY platform, Jeremy Goldschmidt, joins us to explore the benefits. RealtyTalk is your trusted voice in property investment and Australia’s most popular online property show.  RealtyTalk is brought to you by Realty, Australia’s leading search and social property distribution platform that helps investors like you beat the crowd, giving you the earliest access to property opportunities, listings, and insights. Check out Realty. RealtyTalk is hosted by top property investment expert, author, and founder of KnowHow Property, Bushy Martin. Find out how Bushy’s KnowHow team helps investors unlock freedom with finance and property here, and check out Bushy’s podcast Get Invested.  RealtyTalk is supported by BMT, a company that helps property investors save thousands of dollars each year by maximizing tax deductions from investment properties. Find out more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beyond the fear, headlines and hype, where is Australia's economy really at and what should you do about it? In a special episode of Get Invested, Bushy Martin unpacks his insights on inflation, interest rates and more, revealing the reality of our situation, where it is heading, and how you should respond. Tune in. For more quality insights like this, join the Get Invested community: And if you want to continue investing in your knowledge, join me and many other like minded investors in our Get Invested community right now. I send a free and exclusive monthly email full of practical ‘Self, Health and Wealth’ wisdom that our current Freedom Fighter subscribers can’t wait to get each month. It’s full of investment and lifestyle tips, my personal book recommendations, apps I use to enhance life and so much more. Just visit bushymartin.com.au and sign up at the bottom of the page … because this is just the beginning! Get Invested is the leading weekly podcast for Australians who want to learn how to unlock their full ‘self, health and wealth’ potential. Hosted by Bushy Martin, an award winning property investor, founder, author and media commentator who is recognised as one of Australia’s most trusted experts in property, investment and lifestyle, Get Invested reveals the secrets of the high performers who invest for success in every aspect of their lives and the world around them. Remember to subscribe on your favourite podcast player, and if you're enjoying the show please leave us a review. Find out more about Get Invested here https://bushymartin.com.au/get-invested-podcast/  Want to connect with Bushy? Get in touch here https://bushymartin.com.au/contact/  This show is produced by Apiro Media - http://apiropodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the dust settles on the frantic political arena, housing was a defining issue of the Federal Election and the Labor party’s win brings with it a raft of policy measures designed to address the property market’s biggest issues.   So we have devoted this show to a special post-election summary.  Bushy and Kevin talk to Tim Lawless from Core Logic who has authored an informative paper on what a Federal Labor Government means for housing affordability and the Australian Property Market. Take this opportunity to pause, take a breath and hear what Tim Lawless thinks about Labor’s key initiatives, interest rates, the markets likely to be in favour of the new policies, regional markets, and cap city futures, first home buyer prospects, housing accessibility vs affordability, social housing and so much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Productivity expert Daniel Sih reveals how to break free from dreaded distraction and digital addiction. Do you feel trapped on the treadmill yet strangely addicted to the churn of activity and constant distraction of your ‘always on’ lifestyle where you wear being busy as a badge of honour, yet secretly you have no space to think or do the things that are really important to you? So imagine if you could be both productive and rested by living an ordered, rhythmical life. What if unplugging was not simply a means of surviving week by week but a strategy to produce your best work and make space for what really matters to us?  Daniel Sih joins Get Invested to talk about how to transform your life in this way. Daniel is co-founder of Spacemakers, a productivity consulting group for busy leaders. He is passionate about helping people make space in their world for the things that really matter. He’s an author, runs training courses and programs, and coaches individuals and teams on productivity and performance. Enjoy the conversation. Spacemakers - to create more space in your life: Website: www.spacemakers.com.auLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-sih-86944a12/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/shiftthewayyouwork Spacemaker book (free chapters and videos):  https://spacemakers.com.au/book/free-chapters/  eLearning:  "Email Ninja: how to take back control of your email inbox" is Daniel’s most popular productivity course, with more than 15,000 students globally. You can sign up and watch free videos on www.emailninja.com.au. Hour of power with Bushy: If you’d like an hour of power to talk with me personally on any questions, queries or issues you’d like to discuss about your investment strategy, finance or property portfolio delivery, whether you’re an aspiring investor or an experienced investor with a substantial property portfolio, just go here https://knowhowproperty.com.au/contact-us then click on the ‘Lets Zoom, DeepDive Meeting with Bushy’ 1 hour  option to book in your preferred time. For a small investment of just $295 you can ask me anything you want about property for a full 60 minutes.  Daniel's book recommendation: 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman Join the Get Invested community: And if you want to continue investing in your knowledge, join me and many other like minded investors in our Get Invested community right now. I send a free and exclusive monthly email full of practical ‘Self, Health and Wealth’ wisdom that our current Freedom Fighter subscribers can’t wait to get each month. It’s full of investment and lifestyle tips, my personal book recommendations, apps I use to enhance life and so much more. Just visit bushymartin.com.au and sign up at the bottom of the page … because this is just the beginning! Get Invested is the leading weekly podcast for Australians who want to learn how to unlock their full ‘self, health and wealth’ potential. Hosted by Bushy Martin, an award winning property investor, founder, author and media commentator who is recognised as one of Australia’s most trusted experts in property, investment and lifestyle, Get Invested reveals the secrets of the high performers who invest for success in every aspect of their lives and the world around them. Remember to subscribe on your favourite podcast player, and if you're enjoying the show please leave us a review. Find out more about Get Invested here https://bushymartin.com.au/get-invested-podcast/  Want to connect with Bushy? Get in touch here https://bushymartin.com.au/contact/  This show is produced by Apiro Media - http://apiropodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Top financial advisor Tracey Sofra talks about how to unlock financial confidence, and unlock financial freedom. What’s your relationship with money? And what’s your level of confidence with money? Is it a friend or foe? Unfortunately for many of us, money is more of an unknown and distrusted enemy and something  that creates a lot of stress – now this may be because of your upbringing or your cultural and expected norms, or maybe you just didn’t like maths and numbers at school, and because you associate money with maths, you’ve always felt alienated and fearful of it? Your relationship with money has a major impact on your present and your future freedom and happiness  - in our western capitalist world, its both the oil and the fuel that powers and enables your choices. So how can you improve and increase your financial confidence and relationship with money so that you can grow and nurture it to fuel your future? This is where our special guest Tracey Sofra comes in. Tracey is Australia’s leading Financial Advisor specialising in Women’s Financial Confidence. With over 30 years’ experience as a Business Leader, Wealth Mentor, Award Winning Financial Advisor, Author and Keynote Speaker, Tracey has shared her proven method for shifting mindsets and the limits to financial success for thousands of women and men across Australia.  And Tracey is dedicated to Investing in Women's Empowerment. As the founder and CEO of WOW Women, Tracey leads a community of like-minded business, professional and entrepreneurial women, working collectively to create change in their own financial life and the lives of other women across the globe. Enjoy this enlightening discussion. Financial Confidence Quiz: To get you started on improving your financial confidence and relationship with money to find out exactly where you’re at, as your first step to nurturing and growing your money mastery, feel free to take Tracey’s financial confidence quiz which you can find at https://financialconfidencescorecard.com Hour of power with Bushy: If you’d like an hour of power to talk with me personally on any questions, queries or issues you’d like to discuss about your investment strategy, finance or property portfolio delivery, whether you’re an aspiring investor or an experienced investor with a substantial property portfolio, just go here https://knowhowproperty.com.au/contact-us then click on the ‘Lets Zoom, DeepDive Meeting with Bushy’ 1 hour  option to book in your preferred time. For a small investment of just $295 you can ask me anything you want about property for a full 60 minutes.  Tracey's book recommendation: The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson Join the Get Invested community: And if you want to continue investing in your knowledge, join me and many other like minded investors in our Get Invested community right now. I send a free and exclusive monthly email full of practical ‘Self, Health and Wealth’ wisdom that our current Freedom Fighter subscribers can’t wait to get each month. It’s full of investment and lifestyle tips, my personal book recommendations, apps I use to enhance life and so much more. Just visit bushymartin.com.au and sign up at the bottom of the page … because this is just the beginning! Get Invested is the leading weekly podcast for Australians who want to learn how to unlock their full ‘self, health and wealth’ potential. Hosted by Bushy Martin, an award winning property investor, founder, author and media commentator who is recognised as one of Australia’s most trusted experts in property, investment and lifestyle, Get Invested reveals the secrets of the high performers who invest for success in every aspect of their lives and the world around them. Remember to subscribe on your favourite podcast player, and if you're enjoying the show please leave us a review. Find out more about Get Invested here https://bushymartin.com.au/get-invested-podcast/  Want to connect with Bushy? Get in touch here https://bushymartin.com.au/contact/  This show is produced by Apiro Media - http://apiropodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week’s show has a strong interest rate theme in response to a continued focus on rising rates. Will the property market crash as rates rise? Show favorite Terry Ryder from Hotspotting returns to balance the books in response to continued media scaremongering on the impact of interest rate increases on property values.  As property markets around the country return to normal, what are the golden rules for buying good property well? Buyers Agent Warwick Brookes from LongView joins us to reveal what you need to look for.   And to conclude the show, leading commercial buyers agent Scott O’Neill from Rethink Investing discusses the impact of rising interest rates on commercial property investing. RealtyTalk is your trusted voice in property investment and Australia’s most popular online property show.  RealtyTalk is brought to you by Realty, Australia’s leading search and social property distribution platform that helps investors like you beat the crowd, giving you the earliest access to property opportunities, listings, and insights. Check out Realty. RealtyTalk is hosted by top property investment expert, author, and founder of KnowHow Property, Bushy Martin. Find out how Bushy’s KnowHow team helps investors unlock freedom with finance and property here, and check out Bushy’s podcast Get Invested.  RealtyTalk is supported by BMT, a company that helps property investors save thousands of dollars each year by maximizing tax deductions from investment properties. Find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Returning to normal after our 500th Show celebrations, this week’s show has a strong property management flavor. To kick things off, Jeremy Goldschmidt from Rentbetter joins us to reveal an innovative DIY property management platform that can help the over 500K landlord investors who choose to self-manage their properties. With homeownership rates declining to record lows as housing costs and values rise, the growing housing deposit hurdle is preventing many from getting on the property ladder.   New industry disruptor Coposit is solving this and CEO Chris Ferris joins us for Part 2 of our feature to reveal the details.  One of the biggest time-consuming headaches and cash flow inhibitors for landlords and property managers is trust account administration.   The innovative Managed App has solved this by creating a PayPal for property platform.   We hear about this game-changer from co-founder Thom Richards. To round out the show, Bushy concludes our property management series by giving you all the questions you need to ask before engaging a property manager. RealtyTalk is your trusted voice in property investment and Australia’s most popular online property show.  RealtyTalk is brought to you by Realty, Australia’s leading search and social property distribution platform that helps investors like you beat the crowd, giving you the earliest access to property opportunities, listings, and insights. Check out Realty. RealtyTalk is hosted by top property investment expert, author, and founder of KnowHow Property, Bushy Martin. Find out how Bushy’s KnowHow team helps investors unlock freedom with finance and property here, and check out Bushy’s podcast Get Invested.  RealtyTalk is supported by BMT, a company that helps property investors save thousands of dollars each year by maximizing tax deductions from investment properties. Find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeremy Goldschmidt reveals DIY property management insights for investors. Somewhere between 400,000 and 660,000 Aussie property investor landlords manage their own properties. This is great while everything is fine, until suddenly, it’s not. Because it is not a matter of if you’re going to have problems with your investment properties, it’s a matter of when, how big and how often.  There’s a good reason why over half of first time investors sell their property within the first five years, and a lot of this has to do with the ongoing, time consuming and life sucking headache and hassles of managing the property. And when it comes to property management, often you just don’t know what you don’t know - and ignorance is certainly not bliss – in fact it is downright dangerous! With residential tenancies legislation in each and every state differing, constantly changing and increasingly stacked in the favour of the rights of the tenants, how can you control the property, protect yourself and minimise the risks without giving yourself a second job? Many, like myself, have traditionally responded by deferring to professional property managers, but this can be hit and miss, so what if there’s a way you can still do it all yourself, providing you have the time, the knowledge and the inclination? This is where the Rentbetter platform now comes to your rescue, and to explore this and dive into the world of DIY property management, we’re joined by the Founder & CEO of Rentbetter Jeremy Goldschmidt. Rentbetter: 1. DIY Self property management platform https://rentbetter.com.au/  Two core offering enabling landlords to find tenants and manage their own properties. A. Finding a tenant includes advertising on the major property sites, handling enquiries and applications, running tenant checks and creating lease agreements. B. Managing a property includes the ability to collect, track and receipt rental payments and expenses, handle tenant bills and maintenance, as well as offering reports and statements for tax time (or any time). 2. DIY Property self-management ebook – If you have the time and knowledge and you’re interested in investigating self management of your rental properties and want to learn more, have a read of Jeremy’s ebook: https://services-2.rentbetter.com.au/v2/files/ebook.pdf  3. To find out more about self property management workshop series called 'The Path to Managing Your Own Rental Property' and landlords can register here - https://rentbetter.com.au/register/ there are some free resources (pricing report, ebook, switch from agent kit) available at https://rentbetter.com.au/ Hour of power with Bushy: If you’d like an hour of power to talk with me personally on any questions, queries or issues you’d like to discuss about your investment strategy, finance or property portfolio delivery, whether you’re an aspiring investor or an experienced investor with a substantial property portfolio, just go here https://knowhowproperty.com.au/contact-us then click on the ‘Lets Zoom, DeepDive Meeting with Bushy’ 1 hour  option to book in your preferred time. For a small investment of just $295 you can ask me anything you want about property for a full 60 minutes.  Jeremy's book recommendation: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Moredcai Richler Join the Get Invested community: And if you want to continue investing in your knowledge, join me and many other like minded investors in our Get Invested community right now. I send a free and exclusive monthly email full of practical ‘Self, Health and Wealth’ wisdom that our current Freedom Fighter subscribers can’t wait to get each month. It’s full of investment and lifestyle tips, my personal book recommendations, apps I use to enhance life and so much more. Just visit bushymartin.com.au and sign up at the bottom of the page … because this is just the beginning! Get Invested is the leading weekly podcast for Australians who want to learn how to unlock their full ‘self, health and wealth’ potential. Hosted by Bushy Martin, an award winning property investor, founder, author and media commentator who is recognised as one of Australia’s most trusted experts in property, investment and lifestyle, Get Invested reveals the secrets of the high performers who invest for success in every aspect of their lives and the world around them. Remember to subscribe on your favourite podcast player, and if you're enjoying the show please leave us a review. Find out more about Get Invested here https://bushymartin.com.au/get-invested-podcast/  Want to connect with Bushy? Get in touch here https://bushymartin.com.au/contact/  This show is produced by Apiro Media - http://apiropodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.