Property Investment Podcast Network

What's more important than headwinds is your plan to overcome them. On this episode of Investing Insights with Right Property Group, Phil Tarrant, Steve Waters and Victor Kumar discuss the Australian investing environment presently and how these added financial and geopolitical pressures are impacting investors. The trio discuss the internal factors that investors need to analyse and understand about themselves, their habits, and their motivation behind investing to ensure they can manage different market cycles. They also touch on reactivity versus proactivity, chat about why you shouldn't buy for ego, and reflect on how cryptocurrency has influenced the property investment market.

On this episode of The Smart Property Investment Show, host Grace Ormsby is joined by Momentum Media's own James Mitchell to discuss his property journey and the various decisions he's wrangled with when it comes to his home on Scotland Island on Sydney's northern beaches. Mr Mitchell regales conversations with his mortgage broker that helped him capitalise on his financial potential to renovate his home and shares the importance of consolidating your debt. He also touches on how pausing and reflecting on his investment intentions has shaped his property journey. In this episode, you will also hear: A breakdown of the Scotland Island market The absurdity of valuations Rising rates and falling markets If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and by following Smart Property Investment on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you would like to get in touch with our team, email editor@smartpropertyinvestment.com.au for more insights, or hear your voice on the show by recording a question below.

Queensland's tax code is changing, and investors with properties in the state might be in for a surprise. In this episode of The Smart Property Investment Show, host Phil Tarrant sits down with Tony Greco, general manager of technical policy at the Institute of Public Accountants, to parse out everything Queensland investors should know about the forthcoming changes. Tony explains how an investor's entire portfolio, including properties in other states, will now be taken into account when determining an investor's annual land tax. The duo discuss some of the potential repercussions of this change, including deterring landlords from participating in the Sunshine State's property market, and how reporting is likely to work when the changes roll out next year. Tony also walks listeners through some examples of how an investor's tax bill might change once the amalgamation rule comes into effect. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and by following Smart Property Investment on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you would like to get in touch with our team, email editor@smartpropertyinvestment.com.au for more insights, or hear your voice on the show by recording a question below.

On the latest episode of The Property Nerds podcast, self-proclaimed data nerds Arjun Paliwal and Leigh Paliwal unpack the major housing market fundamentals and explain why the sky won't fall on investors any time soon. Arjun, head of research at InvestorKit, and Leigh, director of Hills Finance, debunk the doom-and-gloom narrative parroted by the media by dissecting the different economic, financial, and social fundamentals that are keeping the market in a generally sound state. While they acknowledged that several markets had become weaker compared to last year, Arjun and Leigh provide their data-backed take on why they believe a market rebound is on the horizon in the near term and also share their predictions for market trends in the coming months. To find out more about the markets where the boom is not over yet, check out the 10 regions positioned for further growth.

Are you a loyal bank customer fed up with seeing hot new deals in the market? In this episode of The Smart Property Investment Show, director of Right Property Group Steve Waters sits down with host Phil Tarrant to discuss how investors can negotiate a better interest rate deal with their bank or lender — especially since challenging market conditions are demanding investors get ahead of the curve. Steve also shares how investors can be proactive rather than reactive to rate changes, while the pair also touch on just how much land tax Queensland investors are paying compared to the rest of Australia, before paying some attention to the latest from the Smart Property Investment property portfolio. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and by following Smart Property Investment on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you would like to get in touch with our team, email editor@smartpropertyinvestment.com.au for more insights, or hear your voice on the show by recording a question below.

How do you move on from a breakup? For this investor, the best way to mend a broken heart was to plunge into property investing. In this episode, Gina Cerasiotis sits down with Grace Ormsby to talk about how the end of a relationship became the red-letter moment that helped her discover a newfound love for real estate and led to her first property purchase in Geelong. The duo also touch on the factors that helped Gina to successfully enter the market during a period of uncertainty and unpack how she strategically grew her portfolio in the last three years. They discuss why investing in real estate remains the most viable way to achieve financial freedom. Now with two properties under her belt and a new partner to boot, the lawyer and part-time investor also shares the direction she intends to bring her portfolio in the coming years before revealing the financial goals she hopes to achieve in her investment journey.

While chasing high rental yields sounds like a fail-proof investment plan, this expert says higher isn't always better. Smart Property Investment's Phil Tarrant sits down with InvestorKit head of research Arjun Paliwal to give us a refresher course on what rental yields are and explains why it should not be an investor's sole deciding factor when choosing to buy a rental property. The self-proclaimed property nerd goes on to enumerate other mistakes that investors (particularly those who are beginners in the real estate arena) make when choosing a rental property before giving pointers on what a rental property delivers long-term solid return looks like. And with the rental market taking the spotlight amid softening market conditions, the duo also touch on the factors driving up rents, discuss the different state legislations that can potentially impact investors, and identify the rental markets that are heating up across the country. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and by following Smart Property Investment on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you would like to get in touch with our team, email editor@smartpropertyinvestment.com.au for more insights, or hear your voice on the show by recording a question below.

Whether you're buying or selling property, investors are advised to not rely entirely on spreadsheet data and instead focus on real-time market indicators to make stronger investment decisions.| In this episode of The Smart Property Investment Show, Phil Tarrant and Tom Panos unpack the impact of data latency on investment decisions and why investors should go talk to real estate professionals to get a "barometer" reading on what's happening in their local markets. They emphasise that with the market in the eye of an interest rate hike storm, investors should not solely focus on price declines as well as the boom-to-gloom narratives but instead zero in on market fundamentals such as listings, financing, and market sentiment in order to emerge as big winners. The duo also flag their forecasts for the upcoming spring selling season, share why investors should not wait on the sidelines for prices to continue declining (or to stage a rebound), and give their interesting take on when is the best time to sell and buy property. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and by following Smart Property Investment on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you would like to get in touch with our team, email editor@smartpropertyinvestment.com.au for more insights, or hear your voice on the show by recording a question below.

In this episode of Inside Commercial Property, co-hosts Phil Tarrant and Scott O'Neill sit down with an investor who's relatively new to the space — and already seeing material gains from the move away from resi. Paloma is a Brisbane-based medical professional who was comfortable being negatively geared across a number of properties, but in December last year, she took a plunge into the commercial space, encouraged by the kinds of figures she was seeing — and the sensibility that accompanied the data. Having bought into a West Australian commercial property with three sturdy tenants and a Brisbane cold storage facility, the trio unpack the factors that are already driving a strong return on investment for Paloma as she looks to generate income away from her day job and continue on her commercial property journey.

The hurt of losing $1 can outweigh the joy of gaining $10 — but it shouldn't really be the case, according to this property investor and economist. Dr Diaswati Mardiasmo is no stranger to data, given she plays with it every day. The chief economist at PRD Real Estate returns to the show to give new insight into the numerous market factors currently at play, revealing the many different speeds at play across the breadth of Australia's markets. Lifting the lid on her and her partner's property portfolios — and the arguments for keeping them separate — Diaswati showcases the real-world effects of micro-markets, before shedding some light onto the non-negotiables and locations she is looking into next. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and by following Smart Property Investment on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you would like to get in touch with our team, email editor@smartpropertyinvestment.com.au for more insights, or hear your voice on the show by recording a question below.