Victorian landlords could be required to hold a licence and face a three-strike rule that would strip them of their right to rent out properties under a Greens proposal unveiled ahead of the upcoming state election. While the plan aims to hold landlords accountable for breaching their obligations, this ridiculous proposal would add another layer…
Success, as with most things, starts with attitude. When you’re struggling, a small burst of inspiration can make a huge difference. Here are 10 quotes about success to inspire you to keep pushing forward and achieve your dream “Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen…
What if I told you Australia isn’t really one country? It’s a collection of tribes. Some of them you’ll recognise immediately – Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials. But others… like KIPPERS, YUMMYs, or NETTELS, are quietly shaping where people live, how they spend, and ultimately… where property values grow. And here’s the problem… Most investors…
Most people spend their lives chasing happiness, reading countless books and blogs about how to find it. But here’s the irony: being unhappy is far easier. In fact, many of us have already mastered it without even realising. Happiness requires awareness, effort, and conscious choices. Unhappiness, on the other hand, thrives on neglect. It sneaks…
Australia’s housing crisis has always been a supply crisis. We simply don’t have enough homes for our growing population, construction costs remain too high, builders are struggling to make projects viable, and rental vacancies are already at critically low levels. Against that background, you would expect every government policy to encourage more people to invest…
Spend a little time on social media, and you will quickly come across people suggesting that property is no longer a worthwhile investment. That argument has grown louder since the Federal Government announced major changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax in the 2026 Budget. From 1 July 2027, negative gearing on residential property…
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Here’s an uncomfortable question to start today’s show. When your last property deal didn’t go the way you wanted, when a negotiation stalled, when the market moved against you, who did you blame? The bank? The agent? Interest rates? The economy? Here’s the thing my guest today has learned after coaching some of the highest…
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For twenty years, Australia’s economy has been growing. Company profits have gone up, dividends have gone up, and property values have gone up. But what if I told you that most of that growth had almost nothing to do with us getting smarter, more efficient, or more productive? What if it was really just more…
Here’s something that should concern every parent and grandparent in Australia. If you were born in the late 1940s, there was a 54% chance you owned a home by your late twenties. If you were born in the early 1990s, that figure has fallen to 36%. Now that’s a significant change in how wealth gets…
Australia will have almost 40 million people by 2066, our economy will be more than twice as large and average real incomes will be considerably higher. Yet beneath those reassuring headline numbers, Treasury’s latest Intergenerational Report describes a country that is growing more slowly, ageing rapidly and relying heavily on migration, productivity and housing policy…
