Articles by Michael Yardney

Twenty years ago I wrote a book that I honestly thought would sell a few thousand copies to friends and colleagues. Instead, it became Australia’s best-selling property investment book, and it’s sat on the bookshelf of tens of thousands of investors who’ve gone on to build genuine wealth using the strategies inside it. Today we’re…

In this episode I speak with Scott Chapman, Managing Director of Opteon, about the signals shaping Australia’s property markets. We examine how the current downturn compares with previous cycles and why Sydney and Melbourne are experiencing different conditions from other markets. We explore how interest rates, lending restrictions, buyer sentiment, open-home attendance and auction results…

Smart investors still make expensive mistakes, and surprisingly often, the problem begins inside their own heads. We like to believe that our investment decisions are based on facts, careful analysis and rational judgment. Yet cognitive biases quietly shape which facts we notice, which risks we dismiss and which stories we choose to believe. They encourage…

Most property investors don’t fail because they lack access to information. In fact, today they have more information, more data, more forecasts, more podcasts, more software, more AI tools, and more opinions than ever before. And that may be part of the problem. Because when your brain is wired for survival, uncertainty can feel like…