Find out how much you can borrow and what your repayments might be: Before you start hunting for your investment property and the perfect home it’s best to get an indication of what you can borrow to make the dream a reality. But let’s first look at everything you need to know about our home…
What’s the outlook for the Australian property markets for 2023? There are so many mixed messages in the media, aren’t there? If you are like many home buyers or investors you’re wondering, should you buy, should you sell, should you hold? If you’ve been listening to my podcasts you’ll know I believe that 2023 will…
If you’ve been following the news lately, you might have noticed that there seem to be a lot of mixed signals about the state of the property market. While some commentators are warning of a looming property market crash due to rising interest rates, the statistics that came out at the beginning of the month…
Blogs, podcasts, videos, books, webinars, articles, newspapers …the amount of financial commentary published these days is staggering. The volume of news and analysis could be cut by 90% and it would still be completely overwhelming. So how do you make use of it all? As a property commentator who spends an embarrassing amount of time…
In today’s show, we’re going to be exploring a number of topics that I feel are important to living a fulfilling life: successful investing and happiness. To guide us through this discussion, we are going to ask ChatGPT, the latest craze in Artificial Intelligence, to help us. I’m also going to be joined by Mark…
Welcome to another episode of the Michael Yardney Podcast, as today we discuss how to prosper in a financial world that’s rigged against you. Now that’s a bold claim, but my special guest today is Rob Dix, author of the book The Price of Money, and we’ll be discussing money, inflation, the world of finance,…
Are you looking for a faster way to expertise? You may have heard about the 10,000-hour rule which has been popularized as the gold standard for becoming an expert in any given field. However, recent research suggests that there is a more realistic and achievable timeframe for expertise – the 100-hour rule. The 10,000-hour rule…
Australia’s population grew by 1.6 per cent in the 12 months to 30 September 2022, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Beidar Cho, head of ABS Demography, said: “Our population on 30 September 2022 is 26.1 million people after we recorded an increase of 418,500 people over the…
Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” series of financial books has changed the way many people think about money and investments. In my early days learned a lot from Robert Kiyosaki, even though I’ve come to disagree with his real estate investment philosophies, which don’t really work in Australia. I’ve quoted Robert on more than…
We all belong to one – a demographic tribe, that is. In fact, Australia is one big country of many tribes. If you don’t belong to the one, you don’t survive. Some are easy to find: it might be your footy team or where you work, the way you vote, or the way you dress….