Michael has been once again voted Australia’s leading property investment advisor by the readers of ‘Your Investment Property Magazine’, but he’s not a theorist… He has been successfully investing in property since 1971 and is a leading property commentator and Australia’s most widely read property investment blogger. Join over 115,000 others who get their updates from Michael and his group of expert guest bloggers and benefit from their perspective.
Right now if you talk to many young Australians, particularly Gen Z, you’ll hear a common refrain: “I’ll never own a home.” They feel locked out of the market. Prices have surged far beyond what their parents paid, yet wages haven’t kept pace, and every time they scroll social media, they’re bombarded with reminders of…
Women live longer than men, but retire with a lot less money. Girls are taught to save, while boys are taught to invest. And despite all the noise about progress, the gender wealth gap in Australia remains stubbornly wide. Those aren’t just soundbites. They’re hard facts from Finder’s State of Women’s Wealth Report 2025 —…
Australia’s inflation story just took an interesting twist. After months of trending down, headline inflation nudged higher in July: lifting to 2.8% from June’s 1.9%. That may not sound like much, but it’s the first rise we’ve seen in the monthly CPI series since late 2024. So, what’s driving it? Electricity prices surged by over…
Australia has always been a nation that values connection, and this is now evident in our housing. Sure, most of the media commentary focuses on property values, interest rates, and auction clearance rates. And while those metrics are obviously important for us as investors, there’s a more fundamental force quietly shaping our cities and influencing long-term…
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Today I’m joined by Ross Elliott, a respected urban thinker and commentator, and we discuss something most politicians and planners are ignoring: the danger of concentrating 70% of Australia’s population into just eight capital cities, and doing it without a real plan. We explore the challenges of infrastructure, the concept of the missing middle in…
A lot of people say they’re good with money. They say they have a gift for making it. That they love money and that money loves them. This may be true. But just because you like money and enjoy making it (that’s most of us) doesn’t mean you’re good with money. Those are two very…
It has been said that the most important factors that will change where you are in 12 months’ time compared to where you are today in your life are the books you read and the people you hang around with. If you want to improve your life, I believe you need to build the foundations…
Rates are easing. Buyer and seller confidence is rising. Auction clearance rates are humming. And now, the Federal Government has decided to throw additional demand into the mix by fast-tracking its expanded Home Guarantee Scheme to October 1. Income caps are being removed, property caps are being lifted (to $1.5m in Sydney, $950k in Melbourne,…
There’s been no shortage of finger-pointing when it comes to Australia’s rental crisis. One of the more popular scapegoats in recent years? International students. After all, when you have hundreds of thousands of students flooding back into the country after the pandemic, it’s easy to assume they’d be pushing up rents, tightening supply, and even…
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Have you ever looked at a tired old property and thought, “There’s potential there,” but weren’t quite sure what to do with it? Well, today’s show could be the spark you need. Because we’re talking about one of the most powerful – and underutilised – strategies for building wealth through property: strategic renovation. In a…
