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![[Podcast] Demographics Decoded with Simon Kuestenmacher Unveiling the trends that will shape your future](https://cdn.propertyupdate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Demographic-trends-you-cant-ignore-with_Simon_Kuestenmacher-270x200.jpg)
Hi, and welcome to another episode of the Michael Yardney podcast. This is a very special episode because I’m introducing the new second podcast that I’ll deliver each week with leading demographer Simon Kuestenmacher. For the last four years, Simon has been one of this podcast’s most popular regular guests. Because we both believe the…
![[Podcast] Securing Their Future: Helping Your Kids Enter the Property Market, with Ken Raiss](https://propertyupdate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MY-podcast-591-Ken_Raiss-270x200.jpg)
Today, Ken Raiss, director of Metropole Wealth Advisory, joins me to discuss a topic close to the hearts of many parents. We’ll explore the various ways you can help your children enter the property market and secure their financial future. So, if you’re a parent looking to support your kids in buying their first property,…
One of the constants in life is change, however most of us don’t like change. Life, business, property investing or whatever is much easier if things are nice and predictable. But that’s not how things work – is it? So let’s look at 10 quotes about change: 1. “Waking up to who you are requires letting…
Have you wondered how many investment properties you would need to get the ultimate goal of financial freedom? I’ve found that while most property investors hope to one day replace their personal income with cash from their investment properties, most don’t have a strategy to achieve their goals. So, just how many properties does it…
As I get older and wiser, I think there is a real problem going on in the world today. I feel like so many people walk around with a general sense of entitlement and it’s so damaging. This truth might hurt, but the world doesn’t owe you anything. That might sound harsh, but accepting that…
Times are changing and we’re at the beginning of a new property cycle. Many of the housing markets around Australia have experienced consistent property growth over the last 7 months. But despite that, not all the property news all good and the many mixed messages in the media are causing some would-be investors to doubt…
![[Podcast] Kerry Packer’s accountant shares the Tax Secrets of the Rich, with Alan Mason](https://cdn.propertyupdate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MY-podcast-584-Tax_secrets_of_the_rich-Allan-Mason-270x200.jpg)
It was the blunt but ingenious billionaire Kerry Packer who memorably explained to a stunned parliamentary committee exactly how the tax system works. The late business tycoon said, “I’m not evading tax in any way, shape, or form. Now, of course, I’m minimising my tax, and if anybody in this country doesn’t minimise their tax,…
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept the cash rate on hold for the sixth consecutive meeting, continuing its ‘wait-and-see’ approach, after last week’s CPI results landed broadly as forecast. Headline inflation rose from 3.6 per cent to 3.8 per cent annually, in line with RBA forecasts, however, trimmed mean inflation, the central bank’s preferred measure,…
Look what’s happened to property prices!
Knowing what you know now, who wouldn’t have liked to buy their parent’s house for what your parents paid years ago?
![[Podcast] The Top 10 Must-Ask Questions Before Your Next Property Investment with Brett Warren](https://propertyupdate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MY-podcast-property-investment-Brett_Warren-270x200.jpg)
On today’s episode, I chat with Brett Warren about asking the right questions before buying that next property because doing that can make all the difference between a profitable venture and a costly mistake. I’m sure you’ve heard me say before that property investment is a process, not an event, and the property that you’re…
