Following on from Part One , the second part with Brad Teal focused on Victoria’s new underquoting laws that came into effect on the 1st of May 2017. For those new to the real estate industry, underquoting as defined by the Consumer Affairs of Victoria is: Underquoting can occur when a property is advertised at a price that is less than the estimated selling price, the seller’s asking price, or at a price already rejected by the seller. You can learn more about this new regulation here . So for ...
May 04, 2017•27 min
The last episode of our Elite Agent Series is with Brad Teal , Director and Founder of Brad Teal Real Estate ! Born and raised in Melbourne’s northwest coupled with more than 40 years of experience in the real estate industry, Brad’s understanding of the real estate market, property trends in the area and local facilities and amenities are second to none. And how did he build up his property empire? It all started with a punch in the face! Find out more on today’s podcast. For the first part of ...
May 04, 2017•30 min
Another exciting episode of the podcast this week! Joining Bryce and Ben on the couch is a certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Public Speaker, and author of The Ultimate Book of Influence and Useful Belief, Chris Helder . After moving to Melbourne 21 years ago from the USA, Chris has become one of Australia’s leading keynote speakers who explains mastering the power of the mindset. With this in mind, Bryce, Ben and Chris provide some absolute gold nuggets in this episode by d...
Apr 27, 2017•47 min
Carrying on with our real estate agent season, today we have another special guest star Tim Heavyside on the show with Bryce and Ben. An award-winning Real Estate Agent, Director and Auctioneer for Fletchers Real Estate , Tim has an impressive professional history in this industry dating back 15 years. As a very knowledgeable and personable star on the show, there is no doubt that you will receive some interesting advice and will be listening to some absolute gold in today’s episode. In this epi...
Apr 20, 2017•50 min
Can’t believe it has been 11 weeks since our last Q&A ! We’ve got quite a line-up of great guests on the show for the past couple of months so for today’s podcast, we will be doing a Q&A instead. Thanks for sending in your question Bryce and Ben will be answering questions from: Bernard on Borderless Investing : Alisdair on Loan Redraw Facilities : Lakhwinder on Location Research : Clayton on buying off-the-plan properties : If you like this Q&A episode (Borderless Investing, Loan Re...
Apr 13, 2017•46 min
Housing Affordability. APRA. Investor’s Lending. Super Property Deposit Debate. These are headline news for the last few weeks which have been monopolising the business section of most press for some time now. So, we don’t think we can wait any longer either! Now, what did they chat about today? You would be expecting conversation around the long-term sustainability of the Australian Property Market, an upcoming correction and who will be affected; APRA’s move on investment lending; changes on i...
Apr 12, 2017•45 min
Bryce recently appeared on our good friend, Kevin Turner’s podcast, Real Estate Talk and we thought it would be a good idea to share it with you guys! If you haven’t checked it out yet, tune in to Kevin’s podcast for some great quality property investment news, tips and strategy from Australia’s Top Property Experts and more. In this Bonusisode, Bryce and Kevin will be chatting about: Why Bryce chose property out of all the asset classes out there? What motivated him to start investing in proper...
Apr 10, 2017•19 min
Carrying on from Part One , here’s the second instalment of Episode 110 featuring one of Australia’s most renowned Buyer’s Agents, Frank Valentic on the couch today with Bryce and Ben. Now, let’s get into it straight away! For Part Two, the guys will be chatting about: Factors to consider when researching a location ie gentrification , schooling, lifestyle and more Scarcity in property and what type of properties he invests in Some of the common mistakes buyers make when buying a property Tips a...
Apr 06, 2017•34 min
To carry on our Real Estate Agent series, we have Frank Valentic for this 2-part episode! A household name and Director of Advantage Property Consulting , Frank often appears on the TV series The Block, helping his buyers snatch up a few properties on auction day! He joins Bryce and Ben today to give you all an insight into his world of being one of Australia’s leading Buyer’s Agents. In part one, we listen to Bryce, Ben and Frank discuss the following topics and more: How he got into his first ...
Apr 06, 2017•32 min
We are excited to announce that today’s episode is the start of our Real Estate Agent Series! Joining us to kick start this series is Glen Coutinho , Director and Senior Auctioneer for RT Edgar . With over 30 years of experience within the industry, Glen lets us in on some valuable tips to keep in mind during property auctions, how to deal with selling agents and more! Here are some of the key topics that Bryce, Ben and Glen talk about today: Glen’s professional background and how he became a Re...
Mar 30, 2017•46 min
Back in Episode 102 , Bryce and Ben discussed if we are facing an affordability issue and when Jan Somers appeared on our show last month, she mentioned that her aunt was also concerned about housing affordability back in the 1950s. Now, with the Federal Budget just a couple of months away, this topic appears yet again, and it seems to be the favourite amongst our politicians. This time, the debate is about improving affordability for first-home buyers. Now, don’t get us wrong. The Property Couc...
Mar 23, 2017•51 min
We hope you enjoyed the first part of this two-part special guest week episode! In the second instalment of this episode with Nicole Faid; Bryce, Ben and Nicole all go into more detail concerning conveyancing, whilst focusing on some of the following areas: Off the plan contracts: What to expect and be aware of. Possibility of getting your deposit back if you decide to pull out of the deal. Anecdotes with regards to purchasers' and vendors’ deals. Why is it important to get contract reviews and ...
Mar 16, 2017•37 min
Due to there being an excess of absolute gold in yet another special guest week episode, we’ve had to split this week’s episode into two! Today joining Bryce and Ben for this hour-long episode is Nicole Faid , principal and founder of Accord Conveyancing . With over 25 years of industry experience, and managing around 15,000 conveyancing transactions during her career so far, the insights and opinions she provides are not to be missed out on. In this part, Bryce, Ben and Nicole discuss some of t...
Mar 16, 2017•37 min
In this joint episode with The Smart Property Investment Show, Phil chats with Ben about the importance of a good money management system when investing in property, having a sound but flexible strategy in place and understanding what you want to achieve at the end of this game of property investing. We have mentioned a few times on The Property Couch that it is important to have an end goal in mind when you are building your portfolio. What are we striving to achieve and where is the final dest...
Mar 09, 2017•34 min
A few of our listeners have asked us about Fractional Property Investment; what is it and how it actually works. It is a relatively new investing concept and often, people are confused if it’s investing in shares or property especially when it comes to ownership of the property. So we’ve invited Anthony Millet , CEO of BRICKX , to come on the show and share his expertise! Appointed as the CEO back in April 2016, Anthony comes from an investment banking background, had been the Chief Operating Of...
Mar 09, 2017•49 min
Our second Live Podcast Recording at the Melbourne Property Buyer Expo last weekend was with Effie Zahos ! With more than 20 years in the finance and journalism industry, Effie started as a graduate trainee for Westpac and then moved on to be the head researcher for Channel Nine’s successful Money program in 1997. She has been the editor of Money Magazine since 1999 as well as the magazine’s banking specialist, a regular finance commentator on TV and radio, and the author of The Great $20 Advent...
Mar 02, 2017•44 min
After last week’s much-anticipated talk with Jan Somers who is an example of someone who has made many successful choices when building her 40-plus-year-old portfolio, today’s episode features Bryce and Ben discussing seven of the most common ways many of us lose money when investing in property. With key advice and some examples of how and why the choices we make as property investors can have a negative impact on our portfolios, the guys make sure to warn us and help us understand why these wa...
Feb 23, 2017•37 min
As promised, here is the second part of the highly anticipated Episode featuring the incredibly humble housewife, author of 4 best-selling property books, and sophisticated property investor and property educator extraordinaire, Jan Somers. In this part, Bryce, Ben and Jan discuss the following areas: The mistakes she made along the way – holiday homes, overcapitalising and more Types of properties she likes to invest in Her thoughts on borderless investing and if it is for everyone Australia’s ...
Feb 16, 2017•29 min
We are extremely excited here on The Property Couch this week to announce the long-awaited meeting with our special guest today, JAN SOMERS (as we’re sure you would agree)! With a successful property portfolio spanning over 40 years with countless properties within the country, Jan is an inspirational, property-investing mogul who we all could learn a lot from. As we gained so much gold from the hour-long chat, we’ve had to split the episode into two! In this first part, Bryce Holdaway and Ben K...
Feb 16, 2017•37 min
Finally, back in the studio again this week and as mentioned in Ben’s latest RBA cash rate announcement video, this episode of the podcast has Bryce and Ben talking about the all-time hot debate topic: The Housing Affordability Issue. But before that, we just want to highlight that the podcast has reached another one of our milestones! 1,027,000 DOWNLOADS! A big thank you to all of our listeners for tuning in! We wouldn’t have been able to achieve this without your support, reviews, feedback and...
Feb 09, 2017•44 min
With a fresh start this week for The Property Couch after our much-anticipated 100th episode last week, the energy definitely hasn’t dwindled as Episode 101 has Bryce and Ben discussing the six critical foundations to building your wealth plan. From the comfort of Ben’s home instead of the studio this week, (as not even an operation can delay an episode of TPC), the guys discuss foundations such as strategy, getting a mentor and building your tribe to name a few. Similar to a skyscraper or a meg...
Feb 02, 2017•46 min
Happy Australia Day and thank you to all of you who had supported us for the past 99 episodes! It has been an incredible journey, and we are very grateful and amazed at how far we’ve come. This is just the beginning, and we promise you that for the next 100 episodes, we are definitely going bigger and better! With new segments, more case studies, guest interviews and innovative data research platforms (spoiler alerts!), all we can say for now is, sit tight and buckle up for the ride. So to celeb...
Jan 26, 2017•39 min
As Bryce puts it today, we’ve made it to “99, not out!” and with just 1 episode to go before the big 1-0-0, we’re back to provide you with another Q&A Session. In today’s episode, Bryce and Ben give advice on whether to sell your home, tips for investing later on in life, what to do when your property portfolio is falling into a downward spiral, and more. Today’s questions are from the following listeners: Fernando on whether or not to sell his home : Monique on whether or not to sell her ho...
Jan 19, 2017•41 min
It’s the second week into the new year, and we’ve got yet another exciting and information-packed episode for you today. Joining Bryce and Ben on another online interview podcast is Property Journalist and Review Editor of Domain , Jennifer Duke ( @JennieDuke ). Today the duo and their special guest who “lives and breathes property” discuss Jen’s professional background and how she got into property journalism, the breadth of topics there are to discuss around property, as well as how being a pr...
Jan 12, 2017•43 min
First things first, Happy New Year everyone! And what an exciting new year we have for you all here on The Property Couch. We’ll let Bryce and Ben fill you in on what’s to come, but for now, we thought we’d kick the new year off with a fresh Q&A session. In today’s episode, Bryce and Ben answer the following 7 questions which are: Volks on Mechanics of Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) : Jamie on Purchasing foreclosed property direct from banks : Bohdi on whether to buy comfortably within bud...
Jan 05, 2017•36 min
Joining us on our first online recording today is Prue Muirhead! Prue is the co-founder of Muirhead Property Management , the 2010 Property Investor of the Year, teaches property investment and property management at TAFE Adelaide and is an active investor with 18 positively geared properties under her belt. So in today’s episode, Bryce and Ben will be chatting with her about how she builds her positively geared property portfolio and: Her journey as a sophisticated property investor , the hurdl...
Dec 29, 2016•47 min
SURPRISE! On this Boxing Day, we are having a joint podcast with Phil Tarrant from Smart Property Investment Show ! Phil joined us back in Episode 52 talking about his journey as a property investor but in this Bonusisode (Bonus Episode), the focus will be on investing in property in 2017! Ben and Phil will be chatting about: The Health of the Australian Property Market in 2017 Understanding the different market cycles and how economic activities and infrastructure development may change the mar...
Dec 26, 2016•32 min
As Christmas is a time for giving, we thought today’s special Christmas episode should be none other than a Q&A session! Topics covered today include debt-retirement and refinancing loans, how to go about upgrading your PPOR (Principle Place of Residence), whether it’s worth paying for a financial planner and more. (And click here for your free The Property Couch Christmas Pack !) Today’s questions are from the following listeners: Chris on debt-retirement and refinancing loans : Bill on upg...
Dec 22, 2016•46 min
Keeping to our Summer Series tradition, Bryce and Ben are joined by yet another special guest in today’s episode; Nerida Conisbee – The Chief Economist of The REA Group: now the biggest digital real estate company in the world! With more than 20 years of property research experience throughout the Asia Pacific, Nerida also appears every Saturday on SkyNews Real Estate program, is an adviser on property market conditions to major Government bodies and has held senior positions within commercial a...
Dec 15, 2016•47 min
In today’s podcast, a much-anticipated topic features. But first, Bryce and Ben discuss the recently released GDP numbers for the September quarter . With a fall of 0.5%, what does this mean to us Australians? How will business confidence and the Australian Property Market be affected? And more importantly, is this a really bad thing? After discussions on the GDP as well as further mentions of our 100th episode (that’s coming up very soon!), today’s main topic – as stated in the title, is: “How ...
Dec 08, 2016•41 min
