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110 (Part 2) | Meet Frank from The Block! – Chat with Frank Valentic, Director of Advantage Property Consulting

By The Property Couch April 6, 2017 in Podcast, Real Estate Agent

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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 and cautions to know when buying interstate
Land tax in Victoria
How to act at an auction and tips for when you’re bidding

And so much more! And of course, make sure you don’t miss out on Bryce’s Life Hack and Ben’s Did you Know segments this week to end another brilliant and informative chat with another special guest.

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110 (Part 1) | Meet Frank from The Block! – Chat with Frank Valentic, Director of Advantage Property Consulting

By The Property Couch April 6, 2017 in Podcast, Real Estate Agent

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To carry on our Real Estate Agent series, we have Frank Valentic for this 2-part episode! 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 property back in 1995 and started his portfolio
Frank’s professional background and how he went from semi-professional soccer player, to P.E Teacher, to a Buyer’s Agent
How did he research for properties back when he just started and how it has changed since then
His mentor in life
What his motivations are for being successful in the buyers agent field
Where to get off market properties and are they always a great investment
What are the due diligence to be done prior to purchasing an investment property
Tips for first home buyers looking to get into the market

Make sure to listen to the whole of this part to learn even more tips and information. And of course stay tuned for part 2 so you don’t miss out on all of the absolute gold discussed in this week’s episode.

109 | Do Relationships Matter In Real Estate? – Chat with Glen Coutinho, Director of RT Edgar

By The Property Couch March 30, 2017 in Podcast, Real Estate Agent

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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 Real Estate agent
What kind of property investor he is and his investment strategy
His tips on selecting an investment grade asset
Behavioural techniques to portray and look out for when buying at an auction
Rookie mistakes he sees buyers make
The strategy to being a good real estate agent and providing excellent customer service
What should you consider when engaging a selling agent
An insider’s peek at a life of a selling agent and what goes into the price setting process

And lots more! Make sure to tune into this episode to find out all of the gold provided today!

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093 | How to Negotiate to Win?

By The Property Couch December 8, 2016 in Podcast

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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 to Negotiate to Win”. Not all of us are used to or are comfortable in negotiating as it can be quite confrontational. But Bryce and Ben do it on a daily basis so today, they’ve decided to dish out some of their most useful pointers and success stories to help you on your next purchase! Not only do they let us in on some of the most helpful tips, they also tell us what to look out for and common mistakes not to make. With one of Australia’s leading Buyers Agents opening up about the secrets of negotiating, this is definitely an episode to tune into.

A couple of tips to listen out for include:

Understanding the Vendor’s motivation
Why you should treat the selling agent fairly

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079 | Q&A – Underquoting, New Developments Next Door, Fixing an Overly Negatively Geared Portfolio and more

By The Property Couch September 1, 2016 in Podcast, Q&A

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It’s the first day of Spring and a perfect time for a Question and Answer episode! Bryce and Ben started off with some of their auction stories on underquoting and a general market update.The property market had been rather cold this winter but with that over, what will we be expecting these coming months?

Here are the questions for today’s podcast:

Question on new developments next door from Jesse: My question is regarding to the current development boom that has exploded all over Melbourne as it relates to my property in bayside Melbourne. My wife and I bought a town house in Cheltenham about 8 years ago. It is on a reasonably busy road that goes from Nepean Highway down to the beach in Sandringham. We have been diligently paying it off as quickly as we can in order to give ourselves some freedom (we are both freelance) and now we are looking to buy our first investment property. This week the house next to us and the next seven houses along have all got ‘For Sale’ signs up in front. Our understanding after a brief chat with the next door neighbours is that they have all been approached by a developer who wants to build a large mid level apartment block right next to our house. Our concern is what impact this will have on our property value. We are now planning to move out and ‘rent-vest‘ as we don’t want to stay there through this construction phase.
Our main concerns are:
(A) How this will impact the value of our property when it comes to us getting a loan for an investment property.
(B) The impact this will have on our ability to rent out our townhouse if this new development goes ahead. In light of this are we better off trying to sell now and cut our losses or stick with it as a rental.

Question on cash flow from Sonia: Hi Bryce and Ben, I am a big property fan and have been listening to every single episode of the property couch. I have a few investment properties in the Sydney inner city suburbs. Besides that I also have a decent amount of savings in cash. I just quit my job to study interior design, hoping to set up my own business later on. I am a typical rich in assets and poor in cash flow example. Just wondering what is your investment advice for people like me. Thank you. Sonia

Question on property portfolio fromKhai:
- Q1) Is it better to pay off the mortgage or keep buying Investment properties?
- Q2) I have forecasted passive income of $60,000 (as a couple) in next 10 years (assuming 5% annual price rise and if I sell down my 6 properties to fully own 3 including PPOR). How do you increase this to 100,000? Keep buying 3-5 more properties in next 5 years.
- Q3) How do I fix a severely negative cash flow portfolio (minus $25k annually for 6 properties)? Options I have in mind are: building a granny flat, refinancing to lower interest rates, raising rents, converting car space in townhouse to LUG (costs probably $10,000 per townhouse but increase rents $1k per year), converting car space in townhouse to LUG (costs probably $10,000 per townhouse but increase rents $1k per year)

Question on develop or buy from Adam: I own a positively geared corner property in North Sunshine in Victoria, I am ready to take the next step in building my portfolio, does it make better sense to develop my existing property into three town houses, or to go and buy another investment property keeping in mind that property price growth will most likely exceed building costs ?

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