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480 | How to FAIL to Retire on $2K Per Week

 

Ever wondered how to FAIL at building a successful property portfolio? 

Want to learn how NOT to build a weekly passive income of $2k?  

If so, then this is the episode for you! 😉 

This week’s episode gives you a step-by-step guide on how never to take action or build a weekly passive income of $2k. 

From the worst ways to approach the property market to the incorrect beliefs you should hold about investing, we’re breaking down this episode into the 4 crucial ways you could go wrong…

Can you guess them?   

  1. The Wrong S_R_ _E_Y: Approach this wrong; you’ll be frozen in paralysis forever. 
  1. The Wrong P_O_E_T_: Get this wrong, and you could pour thousands of dollars into your portfolio….and still never make a passive income 😮.  
  1. The Wrong M_N_ _E_: Slip up on this, and you can say goodbye to growth.  
  1. The Wrong N_T_ _R_: Refuse to seek this, and you’re going to fall into a lot more traps on the way… 

To avoid taking these wrong turns (and, in all seriousness, avoid making these mistakes), listen in now!  

 

P.S. As mentioned in Ben’s “What’s Making Property News”,  the Property Investors Council of Australia (PICA) needs support! As a not-for-profit organisation representing the everyday property investor without a voice, any membership or donation helps. Become a member, donate or find out more today >>  

 

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  • Watch our most streamed video ever >>  
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Timestamps

  • 0:00 – How to FAIL to Retire on $2K Per Week 
  • 1:25 – Our FREE birthday present for you…  
  • 4:56 – Mindset Minute: What is your ROI on a BOOK?  
  • 9:33 – “Invert, always invert”  
  • 10:59 – #1) The Wrong S_R_ _E_Y:  Sell N_ _!  
  • 11:57 – Wait To B_ _  
  • 13:05 – Don’t T_in_  
  • 14:06 – Leave It To The G_ _  
  • 15:45 – Play The S_ _ _ _ Game  
  • 17:21 – #2) The Wrong P_O_E_T_: Focus on P_ _p_r_ _ Appeal alone 
  • 19:13 – Ignore S_a_c_ty 
  • 20:20 – Don’t R_ _e_r_h 
  • 21:54 – #3) The Wrong M_N_ _E_: Treat your b_l_e_s like… 
  • 23:16 – Pr_ _r_s_in_t_  
  • 25:43 – Seek instant g_a_i_ic_ti_n 
  • 28:27 – #4) The Wrong N_T_ _R_: Take a_v_c_ From Your Family 
  • 30:31 – Self-Ma_a_e Your Properties 
  • 32:56 – Neglect B_i_d_ng Ins_e_t_ _ns  
  • 35:57 – The Checklist to Failure  
  • 38:28 – Our most streamed video ever… 

And… 

  • 40:04 – Lifehack: Value is found in the second or third lap (Thanks Merv!)
  • 43:47 – WMPN: Help us to support PICA 

 

477 | How This Expat Family Built a 5 Property Portfolio: Escaping Property Price Crashes, Off the Plan Problems & Open Money Conversations – Chat with Emer

 

Folks, if you’re searching for a great property investing role model, then Emer, today’s Summer Series guest, is your person! ⭐🙌     

Today, she and her husband, Rod, own a five-property portfolio and are looking towards a future with a comfortable retirement and legacy piece to leave two kids.    

Getting to this stage, however, hasn’t come without its ups and downs.    

Tune in to hear Emer’s story as she swings from living paycheck to paycheck in Galway to meeting her future husband in sunny Australia to the property market crash they narrowly escaped. 

This is just the beginning of the story.      

We’re diving deep to uncover how they overcame getting stung by a spruiker, why they decided to go borderless, and the positive transformative process they underwent by getting a financial plan.  

It’s another motivational, heart-warming story with an awesome guest. Tune in now! 

 

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Timestamps

  • 0:00 – How This Expat Family Built a 5 Property Portfolio: Escaping Property Price Crashes, Off the Plan Problems & Open Money Conversations 
  • 1:18 – Welcome Emer!  
  • 2:10 – Generational Differences: Envy & Magazines 
  • 8:58 – She spent everything in those first weeks?! 
  • 11:41 – Trailblazing to Accounting & Australia  
  • 13:34 – The bullet they dodged with Property #1!  
  • 16:07 – Starting life again with just 6 boxes and 1 qualification😮  
  • 18:11 – First steps on the property ladder in Sutherland  
  • 20:13 – Emer’s efficient money management system  
  • 23:41 – So, why did she “U-turn” on a bigger house?  
  • 26:22 – They got burned by THIS textbook mistake 🙁  
  • 29:23 – Be wary of conversations like these…  
  • 33:15 – Pay off your home loan in 7 years: Why this tax strategy is dangerous 
  • 35:06 – Going borderless!  
  • 37:07 – Why did she want a financial plan? (From an accountant’s perspective)  
  • 39:22 – “Everyone makes the assumption when you’re an accountant that you can do everything… 
  • 41:00 – The seamless process behind Property #3  
  • 42:37 – How Emer & Rod invest in property AND keep their cool!  
  • 47:32 – THIS should give everyone confidence!  
  • 49:11 – What’s next on her property journey?  
  • 50:53 – Would she have taken the jump as a DIY investor?  
  • 52:57 – Here’s why Emer is the perfect property model… 
  • 56:09 – The inspirational reason she came onto the Couch 
  • 59:48 – What a remarkable story! Thank you Emer 😊  

 

475 | “I Lost All My Money Through Day Trading”: How This Dive Instructor Rebuilt Her Life on Her Own After Losing It All – Chat with Jasmin

 

Welcome back to our FIRST episode for 2024!

To celebrate, we’re sharing the story of a Summer Series guest who encompasses all the great values we hope to bring into the new year. 👏🤩🙌  

Meet Jasmin, a brave, determined and resourceful investor whose drive has taken her diving around the world, to cruise ships in the Caribbean and to prestigious universities across the continent of Europe.  

If you can’t tell already…this is one awesome, action-packed tale.  

Tune in to hear Jasmin leap from discovering a life-changing passion to moving across the globe for love to losing every cent in her bank account in just one day. 😲 

We’ll uncover exactly how she rebuilds her life from this harrowing situation, finds her feet on the road to property and secures her ideal lifestyle (that includes some loveable furry friends 😉).  

As an aspirational, single female investor, this is the perfect tale of empowerment to kick off the new year. Tune in now folks!  

 

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Timestamps

  • 0:00 – “I Lost All My Money Through Day Trading”: How This Dive Instructor Rebuilt Her Life On Her Own After Losing It All 
  • 1:56 – Welcome Jasmin!  
  • 2:36 – “Things don’t come flying from the sky”  
  • 6:56 – Working before minimum age?!  
  • 8:23 – Growing up with an aspirational mum and grandparents 😊  
  • 14:27 – The biggest influence in her childhood was… 
  • 15:17 – Did Jasmin grow up to be frugal or a spender? 
  • 16:59 – From Germany to Australia: How she self-funded her trip at just 19?!  
  • 18:08 – The 1 decision that shaped her life path…  
  • 19:30 – Studying abroad and diving sabbaticals!  
  • 22:05 – Returning to Australia, corporate jobs and chasing adventure 
  • 26:30 – 2 very different challenges  
  • 28:02 – She lost everything in 1 DAY?! 😮   
  • 32:55 – Why was she ashamed about this experience?  
  • 34:55 – The shift to property that started with a webinar… 
  • 37:37 – How she found “The Property Couch”  
  • 40:00 – The invaluable benefits that come from experience 
  • 42:33 – Jasmin couldn’t find the answer to this Q. Here’s what she did.  
  • 44:52 – The lifestyle “middle ground” she’s searching for 
  • 47:51 – What does having this certainty feel like?  
  • 49:20 – How she is giving back to the community through property! 
  • 50:38 – She only needs THIS many properties to achieve her dream  
  • 53:25 – The paw-some charity she supports 🐶 
  • 56:09 – How visual money management helps Jasmin  
  • 58:55 – What does money mean to her?  
  • 1:01:20 – THIS inspired Jasmin to share her fascinating story 
  • 1:03:54 – What an empowering story. Thank you, Jasmin! 
  • 1:07:30 – The Surplus Challenge: How much can you trap?!  

474 | From Childhood Stocks to City Shocks: How He Escaped Bad Investing Advice! – Chat with Bailey

 

 

It’s our final episode for the year and folks, we’ve saved one absolutely inspirational tale to finish 2023.   

As a hint of what’s to come, Bailey – today’s articulate Summer Series guest – invested $500 into Westpac shares at the age of 10.  

While this one action already sets him aside, Bailey isn’t special just because of his remarkable approach to investing but because of one skill that, as described by Ben, is “one of the greatest skills to learn in life”.  

If that isn’t a cliffhanger folks, then we don’t know what is. 😉  

Tune into this fascinating episode to find out what sets this 24-year-old apart from the rest, how he bought his first property at the young age of 21 and to hear the heart-warming reason why he decided to speak out and come onto the couch.  

This guest has Ben and Bryce completely rapt. Seriously, give it a listen now folks 😊🌌✨ 

 

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Timestamps

  • 0:00 – From Childhood Stocks to City Shocks: How He Escaped Bad Investing Advice! 
  • 1:38 – Welcome Bailey!  
  • 2:21 – Growing up with a money-savvy mum  
  • 6:47 – How he started on his financial future from 10 years old!  
  • 10:39 – What sparked his love for investing?  
  • 12:16 – Bailey’s lifehack while his friends were at university  
  • 15:12 – What he did with all his savings 😲 
  • 17:41 – THIS is one of the biggest lessons in life…  
  • 21:03 – How did it feel when he bought his first property (You’d be surprised by his answer😉) 
  • 25:38 – He’s now stopping and smelling the roses – here’s how!  
  • 27:35 – Bailey’s paradigm shift  
  • 31:05 – Beware the enthusiastic amateur!  
  • 35:15 – These were the biggest lessons he learnt…  
  • 37:26 – Why it was actually good that he had a bad experience!
  • 41:14 – His pathway to becoming borderless!  
  • 43:19 – Why is rent-vesting right for him?  
  • 46:28 – Bailey’s North Star ⭐  
  • 50:32 – What drove him to speak on the couch?  
  • 51:39 – The secret to goal setting  
  • 55:11 – How he’s navigating two extreme interest rate environments 
  • 58:21 – Thank you Bailey! What an articulate and inspirational person 😊  
  • 1:01:25 – Here’s a challenge to Bailey’s mates 

 

465 | How This Family Can Afford their Year-Long Holiday While Building Their Portfolio

 

We’ve always said that property investing is a process not an event but…

How does one successfully match this process with ongoing family, life AND travel goals to achieve it all?!? 🏡🌟 

Folks, in today’s episode, we’re revealing how it’s possible through two real-life case studies!   

In our first case study, “Scratching the Itch”, we’re exploring how a young family who is looking to spend a memorable year travelling with their young ones can achieve this while continuing to work towards buying their forever home.  

 In the next case study, “Older Demographics Need Help Too!”, we chart the path that Linda, a 54-year-old Zookeeper can take to achieve her dream retirement without sacrificing her current lifestyle.  

We’ll be deep-diving into the problems and life-changing epiphanies each of these brave investors have had, along with the exact steps and plans we created to help each of them achieve it all.  

From the power of prioritisation to seeing what is possible, we’re highlighting the many advantages of seeking professional advice.  A seriously motivational and practical episode for all, give it a listen now!  

 

Free Stuff Mentioned

  • Scratch your itch! Make the invisible visible and understand your priorities by getting professional advice. Book a free no-obligation with our award-winning team here >> 
  • Sign up for PICA’s newest webinar with Nicola McDougall here >>   

 

Heres some of the gold we cover 

  • 0:00 – How This Family Can Afford their Year-Long Holiday While Building Their Portfolio   
  • 2:34 – PICA is having a new exciting webinar!  
  • 3:23 REVEALED: Our newest Case Study Series launch! 
  • 5:53 – Giveaways 🤗   
  • 9:24 – Calling all potential Summer Series Guests! Share your story here… 
  • 11:44 – Mindset Minute: Never be so foolish as to believe… 
  • 17:35 – Case Study #1: Scratching the Itch 
  • 19:16 – The scary external AND internal problems they were facing… 
  • 23:18 – It’s always better to trade on paper folks!  
  • 26:35 The Lifechanging Epiphanies + Plan 
  • 27:42 – THIS is how they took action!   
  • 34:47 – It’s all about understanding the trade-offs & priorities! 
  • 35:56 – The 2 Fundamental Levers  
  • 40:11 The end result: The achievement + transformation 😊  
  • 44:24 – Case Study #2: Older demographics need help too! 
  • 45:58 – The fears this Zookeeper was facing…  
  • 49:49 – What drove her to act?  
  • 50:32 – The 3 very different solutions she was presented!  
  • 52:35 One of the most important things to remember… 
  • 54:18 – Other factors we considered 😮  
  • 55:26 – The Winning Roadmap to Retirement! 
  • 57:35 – Let’s summarise…  
  • 59:20 – Folks, we’re so lucky (+ THIS is the best time to start)  
  • 1:00:37 – Scratch your itch. Have a conversation with our award-winning team >> 

And… 

  • 1:02:55 – Lifehack: How to finish ANY book!  
  • 1:04:07 – WMPN: Unexpected changes to vacancy rates and shifting markets…😮 

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