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

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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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  • FREE PROPERTY SUBURB REPORT: As our birthday gift to you, we’re giving away our data-packed Property Suburb Report – for free! (Usually RRP $40). Get your free report here >> (Note: There’s been a change in email restrictions which requires you to verify your email to allow us to send it to you. Please be aware that we are following these changes.)  
  • Watch our most streamed video ever >>  
  • Upcoming Q&A: Send us your puzzling property questions (and as thanks, get a free Start & Build course!) Send them through our SpeakPipe >>  

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 

 

RBA Cash Rate Feb 2024 | Shifting Tides: Exploring the Global Influence on Australia’s Economy in 2024

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Welcome to the first RBA Rate Announcement of 2024, a year that heralds a fresh and insightful approach to our economic updates! This year, we’re thrilled to announce a dynamic new partnership: Ben will be teaming up with Evan Lucas for all future RBA insights. With this powerhouse duo at the helm, you can bet we’re diving far beyond the basics.

Evan Lucas isn’t just any analyst; he’s a titan in the world of economics (and he’s appeared multiple times on our show!) As the author of the best selling book, “Mind Over Money: Why Understanding Your Money Behaviour Will Improve Your Financial Freedom,” Evan brings a wealth of experience as a market strategist and a fervent passion for investment. His keen insights promise to enrich our understanding of Australia’s economic landscape like never before.

Together, Ben and Evan will take us on a deep dive into the undercurrents and nuances of Australia’s economy, shedding light on the forces shaping our future.

In this month’s video, they tackle several pivotal topics:

  • The Global Giant – Dissecting the US Economy: The US economy acts as a barometer for the global financial climate. Our experts dissect its latest GDP growth rates and Federal Reserve decisions to uncover how these factors ripple across the globe, impacting Australia directly.
  • Navigating the Waters of Global and Domestic Inflation: The spectre of inflation has loomed large over economies worldwide. Ben and Evan explore whether inflation remains a pressing concern or if recent trends suggest it’s receding into the rearview mirror. #Finally
  • Employment Data – Decoding the Numbers: The duo delves into the complexities of employment data, advocating for a closer look at underutilization rates as a more telling indicator of the job market’s health than traditional metrics might suggest.
  • Forecasting Australia’s Economic Voyage: Armed with data and insights, our hosts chart the course of Australia’s economic journey through 2024. They assess the potential challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, asking: will we navigate calm seas or face turbulent waters?

Will 2024 be a year of contrasts? As we look ahead, Ben and Evan discussed whether 2024 will unfold as a year marked by starkly different halves. What will the coming months bring for the RBA’s cash rate, market dynamics, and property trends?

Now, what are you waiting for? Let’s delve into this month’s update!

 

 

 

 

479 | Behind the Highlights Reel: 2024 Summer Series Takeaways

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To wrap up another fantastic Summer Series and celebrate the peaks and valleys of each investor’s property investing journey, we’re bringing you our ultimate 2024 recap. 🎉  

From our favourite guest quotes to the key action points from each story, we’re sharing our insights and reflections on each investor’s path to achieving their financial freedom and personal growth.  

Tune in now to hear the best of our Summer Series and how you can use their experiences to bolster your property investing success this year!   

Again, a huge thank you to Ethan, Amy, Leisa, Bailey, Jasmin, James, Emer and Amanda for sharing your inspirational stories with our community. 👏🙌    

    

P.S. It’s our birthday month! As a present to our awesome community, we’re sharing how to access our in-demand Property Suburb Report for free. Stick around to the end to hear how 😊   

 

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  • SHARE YOUR STORY: We love to hear your stories and it’s never too early to be our next Winter Series guest 😉 Share your story >> 
  • NEW HISTORICAL TRACKING FEATURE: We’ve just launched our newest feature in Moorr that provides revolutionary insights and information into your wealth building journey. Check it out now >>
  • Get a free Property Suburb Report: As our birthday gift to you, we’re giving away free Property Suburb Reports! 😊 (Note: There’s been a change in email restrictions which requires you to verify your email to allow us to send it to you. Please be aware that we are following these changes.) Get your free report here >>

 

Timestamps

  • 0:00 – Behind the Highlights Reel: 2024 Summer Series Takeaways
  • 1:46 – A moment to honour Michael Pope ❤️ 
  • 5:25 – Share your story today! >> 
  • 6:33 – Can you help us reach 100K subscribers?  
  • 8:33 – A free birthday gift…  
  • 11:21 – A listener’s review for Ep 478  
  • 13:49 – Mindset Minute: “Risk is the price you pay for opportunity”  
  • 18:12 – Ep 471: Ethan  
  • 21:18 – Folks, take the time to do THIS!  
  • 24:58 – Ep 472: Amy 
  • 27:40 – The Power of Time 
  • 30:03 – Ep 473: Leisa
  • 33:31 – Relationships fail… 
  • 36:22 – Michelle, thank you for your feedback!  
  • 40:00 – Ep 474: Bailey
  • 42:32 – “This made me realise how hard property investing is”  
  • 45:45 – Ep 475: Jasmin 
  • 49:31 – Ep 476: James  
  • 51:19 – Invest in the S&Me 500 
  • 54:57 – Ep 477: Emer  
  • 56:15 – Why specialised knowledge is critical!  
  • 58:58 – Ep 478: Amanda  
  • 59:29 – Financial Abuse and Gender Disparity is sadly too common  
  • 1:07:30 – Top Takeaways from our 2024 Summer Series   

And… 

  • 1:11:17 – Lifehack: Love avocados? Here’s how to make sure you get ripe avocados every time.  
  • 1:13:05 – WMPN: Let’s do the numbers with the Gov’s new tax cut   
  • 1:30:23 – It’s our birthday present to you: Get our free Property Suburb Report!  
  • 1:32:42 –  A monumental Moorr milestone: Our Historical Tracking tool is LIVE!  

 

478 | What Happens When Money is Used to Control: How She Escaped It & Overcame Scarcity & Gender Wealth Inequality – Chat with Amanda

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For our final episode in our 2024 Summer Series, we’re welcoming Amanda, an extraordinary guest who is not only a TPC listener but also an empowering qualified property investment advisor at Ben’s advisory!   

Today, she’s sharing an incredibly eye-opening and gut-wrenching story…  

Amanda grew up in an environment where…

“Money was frequently used as one of the tools on the coercive control toolbelt by my dad… There was also financial inequity between the males and females in my family growing up.”   

From battling psychological, physical and financial abuse to rebuilding her family’s life from scratch after a life-changing epiphany, we’re unpacking a tale that demonstrates Amanda’s strength and determination at every turn.   

But this story isn’t just about Amanda.   

We also get to celebrate how her inspirational supermum escapes from this abusive relationship and takes control of her future – also using property as a vehicle! 🙌🙌🙌      

This episode explores the scars that are left from financial abuse, the determination and bravery it takes to start again, and the financial disparity (be it finances, property investing or superannuation) that still exists between men and women.  

  

It’s a truly impactful and heartwarming story – we’re finishing our 2024 Summer Series with a guest we’re so proud to have on the couch and in our team.  

 

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Helpful Resources

This week’s episode explores serious financial issues. For those looking for assistance or support, especially in dealing with financial abuse, you are not alone. Below, you’ll find a collection of helpful resources and links. Please don’t hesitate to reach out for support.  

  • 1800RESPECT is a 24-hour national sexual assault, family and domestic violence counselling line for any Australian who has experienced or is at risk of these occurring. Learn more about what financial abuse looks like on their webpage or YouTube.  
  • Facing financial abuse? Equip yourself with 1800’s financial abuse support toolkit.  
  • Financial counsellors can be contacted via 1800RESPECT or the national debt helpline on 1800 007 007. You can also visit the National Debt Helpline’s webpage.   
  • The Centre for Women’s Economic Safety offers a supportive space for individuals seeking guidance on financial matters. You have the option to schedule an appointment through their Money Clinic online, or you can call them at 1800 730 031. (Please note – they do not provide direct financial assistance.)  
  • Each state and territory has police specifically dedicated to supporting family and domestic violence. Often called Domestic Violence Liaison Officers (usually women), those facing financial abuse can ask to speak with one at a nearby police station.  

 

Timestamps

  • 0:00 – What Happens When Money is Used to Control: How She Escaped It & Overcame Scarcity & Gender Wealth Inequality   
  • 1:26 – Welcome Amanada!  
  • 1:59 – Living with financial abuse 🙁  
  • 4:36 – “Our psychological, physical and financial safety were shifting plates beneath us” 
  • 6:26 – What was it like living with financial gender disparity?  
  • 8:30 – First jobs and sent away to boarding school 
  • 12:15 – Growing up with a parent who was narcissistic…  
  • 14:36 – How she used these experiences to positively shape her life.  
  • 16:00 – Cutting contact & finding courage at her wedding  
  • 17:32 – Ben’s family faced financial abuse too. Here’s his story.  
  • 20:51 – Amanda’s mum used property to change her financial future 🙌🙌🙌  
  • 22:42 – From the grieving period to re-building confidence  
  • 29:32 – Amanda’s first big rock in the jar!   
  • 30:37 – Managing money as a couple & love languages  
  • 32:34 – The solvent money management system they used to save   
  • 33:54 – “We jumped onto the property ladder on an oily rag”  
  • 36:50 – Raising Kids & Renovating: Why did they decide to stay?  
  • 41:23 – The 10-property strategy  
  • 45:00 – Amanda’s epiphany moment and leaving it all behind…  
  • 47:39 – What motivated them to make this life-changing leap? 
  • 49:17 – Finding their dream home!  
  • 51:52 – Future plans & landing the debt plane ✈️ 
  • 53:22 – The transformational career pivot & finding The Property Couch 
  • 57:11 – The War on Wage Disparity  
  • 1:02:33 – “I just want to live my life authentically”  
  • 1:04:15 – Folks, you can always pivot.  
  • 1:10:20 – A message to anyone facing coercive control… 
  • 1:16:19 – Amanda, we’re so proud of you!  
  • 1:20:10 – “Where I am right NOW is my FAULT, IF…”  
  • 1:21:14 – Our Mission   
  • 1:22:30 – How can the Moorr platform help with your Lifestyle by Design?  
  • 1:33:20 – Stay tuned! We’ve got historically revolutionary updates in store!  
  • 1:40:50 – Keep sending us your stories! We read every single one of them 🙂  

 

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

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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 😊  

 

476 | From $30k Debt to a $2.78M Portfolio: How He Rebuilt His Finances and Confidence After a Failed Business Venture – Chat with James

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Imagine waking up to find yourself $30,000 in debt with a restaurant business turned bad and a great deal of self-doubt left in its wake.

Now fast forward a decade or so to find… 

You’ve amassed a $2.78 million property portfolio; you are now confident on your path to helping others and you are financially empowered.  

This is the rollercoaster ride of James, today’s articulate and inspirational Summer Series guest. 

From growing up “material poor but experience rich” in the heart of Canada (You’ll have to tune in to find out how this Aussie family found themselves in the remote province of Manitoba) to running a successful bar business that ended in disaster, we’re tracing the peaks and troughs in James’ career and financial life. 

Together, we unpack how he snowballs out of this debt, the advantages that come from having a wonderful accountability partner and wife, and his passionate pathway to self-development. 

Plus, we’ll dive into that heart-dropping moment that this self-professed “enthusiastic amateur” realised HE was working alongside spruikers 😮  

Yet another fantastic story that highlights the importance of smart money management, resilience, the power of financial education and so much more!  

Thank you for coming to the couch to share your story, James! Listen now folks.

 

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Timestamps

  • 0:00 – From $30k Debt to a $2.78M Portfolio: How He Rebuilt His Finances and Confidence After a Failed Business Venture – Chat with James  
  • 1:22 – Welcome James!  
  • 2:43 – Travelling Family and Two-Dollar Chores  
  • 7:09 – “Materialistic poor but experience rich”  
  • 8:16 – A 6L tub of ice cream for dinner?!  
  • 11:11 – What happened when Mum took the reins financially?  
  • 15:50 – Pivoting from AFL to Events 
  • 18:20 – Money management…on a business level  
  • 19:53 – The Mistake Venture  
  • 23:25 – The financially transformative career he swapped into 
  • 27:25 – How he got out of $30k of debt 😮  
  • 31:37 – What did it feel like being financially free?  
  • 32:13 – Next Steps & Self Development    
  • 34:44 – …and then he realised he had been working with spruikers 🙁  
  • 39:43 – A warning from a self-confessed enthusiastic amateur  
  • 44:08 – THIS is how they decided where to buy  
  • 47:49 – Construction Grants & COVID 
  • 52:16 – Their first cottage investment property 
  • 56:32 – The perks of an accountability partner  
  • 58:10 – What has it been like being a landlord? 
  • 59:40 – Pulling the trigger (again) in Perth  
  • 1:03:19 – He now owns a $2.78M property portfolio  
  • 1:06:58 – What security means to James  
  • 1:11:51 – The card game that inspired him to share his story  
  • 1:16:10 – Folks, look at your skillsets  
  • 1:18:52 – Thank you, James! What a fantastic conversation  
  • 1:24:52 – We’re giving away some exciting stuff very soon…  

 

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

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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

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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 

 

473 | Juggling Teenagers, Divorce, and 4 Properties: How This Single Mum Conquered Her Financial Pain – Chat with Leisa

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It’s no secret that maintaining a multi-property portfolio in a high-interest environment is hard. Now add in a difficult divorce and raising two teenagers in the most expensive phase of their lives and well…

You have the incredibly motivational and heart-warming story of Leisa, this week’s brilliant Summer Series guest. 

From her initial plan to own 10 properties (yep…things really have changed since the times when “he who dies with the most properties wins!”) to the revolving door of properties she’s bought and sold to juggle cash flow…

We follow Leisa on her jaw-dropping journey as she navigates holding onto her 4 properties, is blasted with a $15,000 levy fee, manages mortgage prison and much more on her journey to passive income retirement.

An inspirational tale for all, we hope Leisa’s story will inspire – particularly the middle-aged folks out there or solo supermums – who fear it’s too late for them to get onto the property ladder. Please just listen to this episode!

P.S. Merry Christmas folks! From Bryce, Ben & the team of Stigs, we hope you have a very safe and festive break 😊🎄🎅🎁

 

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Timestamps

  • 0:00 – Juggling Teenagers, Divorce, and 4 Properties: How This Single Mum Conquered Her Financial Pain 
  • 1:34 – Welcome Leisa!  
  • 2:48 – The family decision that changed her life…  
  • 4:41 – Her eye-opening money experiences at boarding school 😮  
  • 8:33 – First jobs and her foray into property  
  • 11:09 – The 1st money management system she had  
  • 12:38 – How did she learn her money values?  
  • 13:51 – Buying Property #1  
  • 17:29 – Struck by a $15,000 levy – with no benefit?! 🙁  
  • 20:57 – Why did she choose a unit over a house?  
  • 22:13 – Property #2 and the family home!  
  • 24:13 – Selling a property, sheriffs & maternity leave… 
  • 28:05 – An original plan of 10 properties?!   
  • 31:00 – 6 properties in 5 years! 😮  
  • 34:25 – The Divorce: Just 12 hours to switch from joint to sole ownership!?  
  • 37:02 – THIS is how she continued to finance her property portfolio  
  • 42:01 – Why having aligned money values is SO critical!!  
  • 46:47 – Caught in mortgage prison & navigating a rising rate environment  
  • 48:52 – Getting creative with solutions  
  • 52:40 – Reworking her cash flow through tax!  
  • 54:22 – How to become problem aware (aka. Why most people DON’T achieve a self-funded retirement)  
  • 57:58 – Property as a financial backbone  
  • 1:00:08 – This is an absolute success story 😊  
  • 1:03:55 – Why did Leisa come onto the couch?  
  • 1:06:33 – Thank you Leisa! What an incredible story.  
  • 1:07:25 – For those holding, use this to see how long your money will last.  
  • 1:10:35 – Merry Christmas folks!!

 

472 | “We’re Moving to Kalgoorlie!”: Sacrifices, Savings, and Three Investment Properties Later – Chat with Amy

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This week’s episode is about many things… 

💎 The boundless rewards that come from delayed gratification,
📚 The enlightening power of financial empowerment, and…
🧑‍🌾 Getting out of your comfort zone by heading to the outback.  

Meet Amy, today’s brave and resourceful Summer Series guest!  

Growing up with “tangible money values”, Amy would spend her early 20’s prioritising life experiences over financial gain until the age of 26 when she made 1 life-changing decision…  

This would completely change her financial future and allow her and Sam, her wife, to leap onto the property ladder in less than a year.   

Tune in to hear what this revolutionary decision was, their experience moving from the East Coast to the Outback and their diverse property investing journey.    

From their first hands-on property investment to the land purchase near Byron Bay to the joint venture with her parents, Amy’s story has many chapters full of laughs and good lessons along the way.  

An episode for those who are willing to get outside their comfort zone to get into the property game, listen in now! 

 

 

P.S. Did we mention…Amy’s been a Property Couch listener for 9 years?! What an honour to talk to a long-time listener 😊🌌✨ 

 

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Timestamps

  • 0:00 – “We’re Moving to Kalgoorlie!”: Sacrifices, Savings, and Three Investment Properties Later 
  • 1:23 – Welcome Amy!  
  • 2:30 – Tangible money values & having parents who “taught them how to fish”  
  • 5:52 – 2 sisters, 2 different investing pathways  
  • 6:54 – Passing on these values to the kids… 
  • 8:08 – Travelling & spending on experiences in her 20s  
  • 9:47 – The money system she’s always used to save…  
  • 10:55 – The big sacrifice they had to make to get onto the property ladder  
  • 12:21 – From the Coast to Outback: The Move to Kalgoorlie!  
  • 14:19 – Why did Amy decide to financially educate herself?  
  • 17:00 – Why they chose their investing strategy!  
  • 17:21 – Their first investment property  
  • 19:19 – THIS is best asset they purchased!  
  • 21:13 – Why did they choose to invest and build a Granny Flat?  
  • 23:23 – Releasing Equity & Starting a Family  
  • 24:57 – Going borderless!  
  • 27:38 – Would she do it again?  
  • 29:51 – The joint venture with the parents!  
  • 32:45 – Her pragmatic approach to rates and land tax 
  • 36:16 – Into the future: Kids growing up and outgrowing the family home?  
  • 38:04 – What does money mean to Amy?  
  • 40:59 – Why she wanted to come onto the couch!  
  • 44:07 – Key Takeaways  
  • 45:37 – What an incredible story! Thank you Amy! 😊  

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