273 | Calling out the Bad Guys – How we Found our Voice & Our Top 5 Frameworks to Defend Against Bad Advice

The property industry is unregulated. What this means is that there are more than a few Bad Guys – and not just the sharks in white shoes – out there who slither under the radar and sell dodgy advice that, quite frankly, moves their wealth position and not yours.

This is what keeps us up at night. This is what keeps us showing up every Thursday. This is what started this podcast in the first place. And if you’ve been with us for a while, you’ll already know that The Property Couch is “the people’s podcast” – we’re on a crusade to even the playing field between sly property spruikers and everyday folks who simply want to move the dial on their financial position and create a better life for themselves.

So today – to mark our FIFTH BIRTHDAY! – we’re going out on a limb and doing something a bit different…

Here’s the deal… there’s no doubt that there IS bad advice out there. We wish it wasn’t that way, but it is. There’s no use running from reality.

So in this episode we’re actually diving deep on some experiences we’ve never spoken about before. We’re going to give you a look into what life was like for us BEFORE we started The Property Couch and what pushed us over the edge to start educating folks about how this industry really operates. You’ll get the backstory into how we found our voice, what we did to make sure people heard us and why we care so much about all this property, finance and money management stuff in the first place!

And because our folks have kindly given us the airtime and a reason to show up for the last five years — a quick shout out to ALL of you and a HUGE thank you for your titan-strength support over the years – we’re going to unpack what we’ve learnt from doing the podcast itself… and how all this affects the guests we handpick, the topics we cover and, most importantly, the FRAMEWORKS we share with you! We’re leaving no stone unturned…  and – word of warning! – we’re ripping through this one as we are covering A LOT in this bowel-over ep!! (Ben actually reckoned this one would go for 2 hours if we didn’t get a wriggle on!)

Our Five-Year Birthday Episode ALSO includes…

• Our Top 5 Frameworks to Defend Against Bad Advice
• Our Top 5 Favourite Episodes… Of All Time!!
• Our Top 5 Favourite Guests… (Tricky, but we did it!)

The Freebies Mentioned…

The most important freebie is probably the Top Five Frameworks for Property Investors! And we’ve compiled them all for you! Just fill in the form below and we’ll email the list… and heaps more!

• New PDF Document: Our Five Favourite Frameworks For Property Investors
• VIDEO: The Game of Property Investing (one of Ben’s Favourite frameworks)
• Free PDF Book: Make Money Simple Again
• Free Physical Book: The Armchair Guide to Property Investing (please just pay shipping)

Key Learnings…

04:33 – Bryce’s reasons for wanting to start The Property Couch

06:20 – Ben’s spark…

10:29 – How is property education like the Keto Diet?

13:03 – Why “7 properties in 7 years” is

14:20  – The Debt Servicing Debt Strategy

18:50 – What was the first course Ben decided was worth purchasing?

23:56 – How our Wealth Simulator came into existence…

27:35 – When and Why did Ben reach out to Bryce all those years ago?

30:42 – The Five-Step Process to Property Investing

35:40 – The lessons from the podcast

46:08 – Bryce’s Top Five Favourite Frameworks!!

48:02 – Four Critical Levers to Financial Peace

48:25 – Ben’s Top Five Favourite Frameworks!

51:35 – How do we decide on our guestsv?

51:40 – Bryce’s Top 5 Favourite Guests!

56:06 – Ben’s Top Five Favourite Guests!

57:38 – Honourable mentions – Bryce’s Top 5 Favourite Episodes

58:41 – Ben’s Top Five Favourite Episodes!

1:01:54 – The Most Downloaded Episodes of all time

1:03:24 – Our mistakes…

1:05:36 – NEW FRAMEWORK announcement…!!!!!

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