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544 | Election Promises vs. Reality: Will Any Party Actually Fix Housing?

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It’s Federal Election time! 🇦🇺🏠💥

Folks, in this special deep-dive episode, we’re lifting the bonnet on the major parties’ housing policies and asking the real question… 

Will they actually fix Australia’s housing affordability crisis… or just make it worse? 

With both Labor and the Coalition promising big solutions to the “housing crisis”, we’re unpacking whether their policies will truly help you get into the market.

And we’re doing it with a special lens on how these policies will impact supply and demand – the real solution to affordability.  

Tune in to hear:

✔️ The top housing policies from both Labor and the Coalition (including Labor’s 5% Help to Buy Scheme and the Coalition’s $5B shovel-ready program)

✔️ The larger economic forces at play — supply, demand, and what’s really driving this housing crisis

✔️ What it would actually take to fix Australia’s housing affordability issues

✔️ Why aspiration is Australia’s true competitive advantage (and what it means for you)

✔️ The real difference between throwing money at the problem vs targeting supply, and more!  

If you want a clear, practical look at how upcoming election policies will impact your portfolio and the wider housing industry, then tune in now!  

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Timestamps  

  • 0:00 – Election Promises vs. Reality: Will Any Party Actually Fix Housing? 
  • 1:13 – AFL Talk: Pies sitting top of the ladder 
  • 5:15 – Help us give the gift of sight to 100 more people 👁️✨ 
  • 7:34 – Mindset Minute: The mindset that wins, in property and in life. 
  • 11:00 – Why aspiration is Australia’s competitive advantage 
  • 14:48 – Election Promises: “Will their plans help you get into the market — or just push prices even higher?” 
  • 17:41 – The Labor & Coalition’s macro policies  
  • 20:33 – The real solution for affordability 
  • 21:12 – Labor Policies: $10B for social and affordable housing 
  • 24:55 –  $1.2M new homes: The National housing accord & new builds  
  • 26:11 – “The most important thing for supply”: Shovel-ready sites 
  • 27:24 – The Social Housing Accelerator  
  • 28:55 – The Help to Buy scheme 
  • 30:37 – Who it benefits and demand impacts  
  • 32:44 – The Home Guarantee Scheme Expansion: Only a 5% deposit?!  
  • 35:03 – However, it does have a dark side…  
  • 36:15 – Rent Assistance: $2.7B spend for low to middle income earners  
  • 37:46 – $9.3B for the National Housing & Homelessness Agreement   
  • 38:46 – Build-to-Rent and its multiplier effect  
  • 40:33 –The #1 policy we’re critical of (& it’s unintended consequences)  
  • 42:00 – Wrapping up Labor Policy: “It’s throwing a lot of money at the problem.”  
  • 43:52 – Coalition Policies: The Housing Infrastructure Program – $5B for $500,000 shuttle-ready projects   
  • 45:16 – From the US to Australia: The First Home Buyer Tax Deduction 
  • 47:41 – Reducing Immigration: Does it really speak to the supply story?  
  • 50:01 – Why “The Ban of Foreign Buyers” is a smart policy  
  • 51:30 – The sensible Superannuation Saving Scheme  
  • 52:44 – (Labor Policy) Why Free TAFE is NOT a good idea  
  • 53:27 – Construction Apprenticeship Boost: The $12k incentive  
  • 54:15 – Easing APRA’s 3% buffer & the blaring red flag with it  
  • 57:49 – Freeze the national construction code for 10 years 
  • 59:49 – Utilising unions to stop corruption and increase productivity  
  • 1:01:22 – The top 4 coalition policies & its challenges  
  • 1:02:10 – What will actually be effective against Australia’s housing problem?  
  • 1:07:30 – Why either policy will benefit existing property investors in the short-term!  
  • 1:08:46 – The Labor vs. Coalition: Whose policies are better?  

And… 

  • 1:11:22 – Life By Design Hack: During election week, 10 minutes reading the news, 10x that on your own financial game plan. 
  • 1:12:24 – WMPN: The most unaffordable electorates across Australia & the Greens’ policy  

 

505 | Short-Term Rentals: The Complete Guide to 3X your Income – Chat with Hayley Mitchell

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Investing in Short-Term Rentals: Why and how much does it really cost to succeed?   

In this week’s episode, we welcome back Hayley Mitchell, an award-winning full licensed Real Estate Agent who has worked across ALL facets of Property Management since 1999, including owning her own businesses!  

She has won several prestigious awards, including REIV’s Property Manager of the Year twice, and has been named Elite Agent’s Top 50 Industry Influencers in 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2022.  

After appearing on the couch way back in 2021, she’s returning to share her sharp insights and tried-and-true experiences in succeeding at short-term rentals.    

Here’s a sneak peek of what we’re uncovering…  

  • The 2 factors to determine if short-term rentals are for you    
  • A complete breakdown of the costs required to start up a short-term rental
  • The NEWEST changes to regulations that impact investors who use the short-term rental strategy 
  • Is there a location “sweet spot” for short-term rentals?
  • Real-life case studies on how different short-term property investors found their success, and more!  

 

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Timestamps

  • 0:00 – Short-Term Rentals: The Complete Guide to 3X your Income – Chat with Hayley Mitchell  
  • 2:46 –  Mindset Minute: The #1 secret that separates winners and losers  
  • 5:00 – Welcome Hayley!  
  • 5:53 – 20 years in the game: Why short-term rentals?  
  • 7:56 – Money Story: How a horse saddle taught her an invaluable money lesson  
  • 14:23 – Accidental accumulation and her first property  
  • 16:05 – Why choose short-term rentals?  
  • 17:44 – A $38G land tax bill: When should an investor walk away from short-term rentals?  
  • 20:43 – The most asked short-term rental questions  
  • 23:00 – How much upfront capital does it take to furnish a short-term rental?  
  • 26:11 – When can investors start to expect to see a return? 
  • 27:21 – The golden rule of thumb for platform fees  
  • 28:30 – The big problem with Victoria’s incoming 7.5% levy tax  
  • 30:39 – Do people really take the forks?!  
  • 32:34 – How much does insurance cost?  
  • 33:21 – Professional vs. Private hosts  
  • 35:00 – The Hidden Tax: How much do Property Managers cost?  
  • 39:19 – “A good manager should pay for themselves” 
  • 39:59 – The sweet spot for short-term rentals  
  • 44:07 – How do you make your short-term rental stand out?  
  • 46:16 – How can property investors stay on top of regulation changes  
  • 49:55 – An 89-day stay?! 😮  
  • 51:26 – Are short-term rentals adding to the housing affordability crisis?!    
  • 53:08 – The carrot vs. the stick approach  
  • 56:21 – Best & worst results from an industry-winning property manager 
  • 1:01:28 – How to understand short-term supply and demand  

And… 

  • 1:02:27 – What an amazing guest!  
  • 1:04:58 – Lifehack: Packing Cubes: Yay or Nay?  
  • 1:07:53 – WMPN: NSW’s No Grounds Evictions  
  • 1:12:09 – Become a PICA member for just $5 and help us give property investors a voice!  
  • 1:13:00 – Share your thoughts in PIPA’s Annual Investor Sentiment Survey 2024 
  • 1:17:10 – Thank you, Tom!  

 

411 | Meet the NSW Premier: Reforms, Housing Affordability & Cutting Red Tape – Chat with Dominic Perrottet

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Folks, in honesty, today’s guest needs no introduction – although we’re still going to give him one… 😉

Previously the Treasurer in the Berejiklian Government in 2017 and 2019 (following the re-election of the NSW Liberals and Nationals) he has also served as the Minister for Finance, Services and Property.

A proud husband and father to 7 kids, please welcome to the couch…

The Hon Dominic Perrottet MP, NSW Premier and Member for Epping in the NSW Legislative Assembly!!!!  🎉😱🤸‍♀️ 

Together, we’re pulling back the curtain on NSW’s newest property reforms, and examining his role in the scrapping of Queensland’s diabolical land tax! 

From solving the impending housing affordability crisis to helping everyday Aussies get onto the property ladder and build wealth, the Hon. Dominic Perrottet is sharing what these reforms actually mean for you and why their critical to the future of Australia’s property market.  

But of course, that’s not all… 

Like all our guests, we get to dive a little deeper into who the Premier of NSW is, looking at his childhood and his money story growing up.  

(Psst here’s a teaser: there’s a self-funded school exchange to Italy…at just 15 years old!!)  

An extremely insightful episode, the Hon. Dominic Perrottet shines a light on what managing an entire state looks like from the inside.  A fantastic episode to kick off October, tune in now folks!!  

 

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Here’s some of the gold we cover… 

  • 0:00 – What we’re discussing with THE Premier of NSW!!  
  • 1:05 – Ladies we want to hear from you! Help us inspire others as a 2022/23 Summer Series guest!  
  • 3:14 – Never judge a book by its cover… 
  • 3:39 – Meet the NSW Premier, the Hon. Dominic Perrottet!  
  • 4:51 – What was his first job straight out of university?  
  • 5:58 – Growing up in a family of 12?!? 
  • 7:04 – How he funded his exchange program in Year 10! 😮  
  • 8:12 – Behind the political curtain of the scrapped QLD Land tax… 
  • 12:13 – The proposed tax set to help First Home Buyers!!  
  • 14:27 – And this is why Ben is a massive supporter of it… 
  • 16:43 – Who is the Shared Equity Scheme Trial targeting, and why? 
  •  18:55 – The true goal of this initiative!  
  • 19:30 – This is the process the Hon. Dominic Perrottet goes through before making changes…  
  • 20:33 – Why has he increased the Accelerated Infrastructure Fund?? (More exciting than it sounds folks!)  
  • 22:28 – How this will materialise in Western Sydney 
  • 23:19 – This is what will bring the prices of houses down!!!  
  • 24:14 –  “You can’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs” 
  • 25:13 – Slashing through the Red Tape: Where did the problems begin?  
  • 27:47 – Why incentivising councils is important  
  • 28:53 – Ben & Bryce’s Radical Pitch: The Override Rule  
  • 30:18 – This is how local community charm& housing affordability can be achieved…. 
  • 31:57 – The Hon. Dominic Perrottet on the Stretched Commuter Belt  
  • 33:45 – Why working with regional councils is key!  

And… 

  • 34:37 – All Politics Aside…Our 2 cents on today’s discussion!!  
  • 36:08 – If you have property ideas you’d like to share too, we’re inviting you to the couch! 
  • 36:54 – So…is the First Home Buyers Scheme actually a good idea?!  
  • 38:38 – Has Siri been chiming in when you don’t want? Here’s how you can turn Siri off on your Apple Watch.  
  • 40:27 – A Series of Scrapped Reforms: The UK Mini Budget & QLD Lands Tax!  
  • 42:50 – A subdivided AND untouched 35-year-old house sells for…. $3M?!?!?  
  • 44:05 – 2023 as the bottom?! You’ll have to tune in next week...😉  

 

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