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196 | Q & A – Negative Gearing Changes – Should I Still Invest in Property?

“Labor risks $12bn housing hit over ending negative gearing” — if you’re like us folks… this headline has us all concerned!!

And the concern didn’t stop at the headline.

As we read on, the full news article, published by The Australian on the weekend, highlighted that the $32 billion plan to end negative gearing would — quote — lead to a fall in new housing construction of up to 42,000 dwellings over five years and 32,000 fewer jobs across the country, according to independent modelling — end quote.

Yep… that’s a drop in a whole lot of new housing construction (ie. supply) AND just a-bit-more-than-a-few losses (up to 32,000) in jobs!!

Folks… this is crazy stuff.

And those stats aren’t the only ones coming out of recent independent research digging into the numbers of what’s likely to happen if negative gearing’s ditched.

So, today we’re looking at a few of the worst-case scenarios from two different reports (the links to both of these are further down in the show notes) and unpacking — with both a short term and long term view — how this change to negative gearing might affect the property market and those investing in it.

But negative gearing changes — and the possible consequences on housing prices and for first home buyers — isn’t the only question we’re answering today! We’ve got plenty of gold on how to time your exist strategy, retiring debt and the right asset to invest in!

 

Oh, and if you’d like the Geospatial Heat Notes — the heat map that shows the Compounding Annual Growth in Median Value for Houses from 1974 till the end of 2017 that is sourced from the Valuer General data —  you can get them here.

 

Back to today’s Q’s…

Question about Negative Gearing Changes from Shadi:
Hey Bryce and Ben. Thank you for all the information and for all the podcasts you provide. Apologies in advance if this question has been answered in previous episodes. I’ve been binging myself since episode 1 a few months ago, and am not quite up to date yet. I just have a question specifically about the abolishment of negative gearing and the impact it will have on first time investors. I’ve been looking to invest since listening to your podcast, and am interested to hear how this will affect my first purchase — whether or not it will just be a short term problem that effects cash flow or if it will have a long term effect, especially when entering the market.

 

Question about Your Exit Strategy from Anne-Marie:
Hi guys, this is Anne-Marie in Victoria. I’m 56 and my husband is 51. I started listening to you many years ago after we had our 7 properties. Our last property was 3 years ago. There all on fixed term interest only, which makes no offset available to them. And we’ve paid off our home, which is worth 1.1 million (1 of the 7 properties). It takes us $13,000 a year to hold all the properties, we just put our tax in, which is amazing. So property has done really well for us, and the mortgage we have on all of them is about 2.5 million, with domain value being low sitting at $3.9 mill, and high $5.2 with middle there all about 4.6 million. I want to start going into doing less hours at work — I’d like to retire on a passive income in maybe 4 years’ time. How do you transition to get the passive income we’ll need for retirement without too much of a tax liability? I paid about $10K in tax this year and I really don’t want to be paying a lot of tax while I’m getting to this point. Can you give me any pointers? And I can’t have an offset account as I said. I’d like some advice on this.

 

Question about the Right Asset for a First Home Buyer from Carrie:
I have a question about the best type of asset you should invest in. I’m looking to buy my first property, which I’ll live in initially. I have a budget of $750K. I’ve been looking at 70s and 80s free standing villa units in small blocks of 12 – 6 in Melbourne’s east. This puts me in middle ring suburbs around 20km from the city, with a land size of 350sqm. It’s a good balance between decent landmass without being out in the sticks. Alternatively, I could by a 2bdrm apt in an older, low density block — the type with only 2 or 3 stories closer to the CBD. Are either of these good investments? And which of the two is better? Or is there anything else I should look into. Love your work guys, keep bringing out those podcasts! Thank you

 

 

The Articles Ben mentions:

The Australian Article — Labor risks $12bn housing hit over ending negative gearing

Housing Industry Association (HIA) — Media Release

 

192 | How do you compare to other property investors PLUS the Tech Platform that Outperforms any “Money Hack”!

Before we get into unpacking the recently produced PIPA Sentiment Survey (download here)…. Let’s play a game, folks!

It’s kinda like Charades… except we don’t act out anything. Or sing. Or draw. Or dance. Actually, all we do is tell you the exact words… BUT we say these words slowly, so it’s still really exciting! Okay, ready?

First word: Money.

Second word: SMARTS.

Third word: Platform!!!!

 

Yep. It’s finally happened folks! THE PROPERTY COUCH HAS ITS OWN MONEY SMARTS PLATFORM — and it’s Live.

Yep. It’s THE Tech Platform.

Yep. It’ll outperform any “Money Hack” or Money Management System out there (at least that’s what we think!)

BUT you’ve got to listen to today’s episode to find out what we’re talking about. (Let’s be honest, you can just go directly here, but can you at least listen to a bit of today’s episode so we can tell you about it ourselves… we’ve been dying to tell you folks about this for AGES! (The Platform goes hand in glove with our book so that needed to be ready too, hence why we could only drop hints… up until now!)

 

Make YOUR Money Simple Again…

The Property Couch Money S.M.A.R.T.S Platform (Yep, it’s FREE)

or http://thepropertycouch.com.au/financialpeace

Enter a nickname and an email address… it’s that simple to start. We really don’t want to pinch your details folks. We’re just two guys on a crusade to make Australians smarter money managers. The rest is up to you.

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Before we jump into what you’ll get out of today’s ep…

…. We’ve got ANOTHER WEBINAR COMING YOUR WAY!

If you missed the announcement in last week’s episode, we thought we’d saturate today’s show notes with all of the huge announcements most dear to our heart! So, here it is again folks…

FREE LIVE Masterclass: How to Build a Property Portfolio and Retire on $2K Per Week without having to renovate, re-develop or sacrifice your weekends!

When: Wednesday, 10th October, 2018

Time: 8:00pm AEDT (Melbourne time)

CLICK HERE to Register and/or Get Full Details

 

And finally one, before we get to the latest Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) Sentiment Survey…

Are you an investment savvy mortgage broker looking to work for a passionate team in Sydney?

If you are, we want to hear from you! Send in your resume and cover letter to [email protected]

 

Right, back to TODAY’S Hectic Episode: 

 

p.s. Here’s the link again to the 2018 Property Investor Sentiment Survey! >> Download here now.

p.p.s. And of course, the link to our Money S.M.A.R.T.S Platform!! >> Get Access Here.

p.p.p.s Haven’t got a copy of our new book yet? CLICK HERE and use this Coupon code: TPC20

 

191 | Seven Steps to Make Money Simple Again

Spoiler Alert: we’re practically giving away our new book, folks!

Because today we’re revealing the 7 Steps of managing your money… the exact steps that we reveal in our brand new book (coming out next week), Make Money Simple Again!

And why would we give away the gold hidden in a book that’s not even hit the shelf yet?

Simple. We want every Australian to be a smarter money manager — and with sky-rocketing credit-card debt levels in the country, we don’t think this is currently happening.

So if you want to be a better money manager, or if you want your money to work harder for you, or if you’ve found yourself in a debt cycle you’re struggling to get out of, then today’s episode is exactly what you need!

 

Want a copy of our brand new book?

CLICK HERE to order one – Make Money Simple Again!

 

Before we jump straight in, we also give you the latest news from Property Investors Council of Australia (PICA) — specifically how the recent meeting about the Victorian Residential Tenancy Changes went!
If you want to get your hands on PICA’s presentation and deck slides from the evening, join PICA for $5 and you will be eligible to get them for free!

 

But that’s not it… guess what else we announce in today’s show?

 

We’re throwing another Free Live Webinar — How to Build a Property Portfolio and retire on $2k per week without having to renovate, re-develop or sacrifice your weekends!

CLICK HERE to Secure Your Free Seat (limited seats available)

8:00PM AEDT Wednesday, 10th October 2018

 

Folks, it’s true — we’re holding a brand new Live Masterclass for you! You’ll learn the 3 Secrets to build a property portfolio and retire on 2K per week…

Secret #1 How to Retire on $2,000 per week as a passive investor with 5 properties or less
Secret #2 How to Grow a multi-million dollar property portfolio without sacrificing the monthly budget
Secret #3 Whoever buys the RIGHT property ensures they DON’T have to worry about negative market noise.

So again, reserve your seat before it sells out!

 

And lastly, if you’re an experienced Mortgage Broker or someone who’s passionate with loan strategy and loan structure, then we want to hear from you!
>> Click here to learn more about our vacancies.

 

TODAY’S GOLD:

  • What are the 7 Steps to manage your money like a pro?
  • Which steps go in “Ready” and “Set” and “Go?”
  • How can you stop the money slippage?
  • How is it possible that this system only 10 minutes a month?
  • What’s the number one fundamental principle you need to know?
  • Why is banking structure crucial?
  • How long should your “float” be?
  • What day should you pay yourself?
  • What is “discretionary” and “essential” spending?
  • How can groceries be both discretionary and essential?
  • What’s the number #1 mistake you can make with money?
  • What can you learn from our different case studies?
  • Why can “Pay Your Self First” lead you into trouble?

 

 

P.S. Looking to get a copy of our brand new book? CLICK HERE to order one – Make Money Simple Again!

 

190 | Q & A – Addressing Media Alarmists, Investing in Your 50s and The Truth About Lenders Mortgage Insurance…

If you’ve heard the latest media reports, folks, you might have reason to believe the property market is all bricks and slaughter… but is that really the case?

Today on the Couch, we’re addressing media alarmists — the recent noise shouting out alarm that they’ll be a total housing crash in Australia! So… is there any truth to the gloom and doom?

PLUS, we’re deep-diving into investing later in life and what this really looks like for people in their fifties, including the ramifications of investing in property can have on pension allowances.

And, of course, Lenders Mortgage Insurance… let’s run the basics, and work out when too much is WAY too much!

Before we kick off the Qs… guess what??

 

If you want the 30% discount on our new book Make Money Simple Again you need to join our waitlist BEFORE 11:59PM TOMORROW  (Friday 21st September 2018)

Yes, this is a limited-time only discount, folks!

>> CLICK HERE to Get 30% Discount of our New Book

 

And before we jump into the questions, here are some recommendations from Stiggy to help you go through this episode:

  • Do you want the recording from on the VIC Residential Tenancies Act Amendments? PICA will be sending out the slides AND the replay to their members next week. Not a member yet? Click here to join.
  • (Spoiler Alert) And finally… Here’s the link to the Granny Flat that we’ve chat about on today’s show. Make sure you consult a qualified and experienced Financial Planner before making any investment decisions folks! 🙂

 

Alrightey, let’s get to today’s questions!

Question about Investing in Your 50s from Darren

Me and my wife made a mistake late in life. We bought a house and sold it back in 2000, so we’re not first home buyers. We’re 50, looking forward to getting on the property train and have a good income of about $180K per year. We have about 4.5K in disposable income that we can put into property. Given everything I’ve heard from you guys, how could a couple, now 50, with that available cash, make their way through to give themselves a passive income by mid-60s, earning $80 – $100K per year in passive income. We were thinking of buying a house for around $450K, perhaps on the north side of Brisbane, around Petrie and Kallangura area, and we could smash out as much as we could in a year and a half, build up some equity and buy then move onto the 2nd house with a maybe a bit of renovation between. So my question is: how do people of our age group get onto the property ladder and make this happen for ourselves?

 

Question from Steph the “Serial Coucher”

We’re looking at purchase a home from my father in law over a period of time. Essentially, he is an asset rich, cash poor retiree who is living fortnight-to-fortnight on the pension. Yes, it’s certainly an emotional driver, but the asset does stack up. So my question is: how does something like this work? Can you acquire traditional financing, or is it a specialty class of financing? And what specialist should we look to engage? I want to get as much info as possible before even bringing up the subject with him. Thanks guys!

 

Question about Lenders Mortgage Insurance from Alasdair

I’m looking to increase my portfolio from 2 Investment Properties (IP) to 3IPs, and possibly a 4th. I’m sitting at around about 90% when I get my loans. I read somewhere that around the $1million mark it gets difficult. And I’ve heard that the global portfolio is impossible to get it over $2.5 mil. Can you speak to that idea?

 

 

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