Get Invested: What should I buy now? Negative gearing, CGT & the B.E.S.T. N.E.S.T. guide

About this episode

Bushy Martin discusses what property investors should consider buying in light of recent budget changes and market conditions.

As Australia’s post-Budget property debate shifts from fear to decision-making, Bushy Martin tackles the question now dominating investor conversations: what should you actually buy? After weeks of headlines about negative gearing, CGT changes and the “death” of property investing, this episode cuts through the noise and reframes the conversation around what really matters — building the strongest usable net nest egg, not simply chasing the lowest tax bill. Because the Budget hasn’t killed property investing, it has simply exposed weak investing. In this final instalment of Bushy’s special post-Budget series, the conversation moves beyond policy panic and toward practical strategy. This is not another dense tax discussion. It is a real-world decision filter for investors trying to work out where to put their money in a changing market. Bushy compares the major investment pathways now fighting for investor attention — established residential property, qualifying new builds, PPOR strategies, rentvesting, SMSFs, commercial property, ETFs, shares and speculative assets — through one consistent lens: What genuinely builds sustainable…

People in this episode

Host: Bushy Martin

Topics covered

• property investment
• negative gearing
• CGT changes
• investment strategies
• market analysis
• wealth creation

Keywords

• property investing
• negative gearing
• CGT
• investment pathways
• wealth creation
• sustainable freedom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australia, CGT, SMSFs, ETFs, PPOR, B.E.S.T. N.E.S.T.

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