About this episode

John chats with Ben Kingsley about negative gearing, property investment strategies, and the importance of good advice for investors.

Rachelle's book, The Quick-Start Guide to Your First Property: https://amzn.to/4svhyoH John's book, Sort Your Property Out & Build Your Future: https://amzn.to/45l7n9M In this episode John chats with Ben Kingsley, co-founder of Empower Wealth and the Property Couch podcast for a wide-ranging conversation. They touch on: 👉🏼 the changes to negative gearing 👉🏽 Ben's property origin story 👉🏾 property behaviours and traits that make a successful investor 👉🏿 the Melbourne market 👉🏻 the fundamentals of what drives property values 👉 the rise of buyers agents & regional investors 👉🏼 should you buy new properties for the tax benefits? 👉🏽 Ben's caution to investors about getting bad property advice & guaranteed returns this is property is proudly brought to you by: Solvere Wealth: https://www.solverewealth.com.au Sphere Home Loans: https://www.spherehomeloans.com.au Join our Facebook community, Australian Property Chat: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2324273761134945/ We're on Youtube! Subscribe to this is property: https://www.youtube.com/@thisisproperty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: John Pidgeon, Rachelle Kroon

Guest: Ben Kingsley

Topics covered

• negative gearing
• property investment
• buyer's agents
• Melbourne market
• property values
• investor advice

Keywords

• negative gearing
• property investment
• buyer's agents
• Melbourne market
• property values
• investment advice
• real estate

Sponsors

Solvere Wealth, Sphere Home Loans

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Empower Wealth, The Property Couch, Australian Property Chat

Products: The Quick-Start Guide to Your First Property, Sort Your Property Out & Build Your Future

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