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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

Long time listeners will recognise today's guest because Rach is joined by Emily Wallace - former host of This Is Property and director of Wallace Advocates in Melbourne, one of Australia's most trusted buyer's advocates for first and family home buyers. In this episode Em shares a ton of tips on buying your first home, touching on:

👉🏼 what to have in order before you start looking
👉🏽 what buyers think matters (but doesn't)
👉🏾 what buyers often miss that Em always looks for in a home
👉🏿 choosing the right location
👉🏻 managing emotions in the buying process
👉 when and how to negotiate
👉🏼 should you tell an agent your budget?
👉🏾 when to walk away
👉🏼 what does a buyers agent / advocate actually do?
👉 plus her final piece of advice for first home buyers

Em's website: https://wallaceadvocates.com.au/

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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

What if you could sell your home without paying thousands upfront just to test the market? John and Rach sit down with Geoff Lucas, ex-CEO of McGrath and The Agency, who's launching a new platform called Envelope to solve exactly that. After two decades and over $60 billion in residential transactions, Geoff noticed something: too many Aussies who should be selling aren't because the friction of doing so is just too high. In this episode they touch on:

👉🏼 the market right now & the opportunity for upsizers
👉🏽 the big problem in Aussie real estate
👉🏿 what Envelope actually is and how it works
👉 how it differs from For Sale By Owner
👉🏻 will it put buyers agents and vendor advocates out of business?
👉🏾 how the platform plans to support sellers
👉🏼 the percentage fee model
👉🏽 how Envelope provides a more flexible alternative for sellers

View the platform: https://envelope.com.au/
Listen to episode 801 inside Australia’s real estate industry with Geoff Lucas: Apple Podcast | Spotify

this is property is proudly brought to you by:
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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 Q&A, John and Rachelle chat about:

👉🏼 whether a Tasmanian single parent should invest on the mainland
👉🏽 mortgage-free & downsizing in 10 years, should I buy the downsizer now and rent it out?
👉🏾 advice for buyers who are purchasing house and land packages
👉🏿 dealing with high property manager turnover
👉 a couple in their 20s planning to upsize in 5-10years and turn their existing home into an investment

John's services mentioned in the episode:
New Builds | Envisage Property
Envisage Property First Home Buyer Package
Building construction contract reviews: https://www.carnelianprojects.com.au/

this is property is proudly brought to you by:
Envisage Property: https://www.envisageproperty.com.au/
Sphere Home Loans: https://www.spherehomeloans.com.au

Join our Facebook community, Australian Property Chat: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2324273761134945/

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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

One of the biggest questions John and Rach have been asked since the federal budget has been: is rentvesting dead? In today's episode they chat about:

👉🏼 how rentvesting has helped people get into the market who couldn't otherwise
👉 Rach's own rentvesting origin story
👉🏽 how the property landscape has changed for rentvestors
👉🏾 3 client case studies of investors whose borrowing capacity reduced and how they pivoted
👉🏿 why different lenders are giving very different answers
👉🏻 how negative gearing has changed
👉 whose impacted most
👉🏽 could the changes to negative gearing end up being reversed?
👉🏾 where to from here?

this is property is proudly brought to you by:
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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 & Rach chat about:

👉🏼 the changes to SMSF lending from 10 August 2026 for residential property and who it impacts
👉🏽 a first home buyer who missed out a property they really wanted
👉🏾 what is 'gazumping' and Rach's lesson for buyers
👉🏿 is the term 'forever home' redundant?
👉🏻 when should someone use a buyer's agent?
👉 a quickfire Q&A

Learn more about John's first home buyer package: https://www.envisageproperty.com.au/

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