Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Well, it's a Friday, May the 20th, just one more day to go before the federal election, and Kevin Rudd is feeling pretty up. about a Labour win tomorrow when he appeared on the project last night. He was asked if he would get a tattoo if Scott Morrison wins the election to which he said yes on the condition it was removable.
So plenty of confidence from Rudd and tomorrow of course is the biggest political day of the year and this election feels like one of the most important elections for a very long time so don't forget to place your vote here. And coming up in just a moment, we're going to be talking about how to build a quality property portfolio with Rich Harvey.
It is one thing to have a lot of stock in your portfolio, but the makeup of that stock and the quality can often be two different things. It's the main centre forecast with propertybuyer.com.au. Okay, let's have a look at weather around Australia today where it's going to be pretty wet. First we go to Sydney expecting the wet stuff, some showers and a high of 20 degrees.
Melbourne is the only dry spot today with our main centre forecast. Cloudy with dry conditions and a high of 15 degrees in Melbourne. Brisbane expecting showers to increase and a high of 22. And in Perth, expecting one or two showers and a high of 21 degrees. And many people dream of building a large sustainable property portfolio and retiring on positive cash flow.
But how hard is that to do in reality to achieve? Well, of course, there is so much information out there like books, webinars, seminars or even listening to podcasts like ours. But the execution of then deciding to move into action and making the move to buy your first investment property can be really challenging.
and many people get stuck after buying just one property and lose that all-important momentum because of either mistakes made along the way or a fear of getting into greater debt. It's another great talking point of discussion, and it is a Friday which can only mean one thing. Rich Harvey, CEO and propertybuyer.com.au, is here to break it all down this morning. Good morning, Rich.
Good morning, Craig. I've had a great week, actually. I'm pretty happy because I've just bought another property and in the process of buying another one, actually. So I'm having a bit of fun. You are always busy every week. Well, let's dive into this podcast because how should people approach this idea of building wealth through property investment from the very outset?
It's a great question, Craig, because really less than 3% of the population actually have written financial goals or even timeframe frames. I think people really need to have a clear objective and it becomes then much easier to work out what to buy. A lot of investors get pretty much stuck on first base deciding what to buy as they don't have a clearly articulated strategy in mind.
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Chapter 2: How can you build a quality property portfolio?
It's going to depend on their level of knowledge. And thirdly, how much time they've got to commit to executing that strategy. And it's also been said, another little funny one is that the difference between try and triumph is a little oomph, right? You got to put a bit of gusto and a bit of fit into this exercise, right? A lot of people, you know, a bit half-hearted about property investment, but
For me, you've got to do massive research and this massive research exercise is going to protect you from making a bad property selection. So I research areas that have got a history of good capital growth performance and have got good solid yields. I simply buy a property. I don't do anything to it. I just buy and hold. And look, that's boring, but it really, really works.
Another strategy is adding value to the property you buy. So you might do a renovation and that dramatically increases the value and the capital asset of your property. And my rule of thumb is for every dollar that I put into a rental, I want to return or see a return of $2 in capital uplift.
Another one that I've seen people use, and I have used myself, but I do caution about using it, is buying off the plan. You have to be very, very careful with buying off the plan. I've been highly successful, but I've also made mistakes in that regard.
So you've got to be only buying off the plan very much at the bottom of the property cycle, not at the top of the market because there's always a delay for settlement and you also don't know exactly what you're getting. So there can be variation clauses and things you end up with a smaller apartment or a small property than you first thought, but be super careful with going through that strategy.
Another great one is buying a dual living or a duplex style property where you're actually getting two incomes from the one property. Similar to the granny flat where you're getting a secondary income, but that can really work quite well. And then the more advanced strategies as we go down the line, Craig, is all along doing subdivisions and developments.
But what I say to my clients is, look, learn to walk before you run. Don't go and do a four-pack subdivision if you haven't bought any properties. Four or five properties up your sleeve before you start going down that development route because I've seen many a person come a cropper and really lose their shirt by biting off more than they can chew, particularly in a correcting market.
So it's really important to summarise to get the right strategy and do a lot of research to execute that. And what about this? Some people do get caught up on the number of properties that they need to own in order to retire comfortably, which can be one of those very complex questions.
It's actually a bit of a trick question because it's not how many properties you need to own, it's the total value of those properties. So if you actually crunch the numbers, I mentioned before, if you want to earn $100,000 in passive income each year, then you need $2.5 million in net assets and that's assuming a standard yield of around 4%. So how do you get to 2.5?
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