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Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

Michael Yardney; Australia"s authority in wealth creation thru property

Looking for practical, proven strategies to build wealth through property investment in Australia? The Michael Yardney Podcast is one of Australia"s leading property investment and wealth creation podcasts, helping investors cut through media hype and make smarter real estate decisions. Twice each week, property strategist and best-selling author Michael Yardney shares: * Australian property market insights and forecasts * Proven property investment strategies * Real estate investing advice for

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43:39

Property Investors: Why Playing It Safe Could Cost...

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2026/10/05

What if the decisions that make you feel safest as a property investor are actually the ones most likely to cost you a fortune? Waiting for interest rates to settle sounds sensible. Keeping your money in cash feels secure. Avoiding investment debt appears responsible, while buying in the same locations everyone else is talking about provides the comfort of following the crowd. Yet each of these choices can carry hidden risks. In today's show, I want to explore one of the most important

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33:00

Why Property Investors Should Think Like Vampires |...

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2026/09/30

What if the secret to becoming wealthy wasn't being smarter than everyone else? What if it wasn't timing the market, picking the next hot suburb, or finding some clever tax loophole? What if the real secret was simply living long enough to let good assets quietly compound in the background? Now, I know that sounds strange, but in a recent article in The New Daily Simon Kuestenmacher used a fascinating idea he called "vampire economics." His argument was that if vampires existed, they should

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38:34

Australia's Missing Middle: The Property Development...

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2026/09/28

Australia's housing debate seems to offer us two choices: a detached home on an increasingly unaffordable block of land, or an apartment in a large tower. Between those two forms of housing is what planners call the "missing middle". This includes duplexes, terraces, townhouses, maisonettes, courtyard housing and small low-rise apartment buildings. They provide more homes than a conventional suburban subdivision, while retaining much of the space, privacy and neighbourhood character people

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37:53

Property Investors: I Wrote This Book 20 Years Ago —...

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2026/09/23

Twenty years ago I wrote a book that I honestly thought would sell a few thousand copies to friends and colleagues. Instead, it became Australia's best-selling property investment book, and it's sat on the bookshelf of tens of thousands of investors who've gone on to build genuine wealth using the strategies inside it. Today we're doing something a little different. Instead of me interviewing a guest, I'm handing the microphone over, and my colleague from Metropole, Joseph Bellotta, who is going

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33:55

Property Investors: A valuer's opinion on how long...

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2026/09/21

There is one thing every property investor wants to know right now. How long is this property downturn actually going to last? You've heard all sorts of opinions. Some people say it's almost over. Others are telling you we're heading for a crash that will make 2008 look like a picnic. Neither of those is right, and today's guest has the data to prove it. By the end of today's show, you're going to understand exactly what history tells us about how long property downturns run for, why some

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38:21

Why Smart Property Investors Make Dumb Decisions - 5...

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2026/09/16

Smart investors still make expensive mistakes, and surprisingly often, the problem begins inside their own heads. We like to believe that our investment decisions are based on facts, careful analysis and rational judgment. Yet cognitive biases quietly shape which facts we notice, which risks we dismiss and which stories we choose to believe. They encourage property investors to follow the crowd, cling to underperforming assets, chase yesterday's winning markets and become more confident

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44:51

AI Won't Make You Rich as a Property Investor - But...

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2026/09/14

Most property investors don't fail because they lack access to information. In fact, today they have more information, more data, more forecasts, more podcasts, more software, more AI tools, and more opinions than ever before. And that may be part of the problem. Because when your brain is wired for survival, uncertainty can feel like danger. So rather than making clear, strategic decisions, many investors freeze, over-research, procrastinate, follow the crowd, or chase the next shiny

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29:16

The Property Investment Skill Most Investors Never Learn

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2026/09/09

What if the greatest threat to your property investment success isn't choosing the wrong suburb, paying too much or getting your timing wrong? What if it's your inability to remain disciplined when the headlines become frightening, the forecasts turn gloomy and everyone around you starts questioning whether property is still a good investment? Over the last six years, Australian property investors have lived through a pandemic, lockdowns, recession warnings, emergency-low interest rates, a

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53:20

Boomers Got Rich by Lucky Timing. What Happens to the...

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2026/09/07

Did baby boomers become wealthy because they were better investors, or were they simply born at the right time? It is a confronting question, because millions of Australians who bought property, invested in shares and contributed to superannuation over the past 40 years enjoyed one of the strongest financial tailwinds in modern history. From the early 1980s, inflation and interest rates generally trended lower. As the cost of money fell, asset values rose, borrowing became progressively

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43:57

The 4 Decisions That Matter More Than Every Property...

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2026/09/02

What if I told you that almost none of the financial decisions you agonise over actually matter? Most investors worry about interest rates, the next hot suburb, tax changes, market timing, stock picking, and whether they should buy now or wait. But what if 95% of your financial future is shaped by just a handful of decisions - many of them made quietly, early, and often without enough thought? That's the fascinating idea we're unpacking today with Stuart Wemyss, founder of ProSolution

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24:06

Australian Property Prices Slide Again: How Far Will...

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2026/08/31

Capital city home prices have continued to fall sharply over August with no sign yet of the usual pre-spring revival in activity. The national capital city median house price fell by 1.8% over the August quarter to $1,226,833 compared to the July quarter, according to the latest data from My Housing Market. In today's show Dr. Andrew Wilson explains what's really happening in Australia's property markets as we head into Spring. We unpack why house prices have kept easing, why units are

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30:00

7 Poverty Mindset Traps Holding Property Investors...

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2026/08/26

Could you be earning a good income, owning property and still operating with a poverty mindset? Could beliefs you absorbed as a child be quietly limiting how much wealth you build today? And why do some people break free from financial hardship while others repeat the same patterns from one generation to the next? My guest today, Tom Corley, spent years studying the habits and thinking of wealthy and financially struggling people, and what he discovered may make you reconsider some of

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35:14

The Biggest Wealth Mistakes Even Smart People Make -...

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2026/08/24

What if I told you that some of the worst financial decisions I've ever seen were made by some of the smartest people I know? Doctors. Lawyers. Business owners. Executives. People who are genuinely brilliant in their field, yet they're making wealth mistakes that are quietly costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes more. And here's what's really interesting: their intelligence isn't protecting them. In some cases, it's actually making things worse. Because smart people

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47:04

The Retirement Time Bomb Property Investors Can't...

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2026/08/19

What if the greatest financial risk facing you isn't the next property downturn, another interest rate rise or even a recession, but the possibility that you live much longer than your money does? Many Australians approaching retirement are planning around a model that belongs to another generation. They assume they'll stop working somewhere around 65 and need enough money for perhaps 15 or 20 years. But if you live into your 90s or even reach 100, your retirement could last 30 or 35 years

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31:49

Property, Wealth and Happiness: Why Australians Feel...

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2026/08/17

What if rising property values are making Australians wealthier on paper, while leaving many of us feeling less secure, more stressed and less satisfied with life? Australia is a prosperous country, and millions of homeowners have built substantial wealth through property. Yet measures of happiness have remained flat or declined, while younger Australians increasingly feel locked out of the property market and excluded from the prosperity they see around them. In today's show, I'm going to

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45:43

Commercial Property After the Budget: Smart Strategy...

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2026/08/12

Commercial property is suddenly attracting a great deal more attention from investors. Following the recent Federal Budget changes, some residential property investors are looking at warehouses, offices and shops and wondering whether commercial property offers a safer tax environment, stronger cash flow and a better way forward. On the surface, the numbers can look very attractive, but by the end of this show, you're going to understand the real differences between commercial and

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24:05

The Biggest Mistake Property Investors Make with...

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2026/08/10

Is now the right time to invest in property… or should you wait? Everyone wants to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. But what if trying to time the market is actually sabotaging your wealth? Today I'm joined by Joseph Ballota to discuss whether timing the property market is a good idea. And by the end of this episode, you'll understand why long-term investors don't try to pick the cycle… they build wealth across multiple cycles. Joseph and I discuss why trying to time property markets

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46:40

Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson on Housing, Property...

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2026/08/05

Negative gearing on established homes has just been abolished. The capital gains tax discount you've relied on for twenty years has been rewritten. And somewhere between the government's press conference and the Treasury modelling, a trillion dollars in debt got added to the tab for a generation that hasn't even been asked if they're willing to pay it. So here's the question I want to answer for you today. If you're a property investor, a business owner, or someone who just wants a

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25:47

Winter Property Market Shock: Prices Fall Nationwide...

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2026/08/03

July has delivered the clearest evidence yet that Australia's property market has changed direction, but the headline figures only tell part of the story. Capital city house prices fell by 1.5 per cent over the month, the sharpest national decline since August 2022, while Sydney recorded a particularly significant fall of 2.7 per cent. Melbourne house prices are now almost 6 per cent lower since the beginning of the year, and prices also declined across Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin

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46:53

Property Investors: The Inflation Number You're Told...

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2026/07/29

You've probably heard the media, politicians and economists talking about "the inflation rate" as though every Australian is experiencing the same increase in their cost of living. But the official CPI figure may bear little resemblance to what is happening in your household. Because here's the uncomfortable truth. That headline number is an average. It's a blend of everything from lettuce to laptops, and if your money goes on housing, health care, insurance and electricity rather than imported

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