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Ep 430: Is financial advice worth it? What rules can't fix.

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Q&A - Debt recycling when you sell your home: keep the deduction

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Ep 429: How much do you need to retire & are you on track? Work it out here.

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Q&A- Sequence of returns risk retiring early: bridging to super

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Ep 428: Why interest rates may need to stay higher for longer

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Q&A: Upgrade or rentvest, home equity loans, and going non-resident

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Ep 427: How to assess whether property and share markets are attractively priced

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Q&A - Deploying an inheritance, selling an average property, and funding a long retirement

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Ep 426: The do not invest list: why good investors say no

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Q&A - Choosing a pension account, topping up in retirement, and offset versus debt recycling

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Ep 425: Family trust investing: Are trusts still worth it under proposed tax changes?

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Q&A - Cash-heavy at 48, bridging to early retirement, and debt-free at 31

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Ep 424: Should you hedge your international share portfolio

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Q&A - Untangling a messy structure, cutting losses, and low-income investing

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Ep 423: Negative gearing deferred - heres how to manage the cash flow gap

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Q&A - Super recontributions, property versus ETFs, and the grandfathering question

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Ep 422: Blame the 20-year growth cycle, not necessarily the Victorian government

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Q&A- Structures, debt recycling, and accessing super

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Ep 421: Liquidity: what it really buys you

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Q&A: Company land tax, debt recycling, and building versus selling

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Eight Rules Revisited #8- The four risks that can derail a plan

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Ep 420: Can anything make property investing attractive again after the tax changes

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Q&A: Deploying $800k, structuring for the future, and what to spend on a car

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Eight Rules Revisited #7- Own property that everyone will always want

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Ep 419: The best super fund for 2026? You’re asking the wrong question

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Q&A - Property at 49, timing the cycle, and investing through an AI downturn

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Eight Rules Revisited #6- The ETF boom broke my rule, do I tightened it

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Ep 418: Why discipline was never going to fix your cash flow

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Q&A - Property crossroads, gearing decisions and modelling for inflation

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Eight Rules Revisited #5: The rule i got half wrong

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Ep 417: Upgrade your home or invest in shares? The numbers surprised me.

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Q&A- Can I afford to retire, renovating vs investing, and planning solo

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Eight Rules Revisited #4: The perpetual portfolio- growing your wealth while you spend it

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Ep 416: Is established residential property still worth investing in?

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Q&A- Debt recycling, the six-year rule, and exiting your financial planner

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Eight Rules Revisited #3: Build a savings engine that runs on autopilot

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Ep 415: Tax grabs dressed up as housing policy: what investors need to know

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Q&A: Inheritance, relationship uncertainty, and the property timing question

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Eight Rules Revisited #2: Your freedom number has 3 levers

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Ep 414: The 4 decisions that determine 95% of your financial outcome

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Q&A: Inheritance windfalls, home upgrades, and capital efficiency

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Eight Rules Revisited #1 - The risk nobody warns you about

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Ep 413 : What financial advisers really do with their own money

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Q&A - Housing wealth in retirement, super timing, and the 20-year plan

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Ep 412: Beware: Commercial property values look stretched

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Q&A - Listener scenarios unpacked: Perth timing, seven properties and no shares, and a retirement direction check

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Ep 411: Should you invest all your super into an internally geared ETF

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Q&A - Property vs Shares: retirement sequencing, and the cash-waiting strategy

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Ep 410: What Charlie Munger's investing checklist means for Australian investors

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Q&A - Starting out, scaling up, and knowing when to sell

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Ep 409: Super contribution strategies to consider before 30 June 2026

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Q&A - Income goals, property trade-offs, and the Division 296 unpacked

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Special: From 11% to 8.4% - What the 2026 Budget does to property investment returns

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Ep. 408: 2026 Federal Budget: Big tax changes, but do not panic yet

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Q&A - First homes, equity deployment, and SMSF unpacked

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Ep 407: The investors who obsess over tax often miss what matters more

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Q&A - Simplicity vs Optimisation: leverage, liquidity, and super strategy

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Ep 406: The policy risk most property investors are ignoring

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Q&A - The hidden cost of concentration: real scenarios, real trade-offs

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Ep 405: How to construct an ETF portfolio

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Q&A - Real investor dilemmas: what complex portfolios reveal about strategy and risk

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Ep 404: How to deal with investment concentration risk

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Q&A - Stock research, SMSF rebalancing & the debt recycling vs investment property

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Ep 403: Lump sum share market investing: risky or rational

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Q&A - When good options compete: property, super & the art of the trade-off

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Ep 402: The real risk in retirement: working too long and spending too little

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Q&A - Can you retire early without taking big risks?

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EP 401: Beyond the median: What actually drives property outperformance in Melbourne

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Q&A - When your dream home conflicts with your wealth plan

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Ep 400: CGT discount changes: what property investors should do now

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Q&A - Preparing for retirement: prioritising debt reduction, super contributions, and liquidity

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Ep 399: The Forever Test: Probably the most important concept investors must understand

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Q&A - Bitcoin, debt recycling & the 6-year rule: smart structuring for financial independence

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Ep 398: Why non-bank lenders can significantly extend your investment capacity

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Q&A - Buy the dream home or optimise the structure? Leveraging smartly in your late 30s and 40s

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Ep 397: Australian vs International Shares: Why the 45:55 split does not add up

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Q&A - Structuring for smarter retirement: capital losses, property fatigue & the upgrade dilemma

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Ep 396: The AI trade – what can we learn from the dot-com bubble?

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Q&A - Dream Homes, big incomes & borrowing power: When to upgrade, wait, simplify

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Ep 395: Financial modelling for wealth: advice or sales pitch?

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Q&A - Too Late or One More Move? Navigating investing, regret, and retirement decisions in your 40s and 50s

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Ep 394: Property vs Shares: The hidden incentives behind the advice

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Q&A - How much debt is too much? net worth, upgrading homes, late starts, and navigating big financial trade-offs

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Ep 393: Does ethical investing generate better or worse returns?

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Q&A - Early retirement goals, messy portfolios, and real-world trade-offs: bonds, redraws, SMSFs, and lifestyle shifts

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Ep 392 : A two-speed property market in 2026: where prices rise (and where they won’t)

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Q&A - Lifestyle upgrades versus financial independence, late-stage property decisions, family trust tax risks, and more

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Ep 391: Wealth First Principles # 4: The hidden engine of wealth

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Q&A - Kids’ inheritance, ETF vs property, & smarter super

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Ep 390: Wealth First Principles #3: How to build a share portfolio that works

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Q&A - Structure First: Using Equity, super tactics & smarter portfolio moves

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Ep 389: Wealth First Principles #2: A step-by-step strategy for property investing

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Q&A - Develop, rentvest or debt-recycle? Structures, tax & capacity

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Ep 388: Wealth First Principles #1: How wealth is actually built – The Wealth Equation

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Q&A – Structure First: Super vs flexibility, smart Gearing & reno timing

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Ep 387: Should you be an active property investor if your budget is under $1m

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Q&A – Family property moves, insurance costs & long-term cash strategy

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Ep 386: Which is better: REIT or direct property?

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Q&A – Asset quality beats timing: apartments, upgrades & borrowing power

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Ep 385: Should you fix your mortgage - If not now, when?