Asset Class: Real Estate

There’s been a lot of chat about inflation recently, and if you’re only reading the headlines, you might be feeling concerned or confused about what it all means. So in this episode Bryce and Alec answer the big questions we all have as investors. What is inflation? Where are we seeing it today? Should you be looking to diversify into new investments now ... or stick to your long term ETF investment strategy? Should you steer clear of tech ... or just strap in? What’s an investor to do? It's all in this episode!

Candice and Felicity are joined by Ayumi Uyeda - who’s aiming to reshape the property market with her new start-up Proppie, a mortgage sharing matchmaker platform designed to help millennials make a start into property. Ayumi was most recently was the Managing Director of Blackmores. She has held General Management and Senior Global positions at Bayer in Japan, South East Asia and the USA in Consumer Health and Pharmaceuticals, and has successfully started up e-commerce business models. Ayumi got her start as a hospital pharmacist in Brisbane, which formed the foundation of her pursuit for health and her belief that “we are nothing without our health”. She is inspired by problems and is relentless with tackling these in new ways, deriving immense satisfaction from the positive impact that solving such problems can have on people. In this conversation they talk about Ayumi’s passion for property, the fast-pace of tech businesses, the climate of and her vision for Proppie.

We’ve all spent hours trawling through realestate.com.au dreaming of our perfect home, but what’s the company behind this? The answer is REA Group (ASX:REA), the fourth business we’re analysing in our summer series. REA Group was founded in 1995 and has grown to become the 8th largest online brand in Australia. It has been a market darling of the ASX, delivering an eye-popping return of more than 14,000% since listing. Bryce and Alec are joined by CEO Owen Wilson for a fascinating breakdown of the business and their future plans.

We’re getting to the end of the year, and people are thinking about their financial goals - property is a big one for a lot of people around the world. In this week's episode we cover 4 ways retail investors can invest in property without buying a house. Listed options: REITs and ETFs. Unlisted options: New apps and platforms, companies exposed to the housing market.

Chris Bates started his career as a Financial Adviser in the UK back in 2007. After four years working with High Net Worth Investors, he returned to Australia to work with young families and since 2012 his clients have only been young families in their 30s and 40s.

There was so much to talk about last time, that Candice and Felicity thought it would be good to revisit property investing again. Make sure you catch up on their first episode if you haven’t listened already, but here they chat about the other structures in which you can use to purchase property, the nitty gritty finer details that we don’t get taught in school but we all should definitely know about, and the difference between a redraw and offset account.

In this episode, Candice and Felicity talk to Simon Cohen, co-founder of Cohen Handler, the largest Property Buyer’s Agency in Australia, who also stars in the very binge-able hit on Amazon Prime - Luxe Listings.

In this episode, Candice and Felicity talk about all things property investing. They cover the principles of property investing, talk about the actual process and the steps involved, and then finally cover 2 structures you can choose from.

It's another chat episode! You've been talking non stop about the Woolworths buyback in the Facebook Discussion group, so Alec and Bryce give you the 101 on what's going on. Then the guys do a deep dive on Evergrande, break down the facts about the latest SPAC merger: $DNA, and compare their notes about a recent article on Livewire: 13 stock picks for the next five years.

Darren Steinberg is the CEO of Dexus and an Executive Director of Dexus Funds Management Limited. Dexus is an Australian Real Estate Investment Trust managing an Australian property portfolio valued at $42.5 billion. Darren has over thirty years' experience in the property and funds management industry with an extensive background in office, industrial and retail property investment and development.

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