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- 0:00Speaker 1: Hello, my name's Santasha Nabananga Bamblet. I'm a proud yr
- 0:04Speaker 1: the Order Kerni Whoalbury and a waddery woman. And before
- 0:08Speaker 1: we get started on She's on the Money podcast, I
- 0:11Speaker 1: would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land
- 0:14Speaker 1: of which this podcast is recorded on a wondery country,
- 0:18Speaker 1: acknowledging the elders, the ancestors and the next generation coming
- 0:22Speaker 1: through as this podcast is about connecting, empowering, knowledge sharing
- 0:27Speaker 1: and the storytelling of you to make a difference for
- 0:30Speaker 1: today and lasting impact for tomorrow.
- 0:33Speaker 2: Let's get into it. She's on the Money, She's on
- 0:37Speaker 2: the Money. Hello and welcome to Property on the Money,
- 1:00Speaker 2: the ultimate first home buyer's guide from the number one
- 1:04Speaker 2: finance creator in the country, me Victoria Devine, which I'm
- 1:08Speaker 2: so excited about. Guys. This is a special little bonus
- 1:11Speaker 2: edition of She's on the Money, where I thought I
- 1:14Speaker 2: would share the very first chapter of my very new book,
- 1:17Speaker 2: Property with She's on the Money with you. I have
- 1:20Speaker 2: written Property with She's on the Money, just for you
- 1:22Speaker 2: because I want to see you smash your property goals,
- 1:25Speaker 2: and I've created this informative guide to help you whether
- 1:27Speaker 2: you're getting your foot on the ladder for the very
- 1:29Speaker 2: first time, or you're hunting for your dream home, or
- 1:32Speaker 2: maybe you're planning for your third investment property. Even with
- 1:35Speaker 2: all the challenges that are involved, guys, crazy interest rates,
- 1:38Speaker 2: crazy high house prizes, I'm looking at you, but so
- 1:41Speaker 2: many of us we're still planning on purchasing property. That's
- 1:44Speaker 2: why the Property Playbook has been so popular over the
- 1:46Speaker 2: last twelve months. Whether it's the security and the financial
- 1:50Speaker 2: perks of owning your own home or the benefits of
- 1:52Speaker 2: having an investment property. I guess the appeal and the
- 1:55Speaker 2: rewards are a plenty, my friends, but buying property can
- 1:58Speaker 2: also be one of the biggest decisions you are ever
- 2:01Speaker 2: going to make, and we want to make it right right.
- 2:04Speaker 2: So I have written Property with She's on the Money
- 2:06Speaker 2: to equip you for the whole process, my friend, from
- 2:09Speaker 2: establishing your property values and truly understanding why you want
- 2:13Speaker 2: to buy property to saving for the all important deposit.
- 2:16Speaker 2: We're going to talk all things mortgages, what to buy
- 2:19Speaker 2: and when, how to make every single stage of this
- 2:22Speaker 2: process as smooth as possible, right through to renovating and selling.
- 2:26Speaker 2: I have packed this book with practical advice, hopefully innovative ideas,
- 2:31Speaker 2: and real life stories from members of el She's on
- 2:34Speaker 2: the Money community who have already achieved the goal of
- 2:37Speaker 2: purchasing their first home. With this game changing guide, I
- 2:41Speaker 2: hope that property is no longer confusing, overwhelming, or out
- 2:44Speaker 2: of reach. It's going to be clear, inspiring, and totally
- 2:47Speaker 2: within your power to achieve. So, guys, here is the
- 2:50Speaker 2: first chapter of property with She's on the Money Hopefully
- 2:53Speaker 2: get your Property Journey rolling. Chapter one. So you want
- 3:01Speaker 2: to buy property, So you like the idea of owning property,
- 3:05Speaker 2: or you did before you started looking at your finances
- 3:08Speaker 2: and listening to the daily news reports about interest rate
- 3:11Speaker 2: increases and the rising cost of living and how millennials
- 3:14Speaker 2: will never be able to afford a home, and since
- 3:16Speaker 2: the world is going to hell in a handbasket anyway,
- 3:19Speaker 2: why bother. The truth is that, yes, all the rising
- 3:23Speaker 2: rates and costs do creep in inch by painful inch,
- 3:26Speaker 2: and at times of high stress, they can really start
- 3:29Speaker 2: to buy it. So even if you had one's thought
- 3:32Speaker 2: it possible to dream about owning your own home, now
- 3:35Speaker 2: you might not really be so sure. But you don't
- 3:38Speaker 2: need to give up on your property aspirations just because
- 3:41Speaker 2: it seems too hard. The first step that I always
- 3:44Speaker 2: suggest on your financial journey is to analyze your personal
- 3:48Speaker 2: money story. The conscious and subconscious beliefs we carry around
- 3:52Speaker 2: wealth which direct our attitudes and our behaviors towards money,
- 3:56Speaker 2: in this case property. If you're interested in taking a
- 4:00Speaker 2: deeper dive into your personal money story, you can find
- 4:03Speaker 2: more in chapter one of my first book, She's on
- 4:05Speaker 2: the Money. But if you're keen to find out how
- 4:08Speaker 2: it plays out in terms of property, I suggest you
- 4:10Speaker 2: stay right here. Very shortly, we'll be working through some
- 4:14Speaker 2: activities to get you thinking about it in detail key terms.
- 4:19Speaker 2: Before we get into it, I want to assure you
- 4:21Speaker 2: that this book has been created with the idea of
- 4:24Speaker 2: simplifying the property buying process, not making it harder. But
- 4:28Speaker 2: I'm not going to lie. As part of the finance world,
- 4:31Speaker 2: property is an acronym heavy landscape. Learning this language, as
- 4:35Speaker 2: with any language French Mandarin beautician, may be confusing at first,
- 4:40Speaker 2: but trust me, the more you hear a word and
- 4:42Speaker 2: see it used, the more sense it will make over time.
- 4:46Speaker 2: You may even find yourself throwing terms like LMI and
- 4:49Speaker 2: P and I around with loose abandon chapter six. If
- 4:52Speaker 2: you want to jump ahead as we go along, I
- 4:55Speaker 2: will do my best to explain things, which include popping
- 4:58Speaker 2: key terms near the top of every to give you
- 5:00Speaker 2: a heads up, and then going into more detail on
- 5:03Speaker 2: these as we progress. I'll also include a quick explainer
- 5:06Speaker 2: in the moment. But if ever you find yourself being
- 5:09Speaker 2: slammed with gobbledygook, there's also a handy glossary at the
- 5:13Speaker 2: back of the book where all the terminology is listed.
- 5:17Speaker 2: Key terms comparisonitis, comparing yourself with others, and finding yourself
- 5:22Speaker 2: lacking or gloating, neither of which is healthy. Investor owner
- 5:27Speaker 2: someone who owns property that they rent out for income,
- 5:30Speaker 2: not to live in themselves. Emergency fund a savings account
- 5:35Speaker 2: holding enough money to support you for three months housing,
- 5:38Speaker 2: food bills if for any reason you can't work and
- 5:42Speaker 2: orse something unexpected pops up. Financial freedom, having enough money
- 5:47Speaker 2: to live securely so you can choose how you spend
- 5:50Speaker 2: your time. Fomo fear of missing out. Gender pay gap
- 5:55Speaker 2: the real difference between what men and women are paid. Typically,
- 5:59Speaker 2: women are paid less for so many reasons, there's not
- 6:03Speaker 2: enough room to cover it all here. Great Australian dream. Historically,
- 6:08Speaker 2: the great Australian dream was to own a quarter acre
- 6:10Speaker 2: block of land with a house on it in which
- 6:12Speaker 2: to raise two point four children. More recently, it's come
- 6:16Speaker 2: to mean owning your own home whatever that looks like.
- 6:20Speaker 2: Mortgage another word for a home loan owner occupier, someone
- 6:25Speaker 2: who lives in the property they own. Passive income stream
- 6:30Speaker 2: money coming in from sources other than your own direct labor.
- 6:34Speaker 2: This might include things like dividends, interests, subscriptions, royalties and
- 6:38Speaker 2: rent SotM. She's on the money, my fabulous community of
- 6:43Speaker 2: millennials striving to create financial freedom. You're why? The real
- 6:48Speaker 2: reason often subconscious, sitting deep beneath all of the obvious
- 6:53Speaker 2: superficial ones, as to why you think and behave the
- 6:56Speaker 2: way you do. Your property money story. Okay, so are
- 7:01Speaker 2: you ready to begin? I'm excited and I hope you
- 7:04Speaker 2: are too. First things first, because you know I like
- 7:08Speaker 2: to get a little deep, and it's important you do
- 7:10Speaker 2: the same, at least as far as your relationship with
- 7:13Speaker 2: money goes. This relationship is one of your life's most important.
- 7:17Speaker 2: It affects your lifestyle and investment choices, including property ownership,
- 7:21Speaker 2: and ultimately your future. So Understanding your attitudes and assumptions
- 7:25Speaker 2: around money is essential. Some hate the idea of having
- 7:30Speaker 2: all their wealth tied up in one concrete asset, while
- 7:33Speaker 2: others love it. Some investors get excited when interest rates
- 7:37Speaker 2: rise an opportunity to pick up bargains, while others faint
- 7:41Speaker 2: at their mere mention, and others don't see property as
- 7:44Speaker 2: particularly meaningful in either direction. Before I start getting too
- 7:48Speaker 2: deep into theory, let's get you into the property mood
- 7:51Speaker 2: with this fun activity. Cue your favorite music, beverage of
- 7:55Speaker 2: choice and comfy. Set up and open up your PDF
- 7:58Speaker 2: workbook BWAYO pen your property money story. Thinking about your
- 8:03Speaker 2: property money story, circle the statement in your PDF that
- 8:07Speaker 2: best fits your idea of being a property owner. A.
- 8:11Speaker 2: I have no idea how I'm ever going to afford property,
- 8:14Speaker 2: but I'd like to. I suppose I imagine that somehow
- 8:18Speaker 2: in the future I'll manifest a better income, partner, or
- 8:21Speaker 2: life to enable it. B. I've never considered that owning
- 8:25Speaker 2: property is an option for me. SE I move around
- 8:29Speaker 2: a lot, and the idea of being stuck in one place,
- 8:31Speaker 2: let alone owning it is my worst nightmare. D. I've
- 8:36Speaker 2: been dreaming about owning my own property since a young age,
- 8:39Speaker 2: and I'm actively taking steps to making this dream come true.
- 8:44Speaker 2: Australian attitudes to property. Whatever you just answered, it's true
- 8:48Speaker 2: and valid, But I'd like to get you thinking about
- 8:51Speaker 2: where your ideas and values have come from. In Australia
- 8:55Speaker 2: when it comes to property. We've been encouraged to believe
- 8:58Speaker 2: that the great Australian dream is owning our own home.
- 9:01Speaker 2: Yet in many countries in Europe, it's entirely normal and
- 9:05Speaker 2: expected that a family will rent and live in the
- 9:07Speaker 2: same house for generations. Stable and secure tenants have a
- 9:11Speaker 2: say in how the place is fixed and decorated, and
- 9:14Speaker 2: never questioned paying rent for a lifetime. Your money story
- 9:18Speaker 2: is influenced by your education and upbringing. You may have
- 9:22Speaker 2: grown up surrounded by a clan of powerful female property
- 9:25Speaker 2: investors who modeled to you from a young age that
- 9:28Speaker 2: it's entirely possible, if not expected, to own several properties
- 9:32Speaker 2: in adulthood. More likely, if you look at Australia's housing statistics,
- 9:37Speaker 2: you either grew up moving from house to house as
- 9:39Speaker 2: renting was your family's norm, or lived in a standard
- 9:42Speaker 2: family home that was paid off using a good portion
- 9:45Speaker 2: of your parents' wages each month. Australian government statistics from
- 9:49Speaker 2: nineteen eighty one to now show that, although it has fluctuated,
- 9:53Speaker 2: Australian home ownership is an even split, almost thirty thirty
- 9:58Speaker 2: thirty between those who are renting, be own with a
- 10:02Speaker 2: mortgage and c own outright. Nonetheless, the dream of owning
- 10:06Speaker 2: your own castle was the theme song about upbringing the
- 10:09Speaker 2: typical Oussie plan for securing a decent life. A lot
- 10:13Speaker 2: of this was built on the idea of an Australia
- 10:16Speaker 2: far removed from the society we live in today, and
- 10:18Speaker 2: which it can't go without acknowledging exists on land stolen
- 10:23Speaker 2: from its original custodians. There's a lot to rectify on
- 10:26Speaker 2: that front, which needs its own whole book to explore. However,
- 10:31Speaker 2: we can't discuss Australian property without recognizing that all of
- 10:35Speaker 2: this housing we're talking about sits on unseated Aboriginal land.
- 10:40Speaker 2: Please bear that in mind and pay respect as you
- 10:42Speaker 2: use the resources of this great country to build up
- 10:45Speaker 2: your own lives and help others. You may be wondering
- 10:49Speaker 2: whether the great Australian dream is still a possibility, or
- 10:52Speaker 2: even if it's a dream you want for yourself at
- 10:54Speaker 2: all at the end of the day, whether you invest
- 10:57Speaker 2: in property or shares, or simply your own DA education,
- 11:01Speaker 2: Creating financial security is about empowering you to use money
- 11:05Speaker 2: as a tool to transform your life and the lives
- 11:07Speaker 2: of others for the better. To start you off, I'll
- 11:10Speaker 2: get you to explore your personal ideas and ambitions around property,
- 11:14Speaker 2: which will help form the basis of a strategy for
- 11:17Speaker 2: fulfilling those dreams, whatever they entail. Why property is important
- 11:22Speaker 2: for women? Now. While we welcome any, all and no
- 11:25Speaker 2: gender in our She's on the Money community, it's important
- 11:28Speaker 2: that we talk about women when it comes to finance
- 11:31Speaker 2: and property. For those who don't identify as female, please
- 11:34Speaker 2: stay with me, as it's equally relevant to marginalized and
- 11:38Speaker 2: defranchised groups and as a society affects us all. Investing
- 11:43Speaker 2: in property can be particularly important for those looking to
- 11:46Speaker 2: secure their financial future and personal safety, as covered in
- 11:50Speaker 2: more depth in the following chapters. These reasons can be
- 11:53Speaker 2: more emotionally driven than finance led. However, it's important to
- 11:57Speaker 2: take both into account when making decisions that are right
- 12:00Speaker 2: for you. Housing affordability is a real issue for women
- 12:04Speaker 2: due to several factors, including the gender pay gap on
- 12:08Speaker 2: base salary thirteen point three percent in Australia, and society's
- 12:13Speaker 2: reliance on women to carry the burden of domestic and
- 12:15Speaker 2: caring duties, which forces them to work fewer or more
- 12:19Speaker 2: flexible hours. Traditionally, women dominated industries tend to be paid
- 12:24Speaker 2: less than male dominated industries, and while things are changing,
- 12:28Speaker 2: often women are still paid less for doing the same
- 12:31Speaker 2: job as a man. This data was confirmed by the
- 12:34Speaker 2: Australian Bureau of Statistics the ABS in early twenty twenty three,
- 12:39Speaker 2: which found that women earn on average eighty seven cents
- 12:43Speaker 2: for every dollar earned by a man, or two hundred
- 12:46Speaker 2: and fifty three dollars fifty less per week. All of
- 12:50Speaker 2: these factors limit a woman's ability to save for a
- 12:52Speaker 2: house deposit, while stretching the time it takes, making it
- 12:56Speaker 2: harder to achieve, especially when fighting against rising property prices.
- 13:01Speaker 2: It also affects her ability to service alone. On average,
- 13:05Speaker 2: it takes Australian women a year longer than their male
- 13:08Speaker 2: counterparts to save a deposit for a home. Even while
- 13:12Speaker 2: women are starting to earn decent salaries and in some
- 13:15Speaker 2: cases out earned men, we're still often worse off when
- 13:19Speaker 2: it comes to money matters. Women are commonly kept out
- 13:22Speaker 2: of the conversation when it comes to discussing finances at home,
- 13:25Speaker 2: and no one is taught about it properly in school.
- 13:29Speaker 2: Quite simply, managing money isn't a subject that women are
- 13:32Speaker 2: encouraged to focus on. It's not that we're not smart enough,
- 13:36Speaker 2: it's simply often assumed we're not interested. Women are also
- 13:40Speaker 2: at higher risk of homelessness due to their increased vulnerability
- 13:44Speaker 2: to domestic violence. Financial independence gives you agency over your
- 13:49Speaker 2: life decisions and future. Being dependent on others for your
- 13:53Speaker 2: financial welfare, whether another person, organization, or the government often
- 13:59Speaker 2: comes with directives on how to behave in line with
- 14:01Speaker 2: the donor's principles rather than yours. Let's turn that around.
- 14:06Speaker 2: If you have dreams of owning property and no idea
- 14:09Speaker 2: how on earth you're going to get there, you're not alone.
- 14:13Speaker 2: If you've been trying to save for a house deposit
- 14:15Speaker 2: that just seems to be getting further and further out
- 14:18Speaker 2: of reach, you're not alone there either. By the time
- 14:21Speaker 2: we finish this book, the goal you have for your
- 14:24Speaker 2: home made look a little different from the white picket
- 14:27Speaker 2: fence dream you were sold as a child, but it
- 14:30Speaker 2: will come with a knowledge and skills to turn it
- 14:32Speaker 2: into a reality. Why property is important for your future.
- 14:38Speaker 2: Speaking of futures, while retirement seems a long way off
- 14:41Speaker 2: and most of us dream of finishing work for good
- 14:44Speaker 2: one day, the harsh reality is that women often don't
- 14:47Speaker 2: have enough money to support themselves in retirement. While the
- 14:51Speaker 2: government enforces superannuation contributions during your employment, because women often
- 14:56Speaker 2: take significant periods of work due to pregnancy, childcare, and
- 15:00Speaker 2: other caring and domestic duties, their superranuation at retirement is
- 15:04Speaker 2: on average, significantly less than males. Many Australians rely on
- 15:10Speaker 2: selling the family home come retirement and putting these funds
- 15:13Speaker 2: towards their post salary lifestyle. If you're able to pay
- 15:17Speaker 2: down a mortgage to increase your property equity how much
- 15:20Speaker 2: you not the bank owns over the period of your
- 15:23Speaker 2: working life, this has the potential to offer a nice
- 15:26Speaker 2: buffer in retirement. In addition, if you manage to pay
- 15:29Speaker 2: off your home by the time you retire, the majority
- 15:33Speaker 2: of your accommodation costs will be taken care of, greatly
- 15:36Speaker 2: reducing your outgoings. Your why first up before deciding on
- 15:41Speaker 2: the how, what, when? And where of your own personal
- 15:44Speaker 2: property journey. It's important to know what's driving your decision
- 15:47Speaker 2: and the ultimate goals you're striving for your why. When
- 15:51Speaker 2: the chips are down and you're eating two minute noodles
- 15:54Speaker 2: for the fifth Friday in a row so you can
- 15:56Speaker 2: meet your increased mortgage repayments, You're going to need a
- 15:59Speaker 2: pretty sol reason as to why you agreed to all
- 16:02Speaker 2: of this in the first place. Buying property is a
- 16:05Speaker 2: long term relationship that's not easy to jump out of
- 16:08Speaker 2: in a hurry. That said, we look at various ways
- 16:11Speaker 2: to keep your current lifestyle or close to it while
- 16:14Speaker 2: paying down an asset at the same time throughout the
- 16:16Speaker 2: book figuring out Your Why. If you come to my
- 16:20Speaker 2: mortgage broking team at Zella Money, the first thing they'll
- 16:23Speaker 2: ask you is what kind of property are you looking
- 16:26Speaker 2: to buy? And I'm going to let you in on
- 16:28Speaker 2: a secret. They won't be satisfied with the answer, oh, well,
- 16:32Speaker 2: I just want to buy a house. They'll keep prompting
- 16:34Speaker 2: you what kind of house? Who's going to live there you?
- 16:37Speaker 2: Or is it an investment? Where is it located? Are
- 16:40Speaker 2: you ready now or making a five year plan? Why?
- 16:42Speaker 2: Is this also important to you until you both have
- 16:45Speaker 2: a really clear picture. Honestly, Victoria, I haven't thought about it.
- 16:50Speaker 2: Can you give me some ideas? Everyone's why will be different.
- 16:53Speaker 2: Where some are purely interested in buying property to generate
- 16:56Speaker 2: in income stream, others are driven by the need to
- 16:59Speaker 2: provide she for themselves and their family. Some might be
- 17:02Speaker 2: doing it alone, while others might be doing it in partnership.
- 17:06Speaker 2: Some may want to run a business from home, others
- 17:08Speaker 2: are looking to create a private sanctuary. The great thing
- 17:12Speaker 2: is that all these options are available to you. The
- 17:15Speaker 2: tough thing is figuring out which one works best for you.
- 17:18Speaker 2: So let's lay out a few ways to assess where
- 17:20Speaker 2: you're at now and where you'd like to be at eventually.
- 17:24Speaker 2: Your why. Getting to the heart of what's driving your
- 17:27Speaker 2: desire to buy property is a great place to start.
- 17:30Speaker 2: There will likely be several reasons, but there will usually
- 17:34Speaker 2: be one main belief or motivation driving your decision. It
- 17:37Speaker 2: could be the pool of having a place to cool
- 17:39Speaker 2: your own or maybe using property to create a passive
- 17:43Speaker 2: income earnings from something other than your own time and labor.
- 17:46Speaker 2: For everyone, your budget will have a big influence on
- 17:49Speaker 2: any financial decisions you make, and buying a house may
- 17:53Speaker 2: well be the biggest financial decision you ever make. Take
- 17:57Speaker 2: some time to reflect on this question, also written in
- 18:00Speaker 2: your workbook, Dig deep and be honest with your answer.
- 18:04Speaker 2: Why is buying property so important to you? The pros
- 18:08Speaker 2: and cons of investing in property. Whether you are financially
- 18:12Speaker 2: ready or just starting out, there is real pressure to
- 18:15Speaker 2: buy property in Australia. There's a lot to consider around
- 18:19Speaker 2: property before you can make the decision to purchase, and
- 18:22Speaker 2: even if you determine that buying property is definitely for you,
- 18:26Speaker 2: you still want to make sure to buy the right
- 18:28Speaker 2: place at the right time. If you're a dedicated She's
- 18:31Speaker 2: on the Money member, it's likely that you're driven by
- 18:34Speaker 2: the goal of financial freedom life supported by a passive
- 18:37Speaker 2: income stream. The question is property the right way for
- 18:41Speaker 2: you to achieve this or are there other strategies that
- 18:44Speaker 2: might be better for you. In my second book, Investing
- 18:48Speaker 2: with She's on the Money, we look in detail at
- 18:51Speaker 2: a number of investment pathways that can help build up
- 18:53Speaker 2: your wealth. There is absolutely no expectation that property has
- 18:58Speaker 2: to be the vehicle for this, although it can be
- 19:01Speaker 2: some like Rich Dad, Poor Dad's Robert Kiyosaki suggests that
- 19:05Speaker 2: owning your own home is not a nasset. However, this
- 19:08Speaker 2: viewpoint is challenged by many, especially in regards to Australian property.
- 19:13Speaker 2: My thoughts are that while property can be an epic asset,
- 19:17Speaker 2: your family home shouldn't be viewed as such. With all
- 19:20Speaker 2: financial purchases and lifestyles, comparisonitis is the devil, particularly because
- 19:26Speaker 2: it's so hard to really know everyone else's history or
- 19:29Speaker 2: circumstances beyond what you might see from the outside. You'll know,
- 19:34Speaker 2: either from your own experience or from listening to my podcast,
- 19:38Speaker 2: that comparisonitis can lead us down a path paved with
- 19:41Speaker 2: bad debt, so we certainly don't want to invite that
- 19:44Speaker 2: in at the scale of a mortgage. Before you agree
- 19:48Speaker 2: to any property purchase, I really encourage you to think
- 19:51Speaker 2: about what it is you're committing to and why. Run
- 19:54Speaker 2: the numbers several times and follow the book's activities to
- 19:58Speaker 2: test your saving and repayment threshold before you sign on
- 20:01Speaker 2: the dotted line. Remember, when it comes to figuring out
- 20:05Speaker 2: the best way to build your future wealth, you're truly
- 20:08Speaker 2: running your own race. Let's briefly consider some of the
- 20:12Speaker 2: pros and cons of investing in property. We'll look at
- 20:15Speaker 2: many of these in more detail later, but just to
- 20:18Speaker 2: get your brain juices flowing, here are some considerations unique
- 20:21Speaker 2: to property investing. Ten reasons why pros of investing in property.
- 20:28Speaker 2: One you meet the human need for shelter. Two it's
- 20:32Speaker 2: a place to call your own. Three you can use
- 20:36Speaker 2: it and enjoy it while you're paying it off, the
- 20:38Speaker 2: ultimate buy now, pay later. Four Compared to some investments,
- 20:42Speaker 2: it's reasonably straightforward to understand. Five. Medium property values historically
- 20:49Speaker 2: have grown over time. Six it's typically a stable investment
- 20:53Speaker 2: over the medium to long term. Seven it can generate
- 20:57Speaker 2: income and or reduce the costs of running business. Eight
- 21:02Speaker 2: it offers the potential to reduce your tax with negative gearing.
- 21:06Speaker 2: Nine it can create access to funding when used as
- 21:10Speaker 2: a security rather than cash. Ten you can have a
- 21:14Speaker 2: direct impact on improving its value, unlike buying shares in
- 21:18Speaker 2: a company. Cons of investing in property. One it can
- 21:23Speaker 2: be really, really expensive. Two it may keep you in
- 21:27Speaker 2: debt for a long time. Three it's difficult to predict
- 21:31Speaker 2: interest rates, which can impact your standard of living. Four
- 21:36Speaker 2: you may not be able to afford the house of
- 21:38Speaker 2: your dreams, so find yourself paying off something you don't
- 21:42Speaker 2: really love unless we change your property mindset. More on
- 21:45Speaker 2: that to come. Five. It's hard to cash in quickly,
- 21:49Speaker 2: what investors call an illiquid asset, unlike cash, which is
- 21:54Speaker 2: liquid and immediately available. Six. Holding onto property costs money
- 21:58Speaker 2: in ongoing maintenance fees, rates, body corporate and perhaps in
- 22:03Speaker 2: lost or below market rental income, among other things. Seven.
- 22:08Speaker 2: Property is not a set and forget investment. It requires
- 22:11Speaker 2: ongoing care and maintenance. Eight. Property involves many moving parts
- 22:16Speaker 2: and people, which can bring potential issues. Nine. Capital growth
- 22:21Speaker 2: is not guaranteed. Despite what people like to say, the
- 22:24Speaker 2: property market does not uniformly rise in every area every
- 22:28Speaker 2: seven years and ten. It could be risky if you
- 22:31Speaker 2: invest in areas slow to develop, or you are trying
- 22:34Speaker 2: to make fast money using a flip strategy during times
- 22:38Speaker 2: when the market drops. Your property beliefs, values, and goals,
- 22:43Speaker 2: let's look a little more closely at your personal property beliefs, goals,
- 22:47Speaker 2: and values. You may find that working through the prompts
- 22:50Speaker 2: we're about to get to will get you to reconsider
- 22:53Speaker 2: your initial Why that's good. It means it really started
- 22:57Speaker 2: thinking more deeply about what property means for you and
- 23:00Speaker 2: how it might fit into and impact your life. To
- 23:03Speaker 2: figure out what makes you tick and why you're thinking
- 23:06Speaker 2: about committing to the biggest expense of your lifetime, Let's
- 23:09Speaker 2: walk through a series of questions together. Either write your
- 23:13Speaker 2: notes in the space in your workbook, or if you're
- 23:15Speaker 2: a dedicated diarist, grab a notebook and a pen. If
- 23:18Speaker 2: you're like me, a shiny new one, especially for all
- 23:21Speaker 2: your property dreams, goals and strategies. Let's begin, what are
- 23:26Speaker 2: your main reasons for buying property? Seriously? Have you really
- 23:30Speaker 2: sat down and thought about all of this? I mean properly.
- 23:34Speaker 2: A lot of people we talk to at Zella and
- 23:36Speaker 2: She's on the Money think that they want to get
- 23:39Speaker 2: into property without ever having spent the time to consider.
- 23:42Speaker 2: Why is owning real estate really that big on your
- 23:45Speaker 2: list of priorities or is it just something you've been
- 23:48Speaker 2: conditioned to believe is important. As we've talked about, we
- 23:53Speaker 2: grew up being fed the great Australian dream. But take
- 23:56Speaker 2: a look around, friend, is that your dream? Does it
- 23:59Speaker 2: chime who you want to be? Australia has thankfully become
- 24:03Speaker 2: far more open and inclusive in recent years. People live
- 24:07Speaker 2: in all sorts of families and practice wildly different lifestyles.
- 24:11Speaker 2: The desire to follow the norm is losing its grip
- 24:14Speaker 2: if there's even a norm at all. So before you
- 24:18Speaker 2: decide to commit to a significant cash stop, be sure
- 24:21Speaker 2: you know why you're doing it. All reasons are equally valid,
- 24:25Speaker 2: So this is just about getting clear on your reason.
- 24:29Speaker 2: Why are you thinking of buying property for a place
- 24:32Speaker 2: to call your own, to live in, just for now,
- 24:35Speaker 2: to live in well into the future, as a wealth
- 24:38Speaker 2: creation strategy, as an investor, as your retirement plan for
- 24:43Speaker 2: its long term growth, Because you're sick of landlords and
- 24:46Speaker 2: want to say in the place, because you're terrified of
- 24:49Speaker 2: becoming homeless. Because your parents told you it was a
- 24:53Speaker 2: good idea. Actually, come to think of it, No thanks,
- 24:56Speaker 2: or at least not right now. Whatever you're responsive, write
- 25:00Speaker 2: it down in your workbook. The financial commitment of a
- 25:03Speaker 2: property loan. If you are seriously thinking about investing in property,
- 25:07Speaker 2: do you understand what it means for your finances? We
- 25:10Speaker 2: have gone through several reasons why owning property may be
- 25:13Speaker 2: a particularly valuable investment for women, but that doesn't necessarily
- 25:18Speaker 2: apply to all women, and certainly not all people taking
- 25:22Speaker 2: on home ownership is a serious financial commitment. Not only
- 25:26Speaker 2: must you save up for a deposit, you must first
- 25:28Speaker 2: establish yourself as a positive loan risk for the bank
- 25:31Speaker 2: to take on. That could mean extra effort to create
- 25:34Speaker 2: an additional savings account, work to clear your existing personal loans,
- 25:39Speaker 2: reducing or eliminating your credit card debts, and possibly taking
- 25:43Speaker 2: on extra work or employment. Are you ready to take
- 25:46Speaker 2: on a property loan? Have you got it in you
- 25:49Speaker 2: right now? And even if you can do it for
- 25:53Speaker 2: a sprint, are you sure you can sustain it for
- 25:56Speaker 2: the long term? Remembering that a standard mortgage repayment term
- 25:59Speaker 2: is thirty years. What savings do you already have and
- 26:04Speaker 2: how much more might you need for a deposit? How
- 26:07Speaker 2: much can or are you willing to direct towards paying
- 26:10Speaker 2: a home loan for the next thirty years or so?
- 26:13Speaker 2: Are you comfortable with the restrictions this might have on
- 26:16Speaker 2: your lifestyle? In your workbook, list out some things you
- 26:20Speaker 2: might have to forfeit if you were paying down alone.
- 26:23Speaker 2: How does this make you feel the reality of managing
- 26:26Speaker 2: a long term loan now? I don't want to get
- 26:29Speaker 2: all doom and gloomy, but you have to consider how
- 26:32Speaker 2: you might be able to keep paying your mortgage if
- 26:35Speaker 2: the worst happened. We'll look more deeply at this in
- 26:38Speaker 2: chapter seven, so no need to get tiery, but it's
- 26:40Speaker 2: definitely worth thinking about. During COVID, the government introduced wage support,
- 26:45Speaker 2: thanks offered moratoriums on repayments, and many landlords went over
- 26:50Speaker 2: and above to keep their tenants housed. But it won't
- 26:52Speaker 2: always be all in together when shit hits the fan.
- 26:56Speaker 2: If you already had a home loan and got so
- 26:58Speaker 2: severely injured yes today that you couldn't work today, what then, Hopefully,
- 27:03Speaker 2: after listening to this book, you'll have got yourself some
- 27:06Speaker 2: reliable insurances and some SotM. Smart savers will already have
- 27:11Speaker 2: a decent emergency fund, which they will increase when they
- 27:14Speaker 2: become homeowners. But these plans don't magically appear, and neither
- 27:18Speaker 2: do the funds to support them. Make this conversation part
- 27:21Speaker 2: of your planning. Are you prepared to manage a long
- 27:25Speaker 2: term loan? Since nineteen ninety to now, mortgage interest rates
- 27:28Speaker 2: have ranged between two point one four and fifteen point
- 27:32Speaker 2: five percent. Could you manage this? If so, how what
- 27:37Speaker 2: plans would you put in place? What about if you
- 27:40Speaker 2: couldn't work for whatever reason. Can you afford insurance that
- 27:44Speaker 2: would cover you in this event? And or other support plans?
- 27:48Speaker 2: Who might be there for you? Where might you turn?
- 27:51Speaker 2: Is this a realistic plan for the short and long term?
- 27:55Speaker 2: Write down your responses in your workbook. The responsibility of
- 28:00Speaker 2: owning property. Owning a property might sound like a dream
- 28:04Speaker 2: come true. But even once you've saved that deposit, bought
- 28:07Speaker 2: the place, and furnished it with your snazzy but affordable knickknacks,
- 28:10Speaker 2: it's no time to kick back and lie like a
- 28:13Speaker 2: lady lizard drinking in the sun. Owning a property comes
- 28:16Speaker 2: not only as an ongoing financial cost, but a social
- 28:20Speaker 2: and emotional one too. If you bought your place to
- 28:23Speaker 2: live in, it's almost a guarantee that something many things
- 28:27Speaker 2: had to give. Maybe you now have a ninety minute
- 28:30Speaker 2: one way commute. Maybe you need to spend every second
- 28:33Speaker 2: Sunday mowing the lawns because the landlord doesn't cover it anymore.
- 28:37Speaker 2: Maybe you had to fall for two months of Sunday
- 28:39Speaker 2: brunches because your whole water system blew up the day
- 28:42Speaker 2: after you moved in. If you get bored with this
- 28:45Speaker 2: place or itchy for a new lifestyle, one year hiatus
- 28:48Speaker 2: in Hawaii, anyone changing things up becomes far more difficult
- 28:52Speaker 2: as a homeowner. As a renter, you simply give notice
- 28:56Speaker 2: and move on with your life. If the property is yours,
- 28:59Speaker 2: it's yours to deal with two That's not to say
- 29:02Speaker 2: you can't rent it out or even sell it, but
- 29:04Speaker 2: both these are more hassled than giving two weeks notice.
- 29:08Speaker 2: Then there's being a landlord. If you're an investor owner,
- 29:11Speaker 2: you may not have sacrificed your walk to work proximity,
- 29:14Speaker 2: but if you have tenants, you may be required to
- 29:17Speaker 2: fix any issue they have with the house or appliances
- 29:20Speaker 2: quick smart. If the breakdown happens over a weekend and
- 29:24Speaker 2: is considered a health risk, Hello, emergency call out Bee.
- 29:28Speaker 2: Whatever compromises you talked yourself into when you bought the place,
- 29:32Speaker 2: triple them. More things go wrong than you will have
- 29:35Speaker 2: ever thought of. Soon enough, you'll have listened to every
- 29:38Speaker 2: single one of my podcasts, and that commute won't seem
- 29:41Speaker 2: so shiny anymore. That lovely lawn that you imagined lying
- 29:44Speaker 2: on reading She's on the money Book after She's on
- 29:46Speaker 2: the money book has now become your worst nightmare. Those
- 29:49Speaker 2: dream tenants who promise to lovingly tend to your place.
- 29:53Speaker 2: They're gremlins. The trouble with property is it's a long
- 29:56Speaker 2: term commitment. You'll probably have times when you get more
- 29:59Speaker 2: sick of it then it could ever get of you worse. Still,
- 30:03Speaker 2: unlike an annoying ex boyfriend or a bad haircut, you
- 30:06Speaker 2: can't just ignore your house and its problems when you're
- 30:08Speaker 2: over it. No matter what. Those pesky bills will keep
- 30:11Speaker 2: showing up, but the bank will keep drawing down its fees.
- 30:15Speaker 2: When you sign up for a home loan, you're committing
- 30:17Speaker 2: to possibly the longest relationship you'll ever have. There are
- 30:21Speaker 2: plenty of lifestyle limitations that come with owning property beyond
- 30:25Speaker 2: just the mortgage repayments. That's not to say it won't
- 30:28Speaker 2: be worth it overall, but now's the time to have
- 30:30Speaker 2: a good hard think about whether you're ready to give
- 30:33Speaker 2: up your current lifestyle to support your dream and future you.
- 30:38Speaker 2: Are you ready to be a responsible property owner? Is
- 30:41Speaker 2: making a home something that interests you? To what degree
- 30:44Speaker 2: are fluffy cushions enough for Do you dream of floor
- 30:47Speaker 2: plans and paint colors and exactly which oven you'd like
- 30:50Speaker 2: in your kitchen? What about if these break down? If
- 30:54Speaker 2: the windows start leaking, or the gas heating stops working,
- 30:57Speaker 2: or your front door won't shut properly. Have you we've
- 31:00Speaker 2: got the time, inclination, and budget to deal directly with
- 31:03Speaker 2: builders and handymen to keep the place upright and secure.
- 31:07Speaker 2: Are you ready to settle into living in a place
- 31:09Speaker 2: for possibly the next thirty years or at least seven.
- 31:12Speaker 2: To make it worthwhile, write down your responses in your
- 31:16Speaker 2: workbook the responsibilities of being a landlord. There's a lot
- 31:22Speaker 2: of chat around about the terrors of landlords, so let's
- 31:25Speaker 2: tame that beast, shall we. If you're thinking about owning property,
- 31:29Speaker 2: chances are you may one day become a landlord yourself,
- 31:33Speaker 2: either by choice or necessity, if you've been a rent
- 31:36Speaker 2: to yourself, or even if you've just watched the news lately.
- 31:40Speaker 2: It's clear that while some landlords are greedy monsters, the
- 31:43Speaker 2: majority are regular folk who got lucky and or worked
- 31:46Speaker 2: hard to get a foot into property investment. These people
- 31:50Speaker 2: are now doing their best to look after their own
- 31:52Speaker 2: finances and the people who live in the home they provide.
- 31:56Speaker 2: Everyone has a choice in this world to be a
- 31:58Speaker 2: dick or to not be a di So you can
- 32:00Speaker 2: be a landlord, just don't be a landlord dick. The
- 32:03Speaker 2: best way to do that is to know and fulfill
- 32:06Speaker 2: your responsibilities under the law, and ideally go beyond those.
- 32:10Speaker 2: To ensure your tenants are comfortable. You don't have to
- 32:13Speaker 2: buy them super large fluffy bean bags or send a
- 32:16Speaker 2: weekly grosser's box, but a nice welcome note and the
- 32:19Speaker 2: invitation to get in touch should they need anything goes
- 32:21Speaker 2: a long way to making them feel human. If you
- 32:25Speaker 2: decide to employ a property manager, make sure to choose
- 32:28Speaker 2: an ethical one who will do right by you and
- 32:31Speaker 2: your tenants. Also, and most importantly, make sure you have
- 32:35Speaker 2: allocated enough funds to looking after the joint. As a landlord,
- 32:39Speaker 2: you may have to fix things straight away, even if
- 32:42Speaker 2: it's something you might live with if it be your
- 32:44Speaker 2: own home, so make sure you have the cash to
- 32:47Speaker 2: service your property. You might need a redraw facility on
- 32:50Speaker 2: your property loan, or consider getting landlord's insurance to help
- 32:54Speaker 2: cover unexpected costs. Being financially responsible as an investor owner
- 32:59Speaker 2: will take the emotion out of it and help ensure
- 33:02Speaker 2: that both you and your tenants are looked after in
- 33:04Speaker 2: the long run. Are you ready to be a responsible
- 33:08Speaker 2: landlord if you're a landlord, you must intend to issue
- 33:12Speaker 2: straight away. Do you have the time, inclination, and budget
- 33:15Speaker 2: to make repairs? If not, are you willing to pay
- 33:19Speaker 2: and work with a managing agent to do so. Does
- 33:23Speaker 2: your budget stretch to covering rental vacancies, tenants and or
- 33:27Speaker 2: building damages, special levies and other unexpected costs. Are you
- 33:32Speaker 2: willing to sacrifice your own lifestyle if needed to ensure
- 33:35Speaker 2: your tenants and property are looked after? Write down your
- 33:39Speaker 2: responses in your workbook. The ethical implications of owning property
- 33:45Speaker 2: further to the landlord dilemma. People are becoming increasingly aware
- 33:48Speaker 2: of the social impact of their decisions. Investors call this
- 33:52Speaker 2: value investing, and in recognition of this, many trading platforms
- 33:56Speaker 2: allow you the option to invest only in funds or
- 34:00Speaker 2: companies that align with your personal values. A similar thought
- 34:04Speaker 2: process can apply in property. The choice you make in
- 34:06Speaker 2: materials to renovate or fix your home, what kind of
- 34:10Speaker 2: power you use for your heating and cooking, and even
- 34:13Speaker 2: what kind of plants you grow all affect the environment.
- 34:16Speaker 2: The impact of one person owning several houses when it's
- 34:20Speaker 2: well acknowledged that thousands of people around Australia sleep rough
- 34:23Speaker 2: every night, and that our properties sit on unseated Aboriginal
- 34:27Speaker 2: land can give some people the ick. There are many ways,
- 34:31Speaker 2: large and small, to help rebalance such disparity. You might
- 34:34Speaker 2: consider investing in social housing or land reclamation projects, or
- 34:39Speaker 2: contributing some of your income to supporting marginalized groups. For example,
- 34:44Speaker 2: Pay the Rent is a grassroots Aboriginal initiative encouraging Australians
- 34:49Speaker 2: to pay a small percentage of their income as rent
- 34:51Speaker 2: for living on unseeded lands. There are several organizations that
- 34:55Speaker 2: provide shelter to vulnerable women, who welcome donations, both in
- 35:00Speaker 2: time and money. As with any philanthropy, you can give
- 35:04Speaker 2: inkind Support, Fundraise, or myriad other initiatives that help to
- 35:08Speaker 2: counterbalance the impact you have on the planet. It's up
- 35:11Speaker 2: to you how creative you want to get. I'd love
- 35:14Speaker 2: to hear your ideas, so be sure to let us
- 35:17Speaker 2: know by commenting on our install or via this ses
- 35:19Speaker 2: on the Money website. Together we can all make the difference.
- 35:24Speaker 2: What are your ethics around property ownership? As with any
- 35:28Speaker 2: investment or lifestyle, there are ethical implications to your decision
- 35:32Speaker 2: and ways to mitigate against the negative impacts. Have you
- 35:36Speaker 2: considered investing in schemes or activities that can work to
- 35:39Speaker 2: build housing affordability. Can you list a few options? How
- 35:44Speaker 2: about ensuring your building is environmentally sustainable? What are some
- 35:48Speaker 2: things you could implement to ensure this? Write down your
- 35:51Speaker 2: responses in your workbook Your Real Why. It's easy to
- 35:56Speaker 2: see why and how we inherit beliefs from society and
- 36:00Speaker 2: others around us. If we're not actively reflecting on our
- 36:03Speaker 2: own personal reasons and personal beliefs around life, money, and
- 36:07Speaker 2: what's important to us, we can be swayed by others stories,
- 36:11Speaker 2: views and fears, many of which have been well developed
- 36:15Speaker 2: decades ago against very different circumstances. Not to mention that you,
- 36:19Speaker 2: my pretty butterfly, are the only you on this planet
- 36:23Speaker 2: and so what you think, feel, and ultimately do should
- 36:26Speaker 2: be individual to you. Your real Why buying a house
- 36:30Speaker 2: is important to you. Working through this chapter, you have
- 36:34Speaker 2: reviewed your property, money beliefs and thought more about which
- 36:37Speaker 2: of these are true to your story and those you
- 36:40Speaker 2: may have inherited from others. Reflecting on these, write down
- 36:44Speaker 2: in your workbook what is now true for you? Property
- 36:47Speaker 2: story from Ruby thirty two from New Zealand and New
- 36:52Speaker 2: South Wales. My partner and I are from New Zealand.
- 36:55Speaker 2: After years of saving for a house, we became demoralized
- 36:59Speaker 2: by increasing prices and the hundreds of people at open
- 37:02Speaker 2: homes where we were looking to buy in Wellington. After
- 37:05Speaker 2: the COVID borders opened, we decided to give up on
- 37:08Speaker 2: our New Zealand property dream, moved to Sydney and chuck
- 37:11Speaker 2: our money into shares, bonds and a couple of startup businesses.
- 37:15Speaker 2: We are thankful to not have the one million dollars
- 37:18Speaker 2: of debt and rising interest costs to think about if
- 37:21Speaker 2: we had bought a house. We now have no desire
- 37:24Speaker 2: to buy property and I can't see that changing in
- 37:26Speaker 2: the next five to ten years. Mccanna thirty from Victoria.
- 37:32Speaker 2: I moved to Australia when I was nineteen and since
- 37:35Speaker 2: then have dreamt of owning my own house instead of
- 37:38Speaker 2: paying someone else's mortgage. We started saving for a loan
- 37:42Speaker 2: deposit in twenty fifteen when I was earning just forty
- 37:45Speaker 2: three thousand dollars a year and my husband was earning
- 37:48Speaker 2: twenty five dollars an hour as a casual. As we
- 37:51Speaker 2: didn't have much knowledge of the property market, our mortgage
- 37:54Speaker 2: broker was invaluable guiding us from the start of the
- 37:57Speaker 2: process until the end. He's now a family friend. We
- 38:01Speaker 2: secured a mortgage on incomes of fifty four thousand dollars
- 38:04Speaker 2: and fifty thousand dollars, respectively. We've been in our house
- 38:08Speaker 2: for a bit over four years and now have enough
- 38:11Speaker 2: equity to buy an investment house. The market is scarier
- 38:14Speaker 2: than it looked when we purchased the first time, but
- 38:17Speaker 2: my knowledge keeps growing and I know I'll never look back.
- 38:21Speaker 2: Take note, buying property is a big decision and a
- 38:25Speaker 2: serious commitment, possibly the longest relationship you'll have in your life,
- 38:30Speaker 2: so not one to take on lightly. Property comes with
- 38:34Speaker 2: pros and cons and is not the only pathway towards
- 38:37Speaker 2: building future wealth. Dig deep to identify the true reason
- 38:42Speaker 2: you want to buy property if you still do, and
- 38:45Speaker 2: use that to guide you from here. Guys, that was
- 38:49Speaker 2: the first chapter of Property with Shees on the money,
- 38:52Speaker 2: and I really hope that you're inspired to take action
- 38:55Speaker 2: when it comes to getting on the property ladder, if
- 38:57Speaker 2: that's what you want to get up to, and you
- 38:59Speaker 2: smash all of your property goals, whether you're getting your
- 39:02Speaker 2: first foot on the ladder, or you're hunting for your
- 39:04Speaker 2: dream home, or you're planning your fourth investment property. I
- 39:07Speaker 2: don't mind what you're doing. I'm just so grateful to
- 39:09Speaker 2: be part of the journey. If you loved this, you
- 39:12Speaker 2: can purchase property it with She's on the Money from
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