Welcome back to the Australian Property Investing Podcast Everything Property with your host David Hamilton. On today's episode, Chris Charlton - an accountant with over 40 YEARS of experience joins us on the pod to chat about one of the most popular topics - Trusts, in order to see if buying property in a trust is the right move for you.
In this chat we speak about:

- The early day's of Chris' 40 year career when the internet and computers weren't a thing..
- What are Trusts and what are the main types of Trusts (the last one will surprise you)
- How to pay less tax using Trusts and Companies
- The reasons people buy property in Trusts
- Pro's and Con's of purchasing property in Trusts
- Multiple scenarios of how people may want to consider purchasing property
- Setup and running costs of a Trust
- Should you buy one property per trust or multiple?
- Implications of moving a property into a Trust after you've bought it in your personal name.
- Land Tax, Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and Company structures
- Plus much more!

To work with Chris and his team, head on over to the Charltons website below:
https://www.charltons.com.au/
Alternatively, check their instagram page where Chris shares his insights from 40 years of experience:
https://www.instagram.com/charltonsaccountants/

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.

Welcome back to the Australian Property Investing Podcast Everything Property with your host David Hamilton. On today's episode, Belinda Sinclair from property powerhouse DOMAIN joins us to chat about some of the insights, trends and predictions for property in the not to distant future. Belinda has been a veteran of the game having worked in property for 20 years, 10 of those, whilst at Domain.com.au - In this chat we speak about:

- Belinda's early career and property investing journey and what lead to her to joining Domain.
- How she manages a sales team of over 100 people.
- How she defines good leadership?
- What's happening with the supply and demand factors in the Australian Residential Property Market?
- Capital Growth outlook for 2024 and beyond.
- Houses vs Apartments: What's happening with both of these asset types?
- Rental prices and demand.
- Trends in Regional Towns vs Capital Cities.
- Will we see a BIG DROP in house prices?
- Current trends for first home buyers looking to get into the market.
- What was in the budget for property owners, investors and first home buyers.
- Plus much more!

To checkout to wonderful work Belinda and her team are doing head on over to:
https://www.domain.com.au/research/

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.

Welcome back to the Australian Property Investing Podcast Everything Property with your host David Hamilton. On today's episode, Mike Mortlock joins us to chat about Depreciation Schedules (no doubt his favourite topic) as we are closing in on the end of the financial year and Tax time. On this episode, we discuss:

- What is a Depreciation Schedule and how do they work?
- Who can get a Depreciation schedule?
- How much do Depreciation Schedules cost?
- What type of Property is suited to a Depreciation Schedule
- Tax time tips and tricks from an industry expert
- The minimum $ spend you need to claim Depreciation on a renovation
- How Depreciation works when you sell a property
- The relationship between Depreciation and your cost base
- How to 'front load' you Depreciation Schedule when renovating
- The two 'Depreciation buckets'
- What materials depreciate quicker
- The difference between an expense and depreciating replacement
- Plus much, much more!

To get in touch with Mike and his team, head over to:
https://www.mcgqs.com.au/

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.

Welcome back to the Australian Property Investing Podcast Everything Property with your host David Hamilton. On today's episode, Dean Bowen from DLB insurance joins us to chat about Home, Contents and Landlord insurance.

- How Dean got into insurance as a career when he was young.
- How he decided it was time to quit the corporate world and go all in on his own.
- A breakdown of Home and Contents Insurance
- A breakdown of Landlords Insurance
- A breakdown of Contents Insurance and what's classified as 'contents'
- How to check how much you should insure your home for
- How do insurance brokers get paid
- What happens to your insurance policy when an insurance company folds
- Home Warranty Insurance: What is it, who does it cover and who takes the policy out?
- Can you claim defects?
- Other insurance policies that builders and developers should be taking out.
- Plus much, much more!

To get in touch with Dean and his team, head over to:
https://www.dlbinsurancerisk.com.au/
OR email Dean at:
dean@dlbinsurancerisk.com.au

Check to see how much your property should be insured for with this calculator
https://insurancecouncil.com.au/consumers/calculators/

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.

Welcome back to the Australian Property Investing Podcast Everything Property with your host David Hamilton. On today's episode, Elie Sleiman joins us to chat about the three letters that can make property investors millionaires. On this episode, we discuss:

- Elie's early career starting 26 years ago.
- How Elie built an autonomous team of 45 who are passionate, responsible and are growing with the company
- The 3 letter word - what is is and how it works
- How Elie made $500k in 2 days
- How Elie made $550k in 2 months on another deal
- Tips, tricks and ways to get the most out of the three letter word and use it to your best advantage
- Why construction costs have nearly doubled
- How some of Elie's clients have made and saved big money
- Plus much, much more!

To get in touch with Elie and his team, head over to:
https://www.es.au/contact-us/

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.

Welcome back to the Australian Property Investing Podcast Everything Property with your host David Hamilton. On today's episode, Steve Palise joins us back on the show to discuss the Pro's and Con's of Commercial Property as an investing option. In this chat, we cover topics like:

- Pro's of Commercial Property some of these include:
Positive cash flow, net yields, tenants taking care of the dirty work.
- Con's of Commercial Property some of these include:
Big cash deposits needed up front, more things to go wrong and if you should be worried about vacancies.
- We'd love to tell you them all, but you will have to listen and watch to find out!
- We also cover value add strategies to dramatically increase capital growth
- Sprinkle in crushing a few of the misconceptions and stereotypes that people often get wrong about Commercial Property
- Plus much, much more!

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.

Welcome back to the Australian Property Investing Podcast Everything Property with your host David Hamilton. On today's episode, we sit down with Builder Sam Lambert from HS Building to talk all things small scale residential building. As there seems to be a builder going into administration every other week, is it still safe to build? In this chat, we cover topics like:

- Sam's story from dropping out of high school early to pursue his trade, to launching his own business.
- What's caused so many builders to go into administration.
- Building contracts, what are the different types being used today and how do they differ?
- Cost saving tips to reduce the price of construction.
- Sam's insight and tips to ensure a smooth, successful project.
- Building duration, how this varies depending on the builder and size project.
- The end goal for HS Building and future project pipeline
- Construction costs in 2024, what are they and how do they differ?
- Plus much more!

To speak with Sam and his team, or to see more of their work, head over to:
https://www.hsbuilding.com.au/
https://www.instagram.com/hs.building/

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Disclaimer: The topics, conversation, opinions and discussion provided in this episode are general in nature. As a listener you should not take or use the information discussed as financial advice. Everything Property and its associates recommend that you always engage in independent financial advice before making any investment or purchasing decision.