Phillip Tarrant

Phillip Tarrant

AUTHOR | No. of articles: 160

Phillip Tarrant is one of Australia’s leading property commentators, with more than a decade at the forefront of conversations shaping the nation’s property investment market. As the long-time host of the Smart Property Investment Show and a regular commentator across property, finance and business, Phillip has interviewed thousands of investors, economists, advisers, brokers, agents and industry leaders, giving him a unique perspective on the trends, policies and market forces influencing Australian property. Beyond property commentary in the media, Phillip is an active property investor himself, with first-hand experience building and managing a diversified property portfolio across multiple markets and cycles. His insights combines this practical investor perspective with deep exposure to the broader property and financial services ecosystem. Phillip is also CEO and co-founder of Managed, an Australian property payments and technology platform transforming the way property managers, landlords and tenants manage rental payments and property transactions. Through his writing, podcasts and industry engagements, Phillip focuses on cutting through market noise, challenging conventional thinking and helping investors make more informed, strategic decisions. His commentary regularly explores property markets, lending, taxation, regulation, investment strategy and the changing dynamics of Australia’s housing sector.


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BLOG: How to spot a terrible property manager
We’re always looking to refine our portfolio and make sure it has the best cash flow position as much as possible, and a threat to that is a terrible property manager
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 18 Oct 2018
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BLOG: What property investors can and can’t control about their portfolio
If you read the papers, it would appear that property markets are going to fall through the floor, and everyone’s going to go bust. In reality, things are just fine, and ...
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 04 Oct 2018
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BLOG: Don’t go lending alone
If you’re looking to invest in property in this period ahead, there’s a lot of policy dictating the way in which lenders are shelling money through to investors right now
FINANCE • Thu, 13 Sep 2018
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BLOG: What we can learn from a 7% vacancy rate
The other week, I sat in a presentation from CoreLogic about softening markets. They did sort of around the grounds of all the different major capitals. There’s one area, ...
HOTSPOTS • Thu, 30 Aug 2018
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BLOG: Talking strategy – Why I buy where I buy
At the moment, the assets we've acquired are in affordable belts. When I look at how markets fluctuate, a lot of it is around the buying behaviour of people. Here’s what ...
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 16 Aug 2018
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BLOG: How ignoring the small things can cost you $10k
Some lenders can charge you a fee to get a discount on interest rates. Sounds good, yeah? However, if you don’t have your admin in order, this can create one big headache ...
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 02 Aug 2018
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BLOG: Huddle in fellow investors, this blog is worth $25k in the open market
Today I want to talk about interest rates. Boring as bat shit? Maybe, but it’s also bloody important. In particular moving variable rates to fixed, why and what to look ...
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 19 Jul 2018
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BLOG: Why the royal commission could put power back in the hands of property investors
We're still in the middle of the royal commission where a spotlight is being placed on the behaviours of the banks and whether they're acting appropriately or not
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 05 Jul 2018
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BLOG: Keeping it realistic with your portfolio, for tenants and you
Looking at both a tenant's and my end of the portfolio, it’s important to keep both ends of things simple and realistic, and here’s why.
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 21 Jun 2018

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