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Phillip Tarrant

Phillip Tarrant

AUTHOR | No. of articles: 160

Phillip Tarrant is executive editor – Real Estate at Momentum Media. He is also an investor with a large property portfolio. He leads the content strategy and corporate growth for a range of market and business intelligence platforms at Momentum Media, including Smart Property Investment – the authoritative voice for Australia’s property investment community. As head of the Smart Property Investment Podcast Network, he also steers the largest network of property podcasts in Australia, which collectively generates nearly 2 million downloads every year. There are over 2.6 million investment properties in Australia, with over 2.1 million Australians (or around 8 per cent of all Australians) owning one or more investment properties. A vibrant and critical sector for creating wealth for Australians, the property investment sector is expected to remain a pillar to the national economy. For nearing a decade, under Phillip’s stewardship Smart Property Investment has been informing and educating property investors on the tactics and strategies to create wealth through property. Trusted by over 100,000 Australians each month as the turn-to independent resource for property market insights and information, the brand supports the mantra of "for investors", by investors’, drawing on the unique position that Phillip and Smart Property Investment share, warts and all, its own journey through property. The Smart Property Investment Show, part of the Smart Property Investment Podcast Network, is one of Australia’s most popular podcasts, forming the keystone of an integrated digital platform delivering daily property updates, live broadcasting, insights, opinion and data to property investors across the nation. Underpinned by a content team universally recognised for their knowledge of the sector and approach for clear and concise communication, Smart Property Investment has become a central part of Australia’s property community. About Momentum Media Momentum Media is a leading media and market intelligence company, and the business behind Smart Property Investment, REB and RPM. Guided by a strong sense of purpose to support our communities, Momentum Media has forged its place as one of Australia’s most influential media and professional development businesses. We have been equipping Australia’s corporate, investor and SME sectors with market and business intelligence for over a decade. Across an integrated business supported by digital, events, broadcast, research, print and social platforms, we are guided by the purpose: Be Better informed. This passion for informing, educating and inspiring drives us to build more engaged communities, delivering greater leadership to the markets we connect to and forging closer relationships with our audiences. Being at the forefront of media innovation, backed by a pioneering spirit, has been central to Momentum Media’s growth. We’re an evolving, forward-thinking business based on a purpose that supports corporate Australia and the markets critical to our nation’s economic prosperity and security. We’re also focused on delivering exceptional value to our commercial partners. We adapt on a daily basis to rapidly changing market places; we’re a fluid media business, unanchored to any particular technology, channel or tone of communication. With a reach spanning nearly 2 million professionals, high-net-worth individuals and SME business owners, we’re connected to the rapidly changing preferences and attitudes of our communities – and we’re making a positive contribution for our communities to thrive.


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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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