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The Smart Property Investment Show

The Smart Property Investment Show provides insights on the key issues facing investors. Regular guests including property experts, demographers, politicians, property influencers, and investors share their thoughts on the property market, lender policies, government regulation and the national economy. Each episode is raw, uncut, authentic, unscripted and to the point, with plenty of tempo to keep you motivated.

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Investor Strategy • 07 MAY 2026

The uncomfortable truth: It’s not the market – it’s your lack of strategy that’s holding your portfolio back

While investors think they have a strategy, most rely on guesswork and deal-by-deal buying, ending up with disconnected portfolios that cost them through poor structure...

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Investor Strategy • 06 MAY 2026

Are your finances in order? Rate hike exposes ‘bad mortgage strategy’ as an expensive problem

Another rate hike just landed, and if you haven’t reassessed your loan structure and buffers, you could already be falling behind. Here is how to review your...

liam garman and kev tran spi_xdhiwq

Investor Strategy • 04 MAY 2026

Stop chasing hotspots: The next 20%+ growth is already in regional Australia

Most investors chase capital city “hotspots” – but some of the strongest growth in Australia is quietly happening in regional markets no one is watching. Here is...

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Investor Strategy • 02 MAY 2026

Property Buzz: Market uncertainty? Just go back to the basics

With policy uncertainty mounting, the property market is on edge. Could looming tax changes reshape the investment landscape, or will investors return to basics with...

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Investor Strategy • 30 APR 2026

The real reason your portfolio isn’t growing – and no, it’s not the economy

Most investors blame the economy for slow growth – but the real problem is poor strategy, misunderstood borrowing power, and holding the wrong assets for too long.

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Investor Strategy • 25 APR 2026

Property Buzz: Behind the headlines – inside the buyer’s agent industry

With tighter scrutiny on the property market, traditional buyer’s agent strategies could be turned upside down. Will the sector keep booming, or is a brutal...

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Investor Strategy • 23 APR 2026

The lending crackdown reshaping property investing

Interest rates, borrowing power, and lender scrutiny are shifting fast – but while many focus on rates, it’s borrowing power that’s quietly killing more deals and...

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Investor Strategy • 20 APR 2026

Contract risks: How AI is reshaping investors’ due diligence

Most property investors think the danger is missing out on a deal – but the real risk is signing a contract they don’t fully understand, with AI-powered contract...

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Investor Strategy • 18 APR 2026

Property Buzz: Is Australia pushing property investors too far? Experts warn of fallout

From investor confidence erosion to a class war between landlords and tenants, Phil Tarrant and Liam Garman break down all the news coming out of Australia’s property...

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Investor Strategy • 17 APR 2026

The ‘hot suburb’ trap: Why investors may be backing the wrong winners in 2026

Everyone is rushing into the same “hot” suburbs for 2026 – but what if that’s exactly where investors are going astray, while the real winners are being...