HeyJaredNavigating Property
A podcast that helps you understand the property market, make smarter investments and navigate your way to success. We break down real estate trends, interview experts and share insights to empower your property journey.
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When Big Buyers Agencies Fail - What's Really Going On (opens the original)
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How do you know the buyer's agent you're about to pay $15-25K is actually going to deliver? For a long time, size and visibility felt like proof enough big teams, national reach, a strong social media presence. But several well-known buyer's agencies have recently gone into liquidation, leaving active clients exposed mid-transaction, some losing fees paid upfront with no way to recover them. In this episode, Ben Plohl draws on his background as a chartered accountant and CFO to break down exactl
Why the Smartest Investors Buy in a Correction, Not After It (opens the original)
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Every downturn plays out the same way: most people wait for the bottom. But by the time it's obvious the market's turned, so has everyone else's confidence and the leverage you had is gone. In this episode, Ben Plohl makes the data-backed case for why a correction is exactly when serious buyers get to work. With national values now down four consecutive months and Sydney and Melbourne sitting well below their 2026 peaks, Ben breaks down what real negotiating leverage looks like right now: longer
$700K, Three Cities, Three Completely Different Strategies (opens the original)
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Every buyer's agent gets this question: "We've got $700K, what can we buy?" Most people treat that number as the whole answer. In this episode, Ben Plohl breaks down why it's actually just the starting point of a much bigger conversation. Ben walks through three real options a $700K budget could buy right now, a freestanding home in a regional city like Albury or Bendigo, a villa unit in a lifestyle market like Geelong or Newcastle, or a 1970s red-brick walk-up in Melbourne and makes the case fo
Three Months On: What the Budget Actually Did to the Market (opens the original)
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Three months ago, the federal budget rewrote the tax playbook for property investors: negative gearing was abolished on established properties, the CGT discount was replaced, and a new minimum tax was imposed on trust income. Panic set in and investor activity changed. In this episode, Ben breaks down what actually happened in the market versus what the headlines predicted and why the data tells a far more nuanced story than "investors are fleeing." From the sharp divergence between blue-chip Sy
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