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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Empower Wealth Team!

Hi everyone and Merry Christmas to all! In this year’s 2019 Christmas message, I wanted to focus on a theme around financial peace. I mean, the year has been challenging for some —a bit of economic uncertainty, a bit of job uncertainty — but the bright spot in the second half of the year has definitely been the property market. And that hopef...

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Labor’s Negative Gearing Policy Blunders (Part 2)

This video is part of our Negative Gearing video series. You're currently watching Video 3. Video 1: What is Negative Gearing and Why It’s NOT a Strategy? - Watch here Video 2: Labor's Negative Gearing Policy Blunders (Part 1) - Watch here   Transcript: Hi Ben Kingsley here. In part 2 of this series of Labor's Negative Gearing Po...

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Labor’s Negative Gearing Policy Blunders (Part 1)

This video is part of our Negative Gearing video series. You're currently watching Video 2. Video 1: What is Negative Gearing and Why It’s NOT a Strategy? - Watch here Video 3: Labor's Negative Gearing Policy Blunders (Part 2) - Watch here   Transcript: Hi Ben Kingsley here. In this negative gearing series, I'm going to talk to y...

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What is Negative Gearing and Why It’s NOT a Strategy?

This video is part of our Negative Gearing video series. You're currently watching Video 1. Video 2: Labor's Negative Gearing Policy Blunders (Part 1) - Watch here Video 3: Labor's Negative Gearing Policy Blunders (Part 2) - Watch here   Transcript: Hello, Ben Kingsley here. There's a lot of discussion and debate around property at...

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Why Should You Use a Buyers Agent?

Why use a Buyers Agent? What is a Buyers Agent Fee? Is a Buyers Agent Fee worth the money? How do Buyers Agents get paid? Is it really necessary? Find out the answer to all of these questions and more as Bryce Holdaway answers the pressing question in his latest How to Video, Why Should You Use a Buyers Agent?   Hi folks, today I want to c...

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The Secret Revealed: Should You Buy For Capital Growth or Yield?

Alright folks, I want talk today about the number one question I often get — “Should I buy for capital growth or should I buy for yield?” My answer is very, very simple: it depends. It absolutely depends on what your strategy is. So, first of all I want to make a very clear point here… strategy is number one. What are we aiming for? Wh...

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The Property Couch Chat with Paul Clitheroe

  We usually don't repost the episodes in our podcast, The Property Couch, but our 200th Episode is a milestone! And for our milestone, we got a legendary Money Guru that changed a lot of Australian households back in the 90s. Yes, we are talking about none other than Paul Clitheroe! As the host of the show Money on the Nine Networ...

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The Importance of Better Price Point, Better Location, Better Returns

G'day, Ben Kingsley here. In this How-To video I wanted to spend a bit of time in talking about the importance of better price point, better location, better return on investment. So let's switch over now to Google Earth — and here we are. We can see the two marketplaces that I want to show you. I've set the date stamp back to 2000 and I can s...

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Today Show – Getting an Investment Property on a Budget

Allison Langdon: It is now time to talk Weekend Property. Jayne Azzopardi: These days investing in the property market isn't just for the rich. Allison: Buying a slice of Australia can be done on a very tight budget if you know how. Jayne: So here with their savvy advice is Bryce Holdaway and Ben Kingsley from The Property Couch podcast. G...

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Sky News Real Estate, April 2018 – Capital Gains Tax, Land Size in Units & Heritage Homes as Investments

Ben Kingsley, Founder of Empower Wealth, joins the Sky News Real Estate Market Panel with CEO of GlobalX Peter Maloney to discuss everything from superannuation to buying heritage homes! Find out: When you need to pay Capital Gains Tax If land size applies to units, How To Maximise Capital Growth Get the answer to these questions: ...

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INFRASTRUCTURE: Which is the most important to grow property prices?

In this how-to session I want to talk about infrastructure. But, more importantly, I want to talk about the essential ingredient you need in infrastructure that is going to grow property prices not only for the short term but for the long sustainable term. Now you might be thinking, “That's an easy one! Surely it's got to be transportation… ...

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7 Common Questions Property Investors Ask

[This event has now ended but there will be future events coming up and we'd love to hear from you! Join our Newsletter or connect with us on Facebook to stay in touch.]   BRYCE: Hey Ben, we're really excited about the upcoming webinar that we have on the Seven Deadly Sins when it comes to Building a Property Portfolio and we want to tal...

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Negative Gearing Still Works

Bryce is Money Magazine’s cover story this October!! Here to explain Why Negative Gearing Still Works, Bryce puts forward a crucial point, and one we frequently come back to: negative gearing is not a strategy; it’s a tax outcome that represents a moment in time. In other words, “Negative gearing is a means to an end, not a permanent way ...

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