Within the last decade, the Financial Independence Retire Early (FI/RE) movement has gained a cult-like following, with grassroots communities touting the benefits of living frugally today whilst creating wealth for tomorrow. Veronica and Chris talk with Matt, the host of the Aussie Firebug podcast. Since 2013 Matt has focused on retiring early by creating income streams from property, shares and labour, he projects that he will finally achieve FI/RE by his mid-thirties.

Chris asks hard questions about the movement’s current state, particularly citing the communities’ detrimental perspective on the yield over capital growth debate. Will this financial fad burn bright financially liberating individuals, or will the flame fizzle out with unfounded claims and misleading financial advice?

If you have ever been curious about the FI/RE movement, this is the episode for you.

GUEST LINKS:https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/aussie-firebug/id1080237514https://www.aussiefirebug.com/start-here/https://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Life-Transforming-Relationship/dp/0143115766https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/about/https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/

HOST LINKS:Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? www.gooddeeds.com.auWork with Veronica: https://linktr.ee/veronicamorgan

Looking for a Mortgage Broker? www.wealthful.com.au Work with Chris: hello@wealthful.com.au

Send in your questions to: questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Please note that this has been transcribed by half-human-half-robot, so brace yourself for typos and the odd bit of weirdness…This episode was recorded in June 2021.

https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/182

Within the last decade, the Financial Independence Retire Early (FI/RE) movement has gained a cult-like following, with grassroots communities touting the benefits of living frugally today whilst creating wealth for tomorrow. Veronica and Chris talk with Matt, the host of the Aussie Firebug podcast. Since 2013 Matt has focused on retiring early by creating income streams from property, shares and labour, he projects that he will finally achieve FI/RE by his mid-thirties. Chris asks hard questions about the movement’s current state, particularly citing the communities’ detrimental perspective on the yield over capital growth debate. Will this financial fad burn bright financially liberating individuals, or will the flame fizzle out with unfounded claims and misleading financial advice? If you have ever been curious about the FI/RE movement, this is the episode for you. GUEST LINKS:<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/aussie-firebug/id1080237514" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/aussie-firebug/id1080237514</a> <a href="https://www.aussiefirebug.com/start-here/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.aussiefirebug.com/start-here/</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Life-Transforming-Relationship/dp/0143115766" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-Life-Transforming-Relationship/dp/0143115766</a> <a href="https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/about/</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/</a> HOST LINKS:Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? <a href="http://www.gooddeeds.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.gooddeeds.com.au</a>Work with Veronica: <a href="https://linktr.ee/veronicamorgan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://linktr.ee/veronicamorgan</a> Looking for a Mortgage Broker? <a href="https://www.wealthful.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.wealthful.com.au</a> Work with Chris: <a href="mailto:hello@wealthful.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hello@wealthful.com.au</a> Send in your questions to: <a href="mailto:questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au">questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au</a> EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Please note that this has been transcribed by half-human-half-robot, so brace yourself for typos and the odd bit of weirdness…This episode was recorded in June 2021. <a href="https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/182" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/182</a>

Who's really in control when you buy a property?

The Elephant In The Room is where the things that no one wants to talk about, actually get talked about.  

Veronica Morgan, real estate agent, buyers agent and co-host of Foxtel’s Location Location Location Australia & Chris Bates, financial planner, mortgage broker and wealth coach have joined forces to find out what’s really going on in the world of real estate.

Veronica and Chris talk to property owners and buyers every day in their respective lines of business. They’ve observed a wide spectrum of confidence in people’s decision making ability when buying and selling property, often to the detriment of the individuals concerned. They are both fascinated by consumer behaviour and together they’re going to uncover who’s really making the decisions when you buy a property.

In each episode they get into the psyche of buyers, agents, auctioneers and other industry experts to learn the truth about how buyers are influenced and why they do the things they do. In every episode you’ll learn from the mistakes of a “property dumbo” as well as Chris & Veronica’s “elephant rider bootcamp” training session.

The plan? This property podcast has been created to help us all make better property decisions!

We talk about the things no one wants to talk about in the Property Market

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