In today's episode, we have Paul Benson, Principal of Guidance Financial Services and published author of Financial Autonomy. Paul has been working as a financial planner for the last 20 years, working with a wide spectrum of clients, helping them gain ‘financial autonomy’. Paul gives his two cents on the property versus shares debate, adding in extra commentary from his book and own experiences with clients and friends on their journey to creating wealth.

Here’s what we covered:
What is the difference between financial autonomy and financial freedom?
How can people retire in their early 60s?
Income replacement or wealth creation?
How are people finding their 'true purpose' through work?
How to deal with the temptation of trying to time investments?
Why ethical and sustainable investing will be the future.
Should you invest a lump sum in shares or property?
With interest rates so low, are people taking on more home debt?
Why do most financial planners not give advice around property?
How do you build your share portfolio
What are people investing in now?

RELEVANT EPISODES:Episode 136 | Owen RaszkiewiczEpisode 131 | Jessica BradyEpisode 130 | Glen James

GUEST LINKS:Guidance Financial ServicesFinancial Autonomy - PodcastFinancial Autonomy - Book

New challenge!Reach out to us if you have a positive off-the-plan purchase, we would love to hear from you!

HOST LINKS:Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? www.gooddeeds.com.au Work 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 October, 2020.

In today's episode, we have Paul Benson, Principal of Guidance Financial Services and published author of Financial Autonomy. Paul has been working as a financial planner for the last 20 years, working with a wide spectrum of clients, helping them gain ‘financial autonomy’. Paul gives his two cents on the property versus shares debate, adding in extra commentary from his book and own experiences with clients and friends on their journey to creating wealth. Here’s what we covered: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What is the difference between financial autonomy and financial freedom?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How can people retire in their early 60s?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Income replacement or wealth creation?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How are people finding their 'true purpose' through work?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How to deal with the temptation of trying to time investments?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why ethical and sustainable investing will be the future.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Should you invest a lump sum in shares or property?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">With interest rates so low, are people taking on more home debt?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why do most financial planners not give advice around property?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How do you build your share portfolio</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What are people investing in now?</li> </ul> RELEVANT EPISODES:<a href="https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/136" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 136 | Owen Raszkiewicz</a> <a href="https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/131" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 131 | Jessica Brady</a> <a href="https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 130 | Glen James</a> GUEST LINKS:<a href="https://www.guidancefs.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guidance Financial Services</a> <a href="https://financialautonomy.com.au/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Financial Autonomy - Podcast</a> <a href="http://www.financialautonomy.com.au/book" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Financial Autonomy - Book</a> New challenge!Reach out to us if you have a positive off-the-plan purchase, we would love to hear from you! 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" target="_blank" rel="noopener">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 October, 2020.

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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Where does financial planner and author Paul Benson stand on the property vs shares debate?

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