Episodes

Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
In this episode of SYF Podcast, John Comino and David Shih go through discussing
- Property Market Update/Observations
- 5 key criteria that'll help you beat the average performance in your property investment journey
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Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
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Friday Mar 07, 2025
How to narrow down your property selection via the decision quadrant
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
In this episode of SYF Podcast, John Comino and David Shih go through discussing
- Feb RBA Rate Cut with Property Market Update/Observations
- How you can use the decision quadrant to narrow down and solidify the investment properties that you're looking to buy.
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DISCLAIMER:
Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
"Spark your FIRE" and its team are not liable to the listeners or any other party, for the listeners use of, or reliance on, any information received, directly or indirectly, from the content in any circumstances.
Please conduct your own research and obtain independent legal, financial, taxation and/or other professional advice in respect of any decision made in connection with this audio.
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Friday Feb 21, 2025
Where and what to invest in Sydney for $1.2M budget?
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
In this episode of SYF Podcast, John Comino and David Shih go through discussing
- Property Market Update/Observations
- If your budget is $1.2M, where and what type of property to invest in Sydney? We explore various options from apartments in close proximity to CBD vs house on a block of land further away.
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DISCLAIMER:
Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
"Spark your FIRE" and its team are not liable to the listeners or any other party, for the listeners use of, or reliance on, any information received, directly or indirectly, from the content in any circumstances.
Please conduct your own research and obtain independent legal, financial, taxation and/or other professional advice in respect of any decision made in connection with this audio.
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Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
In this episode of Spark Your F.I.R.E, as an ongoing sequence of "Is Australian Real Estate too expensive now?", John Comino from Bridge-to-Bricks returns with the latest Jan 2025 data & findings with us on:
- Property vs Stock Market - performance comparison over the last 40 years
- An update on Sydney Property Trend & House Prices
- REAL Sydney house prices (priced in Gold)
- Using Sydney as the anchor, we compare every capital city to deduce whether they're a value buy at the moment or not
For a video version of this recording in which you can see the data & graphs please head to:
https://youtu.be/Mk-gBTBPB2k?si=0As-xbJlWstl_BTn
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DISCLAIMER:
Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
"Spark your FIRE" and its team are not liable to the listeners or any other party, for the listeners use of, or reliance on, any information received, directly or indirectly, from the content in any circumstances.
Please conduct your own research and obtain independent legal, financial, taxation and/or other professional advice in respect of any decision made in connection with this audio.
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Friday Jan 24, 2025
Property Investor Story - How Steve Ash built his $11M property portfolio
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Happy new year and welcome to 2025!
Kicking off our first episode of SYF Podcast, our host David Shih has the pleasure of interviewing Steve Ash, an experienced property investor/buyers agent who shares his own property journey since arriving on this land of opportunities. The topics discussed includes:
- How Steve started with his first property in Sydney
- The strategies that he has tried out which some worked and some didn't
- Lessons learnt along the way and what would he do differently?
And much more!
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Keen to know more? You can contact Steve from Property Strats on:
Email: steve@propertystrats.com.au
Mobile: 0439 957 614
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Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
"Spark your FIRE" and its team are not liable to the listeners or any other party, for the listeners use of, or reliance on, any information received, directly or indirectly, from the content in any circumstances.
Please conduct your own research and obtain independent legal, financial, taxation and/or other professional advice in respect of any decision made in connection with this audio.
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Friday Dec 13, 2024
Friday Dec 13, 2024
In this episode of SYF Podcast, John Comino and David Shih go through discussing
- Reviewing our earlier predictions made back in December 2023 - how did we fare?
- Marking our predictions for 2025 - which capitals will shine?
Link to the previous episode on our predictions made back in Dec 2023:
https://sparkyourfire.podbean.com/e/unpacking-november-2023-property-data-what-s-ahead-for-2024/
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DISCLAIMER:
Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
"Spark your FIRE" and its team are not liable to the listeners or any other party, for the listeners use of, or reliance on, any information received, directly or indirectly, from the content in any circumstances.
Please conduct your own research and obtain independent legal, financial, taxation and/or other professional advice in respect of any decision made in connection with this audio.
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Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
In this episode of SYF Podcast, our host David Shih brings back our property investor guest Branden Sarafov who shares his latest update on his personal portfolio - selling off one of his IPs! The topics discussed includes:
- The considerations behind selling an IP - why, and which property to pick
- Deep diving into the INs & OUTs of selling process from a seller/property investor perspective
- Working out the profit made
- Expectations vs reality in the sales process and learnings from selling his first IP
And much more!
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Keen to know more? You can contact Branden from Property Comet on:
Email: branden@propertycomet.com.au
Mobile: 0424 203 514
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DISCLAIMER:
Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
"Spark your FIRE" and its team are not liable to the listeners or any other party, for the listeners use of, or reliance on, any information received, directly or indirectly, from the content in any circumstances.
Please conduct your own research and obtain independent legal, financial, taxation and/or other professional advice in respect of any decision made in connection with this audio.
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Friday Nov 22, 2024
2024 Review - How did John's top 7 Sydney suburb fare?
Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024
In this episode of SYF Podcast, John Comino and David Shih go through discussing
- Property Market Update/Observations
- How would Trump administration impact economy & property market?
- In November 2023 we have done an episode where John has picked and shared his top 7 Sydney suburbs which he believes will outperform in 2024. How did it fare?
Link to the previous episode on John's top 7 Sydney suburbs:
https://sparkyourfire.podbean.com/e/john-comino-s-top-7-sydney-suburbs-which-will-outperform-in-2024-beyond/
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DISCLAIMER:
Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
"Spark your FIRE" and its team are not liable to the listeners or any other party, for the listeners use of, or reliance on, any information received, directly or indirectly, from the content in any circumstances.
Please conduct your own research and obtain independent legal, financial, taxation and/or other professional advice in respect of any decision made in connection with this audio.
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Friday Sep 13, 2024
Should you be red lining your borrowing capacity?
Friday Sep 13, 2024
Friday Sep 13, 2024
In this episode of SYF Podcast, John Comino and David Shih go through discussing
- Should you be red lining your borrowing capacity when purchasing an investment property?
- Should you be concerned when your borrowing capacity is exhausted? What can you do to overcome this?
And much more!
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DISCLAIMER:
Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
"Spark your FIRE" and its team are not liable to the listeners or any other party, for the listeners use of, or reliance on, any information received, directly or indirectly, from the content in any circumstances.
Please conduct your own research and obtain independent legal, financial, taxation and/or other professional advice in respect of any decision made in connection with this audio.
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Friday Aug 30, 2024
Friday Aug 30, 2024
In this episode of SYF Podcast, John Comino and David Shih go through discussing:
- Macro economics & cash rate trend & projections
- Property Market Update/Observations
- 4 in 5 people sell up their investment property within the first 5 years - why?
And much more!
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DISCLAIMER:
Host/Guest are not Financial Adviser/Investment Consultant.
All opinions expressed by host or his guests are for informational purposes only and should not be treated as investment/financial advice of any kind.
"Spark your FIRE" and its team are not liable to the listeners or any other party, for the listeners use of, or reliance on, any information received, directly or indirectly, from the content in any circumstances.
Please conduct your own research and obtain independent legal, financial, taxation and/or other professional advice in respect of any decision made in connection with this audio.
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