What School Should Have Taught You

The Gold Coast has quietly become one of Australia's most talked-about property markets. Buyer's agent Matt Srama has watched it unfold from the inside since 2020.

Matt breaks down the three waves of interstate migration that have reshaped the region, why value flows east to west, how the Southern Gold Coast overtook Surfers Paradise as the true growth engine, and what's driving basic two-bedroom units past the million-dollar mark...

One Nation's strongest showing in years has people asking a question most weren't taking seriously: what if Pauline Hanson becomes Australia's next Prime Minister?

Jeremy unpacks what her policies could actually mean for property investors, everyday families, and the broader economy. From the household income-splitting policy he believes could be a game-changer for family finances to what cutting immigration could do to universiti...

Population growth is the invisible engine behind property prices, rental yields, and the broader economy. So what actually happens if the immigration tap gets switched off?

Jeremy Iannuzzelli walks through two ABS-projected scenarios over the next fifteen years: zero lending with steady migration versus zero net overseas migration with unrestricted lending. The outcomes for investors are very different, and the parallels to Japan'...

Private health insurance premiums are rising again. But before you renew on autopilot, it's worth asking whether the cover you've been paying for was ever designed to protect you, or just to take pressure off the public system.

Jeremy Iannuzzelli breaks down how the Medicare Levy Surcharge really works, who gets caught out by bracket creep, and the surprising ways a one-off asset sale, a missing dependent, or an insurer upda...

Do you really need a massive property portfolio to retire comfortably, or is there a smarter way to build wealth?

In this episode, Jeremy Iannuzzelli is joined by Dawn Fouhy of Future Proof Property Advisory to challenge the idea that more properties equals more success. They explore why a smaller, well planned portfolio can often deliver stronger long term results and the importance of owning a home as a foundation for financial ...

Offset accounts seem like a simple way to save on interest inside an SMSF. For some investors, they're quietly creating a compliance nightmare.

Jeremy Iannuzzelli unpacks why some so-called offset accounts are actually just sub-accounts in disguise and how that distinction is causing real issues with auditors. He also shares what the ATO has told him directly about how trustees can stay compliant.

The penalty for gett...

Your mate's SMSF is performing well. That doesn't mean yours will.

Jeremy Iannuzzelli breaks down the groundwork most people skip before setting one up, from reviewing your existing fund's performance to being honest about the time and knowledge an SMSF actually demands. He walks through the real structure behind an SMSF, when a bare trust needs to be signed, why starting capital can make or break the strategy, and the difference ...

Why isn’t more housing being built despite the demand?

In this episode, Jeremy Iannuzzelli is joined by John Karapalevski to break down the real costs and challenges behind a small property development.

They walk through a real project, revealing how approvals, reports, delays, and government charges can quickly add up before construction even begins. The conversation highlights how red tape, rising costs, and inefficiencie...

Working from home might be costing Australians more than they realise, not in expenses but in deductions they've been counting on. A landmark Federal Court ruling has just gone against a Melbourne worker who claimed part of his rent for a designated home office, and the implications could ripple across the country.

Jeremy breaks down the ATO's test case win and why it matters now more than ever, as Victoria moves to legalise two d...

Thinking of buying property with family...what could go wrong?

In this episode, Jeremy Iannuzzelli is back again with Shanil Lal and Scott Lung to unpack a listener question from two brothers looking to invest together. They explore the realities of pooling resources, including shared debt responsibility, borrowing capacity impacts, and why having a clear exit strategy is critical from day one.

The conversation breaks down key ow...

Melbourne was on fire earlier this year. Then the federal budget landed, and sentiment flipped almost overnight.

Steve Ash of Property Strats joins Jeremy to break down what changed: yield compression in hot pockets, the return of first home buyers, and why negative gearing changes have pushed investors toward cash flow over capital growth. He also unpacks the surprising cases where body corporate fees actually beat the cost of ow...

The government's new indexation method has been tried before. It didn't end well.

Jeremy sits down with his father Vince Iannuzzelli, a working accountant for over 46 years, to trace the parallels between today's budget changes and the tax chaos of the 1980s and 90s. From the abolition and reintroduction of negative gearing to the nightmare of manually indexing capital gains, Vince walks through what actually happened last time th...

The federal budget handed down on 12 May 2026 rewrites the rules around negative gearing, capital gains, and trust distributions.

Jeremy and Vince break down when buying in your own name still makes sense, why offset accounts are now more critical than ever for anyone with grandfathered negative gearing, and the surprising downside of the new indexation method that could see investors paying more tax than they expect. They also ta...

Therapy dogs. Swimwear. Massage chairs. An 85-inch television. Jeremy Iannuzzelli has seen every creative attempt to turn personal expenses into tax deductions, and he's not holding back.

Jeremy pulls back the curtain on real client claims, the logic behind them, and exactly why the ATO keeps knocking them back. The rule that catches more people than they expect? Predominant use. And there's one claim involving cosmetic surgery th...

Most people lodge their tax return and accept whatever lands in their account. What they don't realise is they could be leaving thousands on the table, not through any loophole, just by missing deductions they're already entitled to.

Jeremy Iannuzzelli walks through a real tax return live, line by line, showing exactly how a $272 refund became almost $4,000. Car expenses, study costs, superannuation contributions, and private heal...

Interest rate hikes, a punishing federal budget, global uncertainty, and a market running on low confidence. Australian small business owners are copping it from every angle right now.

Jeremy Iannuzzelli breaks down what the post-budget landscape actually means for small businesses turning over $3 million or less and why most of it won't hit the way the headlines suggest. From adding value without slashing prices to building staff...

Australia's May 2026 Federal Budget has reshuffled the investment landscape in ways that will affect every Australian. Jeremy Iannuzzelli breaks down what actually changed: negative gearing on new purchases, CGT discount shifts, indexation implications, and what same day payday super means for where money flows next.

Rather than catastrophising, Jeremy reframes the disruption as a moment that rewards the deliberate. Structure now ...

Buying property with family or friends can be a smart way to get ahead. Without the right structure, it can also be a financial trap that costs hundreds of thousands to untangle or locks you out of building your own portfolio entirely.

Jeremy Iannuzzelli breaks down one of the most powerful and underused structures for co-investing: the unit trust. How it lets multiple investors pool resources while managing their own tax af...

Most people spend years building a business without ever asking whether the structure holding it together is working for them or against them.

In this episode, Jeremy Iannuzzelli breaks down the four business structures every Australian operator needs to understand: sole trader, simple, intermediate, and advanced. The difference between getting this right and getting it wrong can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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