501 | Noel Whittaker: Super, Shares & Why He Sold Most of His Properties!

The Property Couch

🎉 To kick off our new financial year, we are thrilled to welcome a bucket-list guest to the show! 🌟

This is a guest who truly needs to introduction...

Noel Whittaker – international bestselling author, finance and investment expert, radio broadcaster, columnist, and public speaker.

He reaches over 3M readers each week through his columns in pivotal Australian newspapers and is one of the country’s most successful authors with 20+ bestselling books achieving total worldwide sales of more than two million copies.
In today’s episode, Noel covers it all:
🏠 His investment journey from buying his first property for £35,000 to losing half his assets
🌟 Mentorship from THE Doug Malouf and discovering his life’s purpose.
📚 The story behind writing Australia’s first and best-selling personal finance book, “Making Money Simple” (which inspired a 16-year-old Ben to pursue his path!), and more.
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• Noel’s resources:
  • His latest book: Wills, Death and Taxes Made Simple
  • Check out Noel's spreadsheet here: Getting Your Affairs In Order - BAN TACS
  • Check out his other free downloads
• It’s a new financial year which means an opportunity for new money habits. Try our free, all-in-one money management app now. Start transforming your financial future today >>
• Guests & Episodes Mentioned:
  • Jan Somers
  • 500 | Dr Michael Gervais: Why FOPO Holds Us Back & What to Do About it!

LISTEN TO THE FIRST 20 EPISODES HERE >>
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FREE MASTERCLASS:
- How to Build a Property Portfolio and Retire on $2,000 a week >>
FREE BEST-SELLING BOOKS:
- The Armchair Guide to Property Investing
- Make Money Simple Again
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1. Noel Whittaker: Super, Shares & Why He Sold Most of His Properties! (00:00:00)

2. Mindset Minute: Is it a dream, plan or reality? (00:02:17)

3. Welcome Noel Whittaker! (00:03:24)

4. Money Story: Pig farms and a £35,000 property?! (00:06:46)

5. “I always had a burning drive to get the business.” (00:09:55)

6. How those 2 goals transformed his life (00:12:20)

7. Starting the first display village (00:13:25)

8. From Doug Malouf mentoring to finding his purpose in life 😮 (00:15:41)

9. Making Money Made Simple: When the search for a publisher turns into a profitable opportunity... (00:18:46)

10. Building the first-ever high rise on Sunshine Coast (00:22:11)

11. The power of compound: 15% return on his first property?! (00:25:51)

12. Noel’s Investing Riddle: How long does it take a Lily to reach full bloom? (00:27:47)

13. How he lost half his assets and the #1 lesson he learned from it (00:28:34)

14. The £100 earning 😉 (00:31:47)

15. Noel’s property portfolio and the comparison to shares (00:33:17)

16. Australia & Super: Then vs. Now, tax-free rollovers and productivity (00:36:18)

17. Why June 2026 is the big date (00:42:30)

18. What Noel would change about our Super? (00:43:29)

19. Hypothetical Q: “You have $1,000 to spend on index or leverage the investment property?” (00:45:00)

20. Noel's latest book, “Wills, Death & Taxes”: 50% of Aussies die without a will (00:47:57)

21. Case studies on the nuances of wills (00:52:19)

22. What would Noel change on his financial journey if he could? (00:54:54)

23. The Death Tax on Super (00:57:44)

24. What an inspirational guest... (01:00:13)

25. Lifehack: Tuned into brain.fm? (01:05:36)