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Finance This, Property That

The conversation that builds wealth.

100+ episodes on debt strategy, property cycles and the long hold. Hosted by Dion Fernandes. New episodes weekly. Available everywhere you listen.

100+ Episodes
Weekly Release
Solo & Guest
2024 · present Finance This, Property That · The Podcast The Podcast
What the Show Covers

Two formats. One mission.

The conversation that turns mortgage detail into property strategy. Released weekly, in two flavours.

Solo Episodes

Educational deep-dives.

One topic at a time. Debt recycling. Trust structures. Self-employed serviceability. Cross-securing. Each episode unpacks the structural decisions that determine whether a portfolio scales or stalls.

~30 to 45 min
Single-topic focus
Hosted solo
Guest Episodes

Conversations with operators.

Buyer's agents, accountants, property managers and clients who have built real portfolios. The unedited version of how property and finance fit together in the field, not in theory.

~45 to 60 min
Two-handed
Live conversation
Featured Episodes

Start with these. If you only listen to three.

Episode Notes

The latest episodes. Notes, summaries and Q&A.

Full written notes for the latest twenty episodes, led by the milestone: what each conversation covers, the key questions it answers and where to listen. Everything earlier lives on YouTube and Spotify.

Milestone · Founder Story No. 100

The milestone. Why I launched Stratega Finance.

The founder story. Why Dion walked away from the familiar, the four lessons from years of investor work and the philosophy behind Structure. Leverage. Legacy.

24 min Read Notes
Episode · Panel No. 102

Investing when the market is fearful. Property, SMSFs and strategy.

Part two of the panel. Where opportunity sits in a buyer's market, how to negotiate from a stronger position and when a self managed super fund genuinely belongs in a property strategy.

48 min Read Notes
Episode · Panel No. 101

Negative gearing, CGT and trust changes. What investors need to know.

A panel with an accountant, a financial planner and a buyer's agent. The proposed changes, what they could mean for structures and borrowing capacity, and why not to act on headlines.

40 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 99

The strategy lessons investors can't afford to miss.

The recap before the milestone. One-stop shop conflicts, buying without a roadmap, lender sequencing and why a strategy is not the same thing as a loan.

31 min Read Notes
Episode · Guest No. 98

The rooming house management gap.

With Rachel Gibb of UpsideAV. Tenant mix, vacancy risk, insurance, operating costs and how below-market rents flow into valuations and finance.

55 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 97

Why borrowing capacity is misleading investors.

The number is a snapshot, not a roadmap. Lender sequencing, debt structure and a case study that turned restructured debt into an $895,000 war chest.

10 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 96

The first property mistake that stops investors growing.

Purchase one is the foundation, not the finish line. The three questions every first purchase must answer and a client example that manufactured around $400,000 in equity.

9 min Read Notes
Episode · Guest No. 95

Buying a home with a mate.

With Luke and Jem Corrish. A real first purchase twelve months on: co-ownership agreements, negotiating after building and pest and renovating for equity.

45 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 94

The five mistakes keeping investors stuck at two properties.

Cross-collateralised loans, lender loyalty, poor sequencing, buying without a number and siloed advice. The five structural traps, named.

10 min Read Notes
Episode · Guest No. 93

The right property. The right finance strategy.

Part two with property strategist Chris McNulty: credit history, adviser collaboration, the value of being told no and go slow to go fast.

26 min Read Notes
Episode · Guest No. 92

The property mistakes costing investors thousands.

With Jessica Giandomenico of Vesta Buyers Agency. Due diligence, off-market access, trust lending timelines and why the street matters.

37 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 91

This isn't expensive. You're asking the wrong question.

The cost-versus-consequence reframe. Real client stories where poor structure cost six figures, and what you are actually paying for.

11 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 90

Why strategy comes before property.

Most investors get the order backwards. The three questions every plan must answer before anyone buys anything, and how strategy makes investing repeatable.

8 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 89

Free advice isn't free. And the one-stop shop trap.

Hidden incentives shape free advice, and vertically integrated businesses profit at every step. Why independent specialists are the safer structure.

8 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 88

Why most investors are building on sand.

Stacking properties is not building wealth. Part one of the four-part series on the disconnect between finance strategy and property strategy.

7 min Read Notes
Episode · Guest No. 87

From $740,000 to $1.7 million. Anatomy of a value-add.

With property strategist Chris McNulty. A real corner-block purchase, a dual dwelling strategy and forced equity, walked through step by step.

38 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 86

Smart investors start with strategy. Not property.

The Strategic Finance Diagnostic, mapping your next two to five moves on conservative numbers and the step-by-step process for building a portfolio.

11 min Read Notes
Episode · Guest No. 85

Before you buy a development site.

With town planner Mark Kierpal of Urbicus. The three mistakes that sink small developments: the wrong site, underestimated approvals and the wrong product.

45 min Read Notes
Episode · Solo No. 84

Before you buy another property, listen to this.

Finance strategy, not property choice, determines portfolio growth. Why investors hit borrowing ceilings early and the habits that separate stuck from scaling.

11 min Read Notes
Episode · Guest No. 81

Your kids won't inherit what you think they will.

With financial planner Troyden Ratcliffe of Willow Wealth Partners. Extracting wealth from a business, estate planning and the SMSF reality check.

47 min Read Notes

Looking for earlier conversations? Episodes 1 to 78 of the back catalogue live in full on YouTube and Spotify, from first-purchase foundations to trust lending deep-dives.

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