{"id":37087,"date":"2024-07-11T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/channels.realty.com.au\/realtytalk\/?p=37087"},"modified":"2024-07-09T10:53:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T00:53:26","slug":"buying-smarter-as-baby-boomers-get-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/channels.realty.com.au\/realtytalk\/buying-smarter-as-baby-boomers-get-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying smarter as baby boomers get boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Handler is a Buyers Agent who decided, some years ago, to share his vast knowledge and train those wanting to become buyers agents.\u00a0 Since then he has trained over 4,000 agents through his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/buyersagentinstitute.com.au\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buyers Agent Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in so doing has created an enormous shift in how buyers find and secure a property.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also today, Bushy catches up with Mark Macduffie from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/downsizer.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downsizer.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to find out how he is giving Baby Boomers a helping hand as record numbers of them are downsizing.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Before we start I want to thank our supporters and content partners Realty.com.au, BMT Tax Depreciation, Know How Property Finance, Get RARE Property and Apiro Marketing.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will find us on all podcast players as The Property Hub also on the Southern Cross Austereo Network, Hot Copper, and on all social media platforms. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Handler is a Buyers Agent who decided, some years ago, to share his vast knowledge and train those wanting to become buyers agents.\u00a0 Since then he has trained over 4,000 agents through his Buyers Agent Institute and in so doing has created an enormous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176692473,"featured_media":37089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,34,10,11,13,36,142,22,24,25,27,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buying-a-property-topic","category-finance-topic","category-kevin-turner-sponsored-channels","category-kevin-update","category-latest-story","category-property-investment-topic","category-real-estate-talk","category-research-topic","category-shows","category-sponsored-channels","category-trends-topic","category-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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