The Property Couch
The Property Couch
Ben Kingsley, Opti & The Couch Crew
Ep 600 | Never Waste a Crisis: John McGrath & Tom Panos on Markets, Mindset & the Budget Bombshell
1 hour 16 minutes Posted Jun 4, 2026 at 4:00 am.
Ep 600 | Never Waste a Crisis: John McGrath & Tom Panos on Markets, Mindset & the Budget Bombshell
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Introducing John McGrath: founder of a $5.9B empire and Australia's most trusted property voice
Money story: Separated parents, no money talks and a sport-first mindset
The collapsed lungs that changed everything & the sliding doors moment that built an empire
How the worst HSC mark led to real estate
Nearly going broke 18 months in: The cashflow lesson nobody teaches you
From one little Paddington office to nearly 170
Character + process: The keys to success
Tom Panos: The budget bombshell reactions from the ground up 39:00 - "It's tax gathering, not tax reform"
The quarter-acre dream is gone: strata, Central Coast and the new first home buyer reality
"We're wasting the opportunity to be the best country in the world"
Never waste a crisis: why this could be the upgrader's opportunity of a lifetime
600 episodes, two legends, one huge thank you: Closing reflections from John and Tom
Opti's fun facts
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600 episodes. Thousands of conversations. One incredible community. And if there's one thing we've learned along the way... Success rarely follows a straight line. Few stories prove that better than John McGrath's. A 95/500 HSC. A football career ended by a doctor's verdict, and a pivot that led to one of Australia's most recognisable property empires. For our 600th milestone, we went big. Ben sits down with John McGrath and Tom Panos: two of the most trust...