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546 | The Frankenstein Portfolio That Lost $159K—And How to Avoid It

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In Ep 546, Bryce is joined by returning guest Dave Robertson—Head of Property Wealth Planning at Empower Wealth—to dive deep into one of the scariest (and most common) traps in property investing:

The Frankenstein Portfolio.

These portfolios are stitched together from forums, free seminars, and flashy Finfluencer advice…

but lack one crucial ingredient: a plan.

👉 If you missed our intro to the concept, check out Ep 543: What Is a Frankenstein Portfolio?

In this follow-up episode, we’re going one step further and revealing how to fix it — with 3 real-life investor case studies.

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Chapters

1. 546 | The Frankenstein Portfolio That Lost $159K—And How to Avoid It (00:00:00)

2. More than 5,000 aspiring Australian households helped! (00:01:25)

3. Want a free copy of How to Retire on $3,000 a Week? (00:07:54)

4. Mindset Minute: The gold in your cracks (00:09:58)

5. Welcome, Dave! (00:13:51)

6. Refresher: What is a Frankenstein Portfolio? (00:14:22)

7. Case Study 1: Ryan & Claire (The Frankenstein Portfolio) (00:17:37)

8. Why most folks do well selecting their PPORs (00:18:28)

9. Property #1: Over a decade yet a decline of $150K? 🙁 (00:20:14)

10. Why Rental Guarantees are one of the biggest red flags to run from (00:24:42)

11. Property #2: A repeat unit offender (00:26:50)

12. Property #3: The market they jumped into too late (00:29:48)

13. The development block project: Interest rates & reno plans (00:32:15)

14. Why did they seek help? (00:36:51)

15. Fixing their Frankenstein portfolio (00:37:54)

16. Boring vs. “Exciting" property plans (00:42:35)

17. Case Study 2: Steve & Elisa (The “Needs Work” Portfolio) (00:45:39)

18. Property #1: The high-volume game (00:46:38)

19. Property #2: No science in the asset selection (00:49:12)

20. Property #3: The Tassie house they bought in the peak of the cycle (00:50:39)

21. Growing the family home: What properties should they keep or sell? (00:52:45)

22. Should they buy a new home or redevelop their PPOR? (00:55:25)

23. “Planning is not just about your next investment property” (00:57:30)

24. Case Study 3: Mark & Tracey (The Successful Portfolio) (00:59:54)

25. What a calm, strategic plan looks like! (01:02:53)

26. “If you want adrenaline, go bungee jumping. If you’re investing, it should be boring.” (01:04:55)

27. Wrap up: Similarities & Red Flags (And how to avoid them!) (01:07:27)

28. Why boring is the goal! (01:10:25)

29. Dedicated to Ben’s father-in-law (01:11:53)

30. Life By Design hack: The #1 parenting skill we forget: Listening. (01:13:28)

31. WMPN: The average Aussie inheritance (01:17:59)

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