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Episode 209: Suburbs to Avoid Based on News, Crime & Real Data | Kent Lardner & Mike Mortlock, Suburb Trolls

Not every suburb is worth buying property in. Sure, sometimes data may suggest otherwise, but those “top 10” lists don’t really tell you everything.

Aside from the market trends and forecasts in the real estate industry, you also have to check crime statistics - no one wants to live in an area where people live in fear!

So, how can you evaluate and analyze data (including crime statistics) so you’ll know which suburbs to avoid?

Today, we have Suburb Trolls’ Kent Lardner & Mike Mortlock for a lighter chat about what impacts property prices. We also talk about identifying the suburbs to avoid just by looking at the news, crime statistics, and real data.

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Episode Highlights:

  1. Taking a look at the crime statistics [02:58]

  2. What constitutes a crime? [05:34]

  3. Measuring the underquoting index of a suburb [09:10]

  4. Kent and Mike’s learnings about suburbs, which they didn’t know before [12:05]

  5. Sh*t towns of Australia [14:14]

  6. The bogan-ometer and the bogan factor that’s good for property prices [19:00]

  7. Do buyers avoid housing commission areas (a.k.a. social housing) [26:29] 

  8. Where do the robbers come from? [28:35]

  9. The truth behind well-regarded publications and their “top 10 lists” [32:44] - 36:16

  10. Will Suburb Trolls keep pushing forward? [36:23]

  11. Suburbs that have both the high & low end of the same data set [42:30] 

  12. Mike’s property dumbo [50:29]

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About Mike & Kent:

Mike Mortlock is the Managing Director at MCG Quantity Surveyors, Australia's fastest growing QS firm and one of Australia's top 100 fastest growing companies (AFR Fast 100). He’s also a co-host of the Suburb Trolls podcast, and host of the Geared for Growth Property Investing Podcast. Australia's most poorly produced, unbiased, conversation based podcast.

Kent Lardner is a data science and business leader with over 30 years experience working for companies such as JLL, CoreLogic and General Electric. He has a passion for digital high growth businesses and has led teams of 5 to 200 people in both Australia and China.

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