What School Should Have Taught You
Sep 23, 2026 · 41 min · 10 segments
Do you really need a massive property portfolio to retire comfortably, or is there a smarter way to build wealth? In this episode, Jeremy Iannuzzelli is joined by Dawn Fouhy of Future Proof…
And, you know, I get it's a it's a pretty big statement and I'm going to explain why that is.
And just for the point, that's not going to be enough in today's society based on inflation and the runway that's on, number one.
Number two, they really mistake how much freedom they can get in a shorter amount of time by just being mortgage free.
So they spend so much time trying to build this passive income when they have an anchor of non-tax deductible debt, placing so much stress on their household.
So the sooner you're mortgage free, that's going to be your greatest asset over the next 20, 30 years.
You don't need 100 bedrooms or live next door to somebody who earns double your wage to feel like you're better than.
People need to get validation off of, you know, chasing contentment and not chasing zeros.
And, you know, obviously you can talk to them about their their franking credits after that.
Try and have a runway and a plan to pay off your mortgage as quickly as possible with well-timed assets.
And pay down that debt and then layer that with a strategy at the same time where you're then accumulating some assets that you'll, you know, sell later, whether it be a commercial asset, you're working on your SMSF and, you know, you only need probably five, I would say five properties or value in today's money, maybe, you know, two and a half million dollars.
starting like to actually start you know with all of those with all of those investments and I think one of the main problems out there is that the playbook hasn't changed people are still out there buying Steve McKnight's book from the airport dusting it off and it's It's from fecking 2002 when you can buy 130 properties in three years.
Like we are in a different environment, folks, that nobody is talking about how you need a different investing strategy in 2026.
And I'm really worried about these households and what they're going to be exposed to.
And, you know, I get it's a it's a pretty big statement and I'm going to explain why that is.
And just for the point, that's not going to be enough in today's society based on inflation and the runway that's on, number one.
Number two, they really mistake how much freedom they can get in a shorter amount of time by just being mortgage free.
So they spend so much time trying to build this passive income when they have an anchor of non-tax deductible debt, placing so much stress on their household.
So the sooner you're mortgage free, that's going to be your greatest asset over the next 20, 30 years.
You don't need 100 bedrooms or live next door to somebody who earns double your wage to feel like you're better than.
People need to get validation off of, you know, chasing contentment and not chasing zeros.
And, you know, obviously you can talk to them about their their franking credits after that.
Try and have a runway and a plan to pay off your mortgage as quickly as possible with well-timed assets.
And pay down that debt and then layer that with a strategy at the same time where you're then accumulating some assets that you'll, you know, sell later, whether it be a commercial asset, you're working on your SMSF and, you know, you only need probably five, I would say five properties or value in today's money, maybe, you know, two and a half million dollars.
starting like to actually start you know with all of those with all of those investments and I think one of the main problems out there is that the playbook hasn't changed people are still out there buying Steve McKnight's book from the airport dusting it off and it's It's from fecking 2002 when you can buy 130 properties in three years.
Like we are in a different environment, folks, that nobody is talking about how you need a different investing strategy in 2026.
And I'm really worried about these households and what they're going to be exposed to.
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