A Wealthy Life

About A Wealthy Life

Welcome to A Wealthy Life, a podcast by author and wealth strategist Vicki Wusche. This brand new series is filled with practical tips, insights and a touch of humour covering all things wealth, money, and financial education, helping you to rethink your relationship with money and time. If you have started to realise that time is worth more than money – and even more so if you haven't, then A Wealthy Life is the podcast for you. If you're a business owner, contractor or leader of industry – are you tired of missing out on family life? Do you wish you were the one in charge of how you spend your time? Then A Wealthy Life is the podcast for you. Do you just want to feel more comfortable around money and investments, and know that you are financially resilient no matter what this decade dreams up next? Then A Wealthy Life is DEFINITELY the podcast for you. Follow and subscribe now to never miss an episode. Connect with Vicki on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube: https://linktr.ee/VickiWusche

Publisher

Vicki Wusche

Category

education · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Apr 2022

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

241 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Why You Need to Treat Property Like a Business

   Stop treating your property business like a casual hobby. Here is why professionalising your approach is the only way forward. Many people enter the market hoping for quick gains, but sustainable success requires a shift in mindset. Treating your property investment seriously means moving away from the get-rich-quick mentality and focusing on solid, long-term systems. It is not just about buying a building; it is about managing an asset that must generate value consistently regardless of market conditions. True financial independence is rarely the result of luck or secret hacks. It comes from personal responsibility and understanding the mechanics of wealth building. If you are not treating your property business with the same rigour as any other commercial enterprise, you are leaving your future to chance. This episode clarifies why the student matters as much as the strategy and how to build a foundation that actually lasts. Is your property portfolio a business, or a casual investment that will eventually expose you? Take The Wealthy Life Scorecard: https://bit.ly/AWL-Scorecard Then I get to the realisation that changed how I invest. Buy-to-let, HMOs, serviced accommodation and lease options are techniques, flavours that go in and out of fashion. The strategy sits above them. Mine was a system that uses as little of my time as possible to make my money work as hard as possible. I talk about why the deals I did between 2004 and 2008 can't be copied now, why you need cash flow today rather than a return you're gambling on later, and why it helps to share decisions with someone like my Bob, who is as risk-averse as I am risk-tolerant. Running property as a business changes how you see the people in it too. My tenants are my clients, and the homes I provide should be better than fit for purpose. Once the portfolio is working, you can ask whether you need to buy any more houses at all, or whether you'd rather build something around it, from a letting agency to a sourcing business, mentoring or going back to your trade. I finish with two sets of questions, one for landlords and one for anyone who hasn't started yet, plus a sneaky fourth. The scorecard I mention at the end is free, 30 questions and takes under four minutes. EXPECT TO LEARN: - Why a property portfolio has customers, costs, suppliers and a reputation like any other business - Why your properties are the physical version of your brand, even if you only see yourself as a landlord - The difference between a property technique and a property strategy, and why buy-to-let is only a technique - Why the no money down and same-day remortgage deals of 2004 to 2008 can't be repeated, and why I'm not sorry - The questions that set a strategy: what you want to achieve, what resources you have and how much risk you'll take - Why a partner with the opposite attitude to risk can make your business safer - How much income a portfolio needs: enough to cover costs, absorb risk and pay you every month - Why I treat my tenants as clients, and what that means for the homes I provide - What to ask yourself if you're already a landlord, and what to ask if you haven't started yet TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Daniel Priestley and Make More Money from Property 00:23 Property is a business, pure and simple 01:16 Why even a landlord needs a profile and credibility 01:34 Green Door Properties and the limits of branding 02:08 Turning your systems into something you can share 03:26 Simon Zutshi's challenge to outsource 04:55 From books to speaking to mentoring 05:15 Investing from 2004, years before I became a mentor 06:29 Why my early deals can't be copied today 06:58 No money down, BMV and lease options: techniques in fashion 07:28 From landlord to letting agent, sourcer or mentor 08:02 Reputation, credibility and asking better questions 10:54 The real shift: property is only part of the business 11:08 Buy-to-let is a technique, so what is the strategy? 12:20 Goals, resources and your attitude to risk 12:46 Risk-tolerant, risk-averse, and who keeps the keys 14:12 Why cash flow has to come first 15:16 My strategy was never buy-to-let 15:46 Tenants are clients 16:32 Do you need to buy any more houses? 17:49 Casual investment or business? 18:10 Questions if you're already in property 18:37 Questions if you haven't started yet 19:59 The Wealthy Life Scorecard 20:56 My purpose, and what yours might be 22:07 Two sets of questions and a sneaky fourth FOLLOW THE HOST VICKI WUSCHE: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickiwusche/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VickiWusche Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vicki_wusche/ Take The Wealthy Life Scorecard: https://bit.ly/AWL-Scorecard LISTEN TO A WEALTHY LIFE: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/VickiWusche Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/a-wealthy-life/id1617293196 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/13lVRTAioD5mR4XUiylAk8 #PropertyInvesting #PropertyStrategy #BuyToLet #Landlords #AWealthyLife

2. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Don't Get Caught Out: 6 Essential Questions for Property Newbies

   Not everyone in the property world is there to help you. Some people are there because they want your money. Take The Wealthy Life Scorecard: https://bit.ly/AWL-Scorecard Property events work the same way auctions do. When people are excited, frightened, inexperienced or desperate to escape the 9-5, emotions go up and critical thinking goes down. Networking taught me some of the most valuable lessons of my career, and a lot of them came from watching what happened when money entered the room and common sense left it. In this episode I tell you some of the stories I can talk about, because they happened to me or to people close to me. My best friend from university joined a training company that also sold deals, remortgaged her house and bought off-plan plots in Florida and property in Spain. None of it held up. At the same time I went from a free evening to a cheap three-day course to £20,000 each on training for four of us. That money would have been four house deposits. The training didn't deliver, but I still had 20 viewings and two accepted offers before my first module, and I explain why I think the student matters as much as the course. I also tell the story of my very first deal, from someone I met at a networking event, and what I found on the back page of the mortgage offer. Then the practical part. Six questions to ask any mentor, trainer or sourcer before you trust them, how to tell a networking event tied to a training company from an independent one, and why a £20 evening with a good speaker might be the best value education in property. And when I say avoid the sharks, I'm speaking as The Property Mermaid. I know a bit about sharks. EXPECT TO LEARN: - Why property events work like auctions, and what happens to critical thinking when emotions run high - How a close friend remortgaged her home to buy off-plan deals overseas, and why none of them held up - What £20,000 each on training got four of us, and why I didn't end up where she did - Why it's how you behave as a student, not the event, that decides whether networking works - Why I read every page of my first mortgage offer, and what the back page told me - What happened to the people who invested alongside property names who went too big, too fast - Six questions to ask a mentor, trainer or sourcer before you trust them - The difference between networking events tied to a training company and independent local ones - The questions to answer about yourself before you hand over any money, including whether property is right for you yet TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Not everyone in property is there to help you 00:19 Why property events work like auctions 00:58 When money enters the room and common sense leaves 01:18 A caveat before the stories 02:43 My best friend and the off-plan deals 05:46 A free evening, a 3-day course and £20,000 of training 06:44 Why it's the student, not the event 07:28 20 viewings before my first module 08:03 Who get-rich-quick promises are really looking for 08:47 What does the other side want from this? 09:30 My first deal and the back page of the mortgage offer 11:28 Too big, too fast 13:23 Why networking is a dangerous emotional environment 13:58 How many market cycles have they been through? 15:35 Six questions before you trust a mentor, trainer or sourcer 16:38 Only raving fans? Dig deeper 17:31 Will their journey match yours? 18:16 Networking can open doors or empty your bank account 18:57 Tied networks versus independent ones 21:00 Books, free courses and podcasts 22:02 Is property right for you, and is it right now? 22:43 Four questions before you hand over any money 23:30 How to avoid the sharks FOLLOW THE HOST VICKI WUSCHE: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickiwusche/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VickiWusche Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vicki_wusche/ Take The Wealthy Life Scorecard: https://bit.ly/AWL-Scorecard LISTEN TO A WEALTHY LIFE: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/VickiWusche Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/a-wealthy-life/id1617293196 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/13lVRTAioD5mR4XUiylAk8 #PropertyInvesting #PropertyNetworking #PropertyMentor #DueDiligence #AWealthyLife

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Why Your Income Isn't The Problem (And What Actually Is)

   I could lend you a pound, but I couldn't lend you a minute. So how do you actually want to spend your time? Take the Escape the 9-5 Scorecard: https://bit.ly/EscapeThe9-5Now Money started out as a tool. I've got a sheep, you've got a chicken, I'd like some eggs, do you want some wool? Somewhere along the way it became something else. I give my employer all my time, they give me some of that paper stuff back, and I spend it on things to cheer myself up after the day I've just had. In this episode I turn that conversation round the other way. Your wages are not wealth, and working until someone gives you permission to retire won't give you the time back either. I explain why I think Robert Kiyosaki is wrong about keeping money, and why I would rather have a golden goose. For me that goose was property. Each house is a small business unit with a tenant in it, and what is left of the rent after the costs becomes my wages. I get into why a pension was never designed to fund the life you want and why you can't simply save your way to financial freedom. Then I explain leverage in plain English. I also own up to a bank account of ours with over £5,000 in it earning 0.7%. That is less than inflation. I know because I've checked, and I still haven't moved it. Then the part that matters most to me. When I started, I didn't know there was a thing called buy-to-let, so I couldn't ask how to do it. Without the language you can't ask the question, however clever ChatGPT is. A lot of women were never taught the language of money, which is why I made The Smart Woman's Ultimate Guide to Money and Investing. It's free and it's four hours long, with workbooks and exercises to go with it. If you're a bloke whose dad never had the money conversation with you either, nobody will know you watched it. Watch The Smart Woman's Ultimate Guide to Money and Investing (free): https://bit.ly/Smart-WUG EXPECT TO LEARN: - Why time is the one resource nobody can lend you - The question I think schools should ask in place of "what do you want to be when you grow up?" - Where I part company with Robert Kiyosaki on keeping money, and what a golden goose does with it - Why pensions were built around life expectancy, and what that means if you are counting on one - What an income-generating asset is, and how I run each house as a small business unit - How an account paying 0.7% leaves you worse off once inflation has had its share - What leverage looks like when the bank puts in 75% and you put in 25% - Why most side hustles don't survive working out the hourly rate - Why not knowing the words "buy-to-let" stopped me asking the right question, and what the language of money changes TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 You can lend a pound, but you can't lend a minute 00:37 Money as a tool, from bartering to promissory notes 01:13 Trading your whole day for paper 02:19 The question school never asks 03:00 Why I think Robert Kiyosaki is wrong, and my golden goose 05:00 Warren Buffett, and why a job isn't a bad thing 05:55 Why a pension won't fund the life you want 08:06 What's your plan if life changes? 10:05 Income-generating assets, and a house as a business unit 11:45 Why you can't save your way to financial freedom 12:15 My 0.7% account, and inflation versus interest 13:25 Leverage, and what a side hustle really pays per hour 16:36 The day I didn't know the phrase buy-to-let 17:26 Why so many women were never taught the language of money 18:58 The Smart Woman's Ultimate Guide to Money and Investing 20:30 Provider and nurturer, and being an equal partner 23:18 The Three Wusche 24:48 Enough money, enough time and better questions [NOTE FOR DYLAN: these come from the raw transcript markers, please sanity-check against the final edit before publishing, the trailer and any cuts will shift them. First stamp must stay at 00:00 for YouTube auto-chapters.] FOLLOW THE HOST VICKI WUSCHE: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickiwusche/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VickiWusche Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vicki_wusche/ Take the Escape the 9-5 Scorecard: https://bit.ly/EscapeThe9-5Now Join the Wealthy Life Community: https://bit.ly/Join-WLC LISTEN TO A WEALTHY LIFE: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/VickiWusche Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/a-wealthy-life/id1617293196 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/13lVRTAioD5mR4XUiylAk8 #FinancialFreedom #MoneyMindset #WomenAndMoney #PropertyInvesting #AWealthyLif

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5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

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Engagement

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