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Behind The Facade - Real Estate Investing

Behind The Facade - Real Estate Investing

Gavin J Gallagher 282 episodes Nov 10, 2026

Behind The Facade is a real estate investing podcast hosted by Gavin J Gallagher. Drawing on his 30-year career, Gavin explores the mental and emotional side of success in property, including both the highs and the lows. Episodes feature conversations with guests about the behaviours and strategies needed to thrive in the real estate sector. The show focuses on the overlooked psychological drivers behind long-term investing success.

Episodes

Why Successful Business Owners Make Bad Investors with Dave Wolcott | BTF 283
Why Successful Business Owners Make Bad Investors with Dave Wolcott | BTF 283 Nov 10, 2026 52:05 Why do so many successful business owners make poor investors? Dave Wolcott, former US Marine Corps captain, founder of Pantheon Investments and author of The Holistic Wealth Strategy, explains how the ultra wealthy actually build and protect wealth, and why what made you money in business won't necessarily make you money as an investor. Dave's journey started the day he and his wife had triplets
Is This 2007 Again? Irish Mortgage Lending Hits Its Highest Since 2008 | BTF 282
Is This 2007 Again? Irish Mortgage Lending Hits Its Highest Since 2008 | BTF 282 Oct 27, 2026 32:19 The Academy - https://www.skool.com/elite-property-academy/about  YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@GavinJGallagher LEARN MORE - https://epa-learn-more.scoreapp.com/  *** Banks lent more money for Irish homes between July and September than in any quarter since mid-2008.   In this episode we explore that headline in detail. We go back to 2007, to understand what it felt like when the ba
How the Iran War Will Hit Your Mortgage, and the Housing Crisis in Spain | BTF 281
How the Iran War Will Hit Your Mortgage, and the Housing Crisis in Spain | BTF 281 Oct 12, 2026 27:24 LEARN MORE - https://epa-learn-more.scoreapp.com/ YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@GavinJGallagher *** Oil prices and property seem unrelated. They are not. In this episode I trace how the Iran war and oil above $100 a barrel will find its way into your wallet. It starts with the obvious first-order effects, fuel and heating bills. Then come the second-order effects most people miss, be
Subject to Creative Financing with Chris A Williams | BTF 280
Subject to Creative Financing with Chris A Williams | BTF 280 Oct 2, 2026 45:47 LEARN MORE - https://epa-learn-more.scoreapp.com/  YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@GavinJGallagher  *** What if owning a property has nothing to do with getting the mortgage? My guest this week, Chris A Williams, buys houses in Virginia without applying for a new mortgage. He uses a creative financing strategy called "subject to": he takes over the seller's existing mortgage payments,
Is Now the Right Time to Buy? (The 2026 Market Clock) | BTF 279
Is Now the Right Time to Buy? (The 2026 Market Clock) | BTF 279 Sep 22, 2026 30:26 Is now a good time to buy property? It's the question Gavin gets more than any other, so in this episode he answers it properly. Using the market clock, he shows where sentiment actually sits (almost everyone says 11pm) and why "peak of the market" means nothing until you ask "peak of what?" Residential, office, industrial, data centres, hotels and medical are all moving differently. From there he
$11 Million From 50 Investors: How Syndication Works | BTF 278
$11 Million From 50 Investors: How Syndication Works | BTF 278 Sep 14, 2026 52:14 Kyle McGee has raised $11 million from 50 investors. He is in his early thirties, and almost none of that money came from institutions. It came from aunts, uncles, family friends, and people who have sat in the same church as him for 30 years. This week I am breaking down syndication: the model where you raise money from a group of investors to buy an asset far bigger than you could buy on your ow
277: The Interest Rate Ladder | How It Affects Mortgage Payments
277: The Interest Rate Ladder | How It Affects Mortgage Payments Sep 9, 2026 52:03 My father died in November 1993. When we finally opened the pile of post he had left behind, one letter showed the interest rate on the family home mortgage. It was 16%. In this episode I build what I am calling the Interest Rate Ladder. Every rung of ECB policy since the bank was created in 1999, priced against the same loan so you can see exactly what each rate does to a real monthly payment. Th
276. Irish Property News Roundup for Week Ending 12.06.26
276. Irish Property News Roundup for Week Ending 12.06.26 Jun 15, 2026 30:18   REGISTER FOR WORKSHOP - https://elitepropertyaccelerator.com/workshop-registration  *** BTF Episode: 276. Irish Property News Roundup for Week Ending 12.06.26 All the news impacting the Irish property market in one place. If you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! *** Support for the podcast: Buy me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/gavinjgallagher Learn more about my Accelerator: htt
275. From Six-Pack to Seven Figures with Rob Lipsett
275. From Six-Pack to Seven Figures with Rob Lipsett May 12, 2026 01:24:53 LEARN MORE 👉🏼 https://epa-learn-more.scoreapp.com/  *** BTF Episode: 275. From Six-Pack to Seven Figures with Rob Lipsett Rob Lipsett has built Ireland's biggest fitness brand from his iPhone 5 and a few hours of grind after a 9-to-5. But this conversation isn't about health and fitness, it's about what comes after you've built your audience. We sat down in Marbella to talk business, property, a
274. Is the 5x Income Mortgage a Dangerous Sign?
274. Is the 5x Income Mortgage a Dangerous Sign? May 4, 2026 30:24 LEARN MORE 👉🏼 https://epa-learn-more.scoreapp.com/  *** BTF Episode: 274. Is the 5x Income Mortgage a Dangerous Sign? Ireland's mortgage market is shifting again, with Nua Money now offering up to 5x income borrowing. In this episode, we break down the history of Ireland's lending rules and explore the potentially dangerous second-order effects of expanded credit colliding with rising construction
273. Where Next for UK Property with Charlie FitzGibbon
273. Where Next for UK Property with Charlie FitzGibbon Apr 27, 2026 52:41 LEARN MORE 👉🏼 https://epa-learn-more.scoreapp.com/ *** My guest this week is Chalie Fitzgibbon who built a construction and development business in Edinburgh, Scotland, scaled it to a staff of 110 before grappling with some serious challenges that drove him to the decision to sell the business. All before his 30th birthday - this episode will open your eyes.  If you enjoyed this episode please lea
Property Market Crash 2026: Iran, Interest Rates and Irish Supply | BTF 272
Property Market Crash 2026: Iran, Interest Rates and Irish Supply | BTF 272 Apr 20, 2026 40:49 Is a property market crash coming in 2026? After a five-month break from the podcast, Gavin J Gallagher returns to make the case that we have just entered year one of a new 18-year property cycle, and that year one historically starts with a downturn. The episode opens with a personal story. In January, Gavin and his family stayed in the Fairmont on the Palm in Dubai, in a city-view room overlooki

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