Tusk Finance - Michael Killiner

Tusk Finance - Michael Killiner Michael Killiner of Mortgage Choice is your best local mortgage broker based right here in Karrinyup, Perth. Your best home loan provider!

Michael is an experienced broker offering expert advice on home loans, first home buyers mortgages, family guarantor loans, investment loans, development loans, asset finance, refinancing, equipment finance, mortgages, debt consolidation, home equity release, mortgage top-ups, land & construction loans, & renovation loans. We service clients throughout Perth and in areas such as Trigg, Gwelup, Sca

rborough, Innaloo, Doubleview, Stirling, Balcatta, North Beach, Carine, Balcatta, Marmion, Hamersley, Duncraig, Balga, Osborne Park, Woodlands, Tuart Hill, Joondana, Wembley Downs, Girrawheen, and surrounds.

22/05/2026

The RBAโ€™s watching employment like a hawk. ๐Ÿ” Hereโ€™s why that matters for YOUR next move.

June employment data just became your timing indicator. If jobs stay strong = rates hold longer. If they soften = cuts could come fast.

The play? Donโ€™t wait to see how the story ends. If youโ€™re thinking about buying or refinancing, nowโ€™s the moment to lock in your strategy before the market moves.

Your next chapter starts with this data drop. ๐Ÿ‘‡

22/05/2026

๐Ÿ‘‹ Gents. Make sure youโ€™re checking in on your mates.

Geez life can through you some curve balls and with high costs of living, interest rates on the rise and global uncertainty we need to look after ourselves.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Chat with your mates

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ Keep moving

๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ Be kind to yourself

Running with mates. Every Friday. 6:30am start. Coffee straight after โ˜•๏ธ ๐ŸŒž

21/05/2026

1 in 5 first home buyers got help from mum and dad to buy. ๐Ÿ 

And when you include guarantors, free rent, and cash top-ups itโ€™s closer to 1 in 2.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—บ & ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

โ†’ Average gift in 2025: $74,040

โ†’ 75% of parents now gift it; not loan it

โ†’ Buyers with family help enter the market 2 years earlier

โ†’ And walk away with 41% more savings after settlement

If youโ€™re lucky enough to have family support, thereโ€™s a right way and a wrong way to structure it. Get it wrong and it can hurt your borrowing capacity.

โš ๏ธ General information only. Not financial advice. Speak to a qualified mortgage broker before making any decisions.

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$50,000 sitting in your offset account saves you $212,543 in interest. ๐ŸคฏAnd cuts 3 years and 8 months off your home loan...
21/05/2026

$50,000 sitting in your offset account saves you $212,543 in interest. ๐Ÿคฏ

And cuts 3 years and 8 months off your home loan.

Same repayment. Same loan. Just smarter.

Swipe to see exactly how. ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€:

Your bank charges interest daily on your outstanding loan balance.

Your offset account reduces that balance dollar for dollar before interest is calculated.

$800k loan with no offset = $131.51 in interest every single day.

$800k loan with $50k offset = $123.29/day.

Thatโ€™s $8.22 you stop giving your bank. Every. Single. Day.

Over 30 years? Thatโ€™s $212,543 back in your pocket and nearly 4 years of your life back too.

Do you have an offset account set up on your home loan?

DM us the word ๐—ข๐—™๐—™๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ง and weโ€™ll check your current structure is working as hard as it should be. ๐Ÿ“ฒ

โš ๏ธ Figures are illustrative only. Based on an $800k loan at 6.00% p.a. over 30 years with $50k held consistently in offset.

Most Perth homeowners are sitting on savings that are doing half the job they could be. ๐Ÿ‘‡If youโ€™ve got money in your off...
19/05/2026

Most Perth homeowners are sitting on savings that are doing half the job they could be. ๐Ÿ‘‡

If youโ€™ve got money in your offset account and a PPOR mortgage this carousel is for you.

Debt recycling is one of the most powerful (and most underused) wealth strategies available to Australian homeowners.

Hereโ€™s the short version:

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜.
๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

Debt recycling lets you slowly convert one into the other without increasing your total debt.

In our worked example, $100k recycled at 6% with a 37% marginal tax rate unlocks:

โ†’ $2,220/yr in tax benefits
โ†’ $4,000/yr in dividend income
โ†’ A growing share portfolio built alongside your home
โ†’ $43/wk working harder for your future

And hereโ€™s the thing you donโ€™t need to do it all at once. You can start small and build the cycle over time.

This isnโ€™t a loophole. Itโ€™s a completely legal, ATO-recognised strategy that your broker and accountant can help you implement correctly.

โš ๏ธ These figures are illustrative only, based on a $150k income, 37% marginal tax rate, 6% interest rate and 4% dividend yield. Debt recycling requires careful structuring always seek advice from your mortgage broker and accountant before proceeding.

19/05/2026

The Budget just quietly cut your borrowing power. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Perth investors who were planning to use equity to buy their next property need to hear this the negative gearing changes donโ€™t just affect your tax return. They reduce how much a bank will lend you.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:

โ†’ Banks assess rental income differently when negative gearing tax benefits shrink

โ†’ Your property looks less โ€œpositivelyโ€ profitable on paper

โ†’ That gap in serviceability can mean tens of thousands less in borrowing capacity

โ†’ Your equity might be there but the lending capacity to use it may not be

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป 2025 ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

DM us the word EQUITY and weโ€™ll run the numbers for your specific situation.

โš ๏ธ Figures are illustrative only. Based on standard lender serviceability assessments. Tax outcomes vary. Always seek advice from your mortgage broker and accountant.

18/05/2026

Youโ€™re not bad with money. The numbers just changed dramatically. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

A lot of people feel like theyโ€™re falling behind and the data backs that up. Since 2019, house prices have nearly doubled while wages have barely moved. The result? Buying the same average home now costs you an extra $2,159 every single month in repayments.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ $๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ,๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ.

โ†’ 2019 repayment: $2,338/month
โ†’ 2026 repayment: $4,497/month
โ†’ Wage growth over the same period: 5%

Understanding this gap is the first step. The second step is having the right strategy to work within it. Thatโ€™s what we help you with ๐Ÿ’ฐ

โš ๏ธ Figures are illustrative only. Based on average ABS loan sizes, 6% interest rate, 30-year P&I term. Always seek advice from your mortgage broker.

Youโ€™re never going to out-predict the banks. So stop trying. ๐Ÿ”’They have teams of economists, billions in data and decade...
17/05/2026

Youโ€™re never going to out-predict the banks. So stop trying. ๐Ÿ”’

They have teams of economists, billions in data and decades of experience pricing rates.

Fixing isnโ€™t about beating them. Itโ€™s about certainty in an uncertain market.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

Swipe for the full pros, cons and the one thing nobody tells you before they fix. ๐Ÿ‘‡

DM us the word ๐—™๐—œ๐—ซ๐—˜๐—— and weโ€™ll run through what makes sense for your situation. ๐Ÿ“ฒ

โš ๏ธ General information only. Always seek advice specific to your situation.

16/05/2026

Success Never Shows the Sacrifices ๐Ÿค

We donโ€™t reflect enough. On how far weโ€™ve come. On what it actually took to get here.

9 years ago started her real estate career. And like anyone who has lasted in this industry it wasnโ€™t always pretty.

Behind the awards, the settlements, and the happy clients are also the long nights, the self-doubt, and yes the tears.

On her 9 year anniversary, we sat down with Emma to reflect on the journey the hard parts included.

Because success means a lot more when you remember what it cost you.

Also a big shout out to the mentor behind Emmaโ€™s success ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿš€

15/05/2026

RENTVESTING IS DEAD. ๐Ÿ’€

The May 2026 Federal Budget just changed the game for Perth investors and most people have no idea how bad it is.

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด + ๐—–๐—š๐—ง ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ = ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€.

โ†’ Tax deductions? Slashed

โ†’ CGT discount? Gone for new properties

โ†’ Your strategy? Needs a rethink

DM me RENTVESTDEAD and Iโ€™ll show you what actually works now.

โš ๏ธ General information only. Speak to a qualified mortgage broker and financial adviser before making investment decisions.

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