It’s at moments like these that I’m glad I’m not a share market investor. The stock market has always been one to jump up and down and I’ve never had strong enough nerves to ride its bull or bear markets. The coronavirus has certainly given our financial markets a shake-up, with share markets down significantly in…
DetailsIt wasn’t that long ago that first home buyers were at their lowest market activity levels in decades. Strong property price growth in Sydney and Melbourne, in particular, as well as restrictive lending conditions meant they just couldn’t catch a market break. The thing is, it didn’t take long for their numbers start to swell…
DetailsOne of the many changes in property investment over the past decade has been the increase in borderless buying (buying interstate). By borderless, I mean buying in a State or Territory other than your own. Some of the reasons for this include increased education about property investment generally and, finally, recognition that Australia is a country…
DetailsWith markets firming in many locations around the nation, some novice homebuyers and investors are searching for cheap property. Unfortunately, this often means they are selecting properties and locations purely because they “seem” affordable to them. In reality, often this means they wind up with an inferior property in a second-class location that will always…
DetailsAt the start of every year, we always receive a flurry of enquiries from potential clients keen to invest this year. Amongst those enquiries are always a cohort of people who want to “get rich quick” supposedly using property as the wealth creation vehicle. It doesn’t take Einstein to realise that they never engage our services. That’s…
DetailsSuccessful property investment involves separating fact from fiction. Unfortunately, there are many untruths out there, which are sometimes taken as gospel by novice investors and first home buyers. These property investment myths and fantasies are abundant online, with anyone having the ability to call themselves an “expert” without having to prove a thing. While fundamentally…
DetailsInvesting in a regional locations was once considered risky business with many people falsely assuming that capital cities would always produce better results. Of course, this point of view was never accurate, however, not all regional locations are worthy of consideration. We have been investing in major regional locations for years, which have recorded strong…
DetailsOver the past decade, one property investment strategy has come into its own more than almost anything else. That is SMSF property investment. With superannuation balances starting to show solid balances of hundreds of thousands of dollars, more and more people are deciding to take responsibility for the future growth of their super accounts. They…
DetailsIf I had a dollar for every young person that has said to me, “I need to set up a trust”, I would probably have enough money for a deposit on another investment property! Seriously, though, the problem with such a statement is that most people don’t understand why they think they need one in…
DetailsIt’s a fact that most property investors who go at it alone never buy more than one property. One of the main reasons why is because they buy the wrong property in an inferior location, which ends up costing them in cash flow as well as substandard capital growth. Then, what usually happens is they…
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