Successful 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…
DetailsThe cost of not having landlord insurance can no doubt be devastating. I once had ideal tenants in one of my investment properties. They were a couple who paid rent on time and never caused me any dramas at all. Then, one day, that situation was flipped on its head when they broke up. Not…
DetailsThe Brisbane property market has been identified as the capital city location with the best investment prospects according to new research. About 44 per cent respondents in the 2019 PIPA Annual Investor Sentiment Survey indicated that Brisbane property market was their preferred metro location for investment for the next year. The thing is savvy investors…
DetailsIt wasn’t that long ago that most people’s money mindset were focused on simply paying down the mortgage on their homes. That was certainly the goal for baby boomers, who spent most of their working lives paying off their home loans. Then, for many, they spent their retirement years struggling to survive on the pension.…
DetailsI have been investing for myself and my clients for more than 10 years now and there is one property that I have never bought for anyone. That property is a brand-new unit. Of course, over the past few years, there has been plenty of coverage about the oversupply of new units in many of our…
DetailsNormally when someone mentions a “perfect storm” they’re referring to something that is bad. An example might be some property markets over the past few years which were negatively impacted by a combination of tighter lending conditions, poor consumer confidence levels as well as higher interest rates for investors… just because. However, in the space…
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