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Rent and Invest

We've previously talked about Rentvesting before, what is it and how it'll work. This time on the Cover Story of the March 2016 Issue of Money Magazine, Ben Kingsley was invited to write about this investment strategy in more detail. It's definitely a growing trend but it is important to note that this rent and invest is not for everyone. Hence,...

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Rentvesting: Is it the right strategy for you?

So in this how to video, what I want to do is explore the idea of rentvesting and whether it is the right type of strategy for you. Now, every household is different in regards to their financial and personal goals. Rentvesting is the concept whereby you rent where you want to live but you invest the savings into a portfolio of properties, ultimate...

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Wealth Building Strategy for your Life Stages

Every life stages that you go through comes with different wants and needs. When you are fresh out of university, some of you would want to explore the world and experience more while others might jump straight into the corporate ladder and focus on building their career. As you grow older and found your significant other, things will change agai...

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Rentvesting – 2GB Radio

Following the Money Magazine, March 2016 Cover Story on Rentvesting, Ben Kingsley was invited to the Chris Smith Show on 2GB Radio to discuss about this type of strategy. Rentvesting is an increasingly popular strategy although it is no where a new strategy. If you've find this radio interview helpful, please make sure to grab a copy of the ...

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How to Retire on $2000 a week

This time on the Today Show, Ben Kingsley was asked to talk about his and Bryce's book: The Armchair Guide to Property Investing. One of the key goals of this book is to showcase how to retire on $2000 a week by investing in property and build up their property portfolio. Ben will be talking about the Property Investment Formula, investing strategi...

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Three things to Consider before Setting up a SMSF

The Top 3 things that I ask a client to think about before setting up a SMSF (Self Managed Superannuation Fund) generally is the first thing; can my current Superfund offer the things that I'm actually after. So for example, shares. A lot of the times, I see clients setting up their SMSF because they want control and the flexibility to buy and sel...

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Powerful Strategies to Finding Properties

It's easy to think that once you have decided on an investment strategy and got your finances sorted, you have moved into the home strait. After all, the remaining step is simply to go out and buy a property, right? Wrong! While the buying stage is one that many investors look forward to with great excitement, it is in fact full of minefields that ...

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Improving Financial Literacy

In previous newsletter articles, we looked at the results of an international study which highlighted the high poverty rate amongst older Australians compared to other countries. In this newsletter, we look at a recent international study which casts Australia in a more favourable light. The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (P...

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The Top 3 Myths of Financial Planning

So one of the key myths of Financial Planning is that our role is to minimise your tax or reduce your tax bill. The reality is our job is certainly a lot larger than that. It's about looking at the long term objectives, how do we position your portfolio, your investments and your savings to achieve that. Tax is simply a by-product of that. And the ...

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Take your Pick

There are many different opinions when it comes to successful investment strategies, so how do you know what's right? When it comes to successful property investing, there is a wide range of opinions as to what is the right or wrong way to go about creating wealth. Some says the best investment strategy is to go for regional properties while others...

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Is Australia really a good place to grow old?

You may have been pleasantly surprised earlier this month to read in the newspapers that “Australia ranks 14th out of 91 countries in a new index of the best and worst places to grow old, and which warns many nations are ill-prepared to deal with the old age time bomb.  In a rapidly greying world, the Global AgeWatch Index - the first of its kin...

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How to create an insanely effective purchase plan

If you’ve started off buying property haphazardly, with no clear plan on when and what to buy next, you’re not alone. Many of us buy what we can when we can, most of the time. But, according to experts, doing it this way is not only inefficient but also attracts unnecessary risk. Without a clear game plan on how you’re going to grow your p...

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Game Plan: Make an extra $90,000 in passive income a year

There are plenty of strategies an investor could use to get some clever property purchases, but how do you get there without working two jobs or skimping by on Vegemite toast every evening? Here's an article on how to achieve $90,000 a year in passive income by 2020. In this article on Your Investment Property Magazine (YIP Magazine), Empower W...

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