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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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Are One Bedroom Apartments still the Poor Cousins?

Ask a baby Boomer what they think the great Australian dream looks like and chances are they will say a detached house on a quarter acre block surrounded by a garden with a BBQ and a hills hoist. Ask the same question to a Gen Y and they are likely to say an apartment in the suburb where their café culture lifestyle is… usually the inner city su...

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ASIC’s Barriers to Making Good Financial Decisions

It was pleasing to see, as brought to my attention by the editor of Property Observer, Jennifer Duke in her fine article last week – The five factors inhibiting every investor in today's advice-laden world, that ASIC did have a good understanding on consumer investment behaviour when it comes to financial decisions they make.  And the report car...

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The Four Personal Elements in Building A Property Portfolio

As a property investment advisor, I spend my days designing property investment plans from the next investment purchase to a portfolio of properties. What I wanted to share with you today is part of that process that I go through. So when I’m sitting in front of clients, I want to talk to them about the four moving elements that make up the pers...

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What do Property Investing and Top 40 Music have in common?

Music is universally accepted as an expressive, emotional and highly desirable means of communication, storytelling and pastime of us humans. It comes in all forms, from Heavy Metal, to Classical from Music Theatre to Rap and all classifications in between. So what is the link between music and property? We, as consumers of music, have a choice ...

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Invest like an Expert

When it comes to getting from point A to Point B, the journey is not always ‘as the crow flies’. Throw in some complexity – make point B a courageous goal – and you’ll find that suddenly, the ways to reach that end are numerous. In the September 2013 Smart Property Investment Magazine, Ben and other experts in the industry is featured ...

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Which Property Investment Strategy is Right for you?

Those who follow property investment would know that there are two main groups of investment strategies – Growth vs Yield - those strategies that chase growth and those that chase yield.  It is all well and good to have these debates as magazines, blogs and TV shows need content and this always makes for a good read, but aren’t we missing some...

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Earn $2,500 a Week by Building a Property Portfolio

How often have you found yourself picturing a retirement where you’re enjoying regular overseas holidays, spending your spare time with your grandkids and leisurely filling up your days doing all the things you love? We all have but we’re brought down to earth quickly by reports suggesting there won’t be enough money for a comfortable retirem...

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Property Investment – Safe and Easy……REALLY?

The early 2013 signs are positive for a return to capital value growth within the residential property sector, as agents report significantly more enquiry and general interest as consumer sentiment improves. Once again the media will add to the potential ‘hype’ as it loves either a falling market or a rising market because it makes for good he...

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Having your Cake and Eating it too?

I’ve educated, met with and advised thousands of people and households about money, finance and their wealth creation endeavors for many years now and on occasion I reflect on the many types of investors, their money management and investment habits as well as their general financial and personal goals and I thought it might make for some intere...

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Million dollar portfolio

Everyone aspires to have a million dollar portfolio. How nice and comfortable will it be? On top of that, let's not forget the additional recognition and boasting power that will give you during the weekend and Christmas barbeques. But let's face it. It's not easy. Buying the first property can already be hard for some let alone buying a few of the...

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Game Plan : Exit Strategy – Retire on $100,000 p.a. in Five years

Forty-something investors SIa and Louise Kapeleris may have only started investing in earnest in 2008, but in that time they’ve amassed a portfolio of eight investment properties. Along with they Sydney home, that adds up to an asset base worth $3.6 million. Now, they’re looking to the future, and trying to work out how they can leverage their ...

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The ‘Piggybacking’ Strategy

There are many property investment strategies available to investors looking to create wealth through investing in residential property. This month I am going to share with you one of my strategies I call the ‘Piggybacking’ Strategy. Property values are made up of two components, the land value and the ‘improvements’ (more communally ref...

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