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Are Off Market Properties the Holy Grail?

There is a lot of talks around off market properties and whether or not that's the holy grail that a property investor should aspire to on their next purchase. So it does beg the question on what exactly is an off market property? As the name suggests, it's a property that is sold, it transacted. It changes the name from one person to the next with...

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Relocate or Renovate?

A household's need for space changes at different stages in life. When there is only two of you, you would probably only need a 2 bedroom unit. As your family grow, potentially up to 3 kids, you might need a bigger home to cater for your household's need. Then, when the kids grow up and move out, you probably won't be needing those extra bedrooms. ...

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Are women better at property investing?

When it comes to property investing, the question is who actually makes for the better property investor? Is it the men or is it the women? Now, I'm probably not the most balanced person to answer that question because clearly I have an agenda out of that but I was recently chatting with Veronica Morgan who is my co-host on Location Location Locati...

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The Age of Experimentation – 120 years of Property (1970 – 1960)

Australia's history on property goes back a long way and in the June 2016 Issue of Australian Property Investor Magazine, Bryce Holdaway and other property experts will be focusing on 1970s property. The 70s was a period of great social change that would have long-term ramifications for housing and society in general. Although most properties in t...

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Buyers Beware! Five Common Tricks Real Estate Agents Use

Download your free report at the end of this blog post! Today I want to talk from the buyer's perspective and, more specifically, what they need to be aware of when dealing with real estate agents directly. I'll be focusing on some of the sneaky tricks that real estate agents employ to get more money out of the buyer because, ultimately, what w...

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24 Key Questions Answered (Property Investing FAQ)

When it comes to investing in property, there are a few Frequently Asked Questions that constantly get asked by our fellow readers. In this Money Magazine's Special Edition 2016, Bryce Holdaway and Ben Kingsley join forces with other property experts and help shed some light on some of these common questions. Here are the list of question in this a...

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Common complaints from property investors

I've been involved in the property industry now for 18 years since 1998. I bought my first investment property in 1999 and during that time, I've seen a lot of things. I've helped a lot of investors across multiple states and I've also bought personally across multiple states. And one of the things that I often find interesting when I do speak to p...

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Are strata properties always a bad idea?

I’m often asked the question about whether or not an investor should discount buying strata properties. And my answer is always, depends. Because there’s no one answer for that and to be honest, it’s always preferable to be able to buy a house on its own piece of land. But let’s be honest, in a lot of the investment grade suburbs, a lot of ...

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Considerations for borderless investing

Anyone who’s a regular watcher of our videos will know that we’re proponents of borderless investing because not all of the states move in the same cycle. So whilst we think that time in the markets is a very good thing, we also think that an extension of that is actually timing the market to make sure that you’re in the state that’s got th...

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Five tips to get property advice

Its always an interesting discussion you have with someone who' s planning a wedding. They spend this huge amount of time in the lead up to the wedding. What they're going to have at the reception, what dress, what the groom is going to wear, where are they going for their honeymoon.. It's just so much planning that goes into this very one day but ...

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Putting theory into practice in asset selection

One of the things that I think is really difficult for property investors is bringing the theory and then putting it into practice. We've always talked about the bigger picture of what we should be looking for in an asset selection. So you know, in terms of owner occupier appeal rather than investor only appeal. We've talked about it needing to be ...

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How important is asset selection?

So I am always asked the question, "How important is Asset selection?" Because fundamentally, it is THE very thing that we are investing in as our vehicle of choice if we are property investors. Now I just wanted to show you that just getting a slight change in performance in asset selection can make an enormous difference. Let's have a look at ...

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Double trouble for the Australian Property Market?

It is no secret that property values have dramatically increased in the last 10 years. So much so, that some commentators are saying that the Australian Property Market is experiencing a property bubble and a "burst" is coming. In this episode of Today show, Bryce Holdaway was asked to give his opinion on these questions: which city has seen the...

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