Property Investment Advice Articles & Tips

15/07/2013
Buyers Agents

Five creative ways to increase rental returns

Quite often investors ask us about clever ways to enhance property value. Most investors pay a lot of attention to the value of the property but why don’t they pay as much attention to the returns? Well, we do, and some clever investors out there do so as well. While we like to see our equity position growing, the bottom line for any ‘buy and h...

15/07/2013
Investment Education

What has Bungy Jumping got to do with Property Investing?

It was the summer of 93 and I’d just entered my first year at Uni ready to embrace the freedom of life ahead of me… one full of expectation, opportunity and adventure. It was the year I turned 18 and a bunch of my mates had all pitched in to buy a bungy jump experience for my birthday. We’d recently just come back from our schoolies week ...

15/07/2013
Property Investment Advice

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...

29/06/2013
Buyers Agents

Challenging the top five roadblocks to property investing

Many people WISH they could be property investors, but for whatever reason, don’t commit to the journey. In our industry we see the objections and roadblocks which people put up when it comes to property investing. Sadly, many of these roadblocks are either artificial or ill-founded. In this article I will workshop the top five objections so that...

21/06/2013
In the Media

Identifying Honest Advice

Being able to distinguish between good advice and a sales spiel is essential for successful investing writes Ben Kingsley in this June 2013 issue of Smart Property Investment Magazine. In this article, Ben shares his thoughts and experience when dealing with a Finance Advisor and how some of them had been great while others are not so. Whether y...

13/06/2013
Buyers Agents

Why we don’t like off the plan properties?

We all hear about the benefits of off the plan developments, but aside from stamp duty savings, groovy new dwellings and small holding deposits, what are some of the perils? Many investors have flocked to off plan developments in the past because they were either encouraged by the marketers who were promoting them, or lured by the stamp duty savin...

20/05/2013
Buyers Agents

Questions you should ask yourself when adding value to a property

Many investors start out with ideas about creating value - or better still; manufacturing equity....The questions we have for them though are diverse. What level of renovation or improvement does the investor have in mind? How hands-on does the investor plan to be? How long will the works take? Will the works cost the investor vacancy periods?...

17/04/2013
Buyers Agents

The Investment A-Team

As the driver of your investment strategy, selecting the right members for your team is crucial to scoring investment gold. In April 2013 issue of the Smart Property Investment Magazine, Ben Kingsley writes about the need to take control and hand pick a team that will be contributing and working towards improving your financial status. Similar t...

15/04/2013
Property Investment Advice

How to Calculate Profit from Property Investment

You have heard me say this before, Property Investing is not easy. It involves large amounts of money and carries risks, from picking a good property to managing cash flows and ongoing costs of holding the property, to poor tenants, to legislative changes, to interest rate rises, the list could go on and on. But what’s really interesting is ...

10/04/2013
In the Media

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...

18/03/2013
Buyers Agents

Checklist for a Great Property Manager

One of the many things we do that our competitor Buyer's Agents don't all do is offer an independent recommendation when it comes to the final stage in your property purchasing journey. We don't just leave our clients with a great property and wish them well, we actually take an active role in making sure their newest asset is managed by a professi...

18/03/2013
Property Investment Advice

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...

18/02/2013
Investment Education

The 7 Biggest Property Investment Mistakes

If I were to ask you what do you feel more comfortable with, investing in shares or property? The majority of people would say property. The reason for this is because property is something that we all have experienced in our lives, so naturally we automatically assume we understand it better than shares or managed funds. Shares on the other h...