Property investment advice articles & tips

Will the Property Market crash in 2013?

Well folks, it is December 21, or as the Mayans call it, April Fool’s Day." - Jay Leno What a relief to know that the Mayans predictions didn’t come true in December last year despite the huge media exposure it received.  But sometimes you could be excused for thinking that the reporting of property in the Australian media is similar ...

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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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Is the Australian Property market about to crash?

The continuing commentary around the Australian property market is a bit like a movie review that you’d read in any weekend magazine – it’s simply reporting someone’s opinion about the subject and quite often results in very conflicting views. It’s not uncommon to read that one reviewer loved a particular movie and rated it very highly wh...

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The 50 Something Couple

With retirement possibly around the corner, an investor in their 50's might not have the flexibility that younger investors do, but they can still make great money through property as this strategy shows. This time around, we are given a case study by Your Investment Property Magazine, of a couple in their early 50's with a combined income of $220...

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Are we about to experience a Property Boom?

Recently, the Australian property market had had a good run. Properties prices are growing rapidly, banks' interest rates on the other hand are dropping, home loans are increasing and even rental rates are increasing. It has been great on the property market but like always, what ever that goes up must come down. Are all these a symptom of a proper...

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Why Most Investors FAIL to build a Multi-Million Dollar Property Portfolio

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Game Plan: Never too young to retire

Ashley is a 25-year old operations manager with a medium-sized coach business in the Hunter Valley region of NSW. Considering his young age, he is earning a good salary and prides himself on being fiscally conservative - saving money by living at home with his parents and consistently putting more than a quarter of his income into savings each mont...

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Property Investment Portfolio – Passive Income for Life

Here is the webinar by Michael Pope and Ben Kingsley of Empower Wealth expand on a recent Episode of MPTV which featured a story on how you build a Property Portfolio that's designed to provide passive income for retirement. This educational video outlines in the numbers (cashflows) that where featured in the latest MPTV series how an example coupl...

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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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Generation Y and How They Think Differently About Property

Many people's understanding of Generation Y's characteristics include those of self-confidence, questionable work ethic, a penchant for instant gratification, impatience and an unwillingness to take on adult responsibilities... in fact the list of negative attributes goes on. But the reality is that we Gen X's and Baby Boomers are only just startin...

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Up 33%, Up 24%, Up 28% in the past 12 Months*

In the ‘House’ market, Gardenvale up 33%, Lake Wendouree up 24%, Parkville up 28%, and in the ‘Unit’ market Abbotsford up 14%, Moorabbin up 29%, Notting Hill up 27% in the past 12 months.... is that right? If I’m not mistaken, recently, the lead stories and media commentary within the press and on TV are all talking about property pric...

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Stamp Duty; friend or foe?

There is a lot of news in the media right now about Stamp Duty on the Transfer of Land. For a buyer, the cost of stamp duty is a significant upfront cost when buying property. We often get asked by the media about stamp duty and how Australians (and in particular, Melburnians) feel about it. It was an interesting topic to discuss because many poi...

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ATO Ruling on Interest Capitalisation

After earlier releasing a draft ruling on interest capitalisation the ATO has finally released its ruling: TD 2012/1. In property investing terms, interest capitalisation is where a person or entity is claiming interest costs on top of the original interest costs and instead of paying the original interest the borrower is paying down other non-d...

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