Property Investment Advice Articles & Tips

15/12/2011
Buyers Agents

‘Off The Plan’ and New Property as an Investment Asset?

You know the saying “I wish I had a dollar for every time…..” Well in my case this saying rings true for people buying ‘off the plan’ properties and seeing the price they paid come in at a lower valuation once the property is actually built. So for me I wish I had all the dollars that made up the shortfall in valuations from the purcha...

15/12/2011
In the Media

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 ...

06/12/2011
In the Media

Retire Sooner, Richer!

Retire sooner, richer! Isn’t that what almost everyone wished for? This time, Your Investment Property Magazine provides a case study to our team at Empower Wealth, focusing on 30-something couple with a combined income of $130,000 p.a. Will it be possible for them to build a multi-million dollar portfolio? Our team build a customised investment ...

30/11/2011
In the Media

Novice to a Millionaire

The team at Empower Wealth is given a case study by Your Investment Property Magazine to assist a novice investor on a modest income in making a million dollars in 10 years. Is it possible to do so? The team, with an extensive knowledge and experience in property investing will lay out a diversified strategy which includes the purchase of four prop...

15/11/2011
Investment Education

Buyer Impatience Drives Property Price Growth

I recall way back when I was studying there were future projections about how the rapid advances with computers were forecasted to deliver us so much more leisure time in the future, because they were going to increase our productivity and efficiencies at work, meaning we would get the work done quicker then head home and enjoy life. How wro...

17/10/2011
Investment Education

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...

17/09/2011
Buyers Agents

Reducing the ‘Fear Factor’ in Property Investing (Part Two)

As a Buyer’s Advocate, I get asked all kinds of property related questions. People lean on my expertise and experience for all manner of things. One of the most common questions I get asked is about the value of any given property. People like to know whether they are paying too much, offering too little, considering selling for the right figur...

18/07/2011
In the Media

Game plan: How to retire within 10 years on a 52k pa passive income

Tasmania-based Jo Worsfold and her husband Chris got in touch with Your Investment Property in search of some first-time investor advice. As Jo admitted, the couple really had no idea where to start but were keen to get their property portfolio off the ground as soon as possible - if they could afford it. "My husband and I have been wanting to get ...

17/07/2011
Buyers Agents

How can Property Zoning affect a Property?

“Oh. What does that mean?” is the response buyers often have when we make mention of a little piece of information that can have significant negative flow-on effects for a property purchase. So what sorts of pieces of information could adversely affect a property purchase? And even if the buyer never plans to sell, how could their purchase e...

17/07/2011
Buyers Agents

Scarcity Value – Not Just in the Land

Statistical evidence shows us that when it comes to property the land portion is the portion that historically appreciates in value. This is a result of the scarcity of the land combined with the demand for that land, as once a lot of land is allocated and built on , the amount of available land decreases and the lot of land can’t be re-used ...

17/07/2011
Investment Education

Reducing the ‘Fear Factor’ in property investing

Without a doubt, one of the biggest reasons people hold back from investing in property is fear of risk. This fear shows up in many different ways, from well thought out objections to procrastination itself. There are books on the shelves, magazines on the racks, shows about investing and presenters advertising the merits of investing. There are...

24/06/2011
Property Investment Advice

Property Values – Where to from Here?

Avid readers of my commentary will know that I am a buy and hold investor, opting for long term passive income and capital growth. It’s this methodology that suits most of the strategies we design for our clients at Empower Wealth. Furthermore our investment analysis has over-weighting towards incomes as a core growth driver for property value...

23/05/2011
Buyers Agents

Property Selection Myth

Location, Location, Location was and still is the catch cry from most Real Estate agents when it comes to which properties outperform and which properties don’t. When a property investor is looking to make a property selection for investment, maybe we should adopt this principal but with a little more creative license. Location One: Id...