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We’ve got an office in Sydney!

New Year. New Office!! Empower Wealth is here in Sydney! We are aware that many of you were asking us for this, so we asked ourselves, “What’s a better way to welcome in a new year than with a new beginning?” (Plus, we couldn’t resist tailoring your Empower Wealth experience that little bit more). So, we are very excited to announce th...

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Ignore Property Doomsters

Bryce appears in the December 2017/January 2018 issue of Money Magazine sharing what he's been thinking about recently. So, what's on his mind... the negative commentary from property doomsters about the Sydney Property market and how it's affecting the minds of investors! This is the full article that appeared in Money Magazine: Has the ...

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Have you taken this critical step to reducing your debt?

[gravityform id="26" title="false" description="false"]   Hi, Ben Kingsley here. I hope you've had a great Christmas and a fabulous new year. But now we've got to pay for that joy, don't we? Now, if we've put too much of that on our credit card then, ultimately, we have to be paying off that credit card. Did you know that in Austra...

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Merry Christmas From All Of Us!

2017 on the whole has been a positive year for building wealth for our clients.  Property prices have risen, share markets are up and no great change to interest rates.  Also via increased demand for our services Empower Wealth has also grown with another 17 new staff joining the ranks this year. From the entire team at Empower Wealth, we’d ...

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Top 5 Considerations when Investing in Perth

Today I want to talk about the top considerations you need to think about if you want invest in my hometown of Perth. There are lots of wonderful reasons why you should consider it, but there's definitely some quirks about this particular city, which you need to think about if you are living interstate and you're thinking about becoming a borderle...

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Warning Signs

Ben appears in Money Magazine’s November article, Warning Signs, this time speaking with the prospective of his position as Chair of Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA). Why? As the article title suggests, unfortunately many property investors are falling prey to the spiels and spruiks of “advisors” who are making over...

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RBA Rate Decision – December 2017

At the December board meeting today, the Governor and the Board has kept the cash rate on hold at 1.5%. This is the sixteenth consecutive month we've seen the cash rate remain on hold at 1.5%. Now, the big news has been around the announcement of a Royal Commission into the banking sector to try and bring a bit more transparency into what's happ...

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When Should You Renovate Your Investment Property?

In a previous How To Session, Three Cheap Cosmetic Renovations You Can consider, I talked about getting the best bang for your buck when it comes to a cheap cosmetic renovation. In this How To Session I'm going to focus on, “When should I do a renovation on my investment property?” Quite often, from people transitioning their renters, I get as...

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RBA Rate Decision – November 2017

On the first Tuesday of the month where the nation stops for a horse race called the Melbourne Cup, the RBA have met and they've kept the cash rate on hold at 1.5%. Now, the cash rate hasn't moved since August 2016, so obviously the RBA are feeling quite comfortable where they have the cash rate. The reason for this is the lenders and the regul...

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Top 5 Considerations when Investing in Brisbane

Today, I want to talk about the considerations you need to think about if you're going to invest into the Brisbane marketplace. I've got quite a few friends who've got multi-million dollar property portfolios and their entire portfolio is made up of Brisbane real estate. So it's a wonderful market to consider. But there's a few things you need t...

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Negative Gearing Still Works

Bryce is Money Magazine’s cover story this October!! Here to explain Why Negative Gearing Still Works, Bryce puts forward a crucial point, and one we frequently come back to: negative gearing is not a strategy; it’s a tax outcome that represents a moment in time. In other words, “Negative gearing is a means to an end, not a permanent way ...

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“The best investment I’ve ever made cost me $10”

As well as his cover story Why Negative Gearing Still Works featuring in October’s edition of Money Magazine, Bryce also appears in The Hot Seat! In this one-pager, Bryce explains how flipping burgers for his first job taught him negotiation tactics and why the best investment decision he’s ever made only cost him $10!! As you might be able t...

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Three Cheap Cosmetic Renovations You Can Consider

In this How-To Session, we're focusing on getting the best bang for buck from the cheapest cosmetic renovation you can do on property! The reason we're going to do those renovations could be because we want to get a better valuation; it could be that we want to get a better rental yield from new tenants coming in; or it could be that we may be s...

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