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What is The Practicality Test?

Hi, Ben Kingsley here. In this Expert How to Video, I want to talk to you about or introduce another concept which flows on from The Buyers Decision Quadrant. Now you can check out the Buyers Decision Quadrant video in this area of the expert session under our How to Videos but I want to basically bring that further. I want to talk about the Practi...

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The Rewards of Understanding Scarcity in Property

NOTE: If you like this How to Video, you might also want to check out The Property Couch's Episode 37 where Bryce and Ben talk about the Scarcity Scale and how Location and Property Type plays a part in a property's value.   Hi Ben Kingsley here and today in our How To Session we are going to talk about the rewards of understanding s...

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Why is property investing so hard?

Hi Ben Kingsley here, today on our How to Session, I'm going to talk about why is property investing so hard. Now I'm here on the whiteboard but today we are using some cards. We are going to basically look at the whole complexity surrounding property. You've heard us talk before if you've watched some of our other videos about owner occupier appea...

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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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Sky Business News – Your Money Your Call (April 2016)

This time on SKY Business News Channel, Your Money Your Call (YMYC), Ben Kingsley joins the panel to discuss what's making news in the property market and more. They answered a number of emails and calls from viewers and some of the topics are: How's the property market going in NSW and indicators to determine the health of the market such as...

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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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Sky Business News – Your Money Your Call (February 2016)

Ben Kingsley is invited to join the SKY Business News Channel, Your Money Your Call (YMYC) on 21st of February 2016 along with Lisa Montgomery to discuss what's making news in the property market and more. This time, they answered a number of emails and calls from viewers and some of the topics are: The recent Current Affair episode about a youn...

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2016 Property Outlook (Part 4) | Northern Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania

Here are the other parts of the 2016 Property Outlook: Part 1: Sydney & Regional NSW Part 2: Melbourne & Regional VIC Part 3: Queensland, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia Part 4: Northern Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania Transcript: Bryce Holdaway: I guess that leaves us with the three states that are probabl...

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2016 Predictions on the Australian Property Market

As we finished off 2015 and inevitably start with 2016, it is always common to think about what might happened in the year to come. This time on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne, Ben Kingsley was asked to provide some of his 2016 Predictions for the Australian Property Market. Whilst we are not psychic in any way, Ben does have a thorough understanding on h...

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Sky Business News – Your Money Your Call (December 2015)

In this SKY Business News Channel, Your Money Your Call (YMYC) on 21st of December 2015, Ben Kingsley joins Margaret Lomas and Michael Tey from Block Strata to discuss what's making news in the property market and more. This time, they answered a number of emails and calls from viewers and some of the topics are: What are the top issues that fac...

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Why you should be Nervous when Investing in Apartments

I always find it a really interesting topic when someone says do apartments make for a good investment or not? My dad is born in 1939 so he's a pre-Baby Boomer, my mom is born in 1948 so she's a Baby Boomer, I'm 1975 so Generation X and my wife is 1980 so she's typically on the cusp of Generation Y. So over the dinner table, we actually have a real...

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Negative Gearing vs Positive Gearing | Which is Better?

Hello, Ben Kingsley here and today I want to talk about Negative Gearing vs Positive Gearing. Now the difference between the two is an income outcome which basically means that with negative gearing properties, we actually have to put some of our surplus cash into supporting the investment as opposed to positive gearing where we actually get some ...

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Getting the Best Investment Returns using a Buyers Agent

Hello, Ben Kingsley here, CEO and Founder of Empower Wealth. This is an important message about using a buyers agent and using the most appropriate buyers agent to get the best return possible for your investing. Now there are a lot of buyers agent out in the market place and those buyers agent concentrate on a patch. That patch might be the city t...

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