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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 scarcity. So ...

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Property for $250 a week

Is it possible to own a property for $250 a week? In this Money Magazine's Special Edition 2016, Ben Kingsley said yes and will be briefly demonstrating how he come up with this figure, the loan structure to put in place and what investment formula you can use to ensure you purchase an investment grade asset that would work well with this strate...

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Common complaints from property investors

I've been involved in the property industry now for 18 years since 1998. I bought my first investment property in 1999 and during that time, I've seen a lot of things. I've helped a lot of investors across multiple states and I've also bought personally across multiple states. And one of the things that I often find interesting when I do speak to p...

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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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Putting theory into practice in asset selection

One of the things that I think is really difficult for property investors is bringing the theory and then putting it into practice. We've always talked about the bigger picture of what we should be looking for in an asset selection. So you know, in terms of owner occupier appeal rather than investor only appeal. We've talked about it needing to be ...

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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 th...

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Breaking the Golden Rules in Property: A New Perspective

When it comes to property investment, the phrase "location, location, location" has long been hailed as the golden rule. It's the mantra that every seasoned investor knows, and it’s usually the first piece of advice given to newcomers. But what happens when the tried and true starts to evolve? Are we beginning to break the golden rules of pr...

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Who’s more important: Buyers Agent or Mortgage Broker?

So, it is always interesting when it comes to investing in property, who is actually more important? Is it the Buyers Agent or Mortgage Broker?? And of course, being a Buyers Agent, you expect me to say that Buyers Agents are so important that they couldn't be possibly outrank by the Mortgage Broker but I think people will be surprised by my answer...

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Which is more important | Property, Location or ….?

Look, it's always interesting when someone is making a decision on investing in property but how do they actually decide on which one makes for a great investment for their portfolio? For me, I think they got the focus in the wrong area. I think the focus on the property first where else I think there are a couple of other things that the need focu...

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City Fringe: Is it Real Gold or Fool’s Gold?

City fringe property; is it property investment gold or is it fool's gold? It's an interesting question because often in property investment research, we measure the performance of a suburb by its median price point and this is an important message for people who are buying hot property reports or new hotspot reports and those type of things becaus...

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Case study: How to make $140,000 loss in 10 years

I had this interesting conversation with someone on the phone this week where they were tossing up whether or not they could justify the expense of getting a buyers agent to be involved rather than just doing it themselves. So I unpack that conversation a little bit and the good news is they were a property investor already which is great. Let's be...

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