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Why do you need a Property Wealth Plan?

So you're thinking about investing in property. Well, let me share with you the importance of planning and getting it right in the first time. I'm going to use this example. Take a look at this beautiful home, lovely floor plan as well isn't it? Well, the reality is, that house couldn't have been achieve and that outcome couldn't have been achie...

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What’s FOMO and why should you avoid it?

FOMO is very much the story of a significant portion of the Australian property investment market right now - especially in Sydney - but unfortunately for those investors who fall victim to it, it could all end in tears…. So what is FOMO then? Wikipedia defines the Fear Of Missing Out as “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having r...

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Why Decision Fatigue could make you a Poor Investor

One of my favorite author is Tim Ferriss, the author of Four Hours Workweek and he talks about this concept called "Decision Fatigue". I was thinking about that recently and how that applies to my life but also how that applies to everyone else's life as I'm in the business of helping people invest in property. The concept is really simple. He said...

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5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Invest in Property

ith the interest rate being so low and some really strong market in Melbourne and Sydney, it's not unusual for people to be really excited with the idea of investing in property. Well, I'm actually going to give you five reasons you shouldn't invest in property right now.   And the first one is the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). The obvious ...

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4 Ways A Property Investor Will Pay

>> Play Audio here   In this episode of Real Estate Talk, Kevin Turner interviews Bryce Holdaway and ask him to explains the 4 ways a property investor will pay. Here's the transcript:   Kevin:  Joining me once again, a regular guest on the show, a partner in EmpowerWealth.com.au and also the co-host of that great show...

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A Home Is Not Just a Home: The Process of Buying a Home with an Investor’s Mindset (Part 2) 

>> Click here to read Part 1   Firstly, why Invest Your Money in Property? Before we move forward, we need to look into investors' mindset and understand why they choose to invest in property? Property investment is one of the places Australians turn to when looking for ways to grow their portfolios because of numerous benefits such...

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Profiting from Investment Psychology

Human psychology is a very interesting topic but what does that got to do with Property Investment? Apparently, a lot. CEO & Founder of Empower Wealth, Ben Kingsley started investing in his 20s and now holds a multimillion-dollar portfolio. In the November2014 Issue of Smart Property Investment (SPI) Magazine,  he explains how analysing human'...

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Four personal elements to Building a Property Portfolio

>> Play Audio Here   Building a property portfolio is not an easy task. As much as it requires a lot of cash flow and capital to start a portfolio, a lot of the time how the investor behaves with money, their reaction towards risks and returns plays an equally important role. In his role as a Qualified Property Investment Advisor, Be...

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Generational Shift

>> Play Audio Here   In this interview with Kevin Turner from Real Estate Talk, Bryce Holdaway, Director of Empower Wealth and Co-Host of Location Location Location Australia says the great Australian dream has changed. There has been a generational shift. He explains what that means and how understanding what this generation is lookin...

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Investor Special

The investor market was one of the success stories of 2013. With Capital appreciation ramping up in many areas during the second half of the year and interest rates remaining at historic lows, Australia's property investment community saw an opportunity and began to come out of the woodwork. Ben Kingsley is featured in this Issue 14.3 of Mortgage P...

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What has Bungy Jumping got to do with Property Investing?

It was the summer of 93 and I’d just entered my first year at Uni ready to embrace the freedom of life ahead of me… one full of expectation, opportunity and adventure.  It was the year I turned 18 and a bunch of my mates had all pitched in to buy a bungy jump experience for my birthday.  We’d recently just come back from our schoolies week ...

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Another Look at Risk

In previous articles, we have been looking at the inputs to and outcomes from an investment strategy.  We have looked at the way the amount of money, the amount of time and the amount of knowledge that you put into an investment can influence the outcome, and how the use of other people’s time, money and knowledge ( which we referred to as lever...

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Your State of Wallet Plays with your State of Mind

Have you ever heard the saying ‘Your state of wallet plays with your state of mind’?  Speaking from personal experience and having conducted over 1000 client interviews about managing money, building wealth and buying property, I know it's not just a saying, it's fact! I’m the first to agree that money doesn’t buy you happiness, as your...

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