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Pathways to Profit

Have you bought a copy of the Armchair Guide to Property Investing yet? If you have, you can ignore this page because in this Money Magazine's June 2016 Edition, we share an extract of the six of 18 strategies mentioned in the book. The strategies mentioned in this article are: Changing places, Changing faces The Wave Rider The Ugly Ducklin...

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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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24 Key Questions Answered (Property Investing FAQ)

When it comes to investing in property, there are a few Frequently Asked Questions that constantly get asked by our fellow readers. In this Money Magazine's Special Edition 2016, Bryce Holdaway and Ben Kingsley join forces with other property experts and help shed some light on some of these common questions. Here are the list of question in this a...

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The $500,000 Mistake

Ben is often seen as the expert in the property investment industry and the fact is, he IS an expert. Not only is he one of the top Australia's property investment advisor, he's also a property investor himself and like everyone, he has gone through some ups and downs. In the May 2016 edition of the Australian Property Investor Magazine, Ben writes...

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Rent and Invest

We've previously talked about Rentvesting before, what is it and how it'll work. This time on the Cover Story of the March 2016 Issue of Money Magazine, Ben Kingsley was invited to write about this investment strategy in more detail. It's definitely a growing trend but it is important to note that this rent and invest is not for everyone. Hence,...

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Wealth Building Strategy for your Life Stages

Every life stages that you go through comes with different wants and needs. When you are fresh out of university, some of you would want to explore the world and experience more while others might jump straight into the corporate ladder and focus on building their career. As you grow older and found your significant other, things will change agai...

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Putting your money to work – Money Management & Loan Structure

So in this How to Session, we are rolling our sleeves up and we are getting into a little bit more Expert level understanding on putting our money to work. Now in this session, we are putting our money to work and I'm also going to put a bit of flavor in this one and talk about how we can do this without impacting on the household budget. So let's ...

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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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What are the four elements in the development of an investment plan?

>> Play Audio here This time on Real Estate Talk, Ben Kingsley will be putting on his PIPA and QPIA hat and discuss about the four elements in the development of an investment plan. The first one is income. If you know what you are getting, you know how much you can spend. Unfortunately, not a lot of people are aware of the exact amount ...

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Game Plan: How to start investing in your ’50s

Some might say it's a bit late while others would probably find it unorthodox, but starting your property investment journey when you are in your '50s is not an impossible thing. In this Game Plan by Your Investment Property Magazine, Ben Kingsley and the Empower Wealth team demonstrates how you can start investing in your '50s. Here's a snippet...

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Earn $55k a year in rental income

Retiring on a passive income from a well-designed property portfolio sounds like the dream end to a lifetime of hard work. And you don't have to be a millionaire to make it come true. In this issue of Money Magazine, Bryce Holdaway is asked to demonstrate how some forward planning and the use of smart strategies show how three typical Australian ho...

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How do you make a $200,000 mistake in Property?

So how do you make a $200,000 mistake in investing in property? Well, its quite easy really if you don't do the right preparation and the right planning work. Let's look at this example: Let's say you have a $500,000 property and because you've done your homework and you've done your numbers, you think that's all you can afford. But in reality, if...

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What’s the most Neglected step by most Property Investors

Whenever some is interested to buy an investment property, I'm often intrigued at how they kind of see it as an event rather than a process. Now, I've talked about it a lot where I think there is 5 Critical steps that you need to go through when building a portfolio and try to create some form of passive income for retirement or whatever sort of fi...

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