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If you are interested in creating wealth through property investing - browse our site to get tips and strategies you can trust, from Australia's leading real estate investment, tax and finance experts.Featured Articles
Affordability in the driver's seat
Those of you who have been reading my newsletters will know that for some time I have been predicting that house price growth will be limited by affordability. This will be particularly noticeable in our two major capital cities (Sydney and Melbourne) and will also occur to a more limited extent in the other high cost cities.
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How quickly things can change when it comes to interest rates!
While the Reserve Bank was kinder to home owners and property investors than it has been for some time at its August meeting, deciding to hold interest rates at the cash rate of 4.5%, there is still a lot of conjecture among economists as to just how high interest rates might climb over the next two years and what his means for property investing.
Create wealth by leveraging your assets
A great way to create wealth, esp for property investors, is through leveraging your assets.
Leveraging involves borrowing money and can be a much faster way to increase the size of your assets than saving and paying down your debt. But leveraging could also increase the size of your losses, unless you build in precautions and safeguards.
Read on to find out how savvy property investors use leverage...
Recent Articles
Property development guide part 11 - Tackling the red tape
- 26 August 2010
- Property Development
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One of the biggest hurdles faced by any developer – whether a seasoned veteran or a green beginner – is the bureaucratic maze known as the planning permit or development approval process.
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When hot spotting turns property investment sour
- 26 August 2010
- Case Studies
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One of the most common questions that we are asked as buyer’s agents is, “So what’s the next ‘hot spot’ I should buy an investment in?”
To which I usually respond, “We are in the business of helping our clients buy the best investment possible based on proven long-term performance, not speculating with their hard earned money!”
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What if it just ain't true?
- 23 August 2010
- Personal Development
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A few years ago one of my friends accidentally discovered that his dad was in fact not his dad at all. Ouch.
At twenty seven years of age, he discovered that something he absolutely knew (not thought, hoped, or wished) to be fact, was in reality, not true at all.
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Video Market Update
Michael shares his insights into our property investment markets in his regular video commentaries. Click here to access the links mentioned in Michael's latest video commentary.
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The 4 most dangerous words in property investment
Unfortunately in my early days of investing I ignored his advice, to my detriment, as I found that history does repeat itself.
The best way to explain is to look back to earlier this year as many of our property markets boomed and two extreme opinions came out. One group suggested we are in for a long boom and another said the property markets would implode. At the time I made it clear that my view was the extremists, in both directions will be wrong.....
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