Property Investment Expert Opinion

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Finance 26 OCT 2017

The pros and cons of fixing your rate

If there’s one decision that can stress you out as an investor, it’s whether to make your mortgage variable or...
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Finance 24 OCT 2017

How knowing the ‘market trajectory’ could lead to property investment success

Many property investors often get dejected the moment they find out that they overpaid for an investment, but Right...
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Hotspots 19 OCT 2017

Doggone it: Stats show going ‘pet friendly’ is not so fraught

Australians have one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world, yet not many rental properties accept pets....
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Hotspots 13 OCT 2017

4 ways to ride the downsizing wave

The lack of vendors willing to sell their properties is drying up pipelines across the country. But among this...
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Tax & Legal 13 OCT 2017

Property investment deductibles and depreciation: What you need to know

There have recently been reforms on regulations pertaining to deductibles and depreciation to slow down investment...
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Kyron Gosse
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Hotspots 11 OCT 2017

The demonetisation of housing

It seems kind of counter-intuitive as a property investor to be sitting here talking about how housing might one day be...
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Susan Farquhar
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Hotspots 10 OCT 2017

5 reasons women are better long-term investors than men

Despite men barely outnumbering women in the investment space, women have the statistical advantage when it comes to...
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Hotspots 03 OCT 2017

Can good photography actually boost your marketing?

Many investors are already considering professional styling when putting their investment properties up for sale, but...
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Hotspots 03 OCT 2017

Why investors should consider professional property styling

Evolve Styling’s Tanya and Edward Giuffre has been styling properties for quite some time, and more than making a...
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Hotspots 29 SEP 2017

Small fish are often sweeter

Every state contains multiple low-profile locations that, while they may not have produced much capital growth over the...
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Hotspots 27 SEP 2017

3 more key property investment team members

Property investing is not a single-person game, so I want to stress the importance of having a good team around any...
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Hotspots 25 SEP 2017

On finding hotspots: Should you explore Kingston or Melton?

One particular investor has recently invested in St. Clair and is currently looking at buying interstate, particularly...
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Hotspots 22 SEP 2017

Where you could’ve made a small fortune over the last 3 years

While Sydney and Melbourne boomed over the last three years, one particular lesser-known location was also producing...
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Renee Berger
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Hotspots 21 SEP 2017

Final inspections: what to look out for

My role as a post-sale advocate is two-pronged, assisting investors and tenant with property management inquiries, and...
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Lauren Geoff Lewis
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Hotspots 21 SEP 2017

Think you don’t need property styling? 5 reasons you’re wrong

Are you one of those people who think property styling is a modern concept, an idea that is temporarily in fashion but...
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David Shih
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Hotspots 20 SEP 2017

3 key property investment team members

Property investing is not a single-person game, so I want to stress the importance of having a good team around any...
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Hotspots 20 SEP 2017

Should you put a granny flat on an existing property?

Many property investors often look to improve the cash flow position of their portfolio by building granny flats on...
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Kylie Davis
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Hotspots 18 SEP 2017

Why Millennials will affect real estate

Even though the perception of Millennials are of a lazy, entitled generation, Kylie Davis writes they are a generation...
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Piers van Hamburg
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Hotspots 14 SEP 2017

It makes me sick in the stomach...

He said, and I quote: “It makes me sick in the stomach how the real estate industry is obsessed with talking about...
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Hotspots 14 SEP 2017

Earn $80k p.a. or less? This one’s for you…

Just because you don’t earn a six-figure salary, it doesn’t mean you can’t break into the investment property...
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Hotspots 13 SEP 2017

Why a Labor win would put negative gearing on the chopping block

A Labor win could mean an end to negative gearing. What will it mean when the property value estimate excludes the...
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sharon fox slater
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Hotspots 12 SEP 2017

Do you have the right insurance?

Like most landlords, you would probably agree that protecting your investment property with insurance is an absolute...
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Steve Waters Blog
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Hotspots 11 SEP 2017

Why you must understand rental vacancy rates

Amongst the plethora of property data available these days are vacancy rates, which show the percentage of rental...
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Hotspots 07 SEP 2017

The markets with the most and limited potential across the country

Where should investors be looking for a chance to develop their portfolio, and where should they be avoiding? Pure...
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Hotspots 05 SEP 2017

Is there ‘doom and gloom’ in Australia’s property markets?

Many property investors are concerned about the future of their investments due to several “doom and gloom”...
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