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Hotspots • 20 Nov 2016

80% of buyers fed up with out-of-date mortgages

Australia’s recent five-year property boom has set a precedent for home buyers to act with more immediacy, which has led 85 per cent of Aussies to admit the mortgage...

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Hotspots • 20 Nov 2016

Thumbs up for rental platform’s new pet ID feature

A leading rental property platform recently added a pet-enabler feature to its offering, and so far it has been a resounding success. 

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Hotspots • 20 Nov 2016

Why you should strive to make your tenants feel at home

Many property investors are heavily dependent on tenants for the continuous growth of their yield, and according to Managed’s Thom Richards and Nick Bouris, there’s...

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Hotspots • 18 Nov 2016

6 things not to do in a rising market

Mistakes made in a rising market always end the same way: a protracted marketing period, extra advertising costs, buyer caution and a weaker negotiating position....

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Hotspots • 18 Nov 2016

10 bushfire tips to help protect your property assets

Bushfires create a serious risk to life, the environment and properties located in rural and urban areas. Here’s what to do to reduce the risk during the bushfire...

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Hotspots • 18 Nov 2016

‘List now and beat the pack’

Investors thinking about selling soon are smack in the middle of the in-between zone. List now for a middle-December auction — or wait, let Christmas go on, and then...

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Hotspots • 18 Nov 2016

How to get a straight answer from a real estate agent

You know the drill. You see a property you’re interested in, but you cannot get the agent to tell you what the price is. Here is what you should know about agents and...

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Hotspots • 16 Nov 2016

Storm season is brewing, are you ready?

As the year draws to a close, storm season is just beginning, with wild weather already impacting parts of the country. Here are five things you need to do to prepare...

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Hotspots • 16 Nov 2016

How do your kids impact your borrowing capacity?

In the name of responsible lending, banks will only approve a loan to those consumers who they believe will be able to pay it back without significant hardship. That’s...

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Hotspots • 15 Nov 2016

8 properties by 25: Former housing commission kid reveals how he changed his life and created wealth

Twenty-five-year-old Eddie discusses how he saved $20,000 working in McDonald’s after his HSC and used that to start a property portfolio.

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