Property Investment Expert Opinion

sam saggers
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Hotspots 06 MAY 2013

How to spot gentrifying suburbs

Part of gentrification, is changing peoples’ thinking about an area. If you the think of North Ryde in 2013, the area...
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Hotspots 06 MAY 2013

Tips for adding value

In my last blog we looked at which features you can add, so let's knuckle down a bit further and talk about the...
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Hotspots 03 MAY 2013

Three steps to success in the U.S.

If you are an international buyer looking to buy a property in the USA, there are three steps to help you achieve...
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Hotspots 03 MAY 2013

NT's best performance in a decade

The Northern Territory has recorded the highest annual level of residential approvals for more than a decade, according...
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Hotspots 02 MAY 2013

Investors Ask: Limited budget concerns

Q. I’m on a limited budget and am contemplating investing in a low-income area because the yields don’t look too...
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sam saggers
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Hotspots 30 APR 2013

How to spot gentrifying suburbs

Part of gentrification, is changing peoples’ thinking about an area. If you the think of North Ryde in 2013, the area...
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Hotspots 30 APR 2013

Can we draw on the past to predict the future?

Have you ever been to an investment seminar or read a book where the presenter/author unashamedly spoke of Australian...
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rory orourke
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Hotspots 26 APR 2013

How to take advantage of mining towns

Property investors who want to take advantage of Western Australia’s booming economy should focus on Perth rather...
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Finance 24 APR 2013

Investors Ask: Debt/equity balance

Q. I bought my first investment property three years ago and it has gone up in value nicely. I’m confident I can...
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sam saggers
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Hotspots 24 APR 2013

RP Data's number one investigated suburb

With a key driver of affordability, this area identified by RP Data is certainly an interesting one.
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kevin lee
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Hotspots 24 APR 2013

A great return for a minor improvement

Late one night I received an urgent email from one of my clients; let's call her Mary from Melbourne. As a fairly new...
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Tax & Legal 22 APR 2013

Land tax: A thing of the past for savvy investors

With the recent boom in property values, land tax has caused a headache for many investors. However, for those in New...
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sam saggers
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Hotspots 22 APR 2013

An area worth considering for future growth

With a key driver of affordability, this area identified is certainly an interesting one, promising future buyer demand...
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Finance 18 APR 2013

5 Quick tips to change your finances

If you look at planning 5 hours to commit to 5 simple methods to change your finances over this weekend, then you may...
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Hotspots 17 APR 2013

Investors Ask: Are low-income areas risky?

Q. I’m on a limited budget and am contemplating investing in a low-income area because the yields don’t look too...
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Hotspots 16 APR 2013

Sunshine Coast on fast track to growth

Tens of millions of dollars in developments could be on the fast track to completion, thanks to a new initiative to...
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Hotspots 12 APR 2013

A gift from the U.S. Government

I am going to offer every reader the best piece of news that they could ever read.  If anyone was serious about...
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Hotspots 12 APR 2013

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Hotspots 12 APR 2013

Perth tipped for fastest growth

Perth leapfrogged Gladstone as the most popular city for capital growth over the coming 12 months, as nominated by...
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Hotspots 11 APR 2013

The positive gearing vs negative gearing debate

In my last blog post we looked at what these terms meant and how whether or not a property is negative or positive...
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Tax & Legal 11 APR 2013

Investors Ask: Concerns about land tax

Q. I own three properties, all in New South Wales. I’m starting to get worried that I will have to start paying land...
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Hotspots 10 APR 2013

Visions of Sydney

The aim of this blog is to propose and debate alternative routes for Sydney tapping into the wisdom of crowds. What...
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Hotspots 10 APR 2013

Housing construction worst in a decade in SA

South Australia's builders had previously built between 10,500 and 12,000 homes per year. For the next couple of years...
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rory orourke
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Hotspots 08 APR 2013

Top 10 Perth suburbs for 2013

The northern coastal suburbs of Perth should prove a magnet for property investors during 2013. I'm going to share with...
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paul benion
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Hotspots 08 APR 2013

Items you might not know you can depreciate

Many Australian property investors may not know that a tax depreciation report undertaken by a professional tax...
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