Property Investment Expert Opinion

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Hotspots 01 MAR 2013

State of Markets - VIC March 2013

Essential information, plus expert insight on what is shaping the national property market...
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Finance 28 FEB 2013

Investors Ask: Is it worth LMI?

Q. It has taken me three years to save up $30,000 for a 10 per cent deposit on a property worth $300,000. Should I save...
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Hotspots 28 FEB 2013

Natural disasters and rental properties

We have experienced another summer of extreme weather which has caused considerable damage to properties across many...
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Tax & Legal 28 FEB 2013

Maximise your tax deductions

  Negative Gearing has become a bit of a buzz word that is often used and not fully understood. People believe that...
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Finance 26 FEB 2013

Buying Strategies from a Professional Buyer

Over the next five blogs I'm going to share my top five tips. My first is about negotiations. Everything is Negotiable...
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Hotspots 26 FEB 2013

Positive gearing, negative gearing... what does it all mean?

Let's cut through the maze about Positive gearing vs Negative gearing & Positive Cash-Flow vs Negative Cash-Flow....
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sam saggers
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Hotspots 21 FEB 2013

It's time to discuss your failures

If we could sit down and have a chat, what would we talk about? Chances are pretty good we’d talk about business, or...
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Hotspots 21 FEB 2013

Each case is different with negative gearing

  Where do I start? A common question asked by all people who have heard about property investing and understand that...
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Hotspots 19 FEB 2013

Entry condition reports

A trashed rental property can be landlord's worst nightmare. Fortunately, such property destruction is actually a...
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Hotspots 19 FEB 2013

Apartment buyers need to know these sources of info

Apartment living can be fabulous, but with over 70,000 residential strata developments in NSW alone, there are several...
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Hotspots 14 FEB 2013

If you are a new investor, you must do this

  Where do I start? A common question asked by all people who have heard about property investing and understand that...
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Hotspots 14 FEB 2013

Investors Ask: Depreciation benefits

Q. I’m looking at buying an investment property and am yet to decide whether to buy new or old. I know new properties...
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Hotspots 12 FEB 2013

Simple ways to avoid extra costs

Inexperienced property buyers tend to gloss over the purchase conditions when they’re convinced they’ve found a...
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Hotspots 12 FEB 2013

And who made you Queen of the Real Estate Industry?

It appears both consumers (vendors and landlords) as well as real estate agents (REA) believe the notion that women...
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Hotspots 12 FEB 2013

No better time than now to invest

With rates low, prices falling and the lure of various first home owners grant, getting into the property market now...
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Hotspots 08 FEB 2013

Is Adelaide the next metropolis?

As part of the recent overhauls of the City of Adelaide's planning and development system one reform has gone under the...
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Hotspots 07 FEB 2013

Don't set and forget, do the numbers

The old ‘set and forget’ method of building an investment portfolio by paying retail price, suffering years and...
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kevin lee
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Hotspots 04 FEB 2013

Some attention to detail can save you $$$

As a property investor and a property investment adviser I have seen large contracts and other large property-related...
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Hotspots 31 JAN 2013

Build, don’t buy; an industry expert’s top tips for first time buyers in 2013

Would-be first time buyers should be thinking seriously about building their home instead of buying in 2013.
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Hotspots 29 JAN 2013

How do I know if I am buying a lemon or not?

How can I be sure I am not buying a lemon of a property?
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Hotspots 22 JAN 2013

How does the U.S. market differ from Australia?

I often get asked this question and in all honesty they are completely different market places.
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kevin lee
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Finance 22 JAN 2013

Why you may be suffering from financial stress

‘How to attain wealth’ isn’t something that is taught in school. Instead at school, they teach you how to secure...
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Finance 16 JAN 2013

Structuring the right loan in 2013

As we begin 2013, it is my feeling that we are going to see some interesting developments in the Australian residential...
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victor kumar
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Hotspots 11 JAN 2013

Work out your 2013 plan

As human beings we have a bizarre ritual. During the first few days of the new year, probably still drunk or hung over,...
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Finance 08 JAN 2013

Beware the bankrupt builder

Now is a time to get some great bargains from builders but with at least two builders going broke each day in Australia...
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