Articles by Bronwyn Davis

Bronwyn Davis

About Bronwyn Davis

Bronwyn Davis is editor of Property Update and contributing editor to a number of top selling property books. She is also a regular contributor to Australian Property Investor magazine, Australia's top selling property magazine.

The nuts and bolts of commercial loans

This article was first published in Australian Property Investor Magazine and is copyright and reproduced with their permission.

Financing a non-residential property venture is all about the numbers.

When it comes to financing an investment property, there are manifest differences between commercial and residential loans. [Read more...]

Dangling a carrot

This article was first published in Australian Property Investor Magazine and is copyright and reproduced with their permission.

Leasing out commercial premises can be a challenge in a slower market, as can attracting the right tenant. That’s where leasing incentives come into play and can make all the difference. [Read more...]

Talk the talk on commercial rents

This article was first published in Australian Property Investor Magazine and is copyright and reproduced with their permission.

With ‘options to renew’ and ‘three by three leases’, it sometimes seems like commercial landlords have to speak a whole other language. But the lingo isn’t really that hard to translate.

Getting a commercial lease agreement right from the beginning is crucial for both lessees and lessors because rent returns have the potential to make or break the success of a commercial investment portfolio and lease terms run for as long as 20 years in some instances.

So what exactly is involved when it comes to reviewing a commercial tenancy and how can landlords ensure they protect themselves and their asset whilst keeping their tenant happy? [Read more...]

How to achieve financial independence through property

All of us yearn for financial freedom – the power to leave our day jobs and enjoy a long, leisurely retirement.

In reality, we all know that working hard, plying extra cash into our super fund and banking on a nice hefty payout at the end of our career isn’t necessarily going to provide enough wealth for us to retire on. Sure, it might give us some spending money in the short term, but many of us will live well beyond our 60s and 70s. So what do we do when our super dries up? [Read more...]