Articles by Ken Raiss

Ken Raiss

Ken is director of Metropole Wealth Advisory and gives strategic expert advice to property investors, professionals and business owners. He is in a unique position to blend his skills of accounting, wealth advisory, property investing, financial planning and small business. View his articles

Labor proposed $200 Billion worth of new taxes. That’s a staggering amount – almost unfathomable With the many new taxes and policy changes that Labor will implement if they win the May 18th Federal Election, they will tax your income, your home, your superannuation and your savings. Many of the changes are difficult to understand…

The past century has probably not seen a sharper mind than Albert Einstein. And, if I know anything, it’s that smart men and women are often good role models to follow. Albert Einstein, for example, is credited to have called compounding as the most powerful force in the universe, in fact the eighth wonder of…

More and more Australians are trying to protect their financial future by setting us their own Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF). However, there are some interesting rules governing and who is legally allowed to run them. But very few of us understand them.  Did you know that a “disqualified person” is not permitted to be…

Did you know that as at 30 June 2017, there were more than 6.2 million lost superannuation accounts and the Australian Taxation Office held super accounts to a total value of $17.5 billion? That is a lot of money that could be better utilised to grow your wealth or to pass on to your family….

Just like a tsunami builds as it races towards land, so too does it appear that current market conditions are escalating. Now, I’m not talking about the slowdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, because they are normal market cycle downturns. What I’m talking about is the number of other factors which are concurrently impacting the market…

Did you know that Australia’s superannuation system is valued at $2.7 trillion and expected to grow to over $4 trillion by 2025. And those dollars actually belong to everyday people who hope that one day their super will be enough to significantly supplement their income in retirement. The problem is that many super funds underperform…

It’s no secret that housing affordability has been dominating the headlines for the past year or two.   But there is plenty of misinformation out there. This is especially the case for property investment, which seems to be taking the blame for the recent strong price growth in Sydney and parts of Melbourne. Both sides…

When was the last time you reviewed your property portfolio including assessing its cash flow, annual capital growth as well as all expenditure and tax deductions. Unfortunately, too many property investors don’t make the most of one deduction– depreciation. While you can only claim depreciation at the end of each financial year, it’s important that…

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