The Albanese Government has struck a deal with the Greens to get its tax reform package through the Senate, and part of the price Australians are paying is the ban on self-managed super funds using limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) to buy residential property going forward. If you already have an LRBA in place, you’re…
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You can be wealthy on paper and still feel poor in retirement. That’s the challenge for many property investors: they’re asset-rich, but their cash flow doesn’t support the lifestyle they want. That’s why many investors think retirement means selling down the portfolio, paying off the debt, and living on what’s left. But what if that’s…
Money isn’t cheap anymore. Interest rates are higher. Borrowing is harder. Confidence is shaky. And for many investors, the easy gains of the last decade feel like a distant memory. That’s exactly why this phase of the cycle matters so much. Because while short-term investors are feeling uncomfortable and sitting on the sidelines, worried by…
The federal government has handed down what Treasurer Jim Chalmers called “the most important and ambitious Budget in decades.” The term “intergenerational inequality” is a social construct dreamed up by Labor to create a an “us vs them” to encourage younger Australians to vote for them. Yes, young people have challenges including affordability, but in…
Every few years something happens in the property market that spooks investors into thinking the game has changed permanently. A new lending restriction. A stamp duty hike. A credit squeeze. And now, the most significant overhaul of property tax settings in decades – the removal of negative gearing for established dwellings and the replacement of…
Imagine opening your payslip and discovering the government was taking half as much income tax as it does today. It sounds like the sort of promise politicians make before an election and quietly forget afterwards. After all, governments need revenue. They have to fund hospitals, schools, roads, aged care, defence, social security and the growing…
I began my study of rich and successful people well over 40 years ago Of course, not all rich people are successful, and not all successful people are rich but remember I was much younger and more naïve then and wanted it all. I tried to understand why some people were rich while others kept…
There’s a troubling irony in the latest data on how Australians are feeling about their lives. We endured lockdowns, closed borders, business shutdowns, and genuine fear about a global pandemic, and apparently, we were happier then than we are right now. New research from the Australian National University found that life satisfaction has fallen to…
The rich are not necessarily happier than normal folk all the time, but I bet they are happier more often. That’s because money does make a difference in people’s lives. It removes a lot of our worries and allows us more time to spend with our families or on activities that make us happy. Likewise,…
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Most people think building wealth through property is about being smart enough to pick the right suburb, time the market perfectly, or analyse the data better than everyone else. What if the most important lessons weren’t about property at all? Albert Einstein never bought a house as an investment. He never negotiated with a bank…
