Covid. An energy crisis. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Surging interest rates. Inflation. Changing rental regulations. A federal budget that spooked half the investor community. At some point in the last few years, every single one of those events gave a perfectly rational investor a perfectly rational excuse to sit on their hands…
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Negative gearing on established homes has just been abolished. The capital gains tax discount you’ve relied on for twenty years has been rewritten. And somewhere between the government’s press conference and the Treasury modelling, a trillion dollars in debt got added to the tab for a generation that hasn’t even been asked if they’re willing…
“What do you want your retirement to look like?” Most people pause when I ask that. Then they give vague answers: I want to travel more” or “spend time with the grandkids.” Nice ideas. But vague answers don’t lead to meaningful action. At Metropole, we’ve learned that the best way to help our clients build…
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July has delivered the clearest evidence yet that Australia’s property market has changed direction, but the headline figures only tell part of the story. Capital city house prices fell by 1.5 per cent over the month, the sharpest national decline since August 2022, while Sydney recorded a particularly significant fall of 2.7 per cent. Melbourne…
Today, I want to explore one of my favourite Jim Rohn quotes that I think will hit home for a lot of people. It states, ‘Everyone must choose between two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret’. The American entrepreneur was great at capturing the discipline required for success, and this particular…
If you cornered me and asked me to come up with one single trait that I have found in common amongst the successful investors I’ve come across… what would that be? Obviously, there are several important factors underpinning success, but after speaking with Robert a number of years ago, I’ve come to the conclusion that…
There is an uncomfortable contradiction at the heart of Australian politics. We want more affordable housing, a stronger economy, better hospitals, dignified aged care, reliable infrastructure, lower taxes and a budget that does not keep handing a larger bill to the next generation. Yet the political conversation usually proceeds as though all these things can…
Everything worthwhile in life has a price of admission. I’m not talking about money, although sometimes that is part of the deal. I’m talking about the real price we pay when we want to grow, improve, build wealth, create better relationships, become healthier, or step into a bigger version of ourselves. That price usually comes…
Are you looking for financial freedom through property? Are you keen to build a substantial property portfolio? Well…statistics show that most property investors stop at just one investment property. The latest ATO data shows that 71.5% of investors only own one property, and that drops dramatically to 18% owning 2 properties and just 9.7% owning…
Why do some commercial and industrial properties surge in value while others stagnate for years? Why does one warehouse in one of Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs double in value, while another only 15 minutes away barely moves? And why are experienced investors quietly shifting more of their portfolios toward certain segments of commercial and industrial real…
