Rolf is Director of Metropole Finance and has twice been voted Australia's leading finance broker. He shares his wealth of knowledge about how to best use property finance to fund investments.
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In a previous article Rolf Schaefer outlined the first five mistakes to avoid when structuring your finance, whether you’re a home buyer or property investor. Why? Because the mortgage product you end up with can mean the difference between building a lucrative, wealth generating property portfolio and never progressing beyond the first one or two…
Navigating the rocky seas of property investment finance can be a challenging task for home buyers and investors. And it’s made even more difficult by all of the misconceptions about home loans that are out in the ether. If you get your property investment financing wrong, it can cost you thousands, sometimes tens of thousands…
Last year the Australian government, led by a bullish treasurer Wayne Swan, determined to up the ante when it came to competition among lenders, abolishing early termination fees in a bid to make it easier for borrowers to shop around for a better deal and beat the banks at their own game. Interestingly, a national…
In the current property climate, where opportunities abound for the less skittish, savvy investors out there, the last thing you want to hold you back from securing an additional asset for your portfolio is any restriction on your borrowing capacity. But that is a reality many investors face given the banks heightened wariness around refinancing…
Australian workers have watched world share markets ride a hair raising roller coaster of ups and downs for some time now.
Australian workers have watched world share markets ride a hair raising roller coaster of ups and downs for some time now. Thousands lost large chunks of their retirement nest eggs during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and more recently, as the European markets teeter on the brink of uncertainty, many are concerned as to how…
As the world watches the European debt crisis continue to unfold with nervous anticipation, investors would do well to remember that old boy scout motto – be prepared. And I would add – for anything!
For the second consecutive year the big four banks, with the exception of ANZ, have come dangerously close to being seen as the Christmas Grinch. Sitting on their hands as the RBA dropped the cash rate by a further 25 basis points at their December meeting, all but the ANZ teetered dangerously on the brink…
One of the most disheartening prospects a home buyer faces is rejection. First there’s the possibility that the offer they put in on their dream home or ideal investment might be declined and of course, even more soul destroying, the chance that the banks will leave them high and dry with no money to even…
Most people believe that debt is a dirty word. It’s something to be avoided at all costs or, if it’s necessary for some reason such as buying a home, to be paid down as quickly as possible. But what if having debt meant you actually made more money? What if you could be paid to…
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