Investing in property has the ability to improve your fortune — but as a landlord, you also take on an important responsibility to provide safe accommodation. It’s essential that you manage the following risks and hazards within the home to protect both your asset and its residents. Property is an excellent source of passive income, which…
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Ascertaining the true value of a property is one of the most crucial skills you can have as an investor. So how do you develop a professional valuer’s mindset and a keen aptitude for analysing real estate? We’ll discuss this in 6 steps. Property valuation is a crucial aspect of most transactions. For a potential…
Every landlord will eventually face a situation in which they need to evict a tenant. If you want your tenant to move on earlier than planned, however, there are certain rules you must follow before showing them the door. When buying an investment property, every investor hopes that the perfect person will move into their…
Renting out a property always comes with some trepidation. Landlords run the risk of signing bad tenants who don’t pay, or who damage the home and generally cause a nuisance. For every bad egg, however, there are plenty of investors who land a great renter – the kind you would want to stay for a long…
Property investing can be extremely rewarding, but it can also be the cause of your financial downfall. To avoid being swallowed up in debt created by our portfolio, you must balance your finances and investments wisely. Property, like any investment, comes with risk. Some successful investors step into the market at just the right time,…
You don’t want to scare a good tenant away by driving up the rent, but at the same time you’ve invested in property to make money. It’s a dilemma every landlord has to face at some point: when, and by how much, should your rent? You might fear raising the rent too much and driving…
Buying a property with friends and family may seem like the ideal solution in an unaffordable housing market. In reality, it’s riddled with risk and is just one of the big mistakes that investors routinely make. Today we share the five big rookie mistakes and how to avoid them. Buying a property with your best…
There’s so much confusing and conflicting property forecasting information out here, I thought I would simplify matters with a simple equation. This equation uses the latest published Australian Bureau of Statistics data, and dramatically shows us that we are rapidly approaching a critical shortage of rental accommodation in the major eastern cities. Record population growth…
Demographic changes over the next decade will drive a shift in demand as Gen Y — now aged around 20 to 35 years old — begin transitioning into ‘family phase’. This could underpin the next boom in real estate, with a strong focus on small-dwelling design. Changes to the age profile of the population over the next…
The New Year is deemed as an opportunity to start over, and for investors, the last thing they want to happen is to lose money in the property market. No one is exempted from making mistakes with their investments. Hence, proper guidance is essential in navigating the market. In an interview with Your Investment Property, Michael…
