Michael has been once again voted Australia’s leading property investment advisor by the readers of ‘Your Investment Property Magazine’, but he’s not a theorist… He has been successfully investing in property since 1971 and is a leading property commentator and Australia’s most widely read property investment blogger. Join over 115,000 others who get their updates from Michael and his group of expert guest bloggers and benefit from their perspective.
There’s an interesting debate that’s been going on for years, not just among scientists and philosophers but also in business circles, and it has a lot more to do with property investment than most people realise. At its core, it comes down to two very different ways of looking at the world, and once you…
Home auction markets have returned another week of generally underwhelming results with both clearance rates and auction numbers substantially lower than those recorded over the same week last year. Weekly Auction Results to Saturday, October 24th 2026 Capital City This Week Last Week Same Week Last Year Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Sydney 885…
Australia is going to look very different in ten years’ time. We’ll have millions more people, an older population, smaller households and technologies that will change how we work and live. Our cities will evolve, new industries will emerge, and different governments will introduce policies that reshape our economy. But after more than five decades…
I learned the rich don’t rely on one paycheque. They rely on multiple paycheques by building multiple streams of income. In my Rich Habits research, I studied 233 wealthy people for five years and found 65% maintain three or more income sources. Only 5% of the poor do this. I learned from the poor that…
If you’re interested in property, do you have all your ducks in a row and are ready to negotiate? At this point in the journey, it can often feel like all the heavy lifting is done and that negotiating and buying a property is just a small piece of the puzzle. While it can feel…
After years of property investors feeling that Victoria sees them as an easy source of extra revenue, there is finally an encouraging change in direction. The Victorian Government has announced plans to ease the Absentee Owner Surcharge for eligible developments, recognising that attracting investment can help get more homes built. Introduced in 2016, the surcharge…
Buying your first home is exciting, but it can also be confusing and, at times, a little overwhelming. There is finance to arrange, government assistance to investigate, suburbs to compare, contracts to understand and negotiations to navigate, often while property prices and lending conditions are changing around you. The good news is that you don’t…
Successful people didn’t just get that way because they had unique ideas. Sure, coming up with something original probably helped them, but it wasn’t the only reason they reached the top. The people that aim for the stars also understand that they need to be emotionally intelligent if they want to succeed. What does that…
Australia’s property market has reached a turning point, with the latest figures suggesting the downturn is becoming more widespread than many expected. For the first time in 15 years, house prices have fallen across every Australian capital city in the same quarter, according to Domain’s September 2026 House Price Report. And now some of the…
Spain is in the middle of a political reckoning over housing. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called an early election for November 29, after parliament rejected his government’s emergency housing measures amid widespread anger over rising rents and housing insecurity. In Australia, the day before the Spanish vote, Victorians will go to the polls…
