A surge in the number of properties put to auction this weekend failed to dent clearance rates. Housing markets generally continuing to prove resilient despite ongoing media-fuelled negativity. Auction listings surged at the weekend compared to the previous Saturday but remain well below the totals recorded at the same time last year. Fewer choices for…
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Reveals The Easy-To-Understand But Hard-To-Live Idea That Keeps You From Creating Wealth Most people want wealth, but few will do what’s necessary to create it. Why do people want certain things, and never take action to achieve them? What subconscious thought process causes a disconnect between desire and doing what’s necessary to fulfill the desire?…
Looking at buying your first investment property? Or maybe your next one? I’m sorry to say, but there’s no generic, one-size-fits-all approach to property investment. Residential real estate, as with any other investment vehicle, requires an individualistic approach. In other words, you must identify and address your own specific needs, goals and circumstances in order…
It’s often said that successful people sleep less and get up earlier in order to achieve more. In this infographic, HomeArena explores the sleep patterns of 21 top entrepreneurs and executives. Contrary to what you might expect, 54% of them actually sleep at least six hours! I know I do. Source: HomeArena.co.uk
While most people spend most of their lives struggling to earn a living, a much smaller number seem to have everything going their way. Instead of just earning a living, the smaller group is busily working at building and enjoying a fortune. Everything just seems to work out for them. And here sits the much larger group, wondering how life…
Most people want wealth, but few will do what is necessary to create it. Why do people want certain things, but they never take action to achieve them? What subconscious thought process causes a disconnect between desire and doing what is necessary to fulfill the desire? The reality is almost anyone regularly employed, from ditch-digger…
We have all heard the saying that a fool and his money are soon parted. Think of your social circle and business associates, as an example. I am sure there are a few people who continually throw money at bad investment schemes and are always going broke. Throughout my career, I have seen people lose…
There are more interesting articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the ones I’ve read during the week. The weekend will be over before you know it, so enjoy some weekend reading. Sydney is expensive, but what…
I was asked to put together a list of simple rules that distilled my property investment philosophy, so in today’s episode, I’ll give you 9 simple property investment rules to go by. In today’s mindset moment, I’ll share 2 inspirational quotes that have helped me and that might be helpful for you as well. Then…
Many homebuyers are, not surprisingly, happy couples looking to fly the old family nest and establish their own, new residence. Without second thought, they go through the motions of acquiring said house in their blissful state of togetherness; often putting both names to the mortgage contract. But there are some important considerations when it comes…