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.
Latest posts
I hosted a seminar in August 2018 where I presented an investment case for (investment-grade) houses in Brisbane in the $800,000 to $1m price range. It was my thesis that they represented excellent value and had a high probability of delivering above-average returns in the medium term. An investment-grade house that sold for circa $800,000 in late…
Sophisticated investors understand their portfolios are the equivalent of income-producing businesses and wealth creation vehicles. What I mean is they don’t adopt a set and forget attitude, and then naively hope that it all works out in their financial favour… someday! Rather, just like business owners, they make sure they have the necessary insurances in…
How good are you at budgeting? Are you prepared for new major expenses that may come your way? A substantial number of Australians are starting parenthood without a healthy savings fund, according to new research by Finder, Australia’s most visited comparison site. According to Finder’s Parenting Report 2021, which surveyed 1,033 parents of children under…
Negotiation is more of an art than a science. Skillful negotiation doesn’t come naturally to most of us – it’s something that needs to be learned, practiced, and perfected over time. It’s often said that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at anything, which means that most buyers and sellers, who only transact…
One of the constants in life is change, however most of us don’t like change. Life, business, property investing or whatever is much easier if things are nice and predictable. But that’s not how things work – is it? So let’s look at 10 quotes about change: 1. “Waking up to who you are requires letting…
Are we heading for the biggest crash since the Great Depression? Is it just around the corner? Well according to Harry Dent, we are and it is. He is telling anyone who is prepared to listen that we are heading for a stock market crash, and the value of your house will drop by up…
The news on coronavirus has been bleak again lately hasn’t it? Case numbers are rising globally & the NSW lockdowns are ongoing. But Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist at AMP Capital, shared five reasons to be optimistic in his recent Oliver’s insight. Here’s what he said…. It seems the bad news…
Warren Buffett is arguably one of the best investors of all time and has an excellent track record of creating and maintaining his wealth dating back to his early entrepreneurial days starting at just five years old. You’d think that the hugely successful magnate and philanthropist would be too strapped for time to mentor as…
The 2021 Australian Census will be held on Tuesday, 10th August. While the Census provides us with a count of people and dwellings, it has other important uses. These include determining appropriate electoral boundaries and the number of representatives, as well as the allocation of GST funding to the states. While the 2021 Census is…
Property investors – the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has put you on notice. They say you should beware of common tax traps that can delay refunds or lead to an audit costing you time and money. In 2019-20, over 1.8 million Australians owned rental properties and claimed $38 billion in deductions. Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh…
