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.
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There are so many things we all need to achieve to become financially successful and it can be difficult trying to keep on top of it all. When you first start looking at property investment, share investing, wealth creation in general is him to be an overwhelming number of things to get your head around….
Paying Capital Gains Tax (CGT) isn’t necessarily a bad thing because it means that you have sold an asset and made a profit, which is better than a loss, of course. That said, I’m certain that most people would prefer to pay less tax, not more. Therefore, it’s important to understand the ins and outs…
Considering an investment into the Brisbane property market but don’t know where to start? Then you’re probably wondering: “where are the best locations to invest in Brisbane property in 2022?” Well…after Sydney and Melbourne, Brisbane is arguably Australia’s third-biggest property market. And over the last year or two, it’s been one of Australia’s top-performing property…
Inflation has been in the news a lot recently, hasn’t it? And it seems to be scaring some people, particularly younger folk who haven’t experienced rising inflation before and who are currently finding the cost of the petrol to fill their cars and cost of living, in general, is rising. Australia’s current annual inflation rate…
While some very fortunate parents may be in the position to buy their children a house outright, this is certainly the exception and not the rule. And, yet, all parents are likely to cast a cautious eye over property headlines as they ponder… How will my children ever afford to buy a home? Particularly in…
If you’re a poor negotiator, you’re going to spend a fortune, if you’re a good negotiator, you’ll save a fortune, if you’re a great negotiator, hopefully you’ll make a fortune. Success in life depends upon your ability to influence. And I’ve just recently had my 9th book published – Negotiate, Influence, Persuade. In today’s podcast,…
Australian housing values grew 22.1% last year and the market is showing signs this extraordinary rate of growth – not seen since the 1980s – is slowing across most of the capital cities. Yet as the rate of dwelling value appreciation slows, the capital city and broad ‘rest of state’ markets are yet to peak,…
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? Let me ask you a question… With the benefit of hindsight and knowing what you know now if you had the opportunity to do so, would you have bought an investment property 40 years ago? I bet your answer would be yes realising that the median property price…
Okay, so the piano man didn’t really sell a car. Well, I don’t know for sure, but I’ve never seen anywhere that he used to be in car sales. He did, however, help sell a car and he’s also helped hundreds of my clients, get their clients to know, like, and trust them. Got you…
Job vacancies are at an all-time high A welcome break from the endless jabbering on coronavirus case numbers and absurd immigration rules shows job vacancies tearing to an all-time high of 396,100 in November, for a thumping 59 per cent year-on-year increase. Job vacancies in November were absolutely miles above their pre-pandemic levels. New South…
