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.
If you’re like me, you’re interested in learning about success and reading about successful people. I enjoy reading about the habits, philosophies, behaviours and influences of those who have managed to accomplish great things. Not only do I find it motivating, but by understanding how and why successful people do what they do, I pick…
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Today’s episode is a Q&A show. In fact, it’s the replay of a recent webinar where Ken Raiss, Brett Warren and I answered a wide range of questions asked by the participants. In this episode Ken Raiss, Brett Warren and I answer questions about the recent changes to the Tenancies Act in Victoria and explore…
Three-quarters of working parents say they would look for a new job if they were required to travel to a central office five days a week, new research reveals. The study, undertaken by International Workplace Group among more than 1,000 parents in hybrid working roles, found that 83% said they were better parents as a…
All parents want to provide for their children and hopefully create wealth to leave to them and their children, too. These days, with higher property prices, many people also want to help their children financially so they can buy their first home or property investment. However, sometimes these desires outweigh practicalities, such as tax planning…
While being a property investor might see you forced to pay a number of unforeseen bills each month, there are several tax breaks for investment properties that can significantly boost your financial returns. I’ve been an investment property owner for many years now, and I’ve been slugged with just about every property expense that you…
Why do we do the things that we do? What are the drivers behind our very existence? In 1943 American psychologist, Abraham Maslow threw a pebble in a pond by releasing his research paper titled A Theory of Human Motivation in Psychological Review. Commonly referred to as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, his research paper theorized that there were five levels…
For decades, major cities worldwide have embraced medium-density housing as a way to strengthen urban areas, allowing more people to live in vibrant and livable neighbourhoods affordably and sustainably. Not so in Australia’s capital cities. And the reason why might surprise you. Sydney’s housing market has long been dominated by two extremes: expansive suburban homes…
Money. I write about it a lot, don’t I? Yet there are many things in life that are far more important than how much money you have or the size of your investment portfolio. Sure money is important in those areas of life where money is important, but it’s not at all important in those…
In fact, is now a good time to get into the Sydney housing market? Australia’s house prices have reached or are close to record highs, with Sydney leading the pack as the nation’s most expensive city. Sydney’s property market continues to fetch impressive prices, particularly in some of the best investment suburbs in Sydney. CoreLogic…
Want some advice about how to be more successful? When Kevin Kelly, the founding editor of Wired, turned 68 he shared 68 bits of unsolicited advice. Now that’s a great idea, and something I may try when I turn 68, but that’s quite some time off, so in the meantime here is the number of…
