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.
A while back my wife and I hired a financial planner. It was a big change to sit on the other side of the desk and see the process from the client’s perspective. I received some interesting reactions when I told people. The most common one was: Why does a Certified Financial Planner need to…
Insurance is one of those things that some people mistakenly think isn’t worth the cost. Unfortunately, that’s why too many people choose not to take out appropriate insurance cover to insure their assets as well as their incomes. Thankfully, when it comes to insuring their homes, most Australians wisely choose to do so. And for…
Robin Sharma, a best-selling author, motivator and personal development guru recently listed 53 lessons he thought would provide some great things to think about… Here are some of the ones that struck a chord with me… Success has less to do with hard work and more to do with a massive focus on your few…
Our property markets are changing, and we’ve now moved into the adjustment phase of the cycle where there will be less capital growth and where, in many locations, property values are falling. So, what should a property investor do? Well, in today’s show with Brett Warren, national director of Metropole Property Strategists, we talk about…
Australia is once again the top spot for attracting the most net millionaires, and there’s a major reason why they’re all choosing to come here. New information from the Australian Treasury, real estate experts, and PropTrack reveals a strong increase in international interest in Australian homes. In fact, NAB’s latest Residential Property Survey of real…
We are hardwired to be lazy. And we have our brains to thank for it. The human brain is lazy. Or, looking at it another way, the brain finds ways of doing things that enable it to work less. And that is exactly why we have habits. Habits use less brain fuel (glucose or ketones),…
There’s just too much to do and not enough time to get it all done! Sound familiar? If you ever feel this way at work, you’re not alone. Today’s demanding work environments and technology keep you hooked to work 24/7, and it has a large number of workers feeling overwhelmed. Most of the time, being…
A lot of people think they’re property investors, but they’re kidding themselves. Instead, they’re playing at being investors. I see this a lot with the self-employed, too. They like to think they’re in business, but again, their processes, their mindset, and their inability to scale their operations show they’re just ‘playing pretend’. Anyone who’s taken…
When your deposit is less than 20% of the value of the property you’re buying, a lender is going to charge you a hefty lender’s mortgage insurance (LMI) premium to reduce its risks. LMI is one of those extra costs that often catches home buyers by surprise, particularly first-home buyers. It can cost thousands of…
Every generation seems to think the next generation isn’t doing it right. They offer well-meaning “advice” based on their own experiences, which may no longer have any relevance in our fast-changing world. Over the past three decades, the rate of change has been enormous due to rapid technological advances. Plus, society as a whole is…
