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.
The unprecedented property boom of 2021 saw the price gap between Australia’s houses and units tighten to just 9.6%, but now the tide is shifting, and that price gap is widening once again. In September 2021, the national median house price was $570,000, 9.6% higher than the median unit price of $520,000, REA explains. But…
Australia’s property downturn is now over, and while prices are slowly rising we’re not going to experience a property boom with soaring prices any time soon, which means there are more property investors than ever looking at ways to actively increase the value of their property portfolio. Any wise investor knows that sitting on your…
You often hear about buyers being gazumped or struggling to get the right information from the real estate agent to even be able to submit an offer. And how about the sellers who don’t even trust their own real estate agent enough to take their advice? These stories, and the many other grey areas surrounding real…
The past decade has been a whirlwind of change in the housing market across Australia. The numbers don’t lie: in nearly one in three Sydney suburbs, house prices doubled in the past 10 years. But what does this mean for the future of property investment? Sydney’s Surge Despite the sharp downturn during the APRA-induced credit…
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In today’s Podcast, I’ve got two great segments for you. Initially, I’ll explain how a fascinating part of our brain: the reticular activating system, operates as both a search engine and a GPS, guiding us towards wealth. Then, I’ll have a conversation with a guest who has been called Australia’s best-kept money secret, Jacquie Clarke….
Rent values rose for the 35th consecutive month nationally in July. However, monthly rent growth has eased over the past four months. In regional Australia, rent value growth has been slowing since April last year, and rents are close to flattening out (albeit at high levels). Slowing rent growth is expected to be one of…
Have you been a victim of financial abuse? Or know someone who has? Well, according to new research from a survey of almost 2,000 Australians aged 65, more than 1 in 4 (28 per cent) have experienced financial abuse or know someone who has. Of those who are experiencing financial abuse, more than half (52…
Property investment is one of the best ways to create wealth but your property investment success depends on much more than just property selection and location. You see… property investment also involves people – namely landlords (that’s you) and tenants. When leasing an investment property, the landlord has various responsibilities which must be upheld. In…
Australians are showing no signs of improved optimism about the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the government’s ability to ease inflationary pressures and the cost of living this year, according to new research from Canstar. The sentiment survey conducted in August 2023 canvassed the opinions of over 2,600 Australian adults finding 46% have no…
Now that home loan interest rates have risen by 4% this cycle, is it still worth investing your surplus cash flow, or should all cash flow go towards repaying your home loan? Many of my clients invest some surplus cash flow in the share market each month. This has been very easy to do over…
