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Have you noticed how impatient we’ve become? We can’t wait for a webpage to load. We get annoyed if a coffee takes four minutes. And yet somehow, we expect building wealth – real, life-changing wealth – to happen quickly. That’s why Warren Buffett nailed it when he said something along the lines of: “The stock…
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Australia’s property markets are still rising, but the cracks are starting to show. Not the type of cracks that suggest a collapse, but the type that tell us the next stage of the cycle will reward careful, strategic investors and punish those chasing yesterday’s hot spots. According to Domain’s latest House Price Report, most capital…
Do you want more money? Most Australians do. Most Australians earn enough to build real wealth, yet so few actually do – and the reason is rarely dramatic. Somewhere along the way, most people pick up money habits that quietly work against them, and the frustrating part is that better habits aren’t complicated. They’re just…
SQM Research released its latest data on residential rental property vacancy rates. Australia’s national residential vacancy rate rose to 1.2% in April 2026, up from 1.0% in March. The total number of residential vacancies increased to 35,258 dwellings, reflecting a moderate rise in available rental stock across several capital cities. Despite the monthly increase, vacancy…
Australia’s housing debate today often centres on two policies: negative gearing and the capital gains tax (CGT) discount. Many investors argue these settings are essential for housing supply, while critics say they encourage speculation and inflate prices. But there is an interesting historical perspective that is often overlooked. For much of the twentieth century, Australian…
Most people say they want better results in life. Better finances. Better investments. Better opportunities. But very few people actually measure the things that create those results. And as one of my early mentors, Jim Rohn, taught me many years ago, if you don’t measure something, you can’t improve it. In fact, Jim boiled it…
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Most investors spend their time waiting for the market to do the heavy lifting. But the more sophisticated investors don’t wait. They create their own capital growth. And in the current stage of the property cycle, that shift in thinking is becoming essential. If you’ve been following the property markets lately, you’ll know we’re in…
Every week I sit down with the latest property data and try to cut through the noise to find what actually matters for serious investors. And this week, there is more noise than usual. The RBA confirmed what most of us expected on May 5th, raising the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.35%…
For much of the last two years Australia’s property markets have defied expectations. Despite higher interest rates, affordability pressures, and cost-of-living concerns, property values in many parts of the country continued to push higher as strong population growth, tight rental markets, and limited housing supply kept prices resilient. But the landscape is beginning to change….
In a world obsessed with becoming rich, true prosperity lies in “time wealth” – the freedom to control how you spend your time, unburdened by employer or work obligations that make you feel enslaved. Creating Time Wealth, however, requires an upfront investment of your time in creating an asset that can be monetized, generating a…
