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.
Have you noticed how property investors have become a convenient target lately? We’re being painted as greedy and unethical, and we’re even being blamed for locking first-home buyers out of the market. You may have heard it too: “Is it really fair for you to own multiple properties?” “Aren’t you just taking advantage of the…
The 2025 Australian Cooperative Election Survey (ACES) reveals a nation united in anxiety but divided in diagnosis. Nearly nine in ten Australians agree the country faces a housing crisis, yet opinions on the causes and solutions split sharply along ideological lines. Renters and younger voters see affordability and wages as the core problem; older and more…
Did you know that investing interstate is something that few Australians do? I can understand the reluctance. I know for some people, handing over several hundred thousand dollars for an investment property is a psychological challenge in itself. No matter how much research you do, there is always the concern that the property you invest…
What a year we had in property in 2025. After two years of strong property growth around Australia, 2025 started with many commentators predicting flat growth, yet the markets kept quietly rising. It was a year when consumers were stretched, investors were cautious, and yet property prices kept defying gravity. It was also a year…
Just for fun, I did a quick Google search on how to be successful and it came up with 1,260 million articles There are lots of blogs with 7 steps to becoming successful sooner or 10 tips on how to be successful in life. Clearly, there’s not one definition of success but in Arianna Huffington’s…
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What if the biggest lessons that will shape property investing in 2026 have already happened, and we just need to stop long enough to notice them? Every year leaves clues. Some are obvious in hindsight, others quietly shape the next cycle without anyone paying attention. And 2025 was packed with more of these clues than…
What if I told you that most Australian employees are handing over far more tax than they need to… simply because they believe they don’t have options? What if the tax system isn’t as stacked against PAYG earners as you’ve been led to think…but you just haven’t been shown the right strategies? And what if…
Retirement is a stage of life that most of us look forward to, but few of us truly prepare for beyond the financials – and sometimes not even that! For years, the conversation around retirement has been dominated by superannuation balances, investment portfolios, and pension eligibility. But what if I told you that finances are…
As regular readers of my blog will be aware, I am a big fan of embracing failure. Now, that may sound odd, but hear me out on this one. I’m not suggesting failure is something we should try to do — quite the opposite, naturally — but failure is a necessary part of life at times, and…
If you feel like everyone suddenly has an opinion about property investing, you’re not imagining it. Scroll social media, open a news site, or attend a property seminar and you’ll be bombarded with confident predictions, “can’t-miss” suburbs, and experts promising certainty in an uncertain world. But here’s the uncomfortable truth most investors learn too late:…
