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.
Over the decades I’ve spent observing the ebbs and flows of the Australian property market, every now and then a shift comes along that’s not just cyclical—it’s structural. And right now, we’re living through one. Domain’s latest Sustainability in Property Report 2025 confirms what many of us in the property industry have already been sensing:…
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Have you ever wondered if property development could be your next big wealth accelerator? You’ve probably heard the success stories – investors who’ve turned modest sites into multimillion-dollar assets by building just two townhouses. But what you don’t often hear about are the sleepless nights, the missteps, the cost overruns, the unexpected council headaches, or…
“Why walk when you can drive?” That seems to be the mantra behind the planning of many Australian cities—none of which made the cut in a recent ranking by The Economist, of the world’s top 50 walkable cities. But there are some great lessons for property investors in this story. Fact is, it’s not surprising…
We often talk about the challenges buyers face — from securing finance to entering a competitive market. But selling a property? That comes with its own set of emotional landmines. A recent survey by OpenAgent found that over 80% of Australians who sold a property in the last two years found the experience just as…
Melbourne’s property market has always been a tale of two cities, but new research from Domain shows the divide is deepening, and it’s being driven by a sharp mismatch between buyer budgets and what’s actually available for sale. Domain’s latest report, Matching Demand: Exploring Buyer Preferences v Market Supply, has revealed that in some of…
Warren Edward Buffett is an investment guru and one of the richest and most respected businessmen in the world. Here are some of his quotes: 1. If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die. 2. Look for 3 things in a person. Intelligence, Energy, &…
The Brisbane property market is heating up, but not in the way many property buyers hoped. Brisbane’s property market is outpacing homebuyers’ budgets, and the gap is growing, according to Domain’s latest Matching Demand report. This latest research confirms that the city’s housing affordability crisis isn’t just a headline; it’s playing out suburb by suburb,…
Are you looking for financial freedom through property? Are you keen to build a substantial property portfolio? Well…statistics show that most property investors stop at just one investment property. In fact, the latest ATO data shows that 71.5% of investors only own one property, and that drops dramatically to 18% owning 2 properties and just…
There are, broadly speaking, two ways to see the world and these have a great influence on how successful you become. The first is what psychologists call the “external locus of control” and the second is the “internal locus of control”. You see… as the world around you changes, you can either attribute success and…
With inflation now under control and interest rates likely to drop another two through or even four times over the next year, Australia’s real estate markets are moving into the next phase of the property cycle, and strategic investors are asking, “What’s the right type of investment for this stage of the cycle?” One thing…
