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.
Every business owner I’ve met has poured heart and soul into analysing market risks, competitors, and the unknowns that could derail success. But here’s the catch: while most entrepreneurs obsess over external threats, they often neglect one of the most critical success factors – how their business is structured. And that oversight can cost them…
Having helped hundreds of property investors finance their acquisitions, I have been able to gain a great perspective as an “outsider” with regard to how property investors go about making their investments. There are some common things that the vast majority of investors do not do, which I think negatively impact their chances of success….
What if the biggest reason you’ll never build a $50 million property portfolio has nothing to do with money? What if it’s not your income, your borrowing capacity, your suburb selection or even the market cycle that determines how far you go? And what if the investors who end up with $100 million or $200…
So, you think you’ve finally found the right property – be it your next home or investment? Months of searching online, the rollercoaster of anticipation, knock-backs, and near wins – they’ve finally resulted in success. You’ve found a property that seems to tick all the right boxes. Yay! Before you get too excited and rush…
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Inflation has eased… except where it hasn’t. Interest rates were meant to be heading down… until they weren’t. And suddenly everyone’s blaming government spending. But is Canberra really the culprit – or is that just a convenient headline? Today, Ken Raiss and I unpack what’s actually driving Australia’s sticky inflation, why the RBA is worried…
Australia’s property market continues to defy the simple narrative of “higher interest rates will stall the market’ that so many headlines love to push. Nationally prices are still rising, but growth is uneven and auction activity is ramping up showing buyer depth buyer engagement hasn’t disappeared. In the headline stakes, plans for a Trump International…
You can feel it building again, can’t you? Watch a YouTube video, listen to a podcast or scroll social media and you’ll hear the same confident line being repeated like it’s gospel: “Property moves in an 18-year cycle… and 2026 is the year it all blows up.” A surprising number of commentators are quoting it,…
Australian rents have surged almost three times faster than wages over the past five years, pushing rental affordability to record lows and stretching household budgets across the country, according to Cotality’s latest Chart Pack. Cotality’s analysis shows national rents have jumped 43.9% over the five years to September 2025, compared with a 17.5% rise in…
All successful property investors, in fact, high achievers in all fields, have one thing in common…they have a mentor. This has been one of the secrets to their success. All the successful property investors I have dealt with over the years have hung out with like-minded investors and followed in the footsteps of others who have…
If you’ve been watching Australia’s prestige property market and feeling like the signals are a little ” mixed”, you’re not imagining it. The top end of town is shifting in ways we haven’t seen for years, and the latest Herron Todd White Prestige Property Monitor confirms it. What’s emerging is a clear two-speed market: some…
