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.
If you want to understand where Australia’s property market is truly heading, don’t just look at what’s listed; look at what buyers are actually searching for. That’s what Domain’s latest Matching Demand report uncovers by comparing millions of buyer search budgets with the actual prices of properties listed for sale across every capital city. And…
As we move through the Spring selling season more homes are going to be put up for sale by auction, especially A-Grade homes. Unfortunately, for every auction winner, there are usually three or four auction losers. So let’s talk about everything to do with property auctions and some winning tactics to help you come out…
I learned the rich don’t rely on one paycheck. They rely on multiple pay checks by building multiple streams of income. In my Rich Habits research, I studied 233 wealthy people for five years and found 65% maintain three or more income sources. Only 5% of the poor do this. I learned from the poor…
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While Perth continues to dominate the headlines, Adelaide is quietly, but powerfully, reinforcing its strong market position. According to the latest data from Cotality, the South Australian housing market showed substantial acceleration in October, confirming its resilience and high demand. The national home value growth accelerated to 1.1%, and Adelaide played a major role in…
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Thinking about selling your investment property? Wondering if leases still protect you these days? Or maybe you’ve heard AI and inspection managers are taking over property management? In today’s show, I sit down with Leanne Jopson, Director of Property Management at Metropole, to answer the five most common questions investors ask her. Leanne and her…
If your dog could whisper in your ear, I bet they’d say: “You’ve been doing life the hard way — let me show you how we dogs do it.” That’s certainly been the case for me. My miniature schnauzer Lincoln has taught me more about living fully, loving deeply, and leading wisely than many business…
If you own a holiday home or short-stay investment property, you might want to pour yourself a coffee before reading on, because the ATO just dropped a draft ruling that could seriously reshape how deductions work for short-term rentals. With around 250,000 Australian dwellings, about 2% of our housing stock, now operating as holiday or…
We’ve all become comfortable clicking, tapping, and swiping our way through purchases. From household items to birthday gifts, most of us now jump online without a second thought. But behind the glossy ads and tempting discounts lurks a growing threat that far too many Australians are still underestimating. According to the NAB, Australians lost $9.8…
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Sydney dwelling values increased by 0.7% in October, bucking the broader national trend where most capital cities saw an acceleration in value growth. For the Sydney market, this milder rate of gain—easing from 0.8% over the preceding two months—may signal that affordability challenges are finally beginning to curb demand. The key insights reveal a shift…
Let me start with a blunt truth: most property investors think they’re rational — but they’re not. They believe they’re making strategic decisions based on research, market fundamentals, and cold, hard data. But the reality? Their decisions are often driven by fear, greed, overconfidence, and a cocktail of subconscious biases they don’t even realise are…
