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.
There once was a woman who was miserable with her life. She hated her low-paying, high-stress job, yet worried every night about losing it. She and her husband were falling behind on their bills and their credit card debt kept growing. They constantly fought with each other over their money problems. Her husband began coming…
In a world where our lives are increasingly intertwined with digital technology, the threats to our financial security have evolved just as rapidly. While the internet has made it easier than ever to manage our finances, it has also opened the door to a wave of sophisticated scams that can have devastating consequences. What’s particularly…
Today I would like to share a memory from when I was still a novice investor. One of my early mentors taught me that the four most dangerous words a property investor could say were… “This time it’s different.” Unfortunately, I ignored his advice in my early days of investing to my detriment, as I…
Have you ever stopped to wonder if there was a better time to be alive than right now? It’s a fascinating thought experiment. Every era has had its golden moments and its dark chapters, and depending on when and where you were born, your experience of the world could be vastly different. Today, many people…
Housing affordability is the current topic of conversation in the media and at dinner tables across Australia. And for families with Gen Y children, in particular, it’s probably a discussion based around how they’ll struggle to ever buy their own home. There’s no denying it has become a lot harder to get a start on…
Beware, property investors! If you’re considering investing in Melbourne’s enticing property market, it is a double-edged sword, filled with potential success but also hidden pitfalls and deceptive lures. Now that most commentators believe there is considerable upside in the languishing Melbourne market, interstate investors are flocking to Melbourne, drawn by visions of lucrative returns and…
In property investment, we talk a lot about location, scarcity, infrastructure, and lifestyle appeal. But there’s one factor that rarely makes it to the front page of feasibility studies — noise. And yet, mounting evidence suggests that excessive environmental noise isn’t just annoying, it’s measurably reducing property values, undermining rental performance, and even impacting public…
Is happiness genetic? Is it predetermined? In 2017, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, published a paper that, for the first time, linked genetics to happiness. In the study of nearly 300,000 people, the researchers, led by Meike Bartels, found that there was a direct link between genes and happiness. This is a groundbreaking study….
As we head towards the next federal election, a major shift is underway. And it’s being driven by a generation increasingly shut out of home ownership. For young Australians, housing affordability is no longer just a personal struggle, it’s become a political deal-breaker. A recent survey by Money.com.au uncovered something that seasoned political analysts might…
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If you’ve has been listening to my podcast for some time, you’d know that I believe in the importance of having a long-term strategic plan for your investments. So while you may be looking for the next hotspot or a way to get rich quickly, let’s step back today and look at the advantages of…
