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’s good news on the housing front: investors are returning to the market, and they’re helping drive the kind of supply Australia urgently needs. With population growth surging and demand for homes rising, this renewed investor activity couldn’t come at a better time. According to the latest ABS Lending Indicators, investors accounted for a whopping…
Inspirational quotes and motivational quotes have the power to get us through a bad week. Judging by the number of people who read my regular Monday morning dose of motivational quotes, you agree with this. So in the spirit of self-motivation, here are another 10 inspirational quotes… 1. Whatever the mind of man can conceive…
One of my early investments was a complete loss. I know that doesn’t make for ego pleasing conversation from someone who’s meant to be an investment expert, but it’s the truth. However, I’m keen to tell you the story of how I lost 100% of my invested capital many years ago, way back in the…
If you bought your home 20 years ago and didn’t check its value until today, you might be stunned. In all likelihood, you’d find it had doubled in value, then doubled in value again. It’s a classic case of the power of long-term focus—where the ups and downs of the housing markets, the peaks and…
Born leaders are hard to find, but when you come across one, you know it immediately. While leaders’ personalities are naturally varied, there tend to be some recurring behaviours and traits that mark them as born leaders. If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to work with, or for, a born leader then you’ll know what…
Australia is standing at a demographic and economic fork in the road. Over the next decade, millions of baby boomers – the post-war generation born between 1946 and 1964 – will leave the workforce. We’re not just talking about a few quiet retirements and goodbye morning teas. What’s unfolding is an unprecedented exit of skill,…
Australia’s wealth landscape is undergoing a significant transformation. The number of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) is on the rise, and a substantial intergenerational wealth transfer is underway. These shifts present both opportunities and challenges for wealth management, estate planning, and economic equity. The surge in high-net-worth individuals High net worth individuals (HNWI) in Australia are worth…
If you could cut your power bills by 90%, would you? A new report by Rewiring Australia, reported in the Guardian, says that’s exactly what’s possible for the average Australian household, if we fully embrace energy efficiency and electrification. But while the numbers are promising, the real challenge lies in making it happen. Let’s look…
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Imagine inviting thousands of people to a party… but forgetting to organise enough food, chairs, or bathrooms. That’s essentially what Australia is doing by ramping up migration while failing to plan for the housing and infrastructure to support it. Today, Simon Kuestenmacher and I discuss why we can’t keep separating housing policy from migration policy….
In what’s being described as an explosive move, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has come out swinging against property tax concessions, backing reforms that could fundamentally change the way investors approach real estate in this country. They propose to limit negative gearing and capital gains tax (CGT) discounts to just one investment property…
