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If you are serious about growing a very significant property portfolio and establishing a real “property investment business” I’ve got some great tips for you today. And if you’re not sure what I mean when I say “treat your property investing like a business” or how you do that or even why it’s important, then…
Buying real estate is a big deal. Regardless of how well you think you know the market or how extensively you’ve researched, every property you settle is a massive milestone. That doesn’t mean every deal should be celebrated, however. We all make mistakes from time to time, and when it comes to property investing, your…
Why don’t most investors succeed? O.K. – please let me be a little blunter…why aren’t you already financially independent? Maybe it’s because you’re making some simple but common investing mistakes that are sabotaging your chances of reaching your financial goals? If you are, it’s possible you’re unintentionally hurting your own financial results. Just the other…
When you think about the word “free” what does it mean to you? For some people it means the freedom to do whatever they want — whether that’s financial freedom or having no ties so you can travel the world. For others, “free” means something that costs you no money. But, of course, nothing in this…
It’s the dirty little secret your financial planner is hoping you never discover. They’ll very rarely recommend property as an investment option – and there’s a really big reason why. It seems completely crazy, right? And despite all the fuss brought up in the Royal Commission into Banking and Finance exposing the bad and self serving advice given…
Auctions: they can be the best way to snap up a property fast, but they also come with their fair share of stress and uncertainty. Rather than letting the emotion of auction day take over and derail your plans, savvy investors know that their chances of success are far greater if they try making an…
One thing I’ve noticed speaking with many property investors is… That while on the one hand a small group have done very well over the last few years, on the other hand the majority have found the markets pretty tricky and feel they have either missed out or not maximised their opportunities. Many investors…
Is it too late to get into this property cycle? Some of our property markets have performed strongly for a few years, leaving many investors wondering is it too late this time round. I understand why they’re thinking this way. They wonder if they’ve missed the boat this property cycle. It’s partly because it’s often…
I was recently asked to distill my property investment philosophy into a few simple rules. Now that’s a big ask… Distill all the mistakes I’ve made and seen others make, as well as all the lessons I’ve learned and those of the many successes investors I’ve worked with into a view simple rules. Anyway…here’s my…
It’s Monday again so here’s another collection of the 12 inspiring quotes to help get your week off to a good start: 1. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe…
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