Australia’s rental crisis is often discussed as though landlords and tenants sit on opposite sides of the table, with any benefit to one automatically coming at the other’s expense. That may make for a convenient political argument, but it overlooks a basic fact about our housing system: most tenants live in homes supplied by private…
In the world of property investment, a troubling phenomenon often rears its head: the Dunning-Kruger Effect. You see.. when it comes to money, seemingly rational people don’t always act rationally. We are subject to cognitive biases. Let me explain… In 1999, psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger published research finding that people with limited knowledge…
If you had $1 million to spend on property investment in Australia today, where would you invest it? What location would you buy in, and why? And what about if you only have $500,000 to invest? Where is the best place to buy an investment for this budget? What are the top 10 hotspots now…
If you want to build wealth for your family, it helps to start with a plan rather than the property listings. It’s very easy to get distracted by all the headlines right now. Inflation is proving stubborn, interest rates remain a pressure point, and the federal government is facing growing scrutiny over its policies and…
There is an old newsroom saying: if it bleeds, it leads. And of late, housing increasingly seems to qualify. The Weekend Australian has weighed into the Gold Coast housing market, reporting prices as “falling at a rate of knots” and discussing the prospect of substantially lower values. The underlying evidence includes asking-price data showing Gold…
Australia’s changes to negative gearing have been promoted as a way to give first-home buyers a better chance against investors. While some aspiring homeowners will benefit from less investor competition for established properties, particularly apartments and more affordable homes, the policy is being introduced into a rental market that is already seriously undersupplied, and that…
In the world of investing, there’s no shortage of noise. Everyone from the new band of “property experts” on the internet to your neighbours has an opinion on where the market is heading, where the next big opportunity lies or when the market will crash. But if you’re serious about building lasting wealth through property,…
A year from now, most investors won’t remember the exact percentages in the new capital gains tax rules. What they will remember is whether they kept building wealth while everyone else got distracted by the headlines. Because right now, that’s exactly what’s happening. Property investors up and down the country are fixated on one question….
Would you like a Cash Machine? Imagine flicking a switch in the morning and having it churn out money all day while you get on with the things you love doing. Building a cash machine gives you the freedom to take your hands off the wheel, live comfortably, and pass wealth on to the next…
Over the past two decades, I’ve advised hundreds of property investors at every stage of their wealth journey. Some were purchasing their first investment property, while others already had substantial portfolios and were seeking a clearer strategy to move to the next level. I’ve also worked with investors who owned several properties but found that…
