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 of the tricks to making money from your investment property is to buy well. Now, that sounds like a fairly obvious point but you’d be surprised by how many investors and homebuyers (and all homebuyers should think like investors at the end of the day) pay too much for their properties – even in…
In almost every area of our lives, we’re comfortable with the idea of paying an expert for their expertise. If you want fantastic photos at your wedding, you’ll pay a professional photographer rather than relying on your friends and relatives to capture the moment. And even if you’re handy around the house, you’re likely to…
Most people think the biggest threat to their financial future is a market downturn, higher interest rates, or choosing the wrong investment. They’re wrong. In my experience, long-term wealth isn’t destroyed by bad markets. It’s eroded by bad decisions – often sensible-looking ones made with confidence and good intentions. That’s what makes these mistakes so…
Some commentators are already calling the top of the property market. After all, Sydney and Melbourne finished late 2025 with prices flat to slightly down on the headline numbers – enough to feed the “downturn is coming” narrative. But here’s the thing: a flat or falling median price doesn’t always mean falling values. Sometimes it’s…
I came across this chart on X recently, comparing house price growth with money supply over the past decade in the USA. The idea is: when there’s more money circulating in the economy, it can push property prices higher because housing stock is relatively fixed. In short, supply of houses simply can’t keep up with the growth…
Most people say wealth means a big salary with a lifestyle to match. Most people equate wealth to money, but that’s not how wealth works. You need a lot more than money to be truly wealthy. You need your health, your friends and family to share it with, you need personal growth, spirituality (this means…
If there is one financial principle every investor should understand, it’s compounding. Albert Einstein supposedly called it the eighth wonder of the world, and for good reason. Compounding is your best friend as a property investor and is simply the process of earning returns on both your original investment and the returns you’ve already earned….
Do women really make better property investors? There seems to be mounting evidence that this could be the case. A while ago Kym Kiyosaki gave her opinion on 8 advantages that women have that make them better investors. Here’s what she said: 1. We’re not afraid to say, “I don’t know.” The person who has to…
National rental vacancy rates have fallen off a cliff since Covid. They dropped from the “normal” 2% to 3% range in the late 2010s to barely 1% since 2021. That’s as tight as I’ve ever seen in the data – and as the charts show, there’s been no bounce back across most major urban areas…
