Have you noticed? There will always be someone telling you not to invest in property. In fact, there are many commentators telling you why 2024 is the worst time to buy property. But that’s nothing new. Sure we have headwinds holding back our housing markets with many Negative Nellies telling us that the property market…
It looks like we’re going to have another good year in property in 2024. Last year property prices across Australia defied expectations, rebounding in the face of continued rate hikes and closing in on record highs or even hitting new peaks in some areas. The nation’s median home value made a full recovery last year…
Why don’t most investors succeed? O.K. – please let me be a little blunter…why aren’t you already financially independent or further along your journey to financial freedom? 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…
We are living in interesting times, aren’t we? After strong property price growth in our major property markets in 2023, we are now moving to a perios of slower capital growth. The current market is creating two types of property buyers: Those who see it as an opportunity to take advantage of a short-term concern…
There is one property investing golden rule that is more important than everything else. And if you nail this ‘one thing’, you are guaranteed to build wealth over the long run. This statement might sound sensationalist, but I honestly cannot overstate this point. The golden rule is that the quality of the property you invest in will determine your…
The surge in inflation coming out of the pandemic and its subsequent fall has been the dominant driver of investment markets over the last two years – first depressing shares and bonds in 2022 and then enabling them to rebound. But what’s driving the fall, what are the risks and what does it mean for…
Mistakes can be hard to admit because in doing so we have to acknowledge that we’ve somehow veered off course, and sometimes that’s a daunting prospect. Where does that leave us? How long will it take to recover and get back on track? Although it might be confronting, mistakes associated with a property investment worth…
The final report from the Senate Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia produced no collective recommendations whatsoever and was a waste of taxpayers’ money, according to the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA). The inquiry’s final report — quietly released in early December — included a recommendation from the chair for a two-year…
Over the next 25 years, Australia’s population will grow by 9.2 million people. This will take our total population to just under 35 million. Australia’s population growth is driven by two key factors: Natural increase (the difference between births and deaths) For many decades, natural increase has been the major source of our population growth….
Why invest in property? There are lots of ways to make money and some people would argue that real estate investing isn’t really that easy.
But if you follow a proven formula it’s simple
