Whether you’re a first-time home buyer or property investor, our online calculator allows you to be aware of the costs involved in buying or selling a property before embarking on the lengthy and expensive process. In the meantime, I’ve put together all the information you might need on costs involved in buying and selling a…
Each major Australian capital city is faced with predicted population growth of millions more people within just the next 25 years. In Brisbane it’s over 1.5 million more, Sydney will cop another nearly 4 million, and Melbourne over 3 million more people. Here’s a scary fact: at current rates of cars to people, Brisbane will…
Do you make the most out of your potential tax deductions? Do you keep good records to substantiate your tax claims? Well, you should because the ATO regularly targets property investors, so it’s important that you know what you can and cannot claim as a tax deduction. What can you claim as a tax deduction?…
Victoria has led the states and territories in setting out a detailed housing statement that it says will help tackle the state’s housing shortage. Broad in scope and ambition, the plan includes new dwelling supply targets for Melbourne and regional Victoria, new fast-track deadlines for dwelling approvals and legislative reforms to protect private tenants. There…
Most of us have heard about the concept of compound growth, the snowballing effect caused by growth upon growth. You know the kind of thing: – If you could fold a piece of paper 42 times it would reach the moon; or – 24 rabbits in Australia became 2 million in only a decade; or…
Have you ever wondered what property goals the average investor is striving to achieve? And whether your goals are conservative or ambitious by comparison. Well, I’m going to give you a peek behind the scenes into the most common property goals I hear from beginning investors and real estate goals I hear from experienced investors….
The combined value of Australian housing rebounded to $10 trillion at the end of August, the first time the total estimated value hit double digits since June 2022. The increase resulted from a combination of higher values, with the median home value in Australia reaching $732,886 at the end of the month, and the stock…
There is a saying that success breeds success and this is no different for property investors. The vast majority of successful investors that I have met over my many years in the industry have shared many traits and commonalities. They all also share a desire to provide a better life for themselves and their families…
If you invest in residential property, how can you be sure that it’s going to work out for you? The media talks about a property boom or even a bubble, whether the government should abolish negative gearing, the RBA’s warning banks to not be too exuberant to lending money and so on. There’s lots of…
As a property investor have you asked yourself, what is it you really want? I speak with hundreds of investors each year and their initial response is that they want a property. Perhaps it is their first property or possibly the next property to add to their portfolio. But that can be a very superficial…
