Mortgage rates are on the rise in Australia as funding costs and speculation about an impending RBA cash rate rise in the next few months puts pressure on banks. While there was no change in the cash rate at yesterday’s RBA meeting for April, rate hikes are coming. The big four bank economists have forecast…
In Tom Corley’s five-year Rich Habits study of 233 rich people and 128 poor people, he discovered that we adopt the beliefs of our parents, family, mentors, culture, and environment. He shares some of those revelations with regards to The Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction’s origins is muddied. Some historians cite Buddha as…
You’d have to be living under a rock not to know the annual federal budget was released on Tuesday, and there has been much commentary about it Clearly, there is as much politics in this budget as economics. And, not surprisingly there has been much commentary about it, but below is a detailed summary provided…
Australia’s property market delivered enormous growth during 2021 and with the peak of the market predicted to be in sight, there will likely be many homeowners out there wanting to sell before property prices take their predicted plunge (which by the way…I don’t think will happen the way people are predicting.) Once you’ve made the…
Today’s podcast will be a little different. Today I’m going to be brutal. I’m not holding back and I’m going to tell you some brutal truths about property investing. You’ll learn some of the things that can go wrong. You’ll learn about the frustrations of being a property investor. You will learn some of the…
Do you want to be a successful property investor? If so, you’ll have to do things differently than most investors. One way to do that is to treat it like a business. Today, I’ll be discussing this concept in detail with Australia’s leading property tax accountant Ken Raiss, director of Metropole Wealth Advisory. I’m sure…
For any landlord with an investment property, your property manager should be your greatest asset. While it’s always possible to manage your own property, it can be so much smoother to have a professional do it for you. They can help you find the best tenants, manage (and chase) rent collection, keep up-to-date on maintenance…
How steeply will house prices fall after this boom? Are townhouses good investments, what’s ahead for Brisbane property? These are some of the questions we answer in today’s Q&A podcast with Brett Warren. Question: Can real estate prices really keep rising considering where they are today? In the past, property values rose because interest rates…
Russia’s first McDonald’s store in opened in 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a potent symbol that the Cold War was ending and a great ideological wound healing. Now every McDonald’s in Russia is closed, as nations and corporations reduce, suspend or sever ties in response to the invasion…
Taking out a mortgage to buy a property is a big step and one of the first questions you’ll face is, which lender should you choose? It can be an overwhelming decision because comparing home loan products is difficult. There is a large range of features that vary significantly across home loan products and comparing…