So, you think you’ve finally found the right property – be it your next home or investment? Months of searching online, the rollercoaster of anticipation, knock-backs, and near wins – they’ve finally resulted in success. You’ve found a property that seems to tick all the right boxes. Yay! Before you get too excited and rush…
Most people struggle with working out how to invest their money. Do they upgrade their home, contribute more into super, buy an investment property, invest in the share market, or something else? In fact, this common challenge was the reason that I decided to write my book, Investopoly. I knew that if people understood the…
You heard me say it before – property investment is a game of finance with some houses thrown in the middle. But the rules of the game are changing in front of our eyes, so today I’d like to explain what’s going on with lending, so you have a better chance of the banks saying…
Well, more Aussies are working more to try to ease financial stress. In fact, a new Finder survey of 1,078 respondents revealed 1 in 4 (24%) – equivalent to 4.8 million people – are being forced to take on additional employment, work longer hours or come out of retirement to make ends meet. The survey…
This is a tale of two visionaries that holds a message for property investors because one of them was totally right and the other was completely wrong. The first visionary was Henry Hellyer, who was employed by the Van Diemen’s Land Company in the early 1800s to find suitable sheep farming land in their recently…
Property investors and big businesses are furious that are being used as an ATM to foot the bill for the Victorian government’s COVID-19 debt, as part of a 10-year fiscal repair plan unveiled in the 2023-24 Victorian Budget The budget treasurer Pallas handed down includes a COVID-19 debt levy that rakes in $8.6 billion in…
There are many good reasons to own the roof over your head, but there are some tradeoffs as well. With the added control comes a laundry list of responsibilities. The stability of staying put often means a loss of flexibility and with the opportunity to build equity comes some financial responsibilities. So let’s look at…
If you’re a tenant in the market for accommodation, good luck finding something to rent. And if you’re a home buyer or investor, by now you’d realise the market is on the move again. Today I chat with Dr Andrew Wilson, Australia’s leading housing economist and we discuss his thoughts about the Federal Budget and…
While you’ve probably heard me suggest you should treat your property investments like a business, in today’s podcast I’m going to explain to you the different property investment games people are playing, and how you must beware of taking advice from the people playing a different game than you are. What do I mean by…
The future is annoyingly hard to predict, but by combining demographics and other big-picture trends our regular guest on this podcast, demographer Simon Kuestenmacher can at least give his predictions a strong, data-driven foundation. In today’s show, I chat with Simon about the substantial population growth Australia is going to enjoy and the opportunities and…