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Also known as the ‘heart of the home’, the kitchen is the central hub of every house and apartment. It’s also the most frequently used, meaning it can get dingy and damaged quickly from frequent use, food prep and water leakage. The idea of renovating a kitchen can turn investors off due to the sheer magnitude of effort and work involved. However, while some may … Continue reading Heart of the Home: Kitchen Reno
It is fair to say that all property investors are looking for good capital growth and a healthy return on investment. Is it possible to get both? It is – according to Clint Greaves from Real Estate Investar. Clint and his team provided Your Investment Property with a list of 98 suburbs in Australia that are currently giving sky high yields. Clint joins us to … Continue reading 98 Suburbs with sky-high returns
AT A GLANCE Years investing: 13 Current number of properties: 3 Portfolio value: $1.03mA forward thinker, Mathew Thompson knew at the age of 19 that he wanted to start investing in property. “I wanted a solid asset behind me as early as I could afford it,” he explains.With that mindset, he found his first property – a one-bedroom unit in Canberra – after a brief … Continue reading Learning From Past Mistakes
With first home buyers representing around 13% of new lending, there are some specific issues to be considered when it comes to the affordability debate. Firstly, the capital cities of Sydney and Melbourne are home to more than 8.4 million people and are therefore large centres of employment. As these are coastal cities, with CBD’s nearer harbour areas, they also have a considerable population working … Continue reading Debating Affordable Housing Vs Housing Affordability
Got tax queries regarding your property investments and wealth creation strategies? Our experts are on hand to answer them. Email your questions to: editor.yipmag@keymedia.com.au Q: My wife and I purchased a property in Melbourne in December 2010 as our PPOR, but due to a change in circumstances we left Australia in June 2011 to live overseas again. We have rented the property since then. It was the … Continue reading Tax Q&A: What Will The New CGT Impacts Be?
Removation is one of the best ways to add value to an existing property. Many homeowners choose to manufacture growth by upgrading and refurbishing a fixer-upper to gain profit, a strategy that is especially popular in the current market. However, while most renovators focus on retaining a dwelling as a residence, choosing to convert a residential property into a commercial one (subject to council approval) … Continue reading Reno Re-Purpose
A new property investing strategy that focuses on an overlooked segment of the market is attracting attention for the high rental yields it provides, while also helping to ease the housing affordability crisis. The High Income Real Estate System (HI RES) involves the conversion of an ordinary house into multiple “micro apartments”. The creator of HI RES, Ian Ugarte, talks to Kevin about: The types … Continue reading Investor’s returns sky rocket as they help affordability
LocalAgentFinder.com.au had over one million visitors and 65,000 registrations this year from property owners using the platform to review and connect with agents. This number is forecast to grow to 100,000 over the coming year. So why is the comparison platform attracting so many property owners? We catch up with LocalAgentFinder CEO Matt McCann to find out: How it works Why and how so many owners are benefiting … Continue reading A million people can’t be wrong! – Matt McCann
The winner of the Strategic Investor of the Year in the Your Investment Property magazine awards this year is a person with more than 20 properties in her portfolio and a seven-figure net worth. As you will see, Crystal Palmer is an inspirational investor. What is her strategy? What are her long-term goals? How has she developed this portfolio and what are the lessons we … Continue reading VIDEO – YIP’s Strategic Property Investor of the Year
Got tax queries regarding your property investments and wealth creation strategies? Our experts are on hand to answer them. Email your questions to: editor.yipmag@keymedia.com.au Q: We bought a house in October 2004 to live in, then moved out and rented it out from January 2007. We then sold it in June 2016. We have not bought another house since we moved out, and we have been renting … Continue reading Tax Q&A: Can I Claim CGT Exemption For 6 Years Out Of 12?
