Man investors get into real estate initially because they are excited about the potential to grow their wealth. They study the market, do their due diligence and aim to invest in the right places so they can sit back and wait for the returns to flow in. However, many discover that it’s not that easy. Everyone wants the dream tenant who is conscientious and responsible, … Continue reading Six Signs Your Property Manager Needs To Go

Short-term rentals have a reputation for being both risky and time-consuming, but if investors have an effective safety net in place, they could soon enjoy incredible returns. Nicola Middlemiss reports Australia’s tourism industry has seen a significant shift in recent years, with many travellers now choosing to rent accommodation on a short-term basis rather than stay at a hotel or guesthouse. In fact, the number … Continue reading A Common Misconception

While Australians are increasingly seeking convenience and low-maintenance surroundings, they still want mod cons and plenty of bedrooms. Developers are responding to this changing buyer profile by building more bedrooms within apartments. The proportion of three-bedroom apartments being built is expected to increase by 42% for high-density projects that are either currently under construction or due in the next four years, compared with those built … Continue reading Townhouse Trend: A Shift Towards Medium-Density Living

Growth in lending to both property investors and owner-occupiers has been slowing since 2017, thanks to tighter lending conditions imposed by APRA and the banks. Many property investors, home owners and business owners have been finding it more difficult to get finance – or to access as much lending as they used to. If you’re among them, something very interesting happened over the weekend… A … Continue reading Is Borrowing About To Get Easier?

As I walked through Sydney’s CBD from NAB back to my office, my stomach was full of butterflies. In my handbag, I had just placed a bank cheque for $13,500 – it was every cent I had, save a few hundred dollars that remained in my high-interest savings account. And I was about to hand it all over. The cheque was to be sent to … Continue reading Three Hard-Won Lessons About Successful Investing

Boasting a $20m property portfolio, Rocket Property Group CEO Ian Hosking Richards confesses that he’s done ‘nothing special’ to scale the heights of property success. He shares the process he’s followed to build wealth – and explains how you can follow in his footsteps. Fifteen years ago, I was working as an unskilled labourer in a warehouse in Artarmon, Sydney, on an annual salary of … Continue reading The Man With A Plan

Q: I built a four-bedroom house in 1998 and lived in the house for 19 years. My house was fully paid off in 2006. I bought a new piece of land and built a house on it in 2017 – the handover for this house was 30 November 2017.  The loan on this house is $750,000, and this loan is a residential investment loan. Can I … Continue reading Tax Q&A: Can I Change My Residential Investment Loan Into A Home Loan?

Matthew Curran always desired the finer things, so his starting salary of around $30,000 wasn’t going to cut it. Since discovering property investing, he’s been living his best life, maximising his gains and finding ever-newer ways to grow his sizeable portfolio. Matthew Curran is a guy who is all about enjoying life. As a young man in his early twenties, he realised that a typical … Continue reading Living It Up Through Property

Who wouldn’t want a secure ‘set and forget’ property investment leased to a publicly listed tenant on a long secure lease? The benefits of owning wellleased commercial property investments are clear, and include long secure leases, high-quality tenants, and often attractive lease provisions, including fixed annual rental increases. They also commonly offer net terms – where the tenants are responsible for the payment of outgoings … Continue reading Commercial Investing: Do's And Don'ts