If there is one topic that’s top-of-mind for property investors right now, it’s the tightening of lending criteria, and with the Banking Royal Commission ongoing, it’s making even the most successful property investors quiver in their well-heeled boots. But what’s the reality behind the crackdown on lending and how does it really affect the everyday mum and dad investors out there? To understand the way … Continue reading What’s All The Talk About Lending Criteria?

After starting off as an ‘accidental investor’ with one property, our reader Andy asked for help to create a clear vision, sound strategy and concrete goals to help him build his property wealth.  We engaged the expertise of Michael Beresf0rd from OpenCorp to draw up this gameplan for Andy. “I am 30 years old and I am a computer developer living in Sydney West. I … Continue reading The Road Map To Property Portfolio Success

Q: I purchased and lived in my unit from 2008 to 2016. I purchased a house in 2016, which was my residential property, but I kept my unit and rented it out. I now intend to rent my house out for the next five years whilst I work interstate. I have not decided yet if I will buy another property or just rent for the next … Continue reading Tax Q&A: Capital Gains Tax Implications

“Always buy with your head, not your heart, unless you’re going to be living in the property” AT A GLANCE Years investing: 12 Current number of properties: 5 Portfolio value: $2.19m Patricia Cheah inherited her interest in property from her mother as a child. “My mum would drag us out to home opens when we were young, and that first sparked my love of property,” she … Continue reading Playing The Long Game

In 2004, when Richard Pan held a position at a major bank in Sydney, he believed that, according to traditional standards, he was living the dream. “Since I was young, the advice I got from my parents was to study hard, get into a good school and get a good job. And that’s exactly what I did,” he says. By a twist of fate, one … Continue reading Investing By The Book

Big data is seeping into almost every aspect of business today, and property investment is no different. From estimating market value to predicting capital growth, digital analytics is now being increasingly used to make investing less risky for Australians. Jeremy Sheppard is among the pioneers of such technology – for almost 10 years his organisation has been fine-tuning an algorithm that interprets big data to … Continue reading The Perfect Postcode

A standout feature of a large proportion of prime residences in Australia is a beautiful in-property garage. Even if you don’t have a car, a garage can become an extra storage room, hobby space or even an entertainment area. It’s all in how you lay it out and how you maximise its functionality. The state of a garage can alter the feel of the property … Continue reading Reno Focus: Garage

If there’s one thing I have learned from over three decades in the property industry, it is that markets are not static; in fact they are quite dynamic. In defining a market for property development, we must not be too broad. There is no such thing as the Sydney property market or the Melbourne property market. Cities are large and diverse, and local markets in … Continue reading Property Development: When To Get Started