Once again the annual International Demographia Housing Survey ranked Australia one of the most unaffordable places on earth. Sydney has been ranked the third most unaffordable major property market and Melbourne took sixth spot on the unaffordability index. In fact for more than a decade...
[flex_video widescreen="true" vimeo="true"] [/flex_video]Michael Yardney says it could be a mistake to look in your own backyard for a good property investment....
We take a look at the pros and cons of buying off the plan with George Raptis from Metropole Property Strategists. Transcript: Kevin: It’s always a telling sight around Australia when you see those cranes go up. You know there’s a lot of construction happening. We’re certainly seeing...
"There is this saying that crops up again and again or this piece of advice that somebody came up with – I don’t know how many decades ago – that success in property investing is all about investing for the long term”, Simon Buckingham from ResultsMentoring.com...
Michael Yardney from Metropole Property Strategists shares a few more helpful pointers on why investors often get it wrong and what you need to do to get it right. We are talking about the procrastination, hyperbolic discounting and information overload. Transcript: Kevin: I was talking to Michael Yardney...
Brad Beer from BMT Tax Depreciation Quantity Surveyors explains how, when you are renovating, you may be able to get tax benefit from what you throw away. Transcript: Kevin: Brad Beer from BMT Tax Depreciation joins me once again. Brad, thanks again for your time. Brad: Thanks, Kevin. Kevin: ...
In today's show Angie Zigomanis from BIS Shrapnel flags that there is an oversupply of units in the Melbourne market already, with 1000's more scheduled. Transcript: Kevin: There’s an article in the latest edition of Australian Property Investor magazine that takes a look at what’s available in off-the-plan...
You may have to sell a property in your portfolio that isn’t performing all that well or maybe it's because you need to free up some capital to invest elsewhere. Whatever the reason its likely there will be a tenant in the property. So do you sell...
In this week's show Brad Beer explains how when you are renovating you may be able to get a tax benefit from what you throw away. It is called scrapping and could make a huge financial difference to the reno. Over the last few weeks we...