Kevin’s Update

If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Many opportunities are speculative. If you are simply throwing money at something and hoping to get a result, you are speculating.  Successful investors know when and when not to speculate according to Property...

SMSF trustees are showing a growing interest in commercial property as a long-term investment that offers security, yield, and capital gain. Jonathon Street, CEO of specialist commercial property lender, Thinktank talks about the benefits and who is being attracted to it. Transcript: Kevin:  There’s a growing interest in...

Have you ever thought about investing in a squash court and re-developing it into mass accommodation?  Ian Ugarte has been doing it very successfully.   He talks about how to do and how he gets 4 apartments out of every court.  4 courts equals 16 apartments. Transcript: Kevin:  I...

Headlines: What agents should tell you That ticking sound you hear is not a bomb Properties sell for more after auction Inside the cheapest house in Australia Story 1 Inman logo What agents should tell you The newlywed homeowners filed a lawsuit against Realtor Debbie Clark and Link...

Highlights from this week: Refinance pros and cons Squash courts into micro-apartments Commercial property ‘attractive’ to SMSF Is this a time to speculate? Cashing in on low interest rates Transcripts: Re-finance pros and cons - Ian Rodrigues Kevin:  Well, amidst the rising interest rates and title-lending regulations, investors...

You’d be excused for thinking that the property market in Australia is all doom and gloom. We’re hearing about reductions in price, the Sydney market falling and so on, but you’re going to be really surprised to hear a report that we’ll be talking about...

When to fire your property manager?   That is a question posed in the latest Your Investment Property magazine and we quiz editor Sarah Megginson about it and why she says property investing cannot be set and forget. Transcript: Kevin:  As you would no doubt be aware, issue...