One of the things I find that a lot of investors do is spend a lot of time trying to pick the market – that is, trying to pick which markets are going to go and which markets are going to slow – and also...
In today's show Nhan Nguyen, from Advanced Property Strategies, gives us some very helpful tips to follow when you are starting out as a developer. Some people probably start out a little bit too soon and they learn their lessons the hard way...
One thing that most investors want is to have happy tenants who are going to stay in there for a long period of time. In today's show Miriam Sandkuhler, from Property Mavens, explains how having a view of the end tenant you want in an investment property has...
Property depreciation is a non-cash tax deduction available to the owners of income producing properties. As a building gets older, items wear out – they depreciate. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) allows property owners to claim this depreciation as a tax deduction. Depreciation on mechanical and...
Any owner of an income producing investment property is eligible for significant taxation benefits. Despite this fact, according to the Chief Executive Officer of BMT Tax Depreciation, Bradley Beer, 80 per cent of property investors are failing to take advantage of property depreciation and are therefore...
The best advice we could ever give any investor is to make sure that you do your homework. In today's show Josh Masters, from BuySide.com, tells us where we can go wrong when researching a market or a property. Transcript: Kevin: The best advice we could ever give any investor is...
In today's show Jane Slack-Smith, from Your Property Success, runs through some quick cosmetic reno tips that will return high value. Jane created “The Ultimate Guide to Renovation.” Transcript: Kevin: You might recall a few weeks ago, I spoke to Jane Slack-Smith from Your Property Success, who is...
Here is your sneak peek into the June issue of Australian Property Investor magazine, which is out now. Hear Kevin talk to Nicola McDougall about the story of a renovation that cost $5,000 and returned over $100,000. It is all detailed in a new renovation section to...
In today's show Andrew Mirams, from Intuitive Finance, tells us some of his tips for dealing with the banks. Transcript: Kevin: I received an interesting e-mail from Stephen, who writes about the session I did recently with Andrew Mirams from Intuitive Finance talking about mortgage broking. What...