{"id":13408,"date":"2017-08-18T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realestatetalk.com.au\/?p=13408"},"modified":"2017-08-18T01:00:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:00:14","slug":"finding-the-strongest-buyer-for-a-property-hook-and-flick-as-a-strategy-getting-to-hot-spots-before-they-are-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/channels.realty.com.au\/realtytalk\/finding-the-strongest-buyer-for-a-property-hook-and-flick-as-a-strategy-getting-to-hot-spots-before-they-are-hot\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding the \u2018strongest\u2019 buyer for a property + \u2018Hook and Flick\u2019 as a strategy + Getting to hot spots before they are hot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Highlights from this week:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is \u2018hook and flick\u2019 a viable strategy in this market?<\/li>\n<li>Find out why many sellers miss the strongest buyer for their property which could result in the possibility of underselling.<\/li>\n<li>Knowing the best area to invest in and the best property in that area.<\/li>\n<li>Getting to the hot spots before they are hot.<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Lomas reveals how many properties she thinks you need in your portfolio to afford you a comfortable retirement.\u00a0 You might be surprised.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transcripts:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>How many is enough? &#8211; Margaret Lomas<\/h2>\n<p><b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 A question I\u2019m asked so often is \u201cHow many properties do I need in my portfolio to retire?\u201d I know this is a question that my guest has had to answer on a number of occasions too. Margaret Lomas from Destiny Financial Solutions.<br \/>\nHi, Margaret.<br \/>\n<b>Margaret:<\/b>\u00a0 Hi there. How are you going?<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Good. Nice to be talking to again.<br \/>\nHow do you answer that question, when someone asks you, Margaret?<br \/>\n<b>Margaret:<\/b>\u00a0 The difficult thing for a lot of people is that that they feel that the spruiker is talking about unlimited numbers of property, and whenever they read those investment magazines, they see expose\u0312s of people who have bought 20 and 25 properties, and they think, \u201cOh my gosh. That\u2019s what I need to be able to retire on a good income for the rest of my life.\u201d<br \/>\nBut in fact, you don\u2019t need that many. We\u2019ve done a little bit of an analysis on this back at Destiny and discovered that really, if you could put together a portfolio of seven properties, you would be living a pretty comfortable retirement, and if you could put together a portfolio of say, ten, then pretty much that\u2019s all you really need.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 I guess it depends on how much cash flow you\u2019re getting from those properties as well, Margaret, doesn\u2019t it?<br \/>\n<b>Margaret:<\/b>\u00a0 Well, see this is the thing. It\u2019s really unreasonable to think that everybody can go out there and pop 20 or 25 properties into their portfolio, even though we have a pretty low cash rate at the moment and a lot of properties are at least evenly geared. There\u2019s still that chance that that could go up, and if you have too many properties in your portfolio at that time, it could cause extreme cash flow issues for you and you might be forced into the sale of them.<br \/>\nWhen I first started my portfolio\u2026 And I know that I\u2019m sitting here talking from a position of having 40 properties, but for me, it\u2019s been built over a very long period of time, and it was more about the\u2026 I guess I got a bit addicted to buying property for a little while there.<br \/>\nBut when you buy your first one, it\u2019s likely to be a good year or two between the first and the second. Not a lot of people can buy any more than one in the first one. And one of the things that I really want investors to understand is that in that first five to six years, it\u2019s all about the build phase.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s likely that if you\u2019re going to buy seven properties, it might take you five, seven, and even eight years to put together those seven. And as you\u2019re doing that, the first property that you\u2019ve bought, by year seven, is more than likely to have started to become a little bit positive cash flow or at least evenly geared, if it was negatively geared to begin with, and it makes it a bit easier for you to keep adding to that portfolio. As those properties grow in value, as the rental returns go up, then you usually find that they cost less for you to hold and it\u2019s easier to add to that portfolio.<br \/>\nBut in those first five to seven years, it\u2019s almost a like game of one step forward, one backward, because acquisition costs in Australia are fairly high. So, you tend to eat into your equity with costs, rather than with more equity that will grow for you, and you take a bit of a step backward.<br \/>\nFor many people who are building their portfolios, after having bought five or six properties, they start to think \u201cIt doesn\u2019t seem like I\u2019m getting anywhere. My portfolio isn\u2019t growing. When it does grow a bit, I tend to go backwards.\u201d<br \/>\nBut it\u2019s really the second seven to eight years that become the phase where you\u2019re actually starting to see the growth.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 So, Margaret, it\u2019s pretty much steady as she goes at the start of your career?<br \/>\n<b>Margaret:<\/b>\u00a0 I don\u2019t want people to think that this is magic and that you can buy a property and bang, you suddenly become wealthy. Anyone who\u2019s invested in Sydney in the last three years might be thinking that, because Sydney\u2019s just gone through a fabulous growth phase.<br \/>\nInterestingly enough, Kevin, I was having a look at the figures the other day, and I did a little calculation on the 12-year growth from 2005 between the median house price in Sydney and the median house price in Adelaide, and guess what I found?<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 What? What did you find?<br \/>\n<b>Margaret:<\/b>\u00a0 I found that the median house price in 2005 in Sydney, when you measure it against the median house price in Sydney in July 2017, had grown 78%. The median house in Adelaide, in the same period, had actually grown 112%.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Wow.<br \/>\n<b>Margaret:<\/b>\u00a0 The difference is that Sydney had a big bang for three years, but they had nothing pretty much for the nine years before that, whereas Adelaide does a little bit every year, and it\u2019s the compounding growth that counts.<br \/>\nThe big lesson from those figures, is that, you might think it\u2019s taking too long. You might think that you\u2019re not getting anywhere because as you get that equity, you\u2019re borrowing back for your costs from the next property. But if you can sit on something for 12 to 15 years and let your portfolio grow, and as long as you bought well and used the 20 questions to make sure you\u2019re buying property in areas that have really good signs of growth, you\u2019ll find that once you get up around that 12- to 13-year mark, you\u2019re going to start to really see some things happening. You\u2019ll have a nice wide base of properties, and as they all start going up, you\u2019ll be adding to your network in large chunks, rather than in those little amounts that you saw at the very beginning.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Interesting to hear to talk there about those 20 questions. That was the podcast that you and I did some years ago: \u201cMargaret Lomas\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/realestatetalk.com.au\/20-must-ask-questions-with-margaret-lomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20 must-ask questions<\/a> for every property investor.\u201d What I\u2019ll do Margaret, is put a link back to that because we\u2019ve still got that in our files.<br \/>\n<b>Margaret:<\/b>\u00a0 That\u2019s a great idea because people still think they can buy any property and as long as they hold it long enough, it\u2019ll perform. And it probably will. But what you really want is to buy the right kind of property, so that over the long term it performs really well, better than your money could have performed in any other kind of asset. And you can only do that by buying properties with those strong growth drivers.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Okay, in the text version of this interview, just scroll down to where Margaret did mention the 20 questions. I\u2019ll put a live link there that\u2019ll take you straight to Margaret\u2019s podcast where she and I talk about those questions.<br \/>\nHey, Margaret, always great catching up with you. Thank you so much for your time.<br \/>\n<b>Margaret:<\/b>\u00a0 No problem. I\u2019ll see you next time.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/realestatetalk.com.au\/20-must-ask-questions-with-margaret-lomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20 Must-Ask Questions \u2013 Margaret Lomas<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How not to miss the &#8216;strong&#8217; buyer for your property &#8211; Mat Steinwede<\/h2>\n<p><b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 When it comes time to sell your property, one of the things that you\u2019ll hear agents talk about quite often is taking the emotion out of the sale. Not difficult if you\u2019re selling a commercial property because they\u2019re totally different from residential, but when you\u2019re selling a residential property, it\u2019s natural that you have some kind of emotional attachment to it, particularly in terms of its value.<br \/>\nSo, what do agents mean when they say, take away the emotion? Let\u2019s talk to one of Australia\u2019s most recognized real estate agents, Mat Steinwede.<br \/>\nHi, Mat. Thank you for your time.<br \/>\n<b>Mat:<\/b>\u00a0 Hey, Kevin. Thanks.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Now, Mat, when agents talk about taking emotion out of the sale, what do you mean and how do you do it?<br \/>\n<b>Mat:<\/b>\u00a0 It\u2019s like buyers and sellers start at the opposite ends of the interest wave, and what I mean by that is when an agent says to an owner \u201cYou have to take the emotion out of it,\u201d or even people might say \u201cDon\u2019t get so emotional about your house,\u201d it\u2019s really good advice when people say that because a buyer starts logically and then they finish emotionally.<br \/>\nSo, when a buyer first sees a home come on the market, they haven\u2019t been there, they haven\u2019t experienced it, they haven\u2019t lived there, but what they do is compare it straight away logically to everything else that\u2019s happening in the market right now, so everything else that\u2019s for sale. They also pull up the data for anything that\u2019s recently sold, so they\u2019re looking at it very clinically.<br \/>\nAnd if any owner is thinking of selling their house, they have to do the same. So, they almost have to take the criteria of their property, the area their property\u2019s in, maybe what other benefits it offers, and then sit down at a computer or go around to open houses and just get all the information they physically can and compare it clinically.<br \/>\nForget it\u2019s your house for a minute. Do you know how many houses I go to Kevin? I\u2019ll go to three in the same street sometimes and they all say \u201cThis is the best position in the street,\u201d but I just heard that from someone down the road recently.<br \/>\nWhen you live there, you get very emotionally attached because you understand everything about the house, but a buyer doesn\u2019t see it that way when they first start looking at it logically.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 It\u2019s so important there for an agent to be really frank with the seller, isn\u2019t it, and say, \u201cWell, look, this is how a buyer is going to see your property.\u201d You really need to hear that, I think, don\u2019t you?<br \/>\n<b>Mat:<\/b>\u00a0 You do. When I say they start at the opposite ends of the wave, and I said that they start logically and finish emotionally, once the buyer becomes interested in a home, that\u2019s when price is built.<br \/>\nThis is why properties sit on the market for an extended period of time. An owner will see it from that perspective first and work backwards, whereas a buyer has got to work upwards. So, an owner quite often says \u201cNo, I think it\u2019s worth this,\u201d because it\u2019s worth that much to them. They almost miss the market. So, they start high, the market doesn\u2019t respond because the logical part of the process doesn\u2019t connect, and then they sit on the market, and then they end up dropping their price and dropping their price, most of the time.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Is that why the first offer from a buyer could be a low because it\u2019s like a statistical offer, a logical offer?<br \/>\n<b>Mat:<\/b>\u00a0 It is, yes. Even though it might be emotional to a buyer\u2026 And really, that\u2019s the whole equation here. It\u2019s how to emotionally connect an owner\u2019s property with the marketplace, like try and find that middle band.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a saying in real estate: your first offers are the best offers. Even though an owner might see it as low, to the marketplace or the buyer, it might be actually the right offer or the best offer because the buyer has been looking for a while.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 So, mate, what is your advice to owners if they\u2019re thinking about entering the market?<br \/>\n<b>Mat:<\/b>\u00a0 After 16 years of seeing owners miss the best offers and end up selling a property for less down the track because they missed that first buyer, I would say that when you do price your home, take your time, research the market, really get a sense of what\u2019s going on out there. Don\u2019t listen to your friends or neighbors because they have no idea, half the time.<br \/>\nBut when you do find a buyer, and if it\u2019s in those early stages, the biggest mistake that owners make is say \u201cIt\u2019s early days,\u201d and they let the buyer go. What I would be doing is sitting with your agent and I\u2019d want to know a few things: how long the buyer\u2019s been looking for, how much they have to spend, and how much they love the home. What are their reasons for buying this home?<br \/>\nIf those three things are all in your favor \u2013 for instance, they\u2019ve been looking for a while, they have enough money to buy the home, they have a couple of compelling reasons to actually move there \u2013 I would say chances are that\u2019s going to be the strongest buyer you\u2019re going to find along the whole process.<br \/>\nEven though it might be less than what you want, don\u2019t disregard it. Sit down with your agent and work through it and work through the reasons why their interested in the home.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Great advice there from Mat Steinwede at McGrath Central Coast. Mat, once again, thanks for your time.<br \/>\n<b>Mat:<\/b>\u00a0 Pleasure, mate.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Where and what to buy &#8211; Shannon Davis<\/h2>\n<p><b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>My guest in studio this morning is Shannon Davis from Image Property and also Metropole Property Strategists.<br \/>\nGood morning, Shannon.<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>Good morning, Kevin.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>I want to talk to you about how you go about selecting an investment property: what are the criteria, what are the areas you should look out for, what are the areas you should avoid? We\u2019ll talk about Shannon\u2019s picks, and we\u2019ll look at why you\u2019ve picked those.<br \/>\nThings that you should avoid when you\u2019re selecting an investment property. You help investors to put together a portfolio all the time. What are the things that ring alarm bells for you when you\u2019re looking?<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>I think everyone knows a little bit about property, so I think their bias is something that\u2026<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Everyone knows a lot about property.<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>We all live in one and we\u2019ve seen people buy them and stuff, but sometimes the worst advice can be free advice. I think everyone has a bias. I think investing to that bias might just harm you.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Explain what you mean.<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>You\u2019re a bit of an expert on where you live, but is that area a great capital growth area? It may not be. You might be living there because of work. Say, you\u2019re in the military and you\u2019d been placed to an army barracks and you buy near there, but has it got the recipe for growth? And that is a rising population, strong confidence, and limited supply. That\u2019s going to push your house prices up.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes, we get very comfortable about the area that we know. Are you saying that we should \u2013 well, obviously \u2013 broaden that net, but become more comfortable with more areas?<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes, become an expert on more areas, and there\u2019s a lot more advice. I think the property market is quite transparent these days, so I think you can school yourself up and do more research on what are the factors that are going to be driving prices.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>The research is there. It\u2019s very easy to get that research and get a bit of understanding. Sometimes, I think there\u2019s probably too much research and we almost go into information overload.<br \/>\nEven the simple basics of understanding what gearing is all about, because I talked to a number of people who have a lot of gearing in their own home that they\u2019re not really utilizing. They\u2019re saying \u201cWell, I\u2019d like to get into the market but I just don\u2019t think this is a good time, I don\u2019t really have the cashflow to do it.\u201d Yet you find they probably have $500,000 worth of equity in their home that they could actually gear against.<br \/>\nI did an interview with Michael Beresford from OpenCorp during the week and we talked about accessing equity in your property. Do you find that? Is that something you talk about as well?<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes, sometimes they have a bit of a lazy balance sheet. I think instead of timing the market, time your life is something that I\u2019m really keen on. So, if you have the equity there and the serviceability in this era, it\u2019s very important for your investing, then the time is right for you.<br \/>\nStop worrying about the headlines and all the bearish commentators out there, because for some people it\u2019ll never be right; for them, probably, cash in the bank is the way to go. But if you have the right circumstances, your job security is there and there\u2019s capacity to invest further, then it\u2019s the right time.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>You talked about bias before, and sometimes the information we get or the feedback we get from family and friends is \u201cOh, no, this is dangerous. You shouldn\u2019t be doing that.\u201d I think that actually wears a lot of people down. That\u2019s one of the reasons why they don\u2019t go out and take those risks.<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes, definitely. Success is an action sport, so sometimes you just have to filter out those people, and if they have very little success to show for their time as well, I think it\u2019s an easier job to ignore that advice.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>What are some of the other things?<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>Is it going to be a good long-term fit? So, maybe not the way you like to live, but are there the right factors? If you\u2019re, say, a family, and you\u2019re used to a large kitchen, the way you\u2019re investing maybe if you\u2019re looking at apartments might not be that way and so needed. I think you have to make sure that you have a fresh approach to it and not always filtering it through what you would need.<br \/>\nWhen we\u2019re looking for property, you don\u2019t want to rush in. You don\u2019t want to get fed up, then just make a purchase for the sake of it; it has to be a long-term fit. I think the most disappointing thing for me is when I see investors selling a property within two years. Just all those entry costs, the stamp duties and the agents\u2019 commissions\u2026<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Sometimes they have to do it because the planning wasn\u2019t there to start with, the structure wasn\u2019t there. I don\u2019t want to put words in your mouth, but I think what you\u2019re saying here, basically, is make sure you have the plan before you buy, and it should be a whole plan.<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes, definitely.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Which leads me to another topic too. I know you haven\u2019t quite finished going through those yet, and we\u2019ll come back to that. Renovation. A lot of people go into renovation. The days of you hook a property, you do a bit of reno, you flick it over, and make some good money. I question nowadays whether that is a good strategy, whether it\u2019s even possible.<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes, many times they would have made money in a rising market anyway without doing any of the work. But yes, renovations at the moment, we have high labor costs and high parts, and so it makes it hard with the transaction to make a good profit there.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Johnny is on the line. Good morning, Johnny. How are you doing?<br \/>\n<b>Johnny:\u00a0 <\/b>Good, thank you. Investment properties: had a woman hassling me from down the Gold Coast regarding me buying an investment property and paying back interest-only.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Okay. Shannon?<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>I think interest-only can work. It\u2019s definitely a strategy that investors use, and it\u2019ll allow you to grow your asset base wider than undergoing a debt repayment strategy. But the circumstances need to be that you need that capital growth.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>I think the other consideration too \u2013 Shannon, I\u2019d love your feedback on this too \u2013 is what the banks are doing. They\u2019re trying to discourage a lot more of the interest-only loans, and I think you\u2019ll find that there are a lot of penalties that come with it.<br \/>\nI think you have to have a bit of a mixture in your portfolio: some interest-only, some principal and interest, but I think it\u2019s always a good strategy in this market to be paying down some principal. Shannon, what do you think?<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes, debt repayment is a guaranteed wealth strategy, so it\u2019s needed, and it should be part of everyone\u2019s investment portfolio. Interest-only does allow you to get that asset base a little bit wider and get there a bit sooner. It\u2019s a tax deduction as well. Just because a property is for investment doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s investment-grade, you just have to make sure you have a limited supply, growing population, and plenty of jobs in the area, and you\u2019ll get most of it right.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Johnny, we have a copy of <i>Your Investment Property <\/i>magazine. It\u2019s actually dealt with in there. There is an article on principal and interest and interest-only as well, and also gearing. So, you might find that an interesting read. Johnny, we\u2019ll put that aside for you, okay?<br \/>\n<b>Johnny:\u00a0 <\/b>Okay. Thank you. Have a good day,<b> <\/b>guys.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Stay on the line, mate. We\u2019ll get your details.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Spotting a hot spot before its hot &#8211; Shannon Davis<\/h2>\n<p><b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Let\u2019s have a look now at the indicators that a suburb or an area is about to grow. I don\u2019t want to talk about hot spotting, because we talk about it and people love to get there before it happens, but by the time we all get there, it has already happened and it\u2019s over and it\u2019s peaked.<br \/>\nBut let\u2019s wind the clock back a little bit, Shannon. What are some of the indicators that in six to twelve months\u2019 time, or even two years\u2019 time, some suburb could become gentrified?<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>I like to see the renovation count. I like to see people having confidence to put more money into that area and perhaps not move, but extend, improve, renovate. I think that\u2019s a big thing. I think you also look at the type of cars. What I\u2019m looking for is the demographics and disposable income. Maybe European cars, and putting that upwardly mobile spot. We like niche shops such as organic food and veg or butchers or farmer\u2019s markets.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Trendy caf\u00e9s?<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes, another sign of disposable income, and we want that as a larger proportion. So, we look at weekly family incomes to the area. We do a lot of study on demographics. Australians tend to spend on housing up to 55. That\u2019s the cap off on money that a household will spend. And then after 55, it starts to come down, so you get to downsizing and that effect going on.<br \/>\nSo, young families moving into an area, perhaps buying deceased estates and turning those properties over and renovating, that\u2019s a good sign as well because they\u2019re still spending a great proportion of their family income into the housing. So, we\u2019re looking for all those types of things.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s the owner-occupiers who drive the market. When you invest, try not to think like an investor. Most investors are going to be attracted to new property for the tax deductions and things like that. But we\u2019re looking for the owner-occupiers because they buy emotionally and they improve their properties. They\u2019re a little bit more house-proud, and that\u2019s what\u2019s good for the area.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes, those improvements do actually drive prices up, don\u2019t they? It\u2019s heart-warming to see you buy into an area, and then all of a sudden, not so much unit development \u2013 especially not unit development \u2013 but you see houses being improved, renovated, even splitters, a house being moved sideways and another one put on beside it.<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>You see some of those suburbs where they\u2019re spending $700,000 to knock over a post-war house, get a 607 block sort of thing and get a contemporary build where they\u2019re looking to spend, say, 2500 square meters on the build. That ends up being a $1.5 million property.<br \/>\nIf you have good schools, green space, and a high street with caf\u00e9s, you\u2019re halfway there, and that\u2019s a good sign of an area that\u2019s gentrified or on the way to being.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>Yes. Another indicator for me too \u2013 and you touched on this \u2013 is what\u2019s happening in the area. But some of the really good caf\u00e9 operators will look at the demographic of an area, look for a niche need.<br \/>\n<b>Shannon:\u00a0 <\/b>I also think real estate agents play a big part. I\u2019m not talking about the real estate agents who just want to sell you a house and get it over and done with; they\u2019re transactional. I\u2019m talking about the elite in our industry who actually want to push for the highest dollar, set records, and make a street precedent and things like that.<br \/>\nSo, in those really high areas, you have some really good agents who are setting records all the time, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s all to do with the area; I think it\u2019s actually having the industry elite pushing up prices doing well for an area as well.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:\u00a0 <\/b>So, you could do a lot worse if you are looking at selling a property than to ask the property agent to demonstrate how well they negotiate and what are some of their sales? Because agents will always tell you about other agents\u2019 sales, but ask them about their own sales as well, see how good a negotiator they are.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The &#8216;hook and flick&#8217; strategy &#8211; Pete Wargent<\/h2>\n<p><b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Pete Wargent joins me now. 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There\u2019s a new one coming out in October, too \u2013 watch out for it \u2013 called\u00a0<i>The Wealth Way<\/i>.<br \/>\nPete, I want to talk to you specifically about hook and flick. I know that\u2019s a terminology that really talks about flipping property. Is this a good time to be doing it, or is any time a good time to do it?<br \/>\n<b>Pete:<\/b>\u00a0 I was going to say, I think that\u2019s what in England, we would call flipping.<br \/>\nYes, in Australia, you do find if you\u2019re flipping properties, then you have transaction costs when you buy and sell, and that can be quite a high hurdle to clear. I think in the current market in Australia, there\u2019s less appetite for apartment development at the current time. But that means there\u2019s more competition for splitter blocks and renovators.<br \/>\nYou can still pull it off, but you\u2019ll probably want to find a market that is rising and delivering some capital growth for you, because that can help to improve the margins.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Apart from where you buy, is there a particular type of property? As an example, I know that a number of people have made really returns out of buying some of those older style units where they can add an extra bathroom by cutting down on the laundry. Are they the sorts of twists you look for in this type of investment?<br \/>\n<b>Pete:<\/b>\u00a0 Yes, definitely. In Brisbane and Queensland, the older style Queenslanders are another type of property that people look to renovate, particularly by raising them up. 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To go back two or three years ago, there was a lot of lot of competition for sites that you could develop with apartments and now that\u2019s much less so the case, and therefore, there\u2019s a lot more competition for a lot of these sub-dividable blocks and particularly for renovator-style properties. So, you need to do your research and buy well.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 You mentioned earlier, in Queensland, the number of splitter blocks. These are houses on two blocks of land. They may be two now, or they could have the potential to do that. Was that something that mainly happened in Queensland, or did it happen in other parts of Australia as well?<br \/>\n<b>Pete:<\/b>\u00a0 Yes, you can find blocks all over the country that can be sub-divided. The thing is, if you\u2019re looking in Brisbane in particular, you would look at some of the 810 square meter blocks, many of which have now been split into 405 small blocks, as being standard size. 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