What can property investors learn from Warren Buffet?

Warren Buffet is one of the world’s most influential people. He’s an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist and arguably the greatest investor of all time. He has a great track record of creating and maintaining his wealth by investing in stocks and in businesses, but many of his principles also apply to property investors. Recently I  interviewed 2 experts to discuss the lessons property … Continue reading What can property investors learn from Warren Buffet?

Refinance Your Home Loan to Buy Investment Property – Andrew Mirams

  Property investment can be an excellent way to build capital growth and secure your finances for the future. But for those ready to take the next step in their property ownership, the many choices and decisions can be quite daunting. Refinancing and leveraging equity can be a helpful stepping stone towards purchasing your investment property, but without educated and well-executed decisions, this option can … Continue reading Refinance Your Home Loan to Buy Investment Property – Andrew Mirams

How Does Bridging Finance Work? – Andrew Mirams

You’ve found your perfect next property and you know opportunities like this don’t come around that often. Unfortunately, so does everyone else and the chances are if your eyes on it, someone else is probably looking at it too. Securing the dream home is all about acting fast and this means you don’t always have the time to sell the home you’re currently living in, … Continue reading How Does Bridging Finance Work? – Andrew Mirams

Five depreciation facts when renovating

A large number of property investor’s complete additions or alterations to their investment property each year, yet many of these investors are unaware of how these renovations will affect the deductions they can claim. As a building gets older, items wear out – they depreciate. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) allows owners of income producing properties to claim this depreciation as a deduction. Below are … Continue reading Five depreciation facts when renovating

Buy and Hold Strategy or Flipping – Nhan Nguyen

  We set about either proving or disproving a common property myth to do with buy and hold or flipping. What is best? In today’s show Nhan Nguyen, from Advanced Property Strategies, will give us his opinion.   Transcript: Kevin:  I’ve met a lot of investors over the years – some very, very savvy ones – and some will say to you that you should never sell … Continue reading Buy and Hold Strategy or Flipping – Nhan Nguyen

State by State Property Market Roundup Featuring 6 Experts

  In today’s show we look at our property markets state by state in our annual market wrap. We asked our experts to tell us what’s on the horizon with development and infrastructure in their state, any issues that might impact the market in those areas, if there are any areas showing potential for investment and also any areas to avoid and why. As we … Continue reading State by State Property Market Roundup Featuring 6 Experts

Is it a good thing to invest for the long-term?

  “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 tells us why he thinks investing for the long-term is the worst piece of advice he has heard.   … Continue reading Is it a good thing to invest for the long-term?