When buying a property the list price isn’t all you are going to pay. There are a lot of hidden and extra expenses when it comes to buying a property. Knowing what these expenses are is important to ensure you have enough money to purchase the property and pay for all the extra costs associated […]

Every single property investor in Australia wants to know whether or not Australian house prices will continue to go up. Australia really is a growth market and even people investing in positive cash flow properties are still hoping for their properties to increase in value. Today I look at some of the factors that are […]

Taking advantage of depreciation can help you maximise your tax deductions and thus your profit in an investment property. But it is important to know that depreciation DOES affect how much capital gains tax you will pay when it comes time to sell your property. Today I talk about how depreciation affects capital gains tax […]

There is huge debate among the investment community as the whether your home, your principle place of residence is an investment or if it isn’t. Is Your Home An Asset? Robert Kiyosaki who is the author of ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad‘ caused a lot of controversy when he released his book because in his book […]

Many investors are taking the opportunity to build a granny flat seriously. And with rental yields from 10-30% why wouldn’t you? Today I talk to Wally Gebrael from Granny Flat Solutions, who builds 80-100 granny flats per year, and we go through the step-by-step process you need to follow if you want to build a […]

Granny flats have recently become an affordable way to increase your rental yields and ROI. Both home owners and investors are jumping on the granny flat band wagon and today I sit down with Wally Gebrael from Granny Flat Solutions to discuss investing in granny flats in more detail. Investing In Granny Flats- Interview With […]

Finding out the vacancy rate of an area can help you decide whether it is a good area to invest in and if it has the potential for short term growth. Today I should you how you can find out the vacancy rates of any suburb in Australia using nothing more than a property magazine […]

Not every investment property that you purchase is going to be a runaway success. Some of the properties that you purchase are going to be under performing properties that don’t generate you the income or the equity growth that you predicted. How can you take a property that was a dog of an investment and […]

With the new privacy laws that have just come in in March of 2014 it is now more important than ever to know exactly what is included in your Australian credit file. So I am going to cover that in this post so you know exactly what are people looking at when they are accessing […]

When trying to sell your home finding an effective way to get people from print media like magazines or newspapers or your signage and to actually get them to visit a website which is more responsive and allows potential buyers to find more information is extremely important. And one of the ways that real estate […]