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Useful property tips for investors. (and some story time)
VACANCY RATE ESSENTIALS: 20 AREAS WITH VACANCY RATES UNDER 2% AND REASONS TO CONSIDER THEM:
SQM Vacancy Rate info this month shows the national residential rental vacancy rate increased in June 2019 to 2.3%, an increase from 2.2% in May. Nearly all capital cities recorded minor increases ranging from 0.1% to 0.2% over the month… Sydney continues to...
THINGS BABY BOOMERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DOWNSIZING BEFORE THEY SELL THE FAMILY HOME
Popularised by the beloved television program 15 years ago, the sea change phenomenon just won’t go away. It is no secret that Baby Boomers do things their own way. They have bucked trends, and created new ones, at every stage of their development. As Boomers...
DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? 21 MOST COMMON PROPERTY BUYER MISTAKES THAT CAN DERAIL YOUR FINANCIAL GOALS (AND HOW TO AVOID THEM)
THE ISSUE We know property is (for most of us) the single biggest financial decision we will make in our entire lives. We all want to get it right… but how do we avoid the mistakes if we don’t get to practice? Corelogic research indicates we hold a house for an...
CAN BUYING A HOLIDAY HOME MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE? AN HONEST GUIDE TO THE PROS AND CONS OF SHORT TERM HOLIDAY LETTING… AND 13 WAYS TO MAXIMISE YOUR RETURNS.
You might have felt it on your last holiday. The peace and quiet, the sun and the waves (or swap for a good book looking over a winery or paddock if that is more your scene). Ah the serenity...if only you could bottle this and own it. In fact, the real...
PIGS IN MUD… FEAR AND OTHER MUSINGS.
I have to be honest, it’s a strange time in the East Coast property markets. THE VIBE: The truth is… thinking about buying property right now feels a bit interesting… 2019 is probably the MOST CONFUSING time in Australian property for uneducated buyers in years....
SMOKE, MIRRORS AND THE ROYAL COMMISSION… WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOLLOWING THE RECENT R.C. REPORT.
If you are a property investor, then perhaps you felt it… (Warning Rant ahead) it was like being under a dark cloud, with the threat of a big stick (possibly hidden in that cloud) for all of 2018. The royal commission hung over property markets and the finance...
6 FACTORS TO CONSIDER IF INVESTING IN AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY BEFORE MAY 2019.
If you are a property investor you would have to have been hiding under a rock not to have noticed the changes over the last 12 months. From FOMO (fear of missing out) to FOBO (fear of missing better options) the urgency has gone out of the market and many buyers are...
THE ROAD (LESS?) TRAVELLED TO THE SOUTH COAST & 4 REASONS TO CONSIDER INFRASTRUCTURE LED PROPERTY INVESTING IN 2018 & 2019:
Now that the Sydney and Melbourne property booms are over… many investors are wondering what next for property markets? Add the fact that finance is not as easy to get is it used to be with the royal commission currently making the banks tightening their lending...
PINS IN STRAWBERRIES AND FEAR IN REAL ESTATE
I feel bad for the farmers. A few bad apples (sorry - fruit pun) put pins in strawberries and we had instant fear over one of our most loved fruits. The property market is a little more complicated than that but only just. There is a lot of fear in the media...
TAXATION… WAIT! DON’T STOP READING. FREE STUFF INSIDE
Yawn... many of us hate tax. Or are at least bored by it. (sorry to the few details people I just offended) But what if I said the 3 minutes you take to read this could be worth $3000? $6000? more? With tax returns due at the end of the month (if you lodge with...
MAY MARKET?
I have a few semi-related bits to post - so I will break things up. I will send the market update today and the "part 2" (technical term I know) in a few days. Market Update. Short version - the south coast is humming along. RP Data and Your...
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT – GOOD, BAD, UGLY
Have you heard the (familiar) horror story? Nightmare tenant stops defaults on rent, trashes property, invites squatters, devalues home, upsets neighbours and ruins cashflow putting investor into financial stress because they still have a mortgage to pay….that...