No Need to Love the Location, Love the Return on Investment
Separating emotion and logic when it comes to property investment is no easy feat, especially when the stakes are so high; the stakes being your hard earned money. The most imperative attribute to seek in purchasing an investment property should be the capital growth potential it possesses. Securing a property that will not only remain […]
Don’t Be Held Back By ‘What If?’
I often get asked the question, “What if?” For example: What if interest rates go up? What if the government changes negative gearing? What if I can’t get a tenant? What if the property market declines? But what we really should be asking is: What if interest rates go down? What if the government […]
How to Achieve Your Financial Goals
Your financial goals are unique to you. Whether you’re thinking about taking your finances to the next step or planning for retirement, there’s help available.
Time to Rise and Shine
Isn’t there some doom and gloom in the financial markets at the moment? What about Greece? I don’t want to pay my bills anymore so I’m walking away, if only it worked like that. The human behaviour aspect of the people in Greece is the interesting one. What is the first thing to happen? Banks […]
Finding the True Cost of Your Home Loan
Over the past couple of months the banks have been pushing a lot of attractively low interest rates. And with the possibility of a further rate cut in the near future, existing home owners and potential first home owners now have even more of an opportunity to refinance or get into the property market. But […]
5 Tips for Selling in Today’s Property Market
Australia’s property boom is showing no signs of slowing down, with properties selling after as little as three weeks on the market. When the market is good it feeds that urgency in number of ways and you tend to find fewer properties go to auction. So it’s a great time to put your property on […]
Don’t Fear Failure, Let It Drive You To Success
I thought I would share some insight with you about my personal life that may help you in business, in investing or just in life in general. As I was touring the internet for random videos, yes as I do, I stumbled across Anthony Robins the motivator and life coach. He was discussing failure and […]
Don’t fear fear
I thought I would share some insight with you about my personal life that may help you in business, in investing or just in life in general. As I was touring the internet for random video’s, yes as I do, I stumbled across Anthony Robins the motivator and life coach. He was discussing failure and […]
Optimising Your Retirement is Best Not Left to the Last Minute
A very powerful way to increase your retirement funds is a Transition to Retirement (TtR) strategy. A Transition to Retirement strategy can boost your funds for retirement without reducing your after tax income while at the same time minimizing the amount of tax you pay. A TtR can also be great when you want to […]
The Great Australian Housing Bubble where is it?
When I talk to many potential or current property investors we often discuss the impending housing bubble Australia is about to have. Some time ago in 2009 I had a discussion with a client about an impending housing bubble and I also recall all the way back in 2004 my old neighbour Peter saying stay […]