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Friday, 18 May 2012

Investment Property News

Reducing your mortgage safely and simply

The Reserve Bank’s recent rate reduction was welcome relief for many home owners and investors, but what to do with that extra cash… The Reserve Bank’s reduction of the official cash rate earlier this month will mean a nice little reduction ... Continue Reading »

Should Negative Gearing Be Eliminated?

Negative gearing is not the problem, building costs are. Negative gearing is simply the government's way of giving back to house providers - firstly, because the government cannot (nor should it) provide the housing, and secondly, we cannot build property inexpensively.   Our nation has a small population compared to other countries. ... Continue Reading »

I Believe in Magic – Mudgee Magic That Is!

Mudgee is a strategic town in New South Wales and right now it's great for capital growth. The rental returns are really growing. In fact, some returns are hitting around that sweet spot of 7 percent, which is fantastic for investors' back pockets. [caption id="attachment_3643" align="alignright" width="216" caption="Source credit: luigi diamanti ... Continue Reading »

Danger – Are You Investing in a Future Mining Ghost Town?

Currently there has been much interest surrounding the imbalance in mining markets particularly for locals who don't work in the mine. So what is actually happening. I tend to think of certain mining towns in Australia as “real estate refugees". What does this mean exactly? It means small community towns who ... Continue Reading »

Weekly Market Tip – How to Reduce your Tax To Zero…Legally

This week I show you some insider tips for using property as an investment vehicle to legally reduce your tax down dramatically - with some investors using these tips to pay ZERO tax! Most have us haven’t realistically thought about this, but many of you give every ... Continue Reading »

4 days of Eggsellent Easter Gifts! PLUS the Essential Investor Tools Pack

4 days of Eggsellent Easter Gifts! Grab exclusive Property Investing Tools to help you make HUGE profits, pick the right markets for 2012 and begin the essential educational process to ... Continue Reading »

Exposed: I Must Pay Off My Mortgage Before Investing in Property

Would an extra $500pw make a difference to your life? Let’s explore! Put 50 homeowners in a room and ask them who lives in their dream house, you will find that only one out of the fifty people actually does. So why do people live where they do? Why ... Continue Reading »

The Truth About Jobs in Australia and Household Incomes

Given the recent discussion about some of the banks and airlines reducing staff numbers, I thought this was an interesting article I read over the weekend. The facts simplified:- Australia has 1.1 million more jobs than 5 years ... Continue Reading »

The Zen of Property Investing – How To Pick Market Winners, Time After Time

Source: Flickr/kenteegardinAs an investor, why did you choose the properties that you now own? What spoke to you, telling you that “this is ... Continue Reading »

Hot Tips For Renovating For Big Profits

There are really no tricks or secrets to making money when investing in property – just simple thought out steps and well planned and then well executed strategies that work time and time again, no matter where the market sits. For instance RIGHT ... Continue Reading »

The Low Down on Bank Valuations Right Now?

Bank Valuation – The valuer’s job is to assess risk for the bank. This acts as a report to the bank as to what amount to lend. The higher the risk to the bank, the lower the lending limit the borrower will achieve. It is important to note the distinction ... Continue Reading »

How to Capitalise on the Current Interest Rate Situation

One exceedingly hot topic right now is the RBA's decision to leave interest rates unchanged…an interesting move! Depending on your personal situation you may have been happy, indifferent (as you may have already fixed), disappointed they didn’t drop (as you’re on a variable rate)…or heck you may have been hoping they ... Continue Reading »

$87K made in 12 weeks! What’s stopping you making money?

  It is all just a load of ‘Chicken Little....The Sky is Falling’ housing bubble baloney!... Continue Reading »

Australian Property Market Forecast for 2012 by Sam Saggers

Market Winners and Losers - Don’t Kick Yourself in Two Years! The time is NOW.......the key is pinpointing where! This video outlines the real estate hotspots, zeroing in on particular market growth drivers and where I believe ... Continue Reading »

Get to Retirement Fast!

How is Your Retirement Plan Looking? Do you know all their is to know about investing in property with your self-managed super fund (SMSF)? Recently I touched on superannuation funds – and how hundreds of Australians have lost thousands upon thousands of dollars over the past few months by just having their super in a traditional industry or retail super fund – thinking their money was safer there! However this is NOT the case! Continue Reading »
You Don't Have to be a Genius to Master Property Investing

Something tell us you're just ... well smarter than most people looking to linvest in property.

You're not intersted in lame "get rich quick" schemes.

In other words, you don't have to be Einstein to "get" this stuff.But you'd have to be an idiot to believe some of the stuff peddled by traditional Property Investing "gurus."