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February 21, 2017
Travelling the extent that I do, means I spend plenty of time in airports. The day of writing this Blog was a huge day – 18+ hours, door to door. Times like this allow a guy to ponder and think. What am I planning to do this weekend? What’s on […]
February 7, 2017
Click Here to Listen to the Podcast in Full Phil Tarrant: Good day and welcome to the Smart Property Investment Show. It’s Phil Tarrant here. I’m the editor of Smart Property Investment. I’m also the host of the podcast. Thanks for tuning in. I appreciate you listening in to us, hopefully […]
January 24, 2017
Click Here to Listen to the Podcast in Full Phil Tarrant: Welcome to the Smart Property Investment Show. Phil Tarrant here. I’m the editor of Smart Property Investment and your host of the podcast. Thanks for tuning in. We’re going to go today and do a bit of a Q and […]
January 9, 2017
The word “research” is thrown around willy-nilly in the property investment field. But what do “true” researchers look for when they investigate whether a suburb or region is primed for growth? I’m not sure what they research, as I have never run into any other buyer’s agents or property companies […]
December 16, 2016
Since our last Blog on finance and an email we sent out two weeks ago, we have literally been smashed with enquiries about fixing your loans and looking at better refinance options. So, for the rest of you, what are you doing? This is your Merry Christmas kick in the […]
December 13, 2016
As a client who is about to allow a Buyers Agent to go and spend hundreds of thousands of your hard earned dollars, you should at the very minimum be researching who you are about to get involved with. This is that story. I recently had the pleasure of meeting […]
November 29, 2016
You know what, being in business, sometimes you get so caught up trying to build your business that you forget that not everybody knows exactly what you do. So this is that Blog – Sure, I post and write a ton about the property investing side of wHeregroup, (probably because […]
November 22, 2016
As a professional investor, getting the edge on the market place is what makes the difference between owning a portfolio that performs fantastic, as opposed to just average. Hence why I keep my cards close to my chest about where we invest. Reserved for me and my clients only. That […]
October 4, 2016
We are regularly asked questions on when investors think they should sell their investment property? And without taking on the advice we give them, some sell shortly afterwards, which is way too early. As a Buyers Agent, I also offer the clients the courtesy of letting them know that a […]
September 20, 2016
Hi Mum & Dad, I have been reading for some time now about how good the property market has been going in places around the country in the last few years. And I know that at the same time, your home has increased significantly in value. The great thing is […]
February 19, 2013
Ever flick through the property investing magazines and in one story it says buy here quick before you miss out and a few pages later it says don’t buy there, you have missed the boat? How confusing that must be to potential investors who don’t know where to invest or […]
February 12, 2013
What exciting times we have currently in the mortgage world. For the first time in 5 years we have seen fixed home loans rates below the 5% with possibly better days to come. I want to put some perspective into these low fixed rates we are seeing. I often […]
December 11, 2012
We sit and wait with bated breath each month for the RBA interest rate announcement and when we do hear that they have been reduced, the war of words start, voicing our opinions on what the banks should do… Wow don’t we (deservedly so) trash the lenders who only pass […]
December 4, 2012
If you think about it, buying and selling real estate is like going to war… The vendor wants their perceived highest price and the purchaser wants their lowest perceived price. The key word here is perceived = perception.
November 28, 2012
What’s my maximum borrowing I can get on a loan? Who cares!!! I was asked by a reader a few weeks ago to do a story on my take of maximum borrowing… so here we are. The only real time that anybody should be borrowing their maximum […]
November 20, 2012
So it’s time to sell your property. There are two major things that effect profit made on a property transaction – the purchase price and the sale price. I can only presume you purchased the property below market value, so now its time to achieve the best sale price. But […]
November 13, 2012
When do you think is the best time to buy an investment property? When your friends tell you about a great location they just bought in You see in magazines and papers that an area has gone up in value by 20% plus When television shows broadcast the best locations […]
November 7, 2012
So when did percentages become a currency? All we seem to talk about is what percentage this product is offering, this share went down by 2 percent, the yield I am achieving on my rental properties… Sure it’s a measurement of performance but it can be twisted to suit any […]
October 30, 2012
Recently we have had some changes to the First Home Owners Grant in both QLD and NSW. The changes were to take away the $7,000 grant and replace it with a New Home Owners Boost of $15,000. The governments thought process here was to attract first homeowners into the market […]
October 16, 2012
Get in now! Don’t miss this opportunity! My mates are all doing it! Make a Motza on this deal! Once in a lifetime opportunity! Ever heard this before??? Well I hear it about once a month… that and other awesome deals that investors are going to become filthy rich overnight… […]