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September 18, 2017
– Written by Bec (B1) Wow I’m exhausted… that’s what I was feeling when we finally landed back in Sydney after two weeks in the USA. I’ll be the first to admit that I had always thought what Todd did on his USA buying trips really wasn’t a lot. Yeah […]
June 19, 2017
We’ve all seen ‘The Current Affair’ horror stories of tenants in Australia trashing investment properties. It’s a vendor’s worst nightmare. I can honestly say that I have never had an investment property of mine trashed. I have, however, had to boot out a tenant for not paying their rent. When […]
May 30, 2017
If you have read a newspaper lately, you no doubt have come across the APRA changes that are taking effect in the lending world. If you think APRA have finished with the financial industry, think again. It’s feeling like home loan applications are going to go back to the 1980’s, when […]
May 16, 2017
I always laugh at Budget time as Australia halts whilst waiting for the proposal, which is then usually blocked by the opposition. Making it almost a waste of time unless they bribe the independents to vote for the bill. Forgive me if I come across as cynical, but it’s pathetic! […]
May 8, 2017
From time to time, I am gob smacked by those “apparent” industry leaders and their inability to manage our economy. Recent news from the RBA in late March spoke about the Central Banks fear of rising interest rates. Aren’t these guys supposed to be the smartest of the smartest? With […]
April 18, 2017
Continued from Using USA as a Strategy – Part Two… In relation to financing, there are options for Australians that have only recently become available but that’s another editorial for that subject alone. That said, it can potentially help those investors that would have around the $50k deposit get into […]
April 11, 2017
Continued from Using USA as a Strategy – Part One… Mother nature plays a factor in deciding where to invest as the middle part of the US falls into what is called ‘Tornado Alley’. With an average of 1,274 tornados per annum, it’s definitely a factor you need to consider. […]
April 6, 2017
Four years ago, I started to build a property portfolio for myself in the USA. So what made me look overseas to invest? It was both the extremely low purchase prices along with the awesome yields. Now I can’t get enough! More, and more investors, are seeing the returns I […]
March 21, 2017
For a long time, the Sunny Coast has been a great location for holiday goers and property investors. It’s a strong market for those with enough extra cash to even own a holiday house or investment unit in Noosa and the surrounding suburbs, so that they could holiday cheaply and […]
March 7, 2017
Every now and again, I get a bad feeling in my stomach that things are just not right. And I’m getting that feeling now about the mortgage world. Usually when I get this feeling, it’s when I travel to a new investing location to buy houses and something jumps out […]
September 11, 2012
Now that I have your attention… Traveling Australia as often as I do means I spend a considerable time each week living in Hotels, driving rental cars and dining out at pubs… oh yeah, with the occasional beer to wash my food down. What becomes very apparent in all this […]
September 5, 2012
All the numbers, stats, pie graphs and percentages mean nothing, if a new location doesn’t get the “gut feel” tick of approval, So I’m in the midst of researching new locations right now, and as I get closer to finding that next spot to invest in, I hit the pavement […]
August 14, 2012
When buying and selling a home, its common for us to look at the Purchase price versus the sale price, then say we made xyz on our home… but have you really? In this weeks Blog, I wanted to go into the True Cost of your home… and cover off […]
August 6, 2012
I did say in my first email out to everybody that some of my stories would be controversial, well this post WILL be very controversial to some, I may even lose a few Facebook followers over this one, but ah well… I am often asked if I would buy an […]
July 30, 2012
As an investor who only buys in property troughs or depressed markets, I can buy the property at it’s cheapest within that property cycle. Along with negotiating ultra hard on price, I can assure you that the price is not the only aspect I negotiate hard on. So […]
July 23, 2012
Having been a mortgage broker for 10 years now, I have seen many ups and downs in interest rates. Dealing with thousands of clients over this time has alerted me to an odd behavior that people do when it comes to fixing their loans. I have noticed that clients only […]
July 19, 2012
The building industry has been noted as now being in recession. Although this is bad news for those employed in that industry, it is great news for us wHeregroup investors. With less new houses being built, this puts pressure on existing properties as there are less properties to lease, which […]
July 13, 2012
Wow it would appear that many investors are over the “usual” style of property companies selling their house and land packages, expensive mining houses, off the plan units and so called “Hot Spots”. We have been inundated with enquiries from investors whom want honest, down to earth advice. For those […]