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February 12, 2013

Lock it in Eddie…

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

Time to Squeeze Back…

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

Xmas Head Storm…

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

Maxxed to the Max…

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

The Elusive Carrot…

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 is the right time…

When do you think is the best time to buy an investment property?

November 7, 2012

You can’t bank percentages…

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

Paying Over & Above…

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

If it sounds too good to be true…

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… […]

October 8, 2012

How quickly we forget…

A few weeks ago South Brisbane was named the No:1 suburb in Australia to invest in and also put forward as a preferred NRAS location ( we all know what I think about NRAS /blog/nras-are-you-kidding/ ) – so I thought it best to check this place out. At first glance […]

The Story of Todd

Todd Hunter began investing in property in 2002. As a mortgage broker and buyers agent, he amassed a portfolio of 50 properties by the age 31.

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February 12, 2013