The negative gearing changes have created a simple fear for property investors.
Has the government just made property investing too hard?
That is the wrong question.
The...
Many investors think a good suburb automatically means a good investment.
That assumption can be expensive.
A suburb can show strong growth, low vacancy, rising rents,...
Many investors ask the wrong question first.
They ask whether they should chase cash flow or capital growth before they know what they actually need...
Melbourne looks cheap compared to other major Australian capital cities.
That does not automatically make it a bargain.
A cheap suburb usually has a low price...
If housing feels increasingly unaffordable, it is reasonable to ask why prices have not fallen more sharply.
Deposits are harder to save, borrowing costs more...
Buying one investment property is not the hard part.
Plenty of Australians save a deposit, get finance approved, and manage to enter the property market....
Most people start this decision with a slogan.
Renting is dead money. Buying builds equity. End of story.
That is too simplistic for the biggest financial...
Most investors do not struggle because they buy terrible properties.
They struggle because they chase the wrong signals.
They chase hotspot lists. They chase yield in...
Most property investors in Victoria still begin their search with Melbourne.
That is understandable. Melbourne is the state’s biggest property market, it carries stronger name...
In the current market, the distance between a “pre-approval” and a “settlement” has never felt wider.
A buyer can do everything right: organise finance, get...
New South Wales property investing has a way of making even confident buyers second-guess themselves.
Prices feel high. The suburb conversations feel emotional. One friend...
