- If you have a background in marketing or if you have just started to dig around in the world of property investment, you may have stumbled across the term ‘halo effect’.  This halo effect can be a trap for investors because rather than choosing an...

  - Apparently we are really taking advantage of the low interest rates and while that seems like a good idea, there are some reservations and the possibility exists that we may just be overextending. Some good advice today on that subject from Bessie...

  - Fifty percent of those who buy an investment property sell up in the first 5 years. Put another way - most Australians who get into property investment never achieve the financial freedom they aspire to,

Because of the Negative Gearing myths most of us are hearing, we set about sorting the fact from the fiction with the help of Jamie Alcock, Associate Professor of Finance at the university of Sydney. - Michael Yardney tells us about a little known fac...

John Symond from Aussie Home Loans takes a big stick to all politicians over the debate on negative gearing. - Lots of questions coming in about what the banks are doing, where rates are headed and how much I can borrow.

Lower interest rates, the 2016 Budget and a Federal Election – what does all that mean for property?  Michael Yardney gives us an insight and a warning as well. - Andrew Mirams from Intuitive Finance explains what LMI or Lenders Mortgage Insurance is ...

So, you’ve found what appears to be the perfect “splitter block” for your first potential property project. To help with the due diligence, Nhan Nguyen, from Advanced Property Strategies, runs through his checklist of items to ensure the project is via...

Michael Pascoe, finance and economics commentator tells us why, in his opinion, investing in property doesn’t add up.   He doesn’t say don’t do it but he points out why many investors go wrong.   We wanted to get a balance to what Michael Pascoe said s...

Property investors are often unaware that there are two different methods available to calculate the depreciation deductions for the plant and equipment items contained within their investment properties. Brad Beer tells us what they are. -

  - Charlie Albone, landscape designer on Selling Houses Australia has just returned from Hong Kong and shares some great design ideas he picked up there and as well he has some advice that will save property sellers losing up to 25% on offers when th...