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Changes To Rules For Duplex Management In Qld
By admin on January 19, 2012  |  Comments 0

Changes To Rules For Duplex Management In Qld

Up until now any unit set up meant that changes to the day to day management of the unit complex required a formal body corporate meeting before any changes could be instigated.
Any type of unit complex, from  two unit or more meant that a formal meeting had to be held, but Brian Bauer, Fair Trading [...]

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How Many True Property Bargains Are Out There
By admin on January 15, 2012  |  Comments 0

How Many True Property Bargains Are Out There

It is always an interesting question  when you ask someone if they got a ‘bargain’.
I often find that this is very relevant to the buyers position because although there are some true bargains out there in terms of being able to buy a property a lot less than its valuation, I believe that some ‘bargains’ [...]

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Start Property Investing With A Renovation
By admin on January 10, 2012  |  Comments 0

Start Property Investing With A Renovation

Many people would like to get involved in property investing but feel that a buy and hold property is not their goal.
If this is the case a simple buy, renovate and sell property may be the answer. Unless an investor has done some renovation before it will pay them to thoroughly research this topic be [...]

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Investment Responsibilities
By admin on January 07, 2012  |  Comments 0

Investment Responsibilities

Have You Prepared For The Future? Personal Responsibilities That Often Get Overlooked

This is not a nice topic I know, but being the start of a new year you may feel that it is time to get organised.  The beginning of a new year gives us inspiration to put right all the matters that did not [...]

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Investment Property Maintenance
By admin on January 05, 2012  |  Comments 0

Investment Property Maintenance

The holidays are all but over and with some relaxation under the belt it is time to look at what is going to happen for you in 2012.
Property investing is still the main wealth creation vehicle for the average Australian and that is for many reasons but mainly because it is a product they can [...]

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Insurance On Strata Title Properties

Insurance On Strata Title Properties

When a person owns a strata title property, whether it be a unit, apartment or a commercial property, owners need to be aware of just what insurance is taken out by the body corporate.
it has often been found that body corporates will keep renewing the insurance each year, which is increased by CPI, but they [...]

5 Top Tips for Renovating Investment Property Bathroom

5 Top Tips for Renovating Investment Property Bathroom

Renovating properties is one of the primary functions overlooked by a competent real estate investor. Home renovating is needed in order to get the property appraised for a price much higher than what it would have been without it. There are various techniques for each part of a property, and the bathroom is among those [...]

Budget For Wealth in 2012

Budget For Wealth in 2012

CREATING A BUDGET AND BECOME WEALTHY
George S.Clason’s The Richest Man In Babylon is a MUST READ book if you have not picked it up yet.
There is no mystery to the fact that grow your wealth you have to have an income in excess of your expenses. Quite a simple math deduction really.
BUT where the crunch [...]

How to Have A Positively Geared Property

How to Have A Positively Geared Property

There are two ways to have a positively geared property that are easy to figure out and that is:

to pay down a large deposit on the property
increase the rent

The first choice would be the easiest in terms of reality in that when you pay down a large deposit you know how much you need [...]

Investment Property Finance

Investment Property Finance

I think we all understand that it is very difficult to get finance although if you have all the facts and figures that the banks require then you stand a much better chance of getting an approval.
When financing an investment property do your homework and present to the bank:

a layout of what the property [...]

Planning for Retirement

Planning for Retirement

A property portfolio has always been considered a safe haven for retirement funds.  Even when times have been tough people still swing towards property as their vehicle of choice for putting money aside for the future.
Interest rates play a bit part in being prepared for retirement and is one aspect that needs careful consideration.
In the [...]

Contracts To Purchase Real Estate Are Legal Documents

Contracts To Purchase Real Estate Are Legal Documents

A Contract to Purchase is a legal document that needs to be filled out correctly, but even more than that people need to realise that once a Contract to Purchase is signed and the cooling down period is over then the only way to get out of a contract is according to the conditions of [...]

Building Covenents

Building Covenents

Contracts written for new houses to be built on land in new developments have covenants written in by the developers.  Developers use covenants in their property contracts so that the quality of the buildings constructed in a particular development reach a certain standard and by having a set standard the value of the properties [...]