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Investing In Property Security
Owning investment properties is not all about making money, but with that in mind there are many issues that can be overlooked when it comes to building wealth with property investing.
Property Investment Security
Note I am not saying secure your property as in have asset protection but making your property secure so that the tenants are [...]
Using Quantity Surveryors For A Better Decpreciation Schedule
It is quite common for an investor who has purchased a new property to use the builder’s costs as the basis for a depreciation schedule. This may sound a sensible thing to do but the fact is that the builder has just that, builder’s costs.
Unfortunately, the builder’s costs are not the only costs to be [...]
Fixed Interest Loans Help New Property Investors
When an investors buys their first property there is no doubt that quite a lot of stress is involved. There is so much to research and there is so much to learn.
Then on top of that there is the decision to make about which property to buy, and then there is the decision on which [...]
Do Units Experience Higher Property Growth Than Houses?
I was just flicking back through an April Your Investment Property magazine and saw a chart that had interesting figures that I wanted to share.
There was a list of the Top 30 locations in Australia for growth. Now these figures were put out by RP Data in December 2009, but I still thought it was [...]
What Give Property Investors A Higher Rental Return?
How investors get a higher rental return is something that beginner investors try to understand.
There are many different options put out there, anything from refurbishing to full renovating, but there is one other criteria for higher rental returns.
Position, Position, Position
That’s right. It’s the ’same old, same old’ with real estate. Position, Position, Position. But usually [...]
Pest Control In Rental Properties
A situation has come to my notice that I believe is worth sharing and that is the use by some landlords or property managers of unlicensed pest management technicians(PMT) for pest control.
What has been happening in some instances is that carpet cleaners and other property cleaners have offered pest control services in rental properties. When these services [...]
Tips For Self Managing Investment Properties
When an investor decides to manage their own investment property/s the process needs to have a set of steps set up and the investor needs to ensure that they are familiar with the rental laws in the particular state that the property is in.
1. Know the law. Managing your own investment property can run quite [...]
Property Investors Find It Is A Buyer’s Market
A national election always has some influence on the property market for a short period and now is no different.
But the election is not the reason that it is a buyer’s market at the moment.
What are the benefits of a buyer’s market?
When the market prices are not moving it is a time when an investor [...]
Co-ownership Property Investment Strategies
There is an emergence of a style of property investment that is taking a strong hold in various parts of the country.
Co-ownership or fractional ownership is becoming more and more popular as investors look at alternatives to the traditional style of investing.
Although not limited to, much of the buying using this style of ownership is [...]
Buying and Selling Property Investments
Holding property investments for a long time has proven not be always give the best return on your money.
In the earlier years of people investing their spare cash in real estate this was a very popular concept but more and more it has become known that buying and selling investment properties can reap the better returns.
Take [...]
