All Entries Tagged With: "property investment portfolio"

Property Investment: Who Is In Your Support Team

There is one critical fact when building your support team around you when you are property investing, or planning to start out in property investing, and that is that the people who you work with need to be experienced in property investment.
If at all possible try and work with people who actually own investments as [...]

Is It Time To Invest In Property?

If you and your family and friends are interested in property investment then I am sure you have had many discussions about whether or not property investing right now is the right call for your dollar.
With the real estate market in limbo for several years now many property investors have been paying down their mortgages [...]

Outsourcing Your Property Investment Duties

As with anything we do there are certain things we are excellent at and others that we are not so good at.  For example, if you own a business you may be the best salesperson around and make great sales for the business but you may be lousy at bookkeeping (probably are if you are [...]

Forced Savings For Investment Properties And Retirement Income

You might wonder what I mean by this title but many people find it hard not to spend the spare cash that is sitting around.  It is true; if there is not a specific purpose for the money (like a bill that has to be paid) then many people will turn a ‘want’ into a [...]

The Business of Property Investing

Have you ever been in a business?  If you have you will realise just how hard it is to run the financial side of a business and have it flow easily at all times.
Even if you have not had a business, running a household budget can come with its headaches.
Property Investment Business
If you are a [...]

Do You Suffer From “Analysis Paralysis”?

Did you realise that most property investors do not grow rich from real estate investing? Often the reason is because they go through the “Analysis paralysis” syndrome.
This comes about because they are uncertain of their decisions and the reasons they are uncertain of their decisions is because they do not have enough knowledge about what [...]

Are You Starting To Invest In Property?

STEPS TO STARTING PROPERTY INVESTING
Property investing is not so different from anything else that you may start.  Sure there is probably more money at risk, but as it is with anything you want to achieve it is a matter of learning the ‘rules’.
Everything we do in life has a ’set of rules’, whether it be [...]

How Much Value Do You Put On Your Time In Property Investing

Here is some food for thought for property investors who are into renovating, who have several properties and plan on increasing the number of properties as quickly as they can.
Property investors are educated to think Return on Investment (ROI) and Return on Equity (ROE), but how many actually think Return on Time (ROT).
When you have [...]

Good news for struggling property investors

Some property investors in certain circumstances are still struggling to hold things together as interest rates rise and with the knowledge that there will be more interest rate increases in the near future, possibly within days.
The good news for investors is that property analyst Residex has again advised that property rentals will most likely rise [...]

What Price Do You Pay When Purchasing Property?

This makes for an interesting argument.  What do you think?
 

 
Case 1: Make a sensible offer:
I often read from investors that when purchasing you should make a sensible offer and not “low-ball” the seller.   The theory behind this is that you should be more interested in the cashflow of the property, not so much the purchase [...]

Is It Time To Take Out A Small Loan And Spruce Up Your Investment Properties?

It seems like there is only one way the interest rates are going to go and that is UP.  With two interest rate increases now we can be fairly certain that we will not see that record low interest rate again anytime soon, if ever.
This would make you wonder if it is worth borrowing a [...]

Consider Debt Consolidation

With interest rates still at a relatively low level now it may be the time to consider debt consolidation.  If you have car loans, credit cards or other small debts, now might be the time to put them all in one low interest rate loan.
There really only seems to be one way for interest rates [...]

Which Of Your Investment Properties Are Producing?

Generally speaking prices throughout Australia have held pretty well over the last couple of years through this financial crisis.
So this begs the question, “If you are still holding onto properties that are not producing well, should you think about selling them?”
It really is time to be planning for the next couple of years and there [...]