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My Property Investment Tip #16 How To Avoid Bad Tenants   Ever had a bad tenant? Can be enough to put you off investing in property for good.   But it shouldn’t! Because: A. Then you lose and don’t make…

My Property Investment Tip #15 Never Sell!   Now this rule is more of a philosophy than a hard and fast rule, as it should be thought of BEFORE you even buy a property.   Now first of all, when…

My Property Investment Tip #14 Tax yourself!   Ok so the tribe has spoken, another tip cominatchyah! ?   Now this one sounds funny, but stay with me… Tax yourself!   Now every pay day, the tax man gets his…

My Property Investment Tip #13 Get In The Water!   If you want to learn to surf, you need to get in the water.   If you want to catch the next big wave, you need to get in the…

My Property Investment Tip #12 Run your portfolio like a business!   An easy trap to fall into, is to mix your property portfolio money with your other money. Don’t do that. It’s bad management and leads to trouble.  …

My Property Investment Tip #11 Apartments or Houses?   Now this is a popular debate!   Apartments are more affordable price wise and are often in more established areas, so they should do well capital growth wise. …. well in…

My Property Investment Tip #10 Residential not Commercial   Now commercial property is good. Really good. But it’s for the big boys and girls. It’s not suitable for people starting out in property. Let’s go through each.   Commercial  …

My Property Investment Tip #9 Never Renovate!   Now the great Australian hobby of renovating is about to take a beating. And you’ll note I’ve referred to it as a ‘hobby’ because that’s really all it is. If you’re looking…

My Property Investment Tip #8 Never Buy An Old Property! Again this one is often a difficult one for people to accept, but after analysing thousands of property deals over the years from both a cashflow and a risk perspective,…

My Property Investment Tip #7 Choose the right suburb!   In a previous tip I said “Buy where it’s booming” this is THE most important thing, because capital growth is THE biggest source of potential money to be made from…