You’re Successful When You Can Choose What You Do
A lot of people ask me… “If you’re so good at investing in property, then why do you need to spend hours every week coaching investors?” When I’m asked this question by someone, it often tells me a lot about where they are coming from. See, many of those who ask me will answer “no”…
How Investors See Clearly When Surrounded By Market Fear
It doesn’t matter where the market is in its cycle, there’s always that person who will say… “Why are you investing in property now?” How many times have you heard someone say something along the lines of… “You missed out on that market, the best time to invest was a year ago”? And let’s be…
How To Maximise Your Cash Flow With Depreciation
Depreciation is a tax allowance for the wear and tear on your investment property. It is claimed as an expense against your rental income. The greater the depreciation claimed, the less tax you pay. While property investment is a fantastic way to increase your wealth, many investors never fully realise the potential returns their property…
Dirt-cheap property: Too good to be true?
Years back, I went to the most bizarre open home in my life. This was a property I’d seen advertised, thought it was cheap, and wanted to add it to my portfolio of investment property. But when I got there, no one was looking around the house. Instead, the agent was talking to a big…
Finding the ‘right’ investment property is NOT love at first sight.
You’re not supposed to fall in love with an investment property. Investing means looking at dozens, perhaps hundreds, of properties until you find a property that fits your budget and meets your strategy criteria. I have met investors who actually know this but still go out and spend thousands of dollars more on a property…
5 Free Resources You Should Be Using To Analyse The Property Market
In the media, the charts and figures you see only represent enough data to depict what they’re saying in the article. Sure, the figures might be true, but you risk missing the bigger picture. It’s so important to collect your own data from trustworthy sources. I just jumped onto the Ministry of Business, Innovation and…
13 Questions To Ask Yourself When Looking For An Investment Property
We become experts in those things we spend time doing. You’re no doubt an expert in your particular field of study – not because you were born to do what you’re doing (natural talents aside) but because you spent many hours studying and doing what you’ve done in your professional life. Property investing is no…