Investing

Do your research before you buy your next investment property This is a theme that we will be focusing on in coming editions as we show the importance of making decisions about investment properties from the head rather than from the heart. Here’s a list of questions that you should ask of your property manager […]

[h1]Property Investment[/h1]   Residential property can be a great investment selection – but you need to buy well in order to secure the best return.   Property is widely considered a great investment and a powerful wealth creation strategy.   But as with anything in life, there are no guarantees.   Yet if you back […]

A simple enough question that has taken quite a bit of digging around to get an answer! The increases in water usage charges in Queensland has prompted many investors to question whether they have the right to charge their tenants for the water that they use. There are three parts to the answer: the property […]

There’s no shortage of expenses for an investment property that are usually claimable as a tax deduction with the following list being supplied by Aviate Property Group: Advertising for tenants Bank charges Body corporate fees & charges Cleaning Council Rates Electricity & Gas Gardening and Lawn mowing In-house audio/video service charges Insurance (building, contents, landlords […]

We like to pass on information that can help people that are looking to invest in property and a recent email from Aviate does just that. It’s basically their views on Sydney but the thrust of it is that because it’s a seller’s market, there’s too much heat in the Sydney property market at the […]

Having an investment property without a tenant is the biggest fear of a property investor so it was great news released in the email newsletter from hotspotting.com.au’s newsletter dated 22 March. Figures released by SQM Research revealed that the number of residential vacancies nationally decreased further in February, dipping 0.1 percentage points to record a […]