Contributing Experts
Philippe Brach, founder and CEO of Multifocus Properties & Finance, is a successful property investor who turned his passion for property into a unique investor-focused business. In addition, he is the well-recognised author of ‘Creating Property Wealth in any Market’ which lays out in detail what it means to invest in property.
His 25 year background in corporate finance and accounting, as well as his experience as a property investor, real estate agent and finance broker, gives him the perfect profile to help investors in all aspects of property ownership.
In particular he can ensure that investment strategy, financial set-up, ownership structure and sourcing performing properties form a seamless plan that optimises potential for growth, and preserves benefits associated with managing a portfolio.
Manufactured Home Estates are essentially relocatable, prefabricated dwellings located in designate estates. Increasingly they are gaining ground as a simple, affordable housing choice as a permanent home.
Before you buy into the hype, let’s separate the facts from the alarmist and the click-bait articles and negative media coverage that currently abounds, to show you that ‘doom and gloom’ isn’t the only attitude to take.
We have had a slowdown in lending driven by APRA, which in turned cooled the property market mainly in Sydney and Melbourne, then The Royal Commission threw a spanner in the works by largely letting the banks off the hook and severely undermining the mortgage broking industry, not to mention curbing competition in the process. To cap it off, Labor has promised to change negative gearing rules and increase capital gains tax for investors.