Buying Property Strategies - Investment Strategies

• Why investing in poor areas isn’t always stupid

  Many investors claim hell will freeze over before they purchase in a suburb where average incomes are low, but investing in so-called dodgy areas can have better results than you think read more

• Australia’s no-go zones dissected

  As tentative recovery gets underway in parts of the country, Jeremy Sheppard finds out if areas once considered no-go zones for investors are starting to stir read more

• Busted: why investing in units isn’t always as smart as you think

  The rental returns for units trump houses in a number of markets, but brimming under the surface of lower maintenance costs and higher density living are risks that many investors don’t realise read more

• How to buy before a boom

  Building the perfect property portfolio may be a matter of reading the property cycle. Your Investment Property finds out what ‘the right place at the right time’ really means read more

• The truth about property valuation

  Property valuation is often seen as a moving target that depends on a number of factors, but as James Freudigmann explains, there are still some core guidelines that never change read more

• Low risk, high reward suburbs

  Forget mining towns, we reveal great investment opportunities in much less risky areas that, for various reasons, are assured of long-term growth read more

• The trick to buying off the plan

  You have just found your dream investment property. The only problem: it doesn’t exist yet. We unravel the due diligence required when buying off the plan read more

• What Not To Buy

  As independent Buyers Advocates we are asked every day of the week “What is a good property investment and where should I buy?” To shed some light on this question, let’s have a look at some of the fundamental mistakes that investors sometimes make and ten things you should avoid. read more

• Old vs. new debate settled: which is a better investment?

  Your Investment Property tests whether old properties trump new properties or vice versa. While opinions differ, the arguments speak for themselves read more