Buying Property Strategies - Investment Strategies

• The untold benefits of being a cash strapped investor

  Feeling daunted by a tight budget and limited cash flow? We offer some startling secrets on how to get ahead as a lower-income investor. We also unveil Australia’s safest markets for penny pinchers to invest in read more

• Buying a unit checklist

  It is best to consider unit purchases that feature certain qualities, otherwise finding tenants could be a struggle read more

• Buy, Buy, Buy

  Sick of hearing doom and gloom stories all the time? Your Investment Property talks to some tried and true investors, ordinary Australians who have become wealthy through property, to find out where they are buying now and why read more

• Australia’s cheapest suburbs

  Do you have $35,000? That would be enough to buy a house in Australia’s cheapest suburb. Read on for a state by state breakdown of Australia’s cheapest suburbs. And guess what? Almost three-quarters of them have a median price of less than $200,000. read more

• Capital growth wonder suburbs you can bag for a bargain

  It’s a smart strategy – go for areas with big capital growth prospects, but which are heavily discounted at the moment. Think these are hard to find? We’ve done all the hard work for you as we reveal the country’s best high growth bargains. But be warned: they won’t be bargains for long. read more

• ‘How I’m buying houses for $20k’

  Through networking and learning the language of real estate agents Nathan Birch is finding some amazing deals, including a studio apartment for $20k, a 2-bed house for $58k and a 3-bed house for $20k. He shares some of his secrets. read more

• How ‘experts’ locate a big capital growth market – and how to get there first

  If you’re on the hunt for markets that are tipped for capital growth – forget what the spruikers, analysts and real estate agents say – do you own research. We reveal a dead easy trick for pinpointing markets that are set for immediate growth using one of the most commonly available indicators: the rental market. read more

• 4 capital growth myths you probably believe

  High annual price growth indicates a market tipped for more growth, right? Not quite. Jeremy Sheppard reveals why many of the common beliefs we have of capital growth don’t match up to reality read more

• Part 3: How to make $1m on a lower income

  We asked three highly regarded investors how someone on a lower income could realistically make $1m in 10 years through property. Admitting that it wouldn’t be easy, they’ve come up with three very different strategies. The result is one of Australia’s most comprehensive blueprints to property success. read more