Buying Property Strategies - Investment Strategies

• Timing the Bakken boom in North Dakota

  Oil production has made North Dakota the strongest economy and tightest housing market in the US. But is now the right time to invest in this boom state? Kit Kadlec reports read more

• Investors ‘overrate’ high rental yields

  Many investors rely heavily on rental yield figures to sniff out good deals, but the stats provide a misleading snapshot of how individual properties really perform, according to an industry figure read more

• Buying under market value

  If you make money when you buy, it goes without saying that buying under market value should ensure a big fat profit for you in the future. Jeremy Sheppard explains what you should look out for to ensure you’re buying a genuine gem, not a fine-scented junk read more

• 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