Buying Property Strategies - Investment Strategies

• 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

• 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