Buying Property Strategies - Investment Strategies

• Hotspots: What $1M Buys Across Australia

  Every investor in Australia is pondering the best place to park their property dollars right now. The first step to devising a smart real estate strategy is due diligence. What are the different markets doing? Which cities are growing, which suburbs are stalling, and how can you tap into an investment opportunity before it booms? read more

• Fixed-price house and land packages

  Not all fixed-price packages are created equal, and some companies include exceptions in their contracts. Real estate veteran Chris Cramer explains why that’s not the case at Castran Gilbert. Nicola Middlemiss reports read more

• Australia's Best Buyers' Agents

  A great buyer’s agent does more than just save you time and money during a property transaction. They also deliver access to expertise, relationships and deals that would otherwise be out of reach. read more

• Opportunity abounds in Queensland’s Peregian Springs

  Just minutes from the beach, Peregian Springs on the Sunshine Coast is capturing investor Ian Hosking Richards’ attention for all the right reasons... read more

• Friends with housing benefits

  Many people are choosing to invest as tenants in common, sharing the cost of entering the property market. Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) CEO, Antonia Mercorella, explains how tenants in common works. read more

• Need to know: Residential property acquisition

  Investors never plan for a forced sale, but these can (and do) happen. When you have to surrender your property to the government in the event of a restructure of the cityscape, here’s what to be prepared for – and how you can still profit read more

• A million people can’t be wrong!

  Why is the comparison platform attracting so many property owners? read more

• 'Rent To Buy' Schemes

  With property prices in some Australian cities becoming highly unaffordable, would-be property buyers are turning to creative strategies to get on to the property ladder. One such strategy is ‘rent to buy’, but it presents risks for all parties involved, warns Peter Koulizos. read more

• Where investors are buying now

  Pretend for a moment that you’ve suddenly been gifted the opportunity to invest in any property (or properties) you like, with $1m worth of buying power at your disposal. What – and where – would you buy? read more