Buying Property Strategies - Investment Strategies

• 5 ways to get the price you want

  Agents come in different shapes and sizes. Some want the best price, others want a quick sale. Here's how you turn the odds in your favour read more

• How to buy property when you don’t have money

  Feeling short of a deposit or savings? We reveal the numerous strategies you can use to purchase property without putting a lot of money down read more

• The trouble with negative gearing

  Ryan Crawford asks the difficult question: does negative gearing really create wealth? read more

• How to get past your first purchase

  Stuck on only one property? Find out why most Aussie never make it to their second property purchase and how you can avoid being one of them read more

• Investors reveal insane property bargains

  Whether by prudent property selection, patience or canny negotiating skills, three Aussie investors who scored great bargains on their property purchases explain how they saved paying hundreds of thousands of dollars read more

• 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