General Strategy - Investment Strategies

• 3 Successful Strategies for investing on a low income

  According to the ATO, more than a third of Australian investors earn less than $37,000 per year. Low-income earners comprise a huge proportion of the investing market, and while they face specific challenges, the most committed, driven and creative among them can reap the biggest rewards. Sarah Megginson reports read more

• How to survive a downturn

  Property prices are still rising in many places in Australia, but underneath this hyperactivity is a slowing economy that could soon manifest itself to the property market. So what will you do when the downturn occurs? Sam Saggers explains. read more

• Demographics and property investing

  When selecting an investment property, it is important to choose something that has appeal to tenants in the current market, and would also be attractive to other investors or owner-occupiers if the property needed to be sold in the short term. However, increasingly, property investors are realising the benefits of holding on to their investment properties for the long term, perhaps 20 years or even more. read more

• Rear view with David Brewster

  It’s would be a tough task to find anybody more passionate about riding waves than David Brewster of Buy Property Direct. He reveals his strangest property experience and how a car accident changed his outlook on life. read more

• 5 Deal Breakers That Could Harm Your Investment

  How do you spot investment hazards that could derail your portfolio and what are the consequences if you neglect to check them? Cate Bakos explains. read more

• Game Plan: Renovation Strategy for Low-income Earners

  With just a modest combined income of $25,632, Ann and Carl Driscoll are hoping to renovate their way to an early retirement. Brendan Kelly examines their situation and puts together a plan for anybody with a low income read more

• The importance of having a goal and a plan

  I would describe myself as a goal-orientated person by nature. I love to set myself inspiring goals, and as soon as I have ticked them off I don’t lose any time in setting some new ones to replace the ones that have been achieved. read more

• Step-by-step guide to investing in 2015: A 12-Month Plan

  Getting started in property investing can be a daunting prospect for a beginner investor, so Cate Bakos has put together a comprehensive and fully tested guide to starting a profitable property portfolio with minimum pain and maximum gain. read more

• Investing for the long term

  Investing in well researched, well located residential properties and holding for the long term has allowed many Australians to create substantial asset bases and achieve the financial freedom that they were aiming for. Myself included. A quick glance at the table below illustrates how well it has performed as an asset class over recent years, despite regular dire warnings from various doomsayers predicting market stagnation and prolonged periods of falling property prices. read more