General Strategy - Investment Strategies

• GAME PLAN: How to access equity to get ahead

  Your Investment Property readers John and Jane have built some positive wealth through two investment properties within their SMSF but are confused as to what their next step should be. With the help of super investor, founder and chief executive of Rocket Property Group Ian Hosking Richards, we outline a game plan to help propel their portfolio read more

• Retiring with cashflow - a property investment strategy

  Retirees need to plan ahead to make sure they end up with the enough time and money to enjoy their retirement. It’s important to not to waste your time, so you can spend time enjoying your retirement. Creating a retirement plan is a smart way to reduce the risk of your retirement funds running out before you do. read more

• How to build a portfolio from the ground up

  Your Investment Property reader Barbara Smith is ready to invest in property, but she and her husband have no idea where (or how) to start. They wrote in to ask for guidance, so we enlisted the help of our expert, Helen Collier-Kogtevs, to show them how to get their portfolio off the ground read more

• What type of investor are you?

  By now you’re clear on the difference between cash flow and capital growth investments, and some of the primary advantages and drawbacks of each strategy. Next you need to consider which types of investors are best suited to positive cash flow investments, and which investors will benefit more from capital growth properties. More importantly, where do you fit in this mix? read more

• Cash flow vs capital growth: Which is best?

  Is there such a thing as a perfect property investment strategy? Sarah Megginson digs deep to discover whether creating cash flow is the most effective way to grow your wealth, or generating capital growth – and which risks you need to avoid along the way read more

• Wealth Building for Women

  Provided women are armed with the right tools, building wealth can begin at any stage. read more

• Buy at the bottom: How and where to find areas about to surge

  Which Australian suburbs boast properties that have quadrupled in value over the last 20 years – and which ones are projected to continue growing strongly for the foreseeable future? Sarah Megginson reports read more

• Location Location Location – The Investors Guide

  The one statement that has consistently been associated with investor success, so much so that even a TV show was named after it, is “Location, Location, Location”. Most investors will know full well the importance of location and will aim to have a balanced portfolio that offers both cash flow security and capital growth. read more

• Buyer’s agents key in smart property investment

  Purchasing an investment property is a beneficial avenue to financial security. Australians have identified the prosperous nature of real estate and the long-term advantage property investment affords. However securing the highest possible return isn’t always straightforward. read more