General Strategy - Investment Strategies

• Investing in your teens or 20s

  Getting your foot on the property ladder is not generally a high priority for most teenagers and those in their early 20s. However, if you tune into the potential that property can offer from a young age, the rewards can be truly extraordinary read more

• How to invest in property at any age

  Are you a brand-new investor fresh out of your first job – or is retirement just around the corner and you’re making a last-ditch effort to boost your bank balance? Whatever your age, this Special Report aims to guide you towards the best property decisions for your life stage, to suit you now and in the future read more

• Free advice vs property advisors

  With so much information freely available these days, do you really need a property advisor? Are they just in it to make money for themselves and line their own pockets with investor commissions – or can they genuinely help everyday Australians create wealth? read more

• The man with a plan

  Boasting a $20m property portfolio, Ian Hosking Richards confesses that he's done 'nothing special' to scale the heights of property success. He spoke with Sarah Megginson and shared the process he's followed to build wealth – and explained how you can follow in his footsteps. read more

• Strategic diversification is key in a changing property market

  How and why investors can and should take advantage of Queensland’s property growth cycles. Melissa Baker explains... read more

• A Common Misconception

  Short-term rentals have a reputation for being both risky and time-consuming, but if investors have an effective safety net in place, they could soon enjoy incredible returns. Nicola Middlemiss reports read more

• How To Retire Smartly

  Advice on buying investment properties and building wealth is relatively easy to come by – but how do you work out what to do as retirement nears? When Bob, one of our readers, contacted us with this conundrum, we asked Philippe Brach to give him a strategy for moving forward. read more

• Commercial investing: Do's and Don'ts

  With the slowing down of the residential investment market, a growing number of traditional residential investors are shifting their focus to the stronger underlying real estate attributes and superior tenants on offer in commercial property investment. read more

• Pathways to Wealth

  The journey to financial freedom will be different for everyone, yet many investors rely on a cookie-cutter solution. Nicola Middlemiss talks to one expert who’s doing things differently. read more