Property Finance Strategies - Investment Strategies

• The 108 steps to the perfect loan

  Before you bypass brokers and go straight to the bank, consider the information they have at their disposal read more

• What lenders look for

  Strict regulation means lenders must take a number of steps to ensure they lend responsibly. Heidi Armstrong from State Custodians outlines what they are read more

• Properties banks don’t like

  Not all properties are equal, at least in the banks’ eyes, and that perfect investment property you’ve uncovered won’t always get a loan read more

• How credit scoring works

  Since the GFC, banks have fine-tuned their policies, using years of data patterns, to avoid lending to people who will end up defaulting. The less mortgage arrears they have on their own books, the more favourably they are looked upon by their own financial backers; usually overseas wholesale lenders read more

• Home renovations tax deductions

  Home renovations can be a lucrative investment as long as you are fully aware of the full extent of your tax depreciation entitlements. Paul Bennion looks at the most important tax deductions you should be claiming when renovating read more

• SMSF: How to choose the best properties

  Investing in property through your super requires care and consideration. YIP explores the best property options that will help you build for your retirement read more

• Unlocking your equity for property investment

  Eddie Chung explains how you can use your home to buy an investment property to build your wealth and shows how to avoid the tax trap read more

• SMSF Returns Through Property Development

  SMSF Returns Through Property Development: Can crowd funding help you use you Super to make development profits? read more

• Accessing finance in a self-managed super fund

  You look in horror at the television screen as a bloke with a fishing rod talks about how he can’t afford to live much longer. You don’t want to be in the same boat as this guy, but how do you do it? And how do you use your super to help? read more