Property Hints & Tips - Investment Strategies

• How to use building inspections to negotiate big profits

  An inspection report can deliver more than simply peace of mind. It can also pave the way for substantial savings and hefty purchase discounts. read more

• 'The best and worse advice I ever got'

  Property investors with multimillion dollar portfolios explain the advice that helped them prosper and, conversely, what turned out to be terrible advice that they suggest no one follow read more

• Co-Ownership Legal Structure

  Joint venture partnerships are becoming increasingly popular as a way for two or more individuals to jointly qualify for a loan who individually would not be ready to invest. 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

• 10 things you should know before refinancing

  There’s more than one way to tie a shoe, and many more ways to botch a refinancing. We reveal the top 10 mistakes refinancers make read more

• How investors really get screwed in mining towns

  It’s no secret that mining towns are risky, but not for many of the reasons property investors commonly think read more

• Property data vs. fundamentals

  What should you trust: stats or fundamentals? It’s a tricky question and each has merits and shortcomings. We explore the knife edge between the two and explain how you can use it to make investment decisions read more

• Interest deductibility on investment properties

  Eddie Chung looks at how the issue of deductions on interest has evolved and how it might be further restricted in the future read more

• How to Avoid Information Overload

  One of the most common challenges facing the novice investor is the sheer volume of information that is available which is why it's important people are able to tel what's important and what isn't read more