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Property Is a Girl's Best Friend |
| Property Women are giving you the opportunity to find out which strategy suits you, by giving you a chapter of their popular book : Property Is a Girls Best Friend. |
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Risk vs Reward |
| One Brisbane suburb that has been suggested as having good opportunity for investment buyers of houses at the moment by numerous sources is one that Buyers Agency Investigate Property won't touch. |
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Novice Investors Secure a Killer Deal |
| These girls have managed to buy something that is far more affordable to hold than a straight house and will get the benefit of both rental growth and capital gains. |
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Crazy Owners |
| The festive season can really mess with people's heads. |
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Cross Roads: Bucket List |
| We made it! Another item crossed off the bucket list. My wife Helen never forgets to tell me it wasn’t on hers! Seriously guys time to start making up that bucket list and put it on the fridge. Take action now to take control of your future. |
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Cross Roads: Donga |
| You know there is rental demand when you can rent out a Donga, and didn't I discover this! |
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Cross Roads: Moreton |
| Nothing is better than being in the “cross roads of life” where you have plenty of time to do what you want and streams of income to supplement that time. This was evident on a recent trip of mine. |
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Poor Marketing |
| Sometimes it doesn't take a genius to work out why a property isn't selling. |
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Agents need to be careful |
| Its Thursday afternoon, which means agent's emails of open homes for the weekend are hitting my inbox thick and fast. One particular one got my attention. |
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Just oiled my deck |
| Every few years you need to reapply decking oil to keep up the appearance and durability of your decking timber. Recently it was that time again for me. Anyone ever used those decking oil applicators? Looks like a mop with a hairy cover on it. What a pain! |
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The Median |
| Everyone wants to know what the median price is for the suburb they are interested in, or perhaps the median rent. In fact we quite it all the time, but only because people want to hear it. The trouble is the median means nothing when it isn't taken into context. |
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What? No capital gains on main roads? |
| Recently someone said to me that they didn't want to buy a property on or near a busy road because of the lack of capital gains. This had me puzzled. If properties on main roads do not go up in value, why aren't they are worth two pounds now? |
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Why Geoff Doidge was Scared |
| Geoff has recently overcome his fear and is just completing a project that has created $1.2m of equity and will bring in $110k in rental income per year. |
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A Tale of Two Splitters |
| How can two properties appear much the same, but one be able to be developed and realise a significant profit, but the other make little or no profit? |
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Who Can You Trust? Don't be Misled. |
| Having the correct information from the correct source can be the difference between a successful development and terrific profit - and a disastrous loss. |
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How to save $1000 in a day |
| Are you a 'hands-on' or 'hands-off' property investor when it comes to managing your investment properties? If you had a multi-million dollar property portfolio, how involved would you be? |
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Duplex Reno adds $94,200 |
| Audra Finlay is looking forward to the luxury and dazzle of a thrilling evening at the 2009 Property Women Inaugural Gala Awards Dinner on Saturday 20th February, before journeying across the country to undertake a major renovation on a Duplex pair. |
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The Dynamic Duo : Renovate and Develop |
| When Mark Dugmore first saw his latest investment property, a two-bedroom Queenslander, he knew - as did the agent - that it was a prime candidate for a renovation. |
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4 properties by age 25 . . . and now a developer |
When faced with a less than receptive response from work supervisors to his intelligent initiatives, Matt Cosgrove re-directed his energy and passion to property investing and development - with explosive results.
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Investors pile back in...but be careful |
| A growing number of media reports suggest that property investors are piling back into the market after being sidelined by the GFC (global financial crisis) for so long.
This renewed confidence in property investing is great, but as market activity builds, so will the hype. Don't get caught up in it. |
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Here's the money for your Investment Property |
| Would you like to have more money in your pocket WITHOUT drastically cutting back on your lifestyle and living without your little luxuries? WITHOUT getting a better paying job or earning a second income? |
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Renovate to Recession - Proof |
| Meet Melissa Xiang, a young renovator and property investor who, along with her husband, has built an impressive portfolio of 8 properties. And she's only 26 years old! Learn from her experience. |
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Run Into Real Property People ... and Joint Venture! |
| Our Investor Profile this month features Abby Levin, a successful Joint Venturer, property investor and developer and mother of three from Melbourne. Read how Abby literally bumped into her first Joint Venture partner and how things took off from there. |
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2009: The year of the Rental |
| Property Management Know-how from Australia's Best . What should you be doing to ensure your property performs? |
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The Wheel of Life 2009 |
| Geoff uses the "Wheel of Life" each year - it gives a visual snapshot of where you are right now in different facets of your life. |
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The Bank Manager's secrets exposed |
| If your bank manager tells you that you can't afford a loan, it may simply mean you don't suit that particular bank's new lending guidelines |
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Taking it to the next level |
| Geoff discusses the reasons he needed to change his property investment strategy and how lateral thinking has reduced the pain of the Boa Constrictor tax |
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Reno Perfect Cash Poor |
| Renovations can be one of the best ways to profit from your property but only if you do it right. |
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Property Princess |
| Sonya Matthews is a successful property investor that has earnt her title of Property Princess. |
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Renovate on a Budget |
| Geoff Doidge gives his tips on how to renovate a house or apartment on a shoestring budget |
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Landscaping for Landlords |
| Landscaping for rental property is very different from landscaping for your home. You need to be hardnosed and unemotional... |
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7 Day $7000 renovation adds massive value |
| Darren and Peta Cobby purchased a house in a regional town late in 2006 for $164,500. A valuation after a 7 day, $7000 renovation came in at $300,000 ... an increase of around $128,500 ... a massive 75% increase. |
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Multiple Property Strategy: 18 in 18 Months |
| Less than two years ago, Anthony and Jenny Storey say they were living on Struggle Street with a home, a mortgage and kids. Now they are star real estate raiders - a couple on average incomes who have bought an incredible 18 homes in 18 months, worth more than $2 million. |
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Renovation on the Cheap |
| Paul says 'The rule right now is not to over capitalise - make a budget and stick to it, no exceptions.' |
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