Funnily enough, you don’t have to be a parent to be in the Mum and Dad investor club! If you’ve heard the term before but you’re not sure what it is, let me explain: the definition of a Mum and Dad investor is a “small scale, non-professional investor”. Small scale? Non-professional? Well, who wants to be one of those? If you’ve been labelled a Mum and Dad investor … [Read more...]
Current challenges facing investors.
Have you been keeping up with the outcomes of the Royal Banking Commission? It’s a doozy and I reckon as, with all Royal Commissions, its going to create some kufufal for a while then settle back into a new norm. The Royal Commission targeted ANZ and accused them of not doing the right thing. In fact, they are saying that ANZ was non-compliant by not verifying inconsistent … [Read more...]
The pitfalls of set and forget investor
When was the last time you’ve taken a good hard look at the leases you have in place across your portfolio? It’s easy to have a set and forget mindset when it comes to investing. It doesn’t mean that you don’t speak to your property manager or that you ignore your tax returns… a set and forget mentality with property investing points to a portfolio where you have taken the … [Read more...]
2018 is the Year to Invest in Property – but where?
I don’t know about you, but 2018 has shot out of the gate and literally taken off. You will no doubt be aware of all the latest media doom and gloom headlines that have Melbourne and Sydney property labelled as ‘unaffordable’, ‘over inflated’ or ‘about to bust’ – I’m sure the next thing that they’ll be saying is that the sky will be falling in too! I have never taken much … [Read more...]
Should I be renting appliances?
Have you ever sat home at night watching TV on that small screen wishing you could upgrade and you see an ad for appliance rentals? It looks so easy, a few dollars a week for that 60 inches smart TV with the latest technology. But is it as good as it sounds? What really is the true cost and is there a catch? Do Your Research On the Australian Securities & Investments … [Read more...]