Congratulations – you’ve found a house you want to move into, and you’ve started the sale or rental negotiations. Everything is looking really positive and it looks like you’ll be set to move within the next couple of months. Now the real fun begins…… thinking about moving your stuff! Whether its moving into a rental.

Property has long been the great Australian Dream, and for many it’s moved on from simply owning their own home; bricks and mortar are now seen as a great investment opportunity. Whether you are at the start of your property investment journey, or you already own a second property or have a portfolio, we believe.

Garden gnomes, tacky chandeliers, tasteless wallpaper or a wild garden? What are the biggest property turnoffs for potential buyers when looking round a property? A nationwide survey* carried out by financial comparison site Mozo discovered it wasn’t necessarily the décor which turned off potential buyers. No parking, mould and lack of natural light were actually.

Last year, figures* released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed property investment is still in many people’s reach; figures show 62 per cent of people who negatively gear one property have taxable incomes under $80,000. Breaking the figures down by professions, these include over 396,000 school teachers and over 266,000 office and practice.

With the banking royal commission, Labor’s negative gearing plans and financial experts predicting a softening market, if you believe what’s in the media, you’d never invest in property; it’s all bad news. However, we’ve been in the business for over 40 years, so we are proof investing in bricks and mortar works in spite of.

‘Tis the season to be….. spending money and don’t the retailers just know it. Every shop, both online and in the street is promising you a good Christmas – at a price. But Christmas needn’t be filled with expensive excesses – it can be used as a great opportunity to start saving for your investment.

Whichever way you look at it, unless you are exceedingly lucky, property is a long-term investment, and there are three main types of investment strategies property investors use: capital growth, cash flow, and compound growth. Some people use one strategy, and others use a mixture in their property portfolios. Here are the pros and cons.

A few months ago, we highlighted Stamp Duty in Australia had doubled in the last 8 years, which is why the recent NSW Treasurer’s announcement of overhauling the system is welcome news. Stamp Duty is the tax paid on any property purchase. Currently based on a proportion of a transaction’s value and in Australia, it.