Multiple Income Investment Property for Sale

20th May 2012
Multiple Income Property Investment

I am selling this property that I’ve lived in for the past 5 years as I now have a young family and it’s no longer practical for us. It’s a 7 bedroom, 4 bathroom house that was purpose-built with flats …

Borrow from one bank or multiple banks?

1st May 2011
borrowing

If you’ve never had any problems with banks or believe that if you always pay your mortgages, you will be ok, don’t be so sure. I know many investors whose relationships with their lenders suddenly turned sour even though they had strong cashflow and had not missed any mortgage payments. Some were shocked to learn that their mortgages could be called in at any time even though they had long term fixed rate agreements!

12 tips for first time property renovation

4th March 2011
renovation

Buying and selling your first property renovation can be a real adventure! It’s a crash course that can be an expensive lesson if done wrong, even for people experienced in buying and holding investment properties. Unless the house is already in pretty good condition, forget the idea of just spending a few thousand dollars and “flicking it on”. Unless the property market is already very hot, this just isn’t an option! You may find that after purchasing a property and “getting stuck in”, essential work will inflate costs. This is why it’s so important to make sure that there is plenty of fat in any buy and sell property.