Clients of mine last week were deciding whether to: buy a 1.5 million house in Chatswood (Sydney) to live in; or buy 2 x $750,000 investment properties, and rent a 1.5 million house instead (this is the now popular strategy of “rentvesting”) I’ve reproduced a hypothetical scenario in this article, and this is what the numbers show: […]
Would you live in a $800,000 better home, for free?
Case Study – High Growth Investment in Brisbane
In our interview with property expert John Lindeman he talks about the need for young investors to focus on capital growth, rather than cash flow, to build their portfolios. (you can listed to the podcast recording here) The rationale is that the capital growth creates equity, and the investor can use this equity to grow a larger portfolio. […]
What’s the right investment property for me?
Thanks to our new format of interviewing real Australian property investors, and learning from their experiences, we’re starting to develop a great set of tips for all kinds of property investors. What’s missing though is the link between the tips we’re receiving and the specific investment objectives of individual investors. What most investors should start […]