Archive for 2015
Great buying in Reservoir….
I had all of the great ingredients for a really fun client brief. $500K-ish budget, capital growth focus, up-and-coming-suburbs, and best of all, a lovely client who was engaged in the whole process and had fabulous questions along the way. We decided to target two main catchments; Sunshine & surrounds and Reservoir/Fawkner. Our aim was to…
Read MoreRBA November Cash Rate Decision – Cate Comments
Buying for Value in the Western Corridor – Cate is interviewed by API
….a little slice of Victorian-style Heaven in Coburg
A fantastic, third-time client of ours decided to take our advice and diversify his portfolio by adding a piece of Melbourne’s inner-north to it. His mutual love of Victorian cottages and terraces matched mine and we knew that we’d have a challenge on our hands this time with a $650,000 brief targeting quality areas in…
Read MoreKeep your Friends Close, and your Agents Closer – Amy writes for SPI
Why are rents not going up right now?? – Cate writes for WhichInvestment
Six Reasons Why High-Density, High-Rise Apartments Scare Me
Just this week we had two lovely clients and a prospective new client ask us about our thoughts on a high-rise, high-density apartment they’d each picked out; one in the CBD and one in Docklands. It was an interesting adventure for one who’s preapproval was deemed invalid for the property she’d set her sights on. So while she was…
Read MoreRate Rises are Not All Bad News – Cate is interviewed
The Four Essential Elements – Cate Bakos – Which Investment Property
How would we define “set and forget” investing?
Investors’ briefs come in all different shapes and sizes. Our various considerations span from budget size, yield requirement, maintenance limits to future opportunities…. and all the while, our investors want Capital Growth. After all, that’s the main goal for most investors. Getting it all seems a holy grail. But when an investor is prepared to…
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