Posts by Cate Bakos

Nobody likes it. Plenty of investors don’t understand it. There is often some degree of controversy around it, and the rules are quite confusing. So how do we navigate land tax? Land tax is a state-based tax, not a federal tax. All of the states have varying tax rates and tax thresholds*, with the Northern…

The number of people I’ve met who believe that auction success is solely based on budget is numerous. Plenty of buyers believe that bidding style has zero impact on their chances of success. What they misunderstand is two-fold. Firstly, they are assuming that every other potential bidder is resistant to any sense of fear, intimidation,…

These days we inspect plenty of properties with retro-fitted solar panels and inverter controls. Since the introduction of government initiatives, (both State Government means-tested and Federal incentives), we’ve witnessed a strong uptake in solar energy adoption. Just over two million households, or 21 per cent of Australian households have solar panels. While most solar panel…