Sunday Blog
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…
Read MoreA heartfelt handover… a North Melbourne Cherished Home Sells
A delightful couple with a tight brief engaged us to assist them. They’d canvassed North Melbourne and they were keen on the ever-popular University High School Zone. Our first step was to print out the zoning boundaries. The A4 page is pinned on our wall and reminds us daily of the streets which are within…
Read More…the power of TIME….
Recently we had the pleasure of assisting a family with a very special purchase. Being investors themselves, they’d experienced first hand the benefit of capital growth over many years and found themselves seeking out the option of assisting their children into property investing too. They didn’t claim for one minute that they’d chosen perfect properties…
Read More…Making your budget work for you…
Almost a year ago I met a lovely family who were renting in Yarraville and saving hard for a deposit to buy their own home. Their challenge was to find a home for sub-$500,000. Our initial meeting was hard, because they realised that buying in their much-loved community would be limiting due to their budget affording…
Read More…How to deal with “best and highest offer” sales…
A very special brief for us recently involved the shortlisting, selection and acquisition of a home for two young interstate-based professionals who are moving down to Melbourne in the new year. We enjoyed profiling suitable areas and arrived at Altona based on proximity to employers, value for money at a mid-fives budget,easy rentability for future…
Read More…The power of agent-relationships…
A recent assignment with two fantastic investor clients ended last week with plenty of celebration. Our brief was sensible and with a desired spend range of $700K – $800K, and we felt that the targeted suburbs from the inner west to the northern suburbs of Coburg and Preston should have easily yielded us a quality…
Read More…A tough, and last-minute choice….
What do you do when you are set to bid at auction on Saturday, but find a house on Tuesday which catches your interest? Easy – you just try your luck at auction and keep the house as your Plan B. But what do you do if the house has competing buyers who are also…
Read More..When making an offer prior to auction is a good idea…
In our Seller’s market, and particularly over the winter months where supplies of properties for sale are low, many buyers come to me requesting that I help them secure an auction property before the auction. But it’s not always a good idea to pounce forward with an offer. There needs to be a sequence of good reasons…
Read More…finding easy cashflow AND capital growth….
When a brief requires the ‘out of pocket’ monthly costs to be close to zero for an investor, the implication is that they will need to consider a property which carries some downside. It could either a risky investment, a tough studio apartment or …. a regional investment. We don’t endorse risky strategies, mining towns, tiny…
Read MoreWhat Can Change a Suburb for Better?…
Often investors will look to changes in an effort to find that special something, that little edge that can make the difference between a sound suburb and a suburb about to boom. From infrastructure changes to planning updates, new developments to exciting tourist magnets. A change of scene and the presence of new and cashed-up buyers can make…
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