Property Investment Wise

Tips For When Selling An Investment Property

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:02:28 +0000

As we have written about before, selling an investment property can be quite tricky so to help get the best price for the property some thought needs to go into the process before action is taken. The Open Homes Technique A friend of mine who is a real estate agent said that a technique she used successfully [...]

How to Renovate a Property Investment to a Budget

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:33:44 +0000

Investment property renovation strategies. That word ‘budget’ makes some people cringe, but what is a budget really? Just a list of numbers so that there is a ‘road map’ to work with. When budgeting to renovate the first item on the list should be the $ value that is going to be spent on the project. This may [...]

Spring Has Sprung Time To Beautify Investment Properties For Sale

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:30:00 +0000

Selling Investment Properties The real estate market has been quiet for months now and once the government is finally decided and given the time of year many property investors will decide to list a property for sale. Street Appeal It is so easy to make a property look attractive during this time of year with the fresh foliage [...]

Investing In Property Security

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:51:29 +0000

Owning investment properties is not all about making money, but with that in mind there are many issues that can be overlooked when it comes to building wealth with property investing. Property Investment Security Note I am not saying secure your property as in have asset protection but making your property secure so that the tenants are [...]

Using Quantity Surveryors For A Better Decpreciation Schedule

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:19:04 +0000

It is quite common for an investor who has purchased a new property to use the builder’s costs as the basis for a depreciation schedule. This may sound a sensible thing to do but the fact is that the builder has just that, builder’s costs. Unfortunately, the builder’s costs are not the only costs to be [...]

Fixed Interest Loans Help New Property Investors

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:45 +0000

When an investors buys their first property there is no doubt that quite a lot of stress is involved. There is so much to research and there is so much to learn. Then on top of that there is the decision to make about which property to buy, and then there is the decision on which [...]

Do Units Experience Higher Property Growth Than Houses?

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:51:13 +0000

I was just flicking back through an April Your Investment Property magazine and saw a chart that had interesting figures that I wanted to share. There was a list of the Top 30 locations in Australia for growth. Now these figures were put out by RP Data in December 2009, but I still thought it was [...]

What Give Property Investors A Higher Rental Return?

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:19:53 +0000

How investors get a higher rental return is something that beginner investors try to understand. There are many different options put out there, anything from refurbishing to full renovating, but there is one other criteria for higher rental returns. Position, Position, Position That’s right. It’s the ’same old, same old’ with real estate. Position, Position, Position. But usually [...]

Pest Control In Rental Properties

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:47:59 +0000

A situation has come to my notice that I believe is worth sharing and that is the use by some landlords or property managers of unlicensed pest management technicians(PMT) for pest control. What has been happening in some instances is that carpet cleaners and other property cleaners have offered pest control services in rental properties. When these services [...]

Tips For Self Managing Investment Properties

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:14:31 +0000

When an investor decides to manage their own investment property/s the process needs to have a set of steps set up and the investor needs to ensure that they are familiar with the rental laws in the particular state that the property is in. 1. Know the law. Managing your own investment property can run quite [...]