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Tax variation key to supercharged cashflow
Residential investors, it’s time to unlock your pay packet and start claiming what’s yours with a tax variation due by June 30 each year. This completely legal accounting process reduces your tax during the year, thereby improving cashflow and your investment property’s holding costs. At Smarter Property Investing, we know that strong cash flow is the…
Read MoreSuccessful property portfolios – quality trumps quantity
We’ve all heard about that one investor who has a massive nationwide portfolio, but not much to show for it from a financial perspective. It comes back to the quality of their investments I would far prefer to have fewer properties in my portfolio than dozens just for the sake of the numbers. A bigger…
Read MoreProperty portfolio strategies when retirement is just around the corner
If you’re like many Australians, retirement is something sitting over the hill – you can see the slight bump on the road ahead, but haven’t taken real action to plan a proper route. It’s been enough to know that your superannuation is growing quietly in the background. Whether it’s going to see you through the…
Read MoreStarting again after a setback
Originally published in The Frontier Investor Newly single? Let’s uncover how you can bounce back and build a strong financial foundation after a setback. When you’re newly separated and life’s upside down, it’s hard to imagine how you’ll ever manage to start again. Worse still is the reality of having your home of the past decade…
Read MoreEmotional mistakes property investors should avoid
Recently I spoke with Belinda Punshon from finder.com.au about how to master your rational decision making to avoid emotional pitfalls when investing. It was a great opportunity to share the benefit of my 30 years experience in the residential property investment market – as you can imagine, I’ve learnt a thing or two during this time! Here…
Read MoreManaging the leap reflex
I thought you’d like this piece by well-known businessman Seth Godin, who writes about how to look at ‘the leap’ that we all inevitably need to take. Republished from his blog on 10 January 2019 which you can read the original item here. On my way to work, I need to make a left turn on…
Read MoreWhy Women Succeed In Property Investing
Everyone has the ability to be a successful property investor, however, I’ve noticed over the last few years of working with hundreds of clients; that women definitely have a few common traits that support a successful investing journey! Take my client Alison for example – she did what all the successful property investor ladies I…
Read MoreThe Top Three Reasons Why You Should Invest In Property Before April 2019
In my line of work I am always researching trends and legislation to ensure that I know exactly when my clients should be investing to grow (and sometimes start) their property portfolio at optimal conditions. This year – there are three major pieces of data you need to be aware of so you can begin the process…
Read MoreWinner – Top 10 Property Specialists in Australia
I was pleasantly surprised to be contacted last week to say that I had been nominated and won my place as one of the Top 10 Property Specialists in Australia. After I picked myself up off the floor, I felt extremely blessed to be honoured by The Property Investor Magazine. There were over 300 applications…
Read MoreHow to make the most out of your money
How to make the most out of your money. If you take a close look at the relationship many people have with money, it flows in and out of their accounts and nowhere in-between. They make money and then buy things – end of story. And often those ‘things’ aren’t essentials but rather something that…
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