I did a podcast recently giving my top suburb picks for the Sydney market in 2024. Now, generally I hate “hot spotting”, for a few reasons: Firstly, I think property prices generally rise and fall on macro trends, such as interest rates, currency...

My son is a cricket tragic: he plays for his school and he plays representative cricket for our zone in Sydney.  Ever present on our television, is either a local Big Bash match, or an IPL match, and we were glued to the Australia/SA test match...

It is common for media pundits to be calling the Sydney property market fully cooked at the moment.  After all, Sydney property prices rose 24% last year, and are due for a pull back.  Right? Plus, calling for a crash in the Sydney property market...

Well, here we are again.  Despite having a lot more information about the virus than last time, plus a number vaccine options, strangely we find ourselves in another lockdown. Context On 1st April last year, via a webinar (now on Youtube), I stated...

Optimism has certainly returned to the Sydney property market.  However, is this a sustained recovery or a “dead-cat-bounce” as a recent SMH article suggests. From the coal face, I can tell you that the improvement in sentiment and the increase in...

The indispensable Asset I often describe real estate as the “indispensable asset”. This is because it serves multiple purposes: fundamentally as shelter, but from a wealth perspective, it is a physical asset that stores value. Owning direct real...

When Wayne Gretzky was asked the secret to his success as an ice hockey player, he replied in what has since become a business cliché, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” For property investors, this means trying to...

There is no secret that real estate has been falling for the last 18 months – 2 years across Australia, and particularly in the two big cities Sydney and Melbourne. However, over the long term, property prices tend to rise. Why is this?  ...

There is a lot of new supply in Sydney, and if you are looking to buy real estate in Sydney, particularly an apartment, you will often be faced with the choice of: do I buy new or do I buy an older property.  This choice is starker in some areas...

We hear about some investors buying property successfully throughout the property cycle – in good times and bad. How do they do this? I am a macro investor – which means the first step to deciding where to invest is picking the right...

Since it is election time, I thought I would weigh into probably the biggest policy difference at the federal level: the proposal to abolish negative gearing (NG). The main argument against negative gearing is that it is a “benefit” for...

Whether to buy property for cash flow or for capital growth is a long-standing discussion. At the end of the day, you need both as an investor. Whether you are investing for cash flow or for growth ultimately depends on how old you are and how long...

UBank did some research in 2015 analyzing exactly how much time people spend house hunting. According to the research: 33% spend 4-6 months looking 36% spend over 6 months looking 14% spend 7-12 months 9% spend over 2 years Think about that. Nearly...

It has been a turbulent time in property investing over the past 18 months. However, not everyone has lost money, even in Sydney and Melbourne. You see, when it comes to investing in real estate, boring is beautiful. Those who have stuck to a...