Do cheap suburbs under-perform? I split Australia into 2 groups based on whether a suburb is below or above the national median. Then I compared...
There's nothing wrong with trying to reduce expenses, but when an "expert" is focused on them, it makes me wonder if they have any other tricks....
I've heard more than one educator/expert/spruiker say you should inspect 100 properties before making a decision. I guess their idea is that you...
Each census we get asked whether we rent or own the property we're in. Based on the answers published about a year later by the ABS, we can...
I don't believe in Information Overload. I want more data, not less. But I accept some investors may get confused with the massive range...
When I was a novice property investor, it was drummed into me by the experts of the day, that you buy and never sell because it's too expensive...
Location is not nearly as important as timing when it comes to achieving above average capital growth. If location really was the 3 most...
I can't count the number of "experts" in Aussie real estate I've heard mis-use Buffet's quote. It might work well in the share market, the context...
I've heard some investment professionals suggest that a market is "too hot" or "overheated". It becomes clear that demand exceeds supply in the...
A few qualities I’ve heard over the years for an "investment grade" property (or suburb): Lifestyle location Safe & friendly Special Appeals to a...
Here's a great example of how to misinterpret data like an expert... Let's say 80% of the properties in a suburb are houses. Some experts would...
Every few years I hear marketing gumf from some investment experts along the lines of: “You need to adapt to the new phase in the cycle....
Everyone knows that land appreciates while buildings depreciate. So, how can investors best apply that intel? Some buy houses instead of units....
Experts say you should buy at the bottom. Even amateurs have figured out that would be nice. Problem is, I wasn't alive 230 years ago. Prices...
A lot of "experts" suggest investors steer clear of public housing. But historical data suggests it's no big deal... [IMG] The scatter plot...
For a long time the belief has been that a vacancy rate of 3% is the sign of a market in balance. But for the last decade the national vacancy...
I had a client who was planning to buy in a suburb where a new business park would create 500 jobs. [IMG] I calculated the population within a...
If you could only invest in one of 2 markets and you knew the growth would play out in the next 25 years as follows... [IMG] ...which would you...
Data suggests that the longer the time-frame, the more likely 2 suburbs will end up with the same long-term growth rate even if they are in...
Median family household income is not a lead indicator of capital growth for a suburb. Even rising wages for a suburb doesn't work. Historical...
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