What happens when you put all of your eggs in one basket…or an overly large portion of eggs in one basket anyway? According to a colleague who has chickens and hence, eggs, it’s likely you’ll end up with a big, gooey mess in said basket. The question then becomes, how many eggs are too many? […]

Does anyone else find the government’s continual scapegoating of ageing, equity laden investors who are allegedly keeping their kids locked out of the housing market, even as that same government encourages further buying activity, somewhat ironic? What about Treasurer Scott Morrison’s recent suggestion that elderly homeowners should selflessly downsize their digs, freeing up an estimated […]

One of the most critical things to get your head around as an active property investor is, well, your head. You may not think so, but how you think can greatly influence the outcomes of your daily reality. Frequently we do things on automatic pilot, making conscious decisions as we go about our business, rooted […]

Affordability has become the quintessential ‘issue of the day’ for Australia’s major urban property markets. Of course I refer namely to Melbourne and Sydney, with the latter being the prickliest thorn in the side of various government regulators right now. Even as the Victorian state government announced its plan to help first homebuyers claw their […]