All parents want their children to have a happy and successful life. But if most of us reflect on what we were taught about financial management by our own mother and father, chances are this desire wasn’t necessarily evident in the lessons learnt. Many grow up watching money become an increasingly divisive issue within the […]

Property investors often seal their fate at the point of purchasing their assets. How thorough the research you undertake prior to acquisition is of course paramount to a successful outcome, as is how well you negotiate the transaction and contract terms. If you can talk $10,000 off a property’s asking price for instance, not only […]

He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me! The ‘he’ I refer to in this instance actually encompasses many Aussie lenders who are busy rekindling their romance with investors, wooing them back with low rate offerings once more. Just 12 short months ago we were lamenting […]

When people talk property bubbles, most of the conjecture as to when, where and why surrounds the much maligned new apartment sector. And when you consider the breakneck, rapid-fire increase in high-rise construction activity across some of our larger cities in recent times (most notably Melbourne and Sydney), it’s not difficult to see why experts […]