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The year 2014 can bring really good tidings for the property market, writes Peter Kouilzos for the website realestate.com.au. Opportunities for property investors won’t come into being due to any extraordinary capital growth but will arise out of the present environment of low interest rates.
“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing”….not only do I love this line, I dare say that I treat the word ‘wings’ much more than metaphorically. For me, our goals are what tie us to the salivating proposition called ‘peace’ and how we achieve them has a lot to…
I feel that the path which mixes personal life with the professional is among the most difficult paths to tread. Yet, willingly or otherwise, we let the paths converge at times. An instance- landlords often have to take the tough decision of renting to their own family. At times, it might even be out of…
In an article for the website EBG, Larry Arth asserts that an investor should primarily aim to be just that- an investor- and not a landlord. He also suggests that oftentimes, the landlord mentality turns out to be a mindset crime most of the investors cannot completely cast away.
Data furnished by the Reserve Bank of Australia in September reveals that nearly $18 billion in Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) is invested in the residential real estate. This, as a ballpark projection, represents nearly 3.6% of the total SMSF kitty (evaluated at roughly $500 billion).
In the last 18 months or so rental returns have come up a long way. Yet, many landlords, unaware of the situation keep charging rents a lot below market standards. I know a few people who are happily paying meagre rents praying each day that their landlords do not come to know of the existing…