Election result restores certainty for investors

With the election now over and Labor’s loss relegating its controversial property tax changes to the scrap heap, there’s a collective sigh of relief from property investors in Australia. It means negative gearing remains intact and there’ll be no changes to the current capital gains […]

5 Things Every Airbnb Superhost Does

With so many people jumping on the Airbnb bandwagon, it’s easy to seize on the upsides (all that extra cash rolling in for one) and play down the time and effort involved if you want to be a truly successful host. Gaining Superhost status (an […]

Six ways to manage risk in property development

Whether we realise it or not, managing risk is something we deal with every day. For example, the simple process of crossing a street involves a certain degree of risk that we manage without even blinking an eyelid. But what about managing the risks of […]

$70,000 value uplift in 9 days on whole house reno

The three sisters who owned this unrenovated suburban house in Sydney’s west were caught in a bind and desperately needed my help. With Sydney house prices in freefall, and similarly unrenovated houses in this suburb failing to sell, they knew their best chance of securing a […]

Top 3 styling tips for your bathroom

We spend time styling spaces in our homes, aiming for a special look and feel that helps us relax, recharge and be ourselves: the bedroom, the living room, the garden… but it’s often the bathroom that gets overlooked. Too often relegated to quick showers and cleaning teeth, […]

Top rental performers revealed

The latest Top Rental Performers report from CoreLogic is a heartening counter to all the doom and gloom in the media about Australia’s property market. It demonstrates once again there’s no such thing as “the property market”, as if it’s one great mass of bricks […]

Micro pockets of spectacular growth in latest capital city snapshot

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for the June quarter for capital city growth paint an interesting, if patchy, picture of property prices countrywide. Together with the latest Market Facts release from the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA), it certainly reinforces what we already […]

Mining for property gold

One of the most asked questions to our property coaches is, “Can you recommend any suburbs to buy in?”. And the answer is firm: “you MUST do all the due diligence to find those suburbs yourself.” This is simply because there are so many variables […]

VIDEO: EOFY Market update with Mark Bouris

​ We all make New Year’s resolutions and very few of us make New Financial Year resolutions. But right now is the time to set your financial goals and put a plan in place to reach them! If property investment or Renovating For Profit is […]