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Your mate just got laid off. The cafe down the street closed. The news says recession is coming. And Melbourne house prices posted their strongest quarter in three years. Something doesn't add up — un
We recently sent our prefab granny flat manufacturer a 27-point compliance document covering NCC standards, WaterMark certification, Global-Mark electrical approvals, and AS 3786 smoke alarm requireme
This property settled six months ago. It's already up 10% in value. Three separate units, each with its own entrance, pulling $1,200 a week combined. Most people can't accept that numbers like these a
Seven years of flat-lining. Three years of decline. And then, in the December quarter of 2024, Melbourne finally moved. A 1.6% quarterly gain for houses and 2.1% for units — the biggest jump since the
While everyone was arguing about whether Melbourne is growing, Deer Park quietly posted double-digit returns. The northwest is leading and the southeast is following. I drove through five off-market p
You've stuffed $50,000 into your offset account. Your monthly repayment is exactly the same as before. What gives? The answer reveals something about how P&I loans work that most borrowers never learn
Your fixed rate was 2%. Now it's 6%. That's an extra $2,000 a month you didn't budget for. And you're not alone — a massive cohort of homeowners is hitting this wall simultaneously. Some will sell. So
If you follow this system from start to finish, the person looking back at you in the mirror on December 31st will be unrecognisable. Not because of some motivational rubbish — because you systematica
The bank tells you 4.5% interest means your money is growing. After tax and inflation, you're losing $740 a year on every $100,000. I ran the numbers on six different asset classes. Only two of them a
Property investment isn't about luck or timing. It's about wiring. After watching hundreds of clients buy across Melbourne's southeast, I keep seeing the same five personality types win — and everyone
He saw 'beachside living' and figured tenants would line up. Three years and $200K later, the house sold at a loss. Rosebud taught him something no brochure ever mentions — seasonal tourism markets ea
People keep telling me Melbourne property is flat. I pull up the CoreLogic heat map and point at the sea of dark blue across the southeast. Then I ask them to explain why Frankston is up 10% while Too
Most Chinese-Australian investors have never set foot in St Albans. They should. The numbers are some of the best in metro Melbourne right now.
The debate about scrapping negative gearing is framed as taxing the rich. The data tells a very different story about who actually claims it and who would actually suffer.
I'm about to upset some people. But after seeing enough investors lose six figures on properties that looked great at the open inspection, somebody has to say it.
I keep meeting investors who bought Melbourne apartments five or six years ago and have watched them flatline — or go backwards. The pattern is always the same.
If you're holding off buying because you expect rates to drop, you need to hear what happened to George. He waited. He got his 2% rate. And he paid $100,000 more for the exact same house.
A suburb where house prices climbed 9.5% while rents fell 9%. That contradiction tells you everything about who actually lives in Rowville and why.
Everyone wants to buy a wreck, slap on some paint, and sell for a $200K profit. The reality is messier, more expensive, and far less glamorous than the renovation shows suggest.
Every financial planner I met said the same thing: get on the property ladder with your own home. The maths told a completely different story.
I'm standing in front of a property we bought nine months ago for $645K off-market. The neighbours just sold for $730K and $760K. And ours earns $880 a week.
One account choice. $300,000. $9,165 per year in extra tax. Most people have no idea until they convert their home loan to an investment loan — and discover the deductions are gone.
I'm literally in the business of helping people buy property. And I'm telling you: most people should not buy in 2024. Here are the three conditions that separate the ready from the reckless.
He spent a decade buying property solo. Apartments, off-the-plan, mining towns, forced developments. His portfolio was underwater. Then he walked into our office.
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