GOOD OR BAD PROPERTY INVESTING
This is a story of two different couples who each invested in property at the same time (2010) with vastly different results. The first couple bought a property for $1.9 million…
LOCKDOWN REAL ESTATE
Cooper is 21-years-old. Last Saturday he bought his first home – an apartment in the North-western Sydney suburb of Kellyville. His parents are so proud. To have saved $70,000 for a deposit is a grand achievement for any young man…
HOW TO ‘STAGE’ YOUR HOME
These days, many home sellers are paying thousands of dollars to ‘STAGE’ their homes. But is this money necessary? Does it increase the selling price? Well, sometimes, perhaps…
LEARNING FROM LOCKDOWN
Something wonderful happened to me on the weekend. In a moment, I will share it with you because, I’d like something wonderful to happen to you too…
ANOTHER AUCTION TRAP
All auction agents under-sell properties. They can’t help it because public auction is the worst way to sell any property. To be sure, many of these agents are more incompetent than dishonest…
TIME TO DITCH THAT DOG
They’re known as “dog properties”, the dregs of the real estate world. They’ve got so much wrong with them, so many drawbacks and disadvantages. They’re almost embarrassing…
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HURT THIS GIRL
Aside from my wife, there is no person with whom I am closer than Paula, my little sister. All my life, Paula has been my loyal supporter. With 18 months between us, we were inseparable as children. Even in different boarding schools, we kept in touch…
AGENTS’ COMMISSIONS
One of the biggest concerns for home-sellers is knowing how much commission to pay an agent to sell their home. But that question can lead in a dangerous direction. The cheapest agents are rarely the best agents…
AUCTION’S ‘TRANSPARENT’ TWIST
Agents love to tell sellers that “auction is the most transparent way to sell a home”. The word ‘transparent’ makes us feel comfortable. It means nothing is hidden from us. It is supposed to make us think a process is fair and we are being told the truth…
HOW DO YOU BUY YOUR FIRST HOME IN 2021?
In 1976 I bought my first property. It was a new one-bedroom unit opposite the big Catholic Church in Tranmere Street, Drummoyne. The price was $28,750. I was 21 years old. Always a saver, I had scratched together a deposit of $5,000…
