On cinema screens back in 1997, Darryl Kerrigan was offered the king’s ransom of $70,000 for his modest home, practically in Melbourne Airport’s backyard. If someone told you that 10 years on, property just a few streets from an airport would be worth 10 times that, your response would probably sound like something Mr Kerrigan would say: “Tell ’im he’s dreaming!” Read More...

Investing in property is a big leap for any investor. With sufficient research and due dilligence, making an investment in property can become simple and stress free. Read More...

Australian women are more property savvy than their counterparts in New Zealand (NZ), United Kingdom (UK) and Canada, and have grand plans to grow their property portfolios, according to research released this month. Read More...

Inside PropertyTM with John Maher FAPI

What’s in a Term?

Well, everything really if you want the term to have some worthwhile meaning to you. What bothers me as a property professional is the constant misuse of the term “Investment Return”, especially for residential real estate. Read More...

Financial advisers argue that your house shouldn’t be included in the calculation of your net wealth because your house does not generate any return on the investment. In other words, your home provides security but not an income. You can’t eat your house. Read More...

Contrarian investment is a philosophy that goes against what most of the crowd is doing. In other words, it is investing contrary to the majority of thinking at particular times in investment or market cycles. Read More...

These tips are excerpted from my four real estate book: "1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a Home" by Mark Nash. ISBN: 0324232896 Thomson/South-Western 2004. Read More...

If you're deterred by the roller coaster rides of the stock market, then real estate is the best place to invest your hard earned money.

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With all the talk of a pending real estate bubble or falling sales prices, real estate investors need to guard their money and find new ways to make money. No matter what the market does, you can make money investing in real estate when you know what to do and what to avoid.
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Property Investing often requires creative strategies to make it successful. Professional property investors often use the option contract as a tool to develop some useful investment strategies. Here are some of the ways the option contract can be used to secure property for profit with little or no outlay. Read More...