RBA December 2019 – Two Big Stories from the RBA
It’s the final cut of the year folks! Did you know… for 34 months between August 2016 and May 2019, the cash rate was on a hold at 1.5%? And just this year alone, we’ve got three cuts! More about that in today’s RBA Commentary. Now, what’s in store for this month’s RBA Cash Rate […]
260 | Q&A: Picking the Right Investment Strategy & Beware Proposed Changes to QLD Residential Tenancy Act
How do you know if you’re following the right investment strategy? Like… how long are you meant to wait until you buy the next property? And how much should you look at spending? OR what about all the variables in the mix — say, you or your partner are about to take maternity leave, or […]
259 | Q&A: A Tax-Saving Hack For An Offset Account, The Simplest Way to Keep Track of Your Properties and How To Distinguish “Emotional Value” from “Property Value”
This Q&A session (brought to you by The Stig) features everything from the BEST benefit of an offset account that most folks don’t know about to build your own home from scratch. We tick off a few new topics and cover… A Tax-Saving Hack For An Offset Account How To Distinguish “Emotional Value” from […]
258 | WARNING: The Unconscious Mental Triggers Property Spruikers Use To Trick You
Property investors who get seduced into off-the-plan and house & land packages are often seduced through a marketing process that targets universal, emotionally-driven mental triggers. And after heaps of folks wrote in about last week’s episode where we spoke of the perils of investing in these types of properties, we’ve decided that today we’re going […]
257 | The Exception To The Rule When It Comes To Off The Plan Properties & House And Land Packages
Recently, ABC’s podcast The Money ran a very poignant episode on the financial risks of unregulated property investment advice (which we highly recommend you check out – details below folks)… which revealed the pitfalls of buying Off The Plan properties and getting snagged on the end of “one-stop-shop” spruiker seminars. As well as interviewing […]
