Complete Investor Guides
Building a portfolio that works for your timeline. How to value yield, assess growth, structure your purchase, and know when a deal is worth it.
DIY Property Videos
Short videos walking you through due diligence, auction strategy, negotiation, and suburb research. Each one shows the actual frameworks we use with buyers, so you can think the same way we do.
At an average variable rate of around 6.6%, an investment loan costs far more than most Sydney rents bring in. Here is the break-even yield, a worked $1 million example and what each further rate rise adds.
Four RBA rises this year add about $625 a month to an interest-only investment loan of $750,000. Here is what that costs after the tax deduction at different marginal rates, and what to check before buying.
Rentvesting means buying an investment property somewhere you can afford, while renting in the suburb you actually want to live in. Here’s how the tax, deposit and eligibility rules actually work before you commit to it.
The SMSF residential borrowing ban started 10 August 2026. Here’s what’s grandfathered, what’s still allowed, and what investors are getting wrong.
The 50% CGT discount can be worth tens of thousands of dollars, but only if you hold for over 12 months and track your cost base properly. Here is how it actually works.
Division 40 vs Division 43 depreciation, and why the 2017 rule change means established properties yield far less than new builds. What you can genuinely claim, with real figures.
Negative gearing softens an investment property loss, it doesn’t erase it. Here’s the real mechanics, plus the 2026 Federal Budget reforms that could change the rules for established properties from July 2027.
Negative gearing and CGT changes hit personal names too. Here’s how trusts and personal ownership actually compare for property investors now.
Why banks push cross-collateralised loans on property investors, how it actually costs you at sale and refinance, and how to structure around it.
NSW land tax thresholds, the foreign owner surcharge now at 5%, and where investors actually get caught out.
With the cash rate holding at 4.35%, what interest-only versus principal and interest actually costs you on an investment loan.
Sydney yields sit at 3.1% against Perth’s 24-26% growth. How to actually choose a strategy instead of chasing both.
Investors booked a collective $2.7 billion net rental loss last financial year. How negative gearing actually works, beyond the headline.
Yields are up to 3.50% against a 4.35% cash rate. Whether that actually beats the cost of debt, worked through.
