News & Updates

What do you call an Island with No Land?

This time last weekend I was on Fraser Island. Meaning it is very hard for me to be sitting at my desk, writing, not daydreaming about clear freshwater lakes and pristine sandy creeks with the sound of the ocean 24/7.Oh look at that bird sitting on my pool fence.Focus…Like any good tip away, it was…

Eggs, flour and the property bandwagon

Eggs or chooky bum nuts as known in QLD, are an essential part of most people’s pantry. Used for baking, or directly eaten, their participation in our lives may be regular. Not everyone likes them or able to eat them. Just because you grew up with eggs, you love eating eggs, and use eggs in…

Guarantee and Securities

“We guarantee you a 25% return”“I guarantee you will make money”“Our guarantee means you won’t lose any money!”I am sure you have heard someone say this or seen it advertised on Facebook.Did it get you interested?Did you click on it and talk to someone, or did you pass on by thinking it was too good…

What does next year hold for lending and markets?

Fear, greed, scarcity, loss, or any other negative, emotive word you want.That is what makes headlines and sells papers, I mean clicks..Before we look behind the headlines, I wanted to let you know I have been missing scribbles as much as you have!In the past 3 months we have completely rebuilt the film studio and…

Can you get out of a contract?

Opening the little post box door and grabbing the mail, I habitually ripped open each envelope on the walk back to the car.That’s when I saw it; a legal letter addressed to me.I was being sued.That ‘not so fun’ feeling was 18 years ago when I didn’t settle on a land contract. I was doing…

Be careful what you wish for…

I tweeted about Land Tax this week.Yeh, I know I get all the exciting jobs hey!Tweeting only allows you a small window of text to get a point across, and this topic deserves more than 280 characters.Land Tax has been thrown into the spotlight once again, after NSW state government said it has released the findings of…

Its not personal just business

Its not personal, just business.Ever been on the receiving end of that line?Or maybe you have been the one delivering it, lol.Used in situations where it might not be comfortable or nice it simply makes the deliverer feel better, no one else. What does it really mean?How do you not take things personally and what…

The Next 4 Years…

Newspapers, online articles and talk back shows, are all promoting the same thing, inflation and interest rates.Guess what I am NOT talking about:Inflation and Interest rates.Well, not directly if I can help it!You really just want to know what is happening next, right?Being that it’s Saturday morning and we probably have lots of things to…

Is your home really an investment?

At this stage in the property cycle, everyone who has bought property is a winner. Just ask them. “Mate I sold my home for $300k more than what I paid for it, listen to what I say.” The question is, did they actually make money? The simple answer is yes, The complicated answer is maybe…

Buy – Build – Develop – Divest

I often get asked, What do you even do? Now, I hate selling and ‘big noting’ myself at the best of times. I much rather speak about someone else, than to sound like every other real estate agent in town. In fact, when at business networking events people used to ask what I did, I…