News & Updates

Negotiation Tips Series – Introduction

Our top ten tips on negotiation series begins here. This video discusses some strategies when negotiating through a sellers agent and how to choose the best buyers agent for your negotiation. If you are buying, selling or investing in property, you always need to know how to negotiate. In fact we all negotiate almost everyday…

How to find the Best Development Site – Live Webinar August 1st 2019

If you are looking or thinking about looking, for development sites then you do not want to miss this live webinar on Thursday, 1st August 2019. We will be talking with Rachael Hambling who has sourced more development sites than anybody else I know. This event is not to be missed for anyone who is…

Stress Free Property Selling?

Real Property Advice have developed a way to help you sell your home, faster for more money and with less stress than ever! Take a look at our short video, and contact us for a complimentary Stress Free Property Selling strategy session.

APRA changes and how they effect you

Check out Scotty comments on the new changes from APRA and how it may affect you.

Better investment returns using a car?

Cars cost money, not make it! There are many ways to increase the return from your property investment. Some are common and easy to do like rental increases and home cooling. Some are harder and take more effort like renovations. However here is one strategy I bet you never thought of. Using a car to…

A property that pays for your new car?

(This article forms part of our Cars and Property series) Sound too good to be true? Cars and Property. Two of the biggest purchases we usually ever make. Sure, one is much larger than the other, but property usually increases in value and cars, well, they do look cool and they have that new car…

What does a mid cycle slowdown look like?

(This article was first emailed to Real Property Advice subscribers and clients in March 2019) MidCycle Slowdown is here! This year has seen the property market slaughtered in the media. For the last 3 months, every single day I get emailed or referred to the latest article about how bad the market is. This week…

Master Planned Community v Infill Sites

What is a Master Planned Community (MPC)? Places like North Lakes in QLD, Willowdale in South West Sydney and Merrifield north of Melbourne are all Master Planned Communities. An MPC is designed from it’s inception to include most services and facilities needed in a residential community. These are major new housing developments set in the…

Downsizes v First Home Buyers

Downsizes v First Home Buyers – Why the downsizes are winning hands down The age mix of the Australian population in our short 200 plus year history is changing; and it is changing permanently. In the early 1970’s, 31 per cent of the population were aged 15 years or younger. The proportion of Australia’s population…

Royal Commission; Banks win, You lose

What have you done Royal Commission? We all jumped for joy when the government announced The Royal Commission into misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. That’ll teach the big banks for ripping us off all these years! Who were the winners and who were the losers? The answer isn’t as simple as…