Property research
Researching Aussie Properties is not an easy task. You have to know what you are looking for. Lets have a look at some important points to consider.
-The property must make you money NOW. If you are buying a house in the hope that it will go up in value, than you are gambling, not investing. Sure it might increase in value eventually but the market can go down. You have no control over that. So you have to find an aussie property that has a positive cash flow from day 1. That means the repayments and expenses has to be less than the rent you receive from the tenants. But we’ll talk more about that later.
-You have to have time to invest in the search. If you are using the excuse that you don’t have time, than you don’t NEED to invest in properties. That means its not that important to you at this point in your life for different reasons and if that’s the case you should either make the commitment or quit for now. Do not invest half hearthedly.
-You have to have a team to put a great deal together. You need a Real Estate Agent, Tax Adviser, Mortgage Broker and maybe even a Financial Planner as well. You need people around you who know a lot more about investing in aussie properties than you do. The beauty of that is that you can get free advise from all those professionals until you actually have to use they services. And when that happens it means you are already making money. I’ll do my best to put a list of those professionals on this site so you are only a click away for advise.
-You don’t have to be an expert before you start. You learn a lot by doing. Its free to look at properties and its free to evaluate those properties. (more on that later). But you will learn something new from every inspection. Remember to look at 100 properties, put in an offer for 10 properties and buy 1 of those. So you need to look at at least 100 houses before you buy one. That is a lot of experience.
I hear you say that it will take you way too long to have a look at 100 properties and you are not sure which ones even to look it. It can’t be emotional so don’t worry about looking at the ones that you like to live in. Look at the ones that have potential. And lucky for you i found a company who will help you look at the right properties. Just check out they free seminars and they will explain how the pros do this.
