Why Adelaide could be an ‘investor’s dream’

Investors Dream director Sanjeev Sah believes Adelaide is the place to be, because it has essentially “got everything” – from beaches and lifestyle locations to city living.

But Adelaide is not just a pretty face, in fact its long-term growth is underpinned by increasing demand on the back of flexible work arrangements, affordability, new housing construction, infrastructure and government funding, Mr Sah said.

“It’s still good, affordable. You can buy something up to $450,000 … and you can add value.

“And there are good plans for infrastructure and funding … and I see a good lifestyle. Things are progressing. It’s positive cash flow properties, too … Once more funding and infrastructure is going, then those $400,000 will become $500,000 easily,” the agent opined.

Suburbs in the Onkaparinga area such as Christies Beach and Woodcroft, in particular, offer property investors fairly solid value. 

“Whatever you look for as a fundamental of property investing, it's there. You can’t go wrong at being in Adelaide,” Mr Sah said.

Across the other states and territories, these fundamentals can also be found in NSW’s Albury and Wagga and Queensland’s Toowoomba, he added.

Navigating a competitive market

With buyers active across the country – from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to smaller capitals like Perth and Canberra – Mr Sah highlighted the importance of being smart amid a competitive market. 

Being smart, he believes, includes working with a trustworthy property professionals to maximise your opportunities in the market and minimise risk.

Apart from having more options, investors can also rest easy knowing that the property being presented to them is of high quality.

Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant agreed, noting the benefits of being top of mind for an agent when a good property hits the market. 

“For the property investor, if you’re not using a buyer’s agent, you have to make sure that you have the same capabilities that a buyer’s agent would have in order to track down those best possible deals. 

“You need to know the market you’re buying within and you’ve got to have the soft skills and the hard skills to be able to look at data and analyze it.

“[Or] you can build a relationship with them, and when there’s trust in the relationship, a lot more becomes available,” Mr Tarrant concluded.