Are off-the-plan properties worth investing in?
Many property investors think twice about investing in off-the-plan properties because while it could be absolutely great when you get it right, there is also a multitude ...
HOTSPOTS • Fri, 08 Sep 2017
A property investor shares his ‘strategy upgrade’
Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant and his team are moving on from buying “boring assets” to looking for “assets with X factor”—a more sophisticated strategy to ...
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 07 Sep 2017
4 lessons from 20 years of property investment
John Pidgeon started his property investment journey right after finishing college – with only $6,000 to kick him off. Two decades later, he was able to start a business ...
HOTSPOTS • Thu, 07 Sep 2017
Finding properties that will ‘outperform the market’
After successfully growing a $6.15 million-worth property portfolio from scratch since August 2011, Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant and his team are moving on to ...
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Wed, 06 Sep 2017
Why investors should aim for ‘controllable cash flow’
Property investment could be described simply as purchasing properties “that are going to go up in value as much as possible while only costing as little as possible to ...
This property investor shares his definition of ‘success’
John Pidgeon started his investment journey at 21, fueled only by his passion for property. Now, with a portfolio worth $3.5 million, he plans to keep on going to provide ...
The importance of knowledge and the ‘X factor’
John Pidgeon started his property investment journey at 21, right after finishing college. Two decades later, he now holds a property portfolio worth $3.5 million with ...
HOTSPOTS • Tue, 05 Sep 2017
Is there ‘doom and gloom’ in Australia’s property markets?
Many property investors are concerned about the future of their investments due to several “doom and gloom” headlines talking about the fall of property markets
What is an ideal loan-to-value ratio?
In a short span of six years, Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant had built a diverse property portfolio worth $6.15 million with a loan-to-value (LVR) ratio of 64 ...
INVESTOR STRATEGY • Mon, 04 Sep 2017