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Welcome to our March newsletter.
There is no doubt the Australian economy is entering unchartered territory. After 12 consecutive interest rate rises many lenders are raising their rates above the official cash rate and are talking about rationing credit to home buyers.
So how will the changes in the global economy effect Australian property investors?
Well thanks to major sponsors API Magazine this April you have a chance to find out from two of this country's most highly respected experts on finance and the property market.
With a little less than a month until our first event you still have time to book your place to see John Edwards and John Lindeman from Residex and our own Bill Zheng at the "Where, What, When & How to Capitalize on A Rising Property Market in 2008" seminar series. For more details please click on the links below:
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Sydney Saturday 5th April, Wesley Centre - please click here
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Brisbane Saturday 12th April, Mercure Hotel - please click here
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Melbourne Sunday 13th April, Rydges Carlton - please click here
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Perth Saturday 19th April - Ibis Hotel - please click here
Please note the date changes to our Melbourne and Perth events from those originally advertised.
For those who have just started out on their property investment journey, we also pleased to announce new dates in late March in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth for our popular Property Finance Fundamentals intimate evening workshops. For specific dates and more information please click here
PS. If you are intending to go to the Sydney Property Expo make sure you come and say hi to our team at stand M21. Bill Zheng and Michelle Coleman will also be there over the weekend speaking at API Interactive. We hope to see you there.
Until next month I hope you enjoy our selection of articles...
"Your Guide to Property Investment Strategies - Part 3: How to Manage Your People System" by Bill Zheng, Investors Direct
"Question of the Month: How You Can Continue to Invest When your Income Runs Out" by Doug Bannister & Regina Looi, Investors Direct
"What is The Best Way to Find The Hottest Suburbs?" by John Edwards, Residex
"How Important is Market Timing for Property Investors?: Past Favourite" by Bill Zheng, Investors Direct
Regards,
Tim Riley, Editor
This month we focus on the final piece of your property investment puzzle…your People Systems. When thinking about your People Systems there are two critical things you need to consider; 1) Team Management & 2) Self Management
Bill Zheng explains in this final of a 3 part series recently featured in Your Investment Property magazine...
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Written by:
Bill Zheng, Investors Direct
Ask The Experts - Question of the Month: Subscriber Stu M asks:
"I understand how to form a finance strategy using full-doc loans but have reached a point where I want to start including low or no-doc loans into my strategy. I understand the basic details of low/no-doc loans but would like to know exactly how to (and how not to) incorporate them into an overall buy-and-hold property investment strategy. Is this the best strategy to capitalize interest and make use of increasing equity, once I fall outside of normal full-doc lending criteria?"
Doug and Regina explain what options investors in Stu's position have...
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Written by:
Doug Bannister & Regina Looi, Investors Direct
There is a huge amount of historical data available on property these days. House prices, rent rates, interest rates, macroeconomic data, microeconomic data and other financial data that all could be relevant. So what data is relevant and what is not? What is the best way to find out where the hottest suburbs are?
John Edwards explains...
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Written by:
John Edwards, Residex
One of the hottest topics you would find in the investment industry is about Market Timing. 90% of the efforts of all experts goes into predicting what the market will do next, and most investors hope that they can get in and out of an investments at the right time.
But is market timing really that important for investors? Bill explains...
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Written by:
Bill Zheng, Investors Direct
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