Real Estate Finance and Property Investment Strategies

Conformity and Herd Behaviour: Are You Following the Crowd?

The following video clip from the National Geographic TV Show, Brain Games, illustrates how random behavior can become a social norm because of our human tendency to conform. Conformity is a social influence where the desire to fit in with a group leadsRead More...

Jason Staggers

October 26th, 2016

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Is Deutsche Bank The Beginning of the Zombie Apocalypse?

It’s a close call to pick the top contender for “Crisis of the Year.” This Deutsche Bank (DB) drama is fresh on the heels of Brexit. Before that, it was the “third round of Grexit” panic . Another wave of potential Brexit chaosRead More...

Aran Dunlop

October 19th, 2016

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“Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” – The Mortgage Risk You Should Be MOST Concerned About

Over 100 years ago, Mark Twain popularized the phrase, “Lies, damned lies and statistics.” It’s a saying that describes how people often try to bolster a weak argument using the persuasive power of numbers and statistics. I see this trick used often inRead More...

Alistair Perry

October 5th, 2016

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The #1 Thing People Overlook When Investing

Let’s face it; it’s not the easiest time to be investing in real estate. Property prices are more expensive than ever before across most of the country, especially Sydney and Melbourne. The RBA kept interest rates at a record low 1.5 percent atRead More...

Matt Jones

September 22nd, 2016

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5 Things I Learned About Investing By Trading $1 Billion in Bonds

My first “real” job was as an Institutional Fixed Income Salesperson on a trading desk in Singapore at one of the world’s top five largest banks. That’s industry speak for “bond dealer.” Did you see the movie, The Big Short? That’s theRead More...

Aran Dunlop

September 8th, 2016

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What is Negative Gearing – Explained in Full With Examples

Australians have a love affair with real estate, and rightfully so. It’s an asset that’s always in demand. It’s tangible, easy to understand, it offers proven returns, and you can use other people’s money to buy it. But all of those things areRead More...

Jason Staggers

April 14th, 2016

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What Type of Borrower Are You?

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the future of interest rates. RBA governor, Glenn Stevens, recently issued the following prediction: “Global interest rates are still going to be very low for a good part of the decade ahead.”St. George Bank’s chiefRead More...

Jason Staggers

December 10th, 2015

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7 Ways Higher Interest Rates Could Reshape Our Economy

We are currently in the midst of an unprecedented worldwide economic experiment. Since the global financial crisis, the central bankers of the largest economies in the world have slashed interest rates to zero, and in some cases, even below zero. The aim hasRead More...

Jason Staggers

November 26th, 2015

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How to Treat Your Personal Finances Like a Business

As a property mentor, I speak to a lot of investors about their money. I’ve found that people tend to treat their personal finances in one of three ways: like a hobby, like a government or like a business. Hobbies exist for funRead More...

Jason Staggers

October 8th, 2015

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10 Ways to Save Money and Cash Up Fast

I seem to be speaking to more and more investors lately who are looking to cash up. The opinion of some is that property values are topping out and a correction may be on the horizon. If their expectation plays out, with reservesRead More...

Jason Staggers

September 24th, 2015

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