API-113 July 2010

COVER STORY

Property vs shares

The challenge has started... bring along your goals, your risk profile, and your investment strategy to determine which investment vehicle will see you roaring down the road to investor success.

FEATURES

12 fringe suburbs where prices are set to explode

API boards the train to the fringe looking for house growth and high yields.

How high can property prices go? Could typical houses really carry a

$1 million price tag by the end of the decade? API investigates.

Perfect match

Are buyers agents worth their fee and what do they do exactly?

DIY syndicates

Pooling funds together with some friends on a small development may be the easy part but ASIC-hoop jumping is the toughest test.

Future gazing

Should you gear a property with your super fund?

Alternative investor

The ABCs of childcare

Investing in childcare centres may not be a bucketful of giggles but it turns out they can be rather profitable.

PROFILES

My auction story

What thrills and bumps did this investor experience when buying at an auction?

Shane Thompson

This Qantas pilot reveals that his key to property investment success is falling in love with the numbers, not the property.

Where are they now?

Since their last appearance in API, the Mackens have moved to a very strong position, with a little help from the GFC.

My Most Profitable Deal

Dale and Erica Perry reveal their best deal was on their first property, in a regional Victorian location.

Project Profile

Twist and profit

How did chopping the backyard off a property make nearly $145,000 for this young pair of investors?

No regrets , part 8

It's reflection time. Find out how Peter Koulizos' development is turning a higher profit than initially expected.

News & Views

The latest property news, plus Tax Straight Up with Julia Hartman.

Young Gun: Ben Stevens

This 26-year-old admits that while he hasn't always stuck to the investor's rule book and has shifted his strategy many times, his goals are now clear.

My Property Nightmare

Find out how a conveyencing bungle

cost an investor $20,000.

Legal Help Desk

Rob Balanda talks about factoring tax into the bills and how finance clauses work for the seller.

Bricks and Mortar

API's panel of experts tackles the big questions sent in by readers.

API Connect

Readers get the chance to ask our profiled investors any question. 

Dash of Salt

Discover why Bernard Salt finds dissecting the 'treasure trove' of tables at the back of API magazine intriguing.

Real Estate Escapes

Tim O'Dwyer shares a warning story about what can happen financially when love turns sour.

FINANCE

Lenders move goal posts

Lenders are rapidly rewriting the rules on finance approvals. We’ll fill you in on the latest changes.

TAX

Beginner's guide to gearing Julia Hartman differentiates between positive cash flow and negative gearing.

Investor-psychology

Michael Yardney reveals eight winning tips from the world's best investor and how they can be applied to property.

STATES

New South Wales

There's hope on the horizon for the Sydney CBD non-residential market.

Victoria

Retail is the 'jewel in the crown' for the Melbourne CBD non-residential market.

Queensland

There's not a whole lot of moving and shaking for the non-residential market in Brisbane CBD with 'For Lease' signs still plastered around the city.

Western Australia

Another growth spurt is on the cards for this mining resource rich state. Quite the contrast from 2009.

South Australia

Great news for commercial investors: it's a stable and predictable property market in the Adelaide CBD.

ACT

While the Canberra CBD office market may be oversupplied, what's happening in the industrial and retail sectors?

Tasmania

Non-residential invest­ments are feeling safe in Hobart's CBD. So which sector is the hot favourite?

Northern Territory

Darwin's office market is the number one pick of the non-residential bunch. Find out why.