Analysis for investors who read past the headline: tax rules, yields, deal selection and the occasional receipt, with the working shown.
Is a buyers agent worth it? My published $15,000 flat fee against $47K+ average saved and a 98% success rate across settled purchases, tested honestly.
Read the article → Residential · 25 August 2026HtAG scores every Adelaide suburb and LGA on capital growth, cashflow and risk. Here's what each RCS number means and how it's actually worked out.
Read the article → Residential · 25 August 2026HtAG scores all nine metro Adelaide council areas on risk, cash flow and growth. See which LGA rates highest for investors, and which one is overrated.
Read the article → Residential · 20 August 2026Suburb choice carries more of the outcome once the 2027 tax changes remove the old cushion. The criteria and pocket-scoring framework that decide where to buy.
Read the article → Commercial · 20 August 2026A commercial buyers agent grades the lease and the tenant before the building, not after. What the job covers, what it costs, and who actually needs one.
Read the article → Commercial · 17 August 2026A commercial property value add case study: 8,928sqm at Dry Creek SA, bought at $3.85M, onsold at $4.75M in 22 months on plans, not bricks.
Read the article → Residential · 14 August 2026The 50% CGT discount is being replaced by CPI indexation from 1 July 2027. What changes, who is grandfathered, and the numbers to model before a sale.
Read the article → Residential · 11 August 2026A sales agent is paid by the vendor to get the vendor the best price. A buyers agent is paid by you, only by you. The difference matters most for investors.
Read the article → Residential · 6 August 2026Buying it yourself versus a buyers agent: off-market access, negotiation and post-May 2027 modelling, with the $47K+ average saved across settled purchases.
Read the article → Residential · 4 August 2026Rentvesting means renting where you live, investing where the numbers work. Post-May 2027 tax rules change that maths. A real rentvesting purchase, explained.
Read the article → Residential · 28 July 2026The seven questions that separate a genuine Adelaide buyers agent from an introduction service, and the answers that should end the conversation.
Read the article → Smsf · 27 July 2026SMSF LRBAs for residential property end 10 August 2026. Commercial stays open if it clears the business real property test. Here is what applies now.
Read the article → Residential · 22 July 2026The due diligence checklist I run before clients buy: contract, building and pest, planning certificate, strata, rent evidence and post-2027 cash flow model.
Read the article → Smsf · 22 July 2026How to use your SMSF to buy an investment property in 2026: the rules, the LRBA, the pre-flight checks, and where trustees get stuck.
Read the article → Residential · 20 July 2026Adelaide's median house value passed $1M in June 2026. The South Australian contract rules that catch interstate buyers, and why the city median misleads.
Read the article → Residential · 17 July 2026The deadline question every investor is asking. What changes on 1 July 2027, who the date matters for, and the maths that should decide, not the calendar.
Read the article → Residential · 17 July 2026What buyers agents charge in Australia in 2026, city by city, flat fee against percentage, and my published $15,000 flat fee for residential and SMSF.
Read the article → Smsf · 17 July 2026Yes, an SMSF can buy property, if it clears the ATO's rules and a few readiness checks most trustees skip. The seven tests, in plain English.
Read the article → Residential · 17 July 2026From 1 July 2027, rental losses on most new purchases stop offsetting salary and carry forward. How the pool works, what it's worth, and how to model it.
Read the article → Commercial · 17 July 2026Commercial yields 4 to 7% net, residential 3 to 4% gross. What those numbers hide, who each asset class suits, and why 2027 tax changes shift the comparison.
Read the article → Development · 17 July 2026New builds keep negative gearing and the 50% CGT discount after 2027. What qualifies, why the exemption exists, and the traps in the two-speed market.
Read the article → Residential · 17 July 2026Not inspections and paperwork. A real investor buyers agent builds the thesis, models the cash flow, finds off-market stock and negotiates. Here's the full job.
Read the article → Residential · 12 July 2026From May 2027 rental losses stop offsetting salary and the CGT discount changes. A plain-English guide to what property investors should model before buying.
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