Analysis for investors who read past the headline: tax rules, yields, deal selection and the occasional receipt, with the working shown.
A 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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