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November 13, 2021Daniel Moradian

Investment grade property: Yield vs capital growth

There are three main ways you can make money on property: Rental yield Capital growth Growth on rental yield Let’s have a chat about the first two. Rental yield A property’s rental yield is calculated by dividing a property’s annual rental earnings by its valuation. I often argue that the better way of calculating rental […]

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October 24, 2021Daniel Moradian

Investment grade property: Dwelling types

There’s no saying for certain whether real estate will forever rise in value at such impressive growth rates. There’s no saying for certain which locations will perform well and which locations will be left behind. There’s also no saying for certain which dwelling types will be most lucrative, and which will be most burdensome. The […]

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July 5, 2021Daniel Moradian

Home loan products: Redraw facilities and offset accounts

For each day that you owe money to the bank on a home loan, interest accrues on that loan. You make periodic home loan repayments and if your home loan is a P&I loan (see Home loan products: P&I vs IO loans), the value of your loan, the principal, will slowly trickle downwards. What if […]

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April 29, 2021Daniel Moradian

Home loan products: Variable vs fixed rates

I’d like to say we’re almost done with home loans but if I did I’d be lying. There’s so much complexity out there on this topic and it has such a profound impact on your cash flow that I think everyone has a right to know as much as possible before taking the plunge. So […]

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April 6, 2021Daniel Moradian

Home loan products: P&I vs IO loans

When I was younger (I wasn’t the coolest kid) I used to wonder why anyone would take on a massive home loan and opt to pay off the interest only. When you take on a home loan, you can typically choose from P&I (principal & interest) and IO (interest only) products. Here’s what they mean […]

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March 15, 2021Daniel Moradian

Home loan products: Owner-occupier vs investment loans

Whether you’re buying your first home or you’re looking to invest in property, chances are you aren’t quite wealthy enough to fork out the hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars it can cost to buy one outright. Even if you do happen to have a seven figure bank balance, you probably won’t even […]

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January 11, 2021January 26, 2021Daniel Moradian

What to do with $10k right now

Here we take a look at what an average person with an average risk profile should do if they had managed to save $10k and didn’t know how to best make use of it. Please understand this is not financial advice, it does not take into account your personal circumstances and it’s only here to […]

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December 7, 2020January 26, 2021Daniel Moradian

Home equity

What is equity? How much equity should I have in my home or investment property? How does equity fluctuate? What does ‘negative equity’ mean and could it affect me? Strap in for answers to all the questions you never asked. What is equity? Say you own a 100sqm rusty tin shed with no ceiling in […]

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September 7, 2020January 26, 2021Daniel Moradian

Passive vs active investment

Imagine if you will the only available investment opportunity is to invest in shares of sandal manufacturers. You are presented with two options. Option 1 is to take a long-term buy and hold position in a fund which holds interests in the top 100 sandal manufacturers in the world. Option 2 is to constantly buy […]

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July 27, 2020January 26, 2021Daniel Moradian

What makes things go up and down

Even in a pre-covid-19 world, my brother would always ask me why the market (and more relevantly) individual stocks would often defecate themselves. He did not say ‘defecate’. ‘Defecate’ is very much a euphemism here. Everyone’s talking about large dips or rallies in the market these days but if you distance yourself from the market […]

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