The Wakelin Blog

Is high-rise a good investment? Avoid off the plan? Have Australians fallen in love with high-rise apartments, our resistance to vertical living finally overcome? The major property developers se ...

Peruse a few buyer agents’ sites and you’ll repeatedly see references to ‘off-market’ or ‘silent market’ properties. The allure of exclusive access to a sunlit worl ...

Help. My home isn't selling. Buying your first property is one of life’s more stressful rites of passage. Well, at least until you sell your first property.  It’s only then that you really learn if you bought well in the first place or if your home appeals to the market.  You see, this time your success rest on the choices of others rather than your own. Selling can test the strongest self-esteem...

Covering many issues for returnee - and the rest of us - including taxation, negative gearing, location and asset selection.

The fate of many a direct residential property investor's overall experience is often set by the first months and even weeks of their initial foray. Those who get off on the right foot as a landlord invariably go on to greater success. But those who encounter troubles at the start frequently never recover from the trauma such that property investment becomes a never-to-be-repeated scar on their psyche...