Property Investment Research StepsThe following links lead to the relevant research steps required to assemble your property investment research. Remember you may have a good prior understanding of some of these steps, however your property investment syndicate, joint venturer, or your financier, may not be so well informed. To view the 11 Research Steps listed below make sure you have Adobe Reader installed on your computer.
STEP 1- Property Types & Returns Click on the link above to review the different types of property available and their respective returns & risks. Understand the measures of returns referred to in property terminology.
STEP 2 - Investment Objectives Click on the link above to define your objectives, so that you are only looking at property that will achieve your requirements e.g. Yield or Growth or Development.
STEP 3 - Property Investment Vehicles Click on the link above to familiarise yourself with the different types of investment vehicles available before approaching your professional advisors. Partnerships, Companies, Superannuation Funds, Trusts, Syndicates etc.
STEP 4 - Property Taxation Click on the link above to determine your tax strategies and consequent tax rates if buying existing property. This link covers income tax, depreciation, capital gains tax, land tax, GST and the margin scheme.
STEP 5 - Property Demographics & Regional Information This link covers statistics, regional background data, suburb rankings and profiles etc. STEP 6 - Locating Property & Businesses We have a networking system to do this after deciding on the type of property or business to be purchased. Contact this office for assistance. STEP 7 - Market Research Click on the link above to check or inspect recent sales and determine the long term capital gain for the mean price in the area. When you are ready to research or inspect selected properties or businesses, click on the relevant checklist below and print.
Click here to view Residential Inspection Checklist
STEP 8 - Finance Alternatives & Gearing Click on the link above to Select the best form of finance and the respectives rates. This covers Negative Gearing, Types of Loans and Finance Sources. This is one of the most important research steps, and should be read in conjunction with the Finance page. STEP 9 - Feasibility Study Click on the link above to assemble your data collected. By now you should have chosen a property sector, organised your legal and tax structure, selected a locality and arranged conditional finance. You are now ready to select and calculate which is the best performing property before making an offer.
Click here to view Existing Investment Property Feasibility Study Inputs
(Rural Property is adapted according to the brief and utility).
STEP 10- Negotiating Price & Terms Click above to review an offer and prepare for pre purchase inspections and contract confirmation. STEP 11 - Property Investment Management Click on the link above to view a Risk Management Checklist. Check the conveyancing process, consider the various types of risks, access relevant property law issues, research insurance requirements. Most of the research steps contain checklists which can be printed off to help prompt you when gathering all relevant information. If you have any questions, or require further information about any of the Research Steps above, please
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