Your Property Success with Renovation

JANE SLACK-SMITH amassed a multimillion dollar property portfolio that started with an initial investment of just $45,000. In 2005 she founded Investors Choice Mortgages and in 2010 she was awarded 'Mortgage Broker of the Year' by Your Investment Property magazine. Visit Jane's website at yourpropertysucessnow.com.au for more information.

"Jane Slack-Smith is one of the true property success stories and property professionals in Australia. Her style is easy to read and to the point; worthy in every sense of the word." Bernard Salt Social commentator, author and columnist

About the author vii Acknowledgements ix My story xi Introduction xix Part I: The foundations 1 1 Knowing what you want 3 2 Establishing your goals 11 3 Assessing your finances 19 4 Understanding your risk profile 27 5 Developing your property investing strategy 33 6 The Trident Strategy: minimising risk 43 7 Setting your buying criteria 55 Part II: The purchasing process 63 8 Funding your purchase 65 9 Getting your loan approved 75 10 Locating a property 87 11 Knowing your demographics 101 12 Hitting the streets 109 13 Finding a renovator's dream 115 14 Purchasing your property 131 15 The buying process 143 Part III: Renovating 149 16 Renovating for prosperity 151 17 Costing your renovation 157 18 My tips, mistakes and recommendations 165 19 Organising the renovation 177 20 Review, repair, repent and replicate 187 21 My renovation examples 197 22 Bringing it all together 213 Glossary 221 Index 227