Your Property Success with Renovation

The ultimate guide to investing in property...and making a million! Everyone's looking to get rich, and a lot of those people are looking at investing in property as the way to get there. But watch out making money in real estate isn't always as easy as it might look. At least, not without Your Property Success with Renovation in hand, that is. Written by Jane Slack-Smith, a true investment guru who's put together her own multi-million dollar property portfolio, this is the ultimate guide to making the housing market work for you. Loaded with no-nonsense advice to help you avoid the traps that so many would-be real estate investors fall into, Your Property Success with Renovation introduces a unique three-pronged, low-risk investing strategy. Rather than focusing on fast money, the book encourages a low-risk plan find an area with above average capital growth, buy below market value, and build value through renovation that will help you build a strong, profitable real estate portfolio. Introduces "e;The Trident,"e; a new way of approaching investing in real estate that focuses on low-risks and high rewards, not fast money Written by real estate portfolio expert Jane Slack-Smith, who transformed an initial investment of $45k into a multi-million dollar fortune using the techniques outlined in this book Shows you how to get the most out of the real estate market by emphasizing the value of property renovation With just two investment properties and one renovation the average Australian can put a million dollars in the bank within fifteen years, and mortgage broker Jane Slack-Smith is here to show you how.

The ultimate guide to investing in property...and making amillion!Everyone's looking to get rich, and a lot of those people arelooking at investing in property as the way to get there. But watchout--making money in real estate isn't always as easy as itmight look. At least, not without Your Property Success withRenovation in hand, that is. Written by Jane Slack-Smith, atrue investment guru who's put together her own multi-milliondollar property portfolio, this is the ultimate guide to making thehousing market work for you.Loaded with no-nonsense advice to help you avoid the traps thatso many would-be real estate investors fall into, Your PropertySuccess with Renovation introduces a unique three-prongedlow-risk investing strategy. Rather than focusing on fast moneythe book encourages a low-risk plan--find an area with aboveaverage capital growth, buy below market value, and build valuethrough renovation--that will help you build a strongprofitable real estate portfolio.* Introduces "The Trident," a new way of approaching investing inreal estate that focuses on low-risks and high rewards, not fastmoney* Written by real estate portfolio expert Jane Slack-Smith, whotransformed an initial investment of $45k into a multi-milliondollar fortune using the techniques outlined in this book* Shows you how to get the most out of the real estate market byemphasizing the value of property renovationWith just two investment properties and one renovation theaverage Australian can put a million dollars in the bank withinfifteen years, and mortgage broker Jane Slack-Smith is here to showyou how.

About the author viiAcknowledgements ixMy story xiIntroduction xixPart I: The foundations 11 Knowing what you want 32 Establishing your goals 113 Assessing your finances 194 Understanding your risk profile 275 Developing your property investing strategy 336 The Trident Strategy: minimising risk 437 Setting your buying criteria 55Part II: The purchasing process 638 Funding your purchase 659 Getting your loan approved 7510 Locating a property 8711 Knowing your demographics 10112 Hitting the streets 10913 Finding a renovator's dream 11514 Purchasing your property 13115 The buying process 143Part III: Renovating 14916 Renovating for prosperity 15117 Costing your renovation 15718 My tips, mistakes and recommendations 16519 Organising the renovation 17720 Review, repair, repent and replicate 18721 My renovation examples 19722 Bringing it all together 213Glossary 221Index 227