The Real Deal

Tired of working 9 to 5 for someone else, just to make ends meet? Looking for a path to financial freedom so that you can spend your time doing what you want to do? For many savvy Australians, property investing has lead to exactly that. They have found an investing method suited to their own circumstances and turns a property dream into an income stream and, in some cases, an early retirement! So how can you escape the daily grind and achieve the same results, even if you've never invested in property before? The Real Deal is the only real estate book that: takes you through an array of investment methods from negative and positive gearing to renovation, subdivision, commercial property and property development, and everything in between shares the experiences of 14 real-life, everyday investors who have created wealth using these methods so you can see how they work in the real world teaches you how to set goals and provides the tools to stay motivated to achieve them helps you access the best investment approach for you in terms of time, money, level of difficulty and effort actually gets you on the road to financial freedom fast. You'll learn how to make deals for quick profit, deals that you can work on yourself and deals that you can pay others to look after for you. The options are limited only by your own creativity!

Tired of working 9 to 5 for someone else, just to make endsmeet?Looking for a path to financial freedom so that you can spendyour time doing what you want to do?For many savvy Australians, property investing has lead toexactly that. They have found an investing method suited to theirown circumstances and turns a property dream into an income stream and, in some cases, an early retirement!So how can you escape the daily grind and achieve the sameresults, even if you've never invested in property before?The Real Deal is the only real estate bookthat:* takes you through an array of investment methods - fromnegative and positive gearing to renovation, subdivisioncommercial property and property development, and everything inbetween* shares the experiences of 14 real-life, everyday investors whohave created wealth using these methods so you can see how theywork in the real world* teaches you how to set goals and provides the tools to staymotivated to achieve them* helps you access the best investment approach for you in termsof time, money, level of difficulty and effort* actually gets you on the road to financial freedomfast.You'll learn how to make deals for quick profit, deals that youcan work on yourself and deals that you can pay others to lookafter for you.The options are limited only by your own creativity!

Foreword viiAbout the authors ixAcknowledgements xiiPreface xivIntroduction xviiPart I: Buy and hold, short-term growth and flips1 Negative gearing for long-term growth (buy and hold) 32 Positive cash flow properties 293 Positive cash flow properties and add value 474 Flips, short-term growth and quick-turn deals 61Part II: Renovations5 Live-in cosmetic renovations 876 Cosmetic renovations 997 Renovations 119Part III: Subdivisions plus8 Subdivisions 1539 Separating and renovating a duplex 16910 Renovate and subdivide (1 into 2) 18511 Renovate and subdivide (1 into 3) 203Part IV: Construction12 Construction 22513 Developments 245Part V: Systemisation14 Developing a system 27115 Passive income and financial freedom 29116 Your next step ... 303Index 315