With tax time upon us, it’s important to understand what you can claim in order to get the full deductions you are entitled to in regards to your investment property. Here is a list of items you can potentially claim as deductions on your tax return:
Continue readingProperty styling, or staging, has become one of the big growth areas in real estate marketing as owners and agents look to maximise a property’s appeal and value. The secret to staging a property is to take away the owners’ personal items and create something that will appeal to the highest percentage of potential buyers. The first impression is what is going to sell a property. …
Continue readingIsn’t it amazing how science fiction, a direct result of the power of the imagination, has shaped our reality. Many of the ideas from Star Trek, which when it first appeared on screens appeared to be inconceivably other-worldly let alone revolutionary, have become reality – not bad for something that debuted in 1966. Seemingly far-fetched concepts when first introduced decades ago, either through literature, film or television, are now commonplace and while …
Continue readingThe days of the dedicated home office are numbered thanks to technology like laptops, tablets, smartphones and wi-fi making people more mobile, replacing it with the more flexible “study nook”. The demand for a dedicated study has been significantly reduced, with buyers often preferring to replace a study with a fifth bedroom or a separate media room, a repurposing that allows for more flexible living arrangements for individuals …
Continue readingShould I Sell at Auction?
Auction is recognised as being an effective way of creating wide public interest and reaching a large number of prospective purchasers in a short period of time. It is appealing to more and more vendors today it gives you a start and end date to the selling process. Benefits of auction Maximum exposure for maximum market impact. There is a clear beginning and end to …
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