Margaret Lomas is one of Australia's most recognised and respected property experts, and the best-selling author of nine property investment books, with collective sales of approximately 200,000 copies. In this 'must-read' for property investors, she provides comprehensive, easy-to-understand information for property buyers searching for the right property. When looking to invest in property, if you start at Question One and work through to Question Twenty, in this book and you will be have done everything possible to minimise your risk of buying a lemon and maximised your chances of buying the right property for you. Along the way, Margaret shares indepth information on all aspects of property investing, as well as anecdotes and examples to illustrate the discussion.

Investors today need to understand the dynamics of how macro and micro economies operate and how they affect the property markets. Margaret explains this theory in her trademark easy-to-understand style. The book also includes information on:• The current property landscape• Matching property with investors' profiles• Timing the markets to invest when an area is about to take off• Finding strong cash flow and capital growth investments• Recognising growth drivers to find the next hotspot before it becomes one!

Property investing has become one of the first choices for both new and experienced investors in Australia today, and a ‘property investment industry' has appeared and grown rapidly. With this growth has come an increase in the number of self-styled ‘property experts', all too keen to share their sometimes questionable ‘secrets of success'. Concerned at the number of investors she sees duped or convinced by ‘property gurus' into making dubious investments, popular bestselling author Margaret Lomas has written this book to dispel the many myths surrounding positive cash flow property investing. In her trademark engaging style, she reveals just what positive cash flow property investing is, how it works and what it can achieve. No hype, no promises -- Margaret just tells the TRUTH about positive cash flow investing and how ordinary Australians can follow her advice and benefit from this form of investing too.

A one-stop shop for property investors - the ultimate must-have for new and experienced property investors alike.Topics covered include:- Dispelling the myths around property investing- Truths about negative gearing- Due diligence to avoid buying a lemon - Buying and selling property- Managing your property- Structuring your investments and taxation matters- Obtaining the right loan- Creating an income for life- Protecting your wealth.

Building on the amazing success of her earlier books How to Make Your Money Last as Long as You Do and How to Create an Income for Life, best-selling author Margaret Lomas is back to answer all her readers frequently asked questions. In How to Maximise Your Property Portfolio, Margaret explains to new and experienced investors how to manage and profit from a positive cash flow property portfolio. Her approach to investment can provide investors with an income from day one without the usual risks associated with negative gearing. Written in her trademark easy-to-read engaging style, Margaret shares her common-sense financial wisdom, covering topics such as: how the type of property you invest in can affect returns the issues to consider when shopping for property whether cash flow will continue and for how long how to maximise each investment through optimal purchasing structures and tax benefits capital gain and cash flow choosing the best way to manage your property. Margaret Lomas one of Australia foremost property investment authors claims that with a combination of common sense, hard work and patience you can ensure you have an income for life. Her low-risk techniques have allowed her and her husband to build their own extensive, profitable property portfolio. How to Maximise Your Property Portfolio will show you how.

Margaret Lomas stormed onto the investment scene in mid-2001. Her first book, How to Make Your Money Last as Long as You Do, quickly sold out and reprinted twice within the first eight months of being on sale. Investors clamoured to attend speaking engagements and she was swiftly picked up by two radio stations for regular finance talk-back segments. Margaret's key to long-term wealth creation is a unique approach she and her husband have followed themselves, with proven success, for years. These pages are not full of hyped-up theory and get-rich-quick promises, but contain a step-by-step, easy-to-follow positive cash flow investment strategy that almost anyone can adopt to create an income for life. Chapters offer useful information on: Safely investing in positive cash flow property Taking advantage of home equity and hedging against the usual pitfalls of investing in property Employing a specific borrowing strategy which eliminates debt quickly The questions to ask when researching your market Following strict, unemotional guidelines for investment property selection.

Margaret Lomas explodes the common myth that you need to be debt-free and have a high income in order to invest. How to Make Your Money Last as Long as You Do explains the pros and cons of property investment, how to put yourself in a position to be able to invest, and why and how to invest in positive cash flow property.

If the average American wants to create financial security, investing in rental properties remains the surest way to build wealth. Best-selling author Carleton Sheets is widely recognised as the man most responsible for getting people involved, by giving them a step-by-step plan to begin. Each chapter is packed with investment techniques, tips, and strategies Carleton developed over nearly 30 years as a real estate investor -- tips that you can use to create your personal real fortune.