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Buying Like The Experts

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Interview Transcript

My name is Miriam Sandkuhler. I’m the founder of Property Mavens which is a specialist property advisory firm. I’m an accredited property advisor and a licensed estate agent. And I basically work with investors to ensure they buy the right type of property for the right reasons.

People don’t necessarily know their tolerance to risk in relation to the type of return they’re going to get. Some people are much more conservative with investing than others. Some have got quite a low to moderate risk profile whereas other are higher risk profile. Click here to read the full article

Buying Property in a SMSF

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Join Miriam Sandkuhler fron Property Mavens and Michelle Griffiths from TAG Financial as they discuss the tricks and traps and pros and cons of buying property within a SMSF, and the importance of obtaining specialist advice along the way.

The argument for regulation of property advice

The Australian property market was valued at $4.54 trillion in December 2011 whilst the stock market was valued at only $1.17 trillion. Did you know that provision of advice about investing in this huge asset class, which forms the foundation of most of our person wealth and our banking sector’s security against its funds, is currently unregulated?

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Is your financial planner really working for you?

Financial Planners are required from July 1^st 2013 to support self-directed clients (those who know what they want to invest in before their consultation) with good quality property investment advice. If they do not have specific qualifications or expertise in this area, they are required to refer the client to a suitable expert (such as an Accredited Property Investment Advisor), or send the client away. In the scramble to secure property services and additional income, many Financial Planners have not understood their client responsibilities. It is imperative to know the questions to ask your Financial Planner, to find out if he or she is working for you or the money.

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The role of each party in a property transaction

Property is the most expensive purchase an average person will make in their lifetime and while it’s easy to sign your name on a contract, the many steps along the way need to be addressed properly to ensure the purchase is done carefully and accurately, while mitigating risk at the same time.