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Holiday homes: yay or nay?
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Holiday homes: yay or nay?

According to a recent report issued by John Loos, Household and Property Sector Strategist at FNB, holiday town property markets are beginning to pick up once more. Albeit it off a low base and after years of lagging the ...

Avoid analysis paralysis
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Avoid analysis paralysis

Emotion and logic each have a role to play in decision-making, whether personal or business. However, if you want to become a successful property investor, it’s vital that you have a practical ...

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Hedge against inflation with property

Inflation is often understood as the rate at which prices of goods and services increase, but in reality the effect of inflation is far more destructive: it erodes the purchasing power of money. For example, in 2009, a loaf of ...

Trustee troubles? Keep paying your levies!
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Trustee troubles? Keep paying your levies!

Are the finances of your sectional title scheme healthy? And should you withhold your levy payments to force the trustees to behave if you think things aren’t what they ought to be? Your answers, of course, should be “Yes” and ...

Invest for better – or better
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Invest for better – or better

It has been said, by a number of experts in property investment, that the biggest mistake one can ever make, is to do nothing. Sometimes when I look at the Other Half I do think they are exaggerating. I see, sometimes, what ...

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Landlord? Insurance could save your bacon

Although landlords may believe that they are on their own and that dealing with a rogue tenant is just part and parcel of renting out a property, there are ways for them to protect their investment.

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No maintenance? No bond!

The government has proposed to block access to credit for anyone who’s found guilty of defaulting on their maintenance payments.

Need cash? Borrow from your bond
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Need cash? Borrow from your bond

In the wake of the African Bank’s collapse, unsecured lending has come under the spotlight like never before. And justifiably so.

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Have a happy home

Martin Seligman’s book “Authentic Happiness” talks about how happy people are more likely to have more casual and close friends, are more likely to be married and are more involved in group ...