What you need to know about Property Investment

As more than a million property investors around Australia will tell you, buying an investment property involves a great deal of forward planning, not unlike the purchase of a family home.

But investors have to remember that where a family home is a purchase from the heart, an investment property is very much a purchase from the head. It is a business decision and - like any business decision - it must be underpinned by a well researched business plan.

Property has been, and always will be, a good financial investment as long as people take the necessary steps to ensure they don’t get caught out with an investment property that is unrentable.

To minimise the risk of being lumbered…