Self employed and battling with bond finance?

By Neil Vorster | 8 Growing your Property Portfolio

Bond finance for entrepreneurs? Nearly half of my coaching clients are “self employed” and therefore share the challenge of obtaining bond finance for their properties. One could think that banks would look at a successful businessman with favour, since he has above average financial experience and wisdom, and understands the risks and rewards of borrowing […]

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How to get 100% Bonds on Buy-To-Let property investments

By Neil Vorster | 8 Growing your Property Portfolio

Getting a 100% Bond finance The power of buy to let investment is found by maximizing your bond finance. The more you use other people’s money (the banks money) the higher your return on investment ( ROI). Did you know that a 90% Bond gives you 50% less ROI than a 100% bond? In this […]

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Solo property Investment?

By Neil Vorster | 3 Property Investment Coaching

Going it alone – property investment My knuckles white, the engine straining to lift me, I was off the ground… Surreal … Time stood  still… My first solo flight had begun and there was no turning back! Exhilaration  turned to . . . .  Fear! An inescapable truth dawned on me – I need to land this […]

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5 Essentials of buy to let investment property

By Neil Vorster | 6 How to Do the Property Deal

The 5  buy to let investment essentials that nobody ever told you. After doing your research, crunched the numbers and selected a buy to let property, it’s time to take the plunge and make that property yours! But to avoid getting burnt, it may be a good idea to note and understand these 5 buy […]

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How to buy good investment property

By Neil Vorster | 5 The Best Investment Properties

Is there a “how do buy good investment property” formula ? How can I avoid being a casualty in the next property crash? In this video below of a radio interview with world renown Robert Kiyosaki, he explains that investment  is a lot like  monopoly.  He warns that, like in Monopoly, we should  not  aim for […]

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Avoid the 3 property investment mistakes!

By Neil Vorster | 4 Where to Buy Property , 6 How to Do the Property Deal

How to avoid the three most common  property investment mistakes   After many years in property investment, sales and coaching,  I have found that the three greatest, and  totally unnecessary  property investment mistakes made by investors can be summarised by the 3 P’s Property Price Place I talk about them in this short video

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Robert Kiyosaki: Savers are losers – or are they?

By Neil Vorster | 1 The power of property investment

Robert Kiyosaki: Savers are losers – or are they? By Neil Vorster In a world economy where money is printed by governments and interest earned on bank savings is pretty much equal to the inflation rate—and sometimes less than the inflation rate, Robert Kiyosaki is correct, savers are losers. But, what if saving isn’t your end-goal?

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For most South Africans retirement is not an option.

By Neil Vorster | 1 The power of property investment

By: Neil Vorster If you have Googled Retirement annuity, Retirement calculator or Retirement plan recently, you will no doubt have been exposed to the myriad of options offered by large financial institutions. A quick calculation generally leaves one shocked and stunned. Recently, I read an article by Peter Carruthers of Petes Weekly fame. Peter is […]

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How to avoid losing a million in property investment

By Neil Vorster | 3 Property Investment Coaching

How does one avoid all the pitfalls that await the un-initiated in property investment? By Neil Vorster When one decides to begin investing in property, the general way it is done is through the advice of a friend, or a book you read. The, I am aghast to say, with minimal knowledge, people just go […]

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Retirement calculator – a real eye opener

By Neil Vorster | 2 Property Investment Planning

Retirement calculators abound. Attempted saving for retirement is a gory and unsatisfying story played out on a stage by millions of South Africans every year. Effective retirement planning is seen as so difficult that many people simply ignore the inevitable reality, hiding their heads in the sand and hoping for the best.

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7 tips on how to beat the averages and buy great investment property

By Neil Vorster | 5 The Best Investment Properties

Does buying great investment  property have to be a gamble? By Neil Vorster  Everybody wants to know how to pick a winner, and fortunately with property investment the luck or gambling element can be almost entirely removed. The national average annual house price increases are constantly published by the major banks. Many investors, when deciding to […]

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Burning property questions?

By Neil Vorster | 3 Property Investment Coaching

Burning property questions? By Neil Vorster  Follow me on Twitter @neilvorster    Estate agents, investors, tenants, sellers and buyers – this is for you!  If you have property and property investment questions, the chances are you are not the only one, and they have been answered before.

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Is a financial education necessary?

By Neil Vorster | 3 Property Investment Coaching

We are brought up to believe that education is good, and it is! So we send our children to schools and university, but almost without exception, the education system omits financial education. We leave the education system and enter the  work and business world and find ourselves floundering for lack of financial knowledge. Personally, I […]

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My Dad “got lucky”

By Neil Vorster | 2 Property Investment Planning

Fin24 recently published an article in which user Neil Vorster ( of Organic Growth) tells how he financed his daughters’ university education from the rewards he reaped from townhouse investments.  Most of the published responses to Neil’s children education funding plan were very positive, but one gentlemen said Neil “got lucky” that time!

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Part 2 – You don’t have to be a risk taker to make millions in residential property investment

By Neil Vorster | 2 Property Investment Planning

By Neil Vorster  In last week’s blog, I started investigating just how much risk was necessary to start making serious money through property investment. I discussed the capital growth and the numbers. This week we  will look at a  cash-flow analysis of a real example to make my point clearer. You don’t have to take […]

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Landlords, know your property rights or take one in the nuts!

By Neil Vorster | 3 Property Investment Coaching

Landlords, avoid the pain and know your Property Rights before you Invest – a Q&A site for you   My experience tells me that very few people who invest in property know their property rights, especially in a changing South Africa, where property law has significantly since 1994. This hilarious video screened below, by the […]

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Investment solutions that your investment adviser didn’t ever tell you.

By Neil Vorster | 1 The power of property investment

By Neil Vorster  There are investment solutions your investment adviser will never tell you, and the reasons are two-fold.  Firstly,  investment advisers give advice that suits themselves. The independents give you investment solutions that pay them handsome commissions, while the consultants working for the big name financial houses flog the local house brand of complicated financial […]

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