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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Peace – 5 steps to peaceful Buy to Rent property Investment A significant key to successful Buy to Rent property investment is found by investing in peace. Not some unattainable religious experience found in the Himalayas. I am talking about good old fashioned, successful investment without losing a single night’s sleep! At first this may […]
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Can one save enough in 45 Years to cater for 35 Years of Retirement? By: Kim Whitmore As the saying goes: Go to school,then university, get a degree, find a secure job and you will be sorted, but is this enough today? Next year, at age 22, I will start work as a graduate […]
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By: Neil Vorster Here are two questions, one for your financial advisor / investment advisor and one for your investment savvy estate agent. May the best man(or woman) win. Question 1 Dear Financial Advisor, if I have R 200 000 in cash, how many Rand’s worth of shares can I buy? Your question will probably be met […]
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Why do so few women invest in property? By: Robyn Wolfson It’s Women’s Month and, as women, one of the things we can celebrate is our financial emancipation. But before we break open the champagne it has to be recognised that despite all we’ve achieved, there still seem to be some investment fields where women […]
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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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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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A question I am often asked is, “Just how risky is residential property investment?” Neil Vorster My response is normally a question, “How risky is it not to invest in property?” Nothing provides clarity like an an example. So let’s look at a real world example that will strip away the false beliefs that have […]
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Investment Solutions and Angry Birds By Neil Vorster Below is a spontaneous video interview of an Angry Bird. Angry about the investment solutions offered by so-called investment experts. I read an article this weekend that really made me angry. Today I’m wearing my Angry Bird T-shirt underneath my formal shirt in angry protest. I’m an Angry Bird! […]
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