What makes real estate great? When investing in a home, whether it's your first or a subsequent investment property, one of your primary considerations should be its money-making potential. As you may know, the type of home you buy will have a large affect on its potential to turn profit. So is a detached home […]
Author Archives: Glen Spratt
The benefits of an architecturally designed home
Ready to dance around architecture? The list of people you work with when building a new home can seem endless – real estate agents, electricians, builders and more – but an architect might be the most important one of all. After all, the home you build is going to be where you live for a […]
First home buyers: is an apartment the right choice?
When buying your first home, each question that you answer will lead to a dozen more – so you had best start finding some answers. One of the first should be: what kind of home are you looking for? There are several benefits to each type of property, but perhaps one of the most cost effective and convenient […]
A handy guide to 3 extra costs of buying a home
Spending half a million dollars (or more) on a home and wondering if you've made the right decision is stressful enough. The last thing you need is unexpected costs coming out of the woodwork and making life even more difficult for you. But the fact is that first home buyers are often stunned by how much […]
Are you looking to invest in property? Here’s why you should always have a 100% Offset Account
Many of us will look into buying an investment property knowing that it will provide the ability to obtain a tax deduction for the ongoing interest expense on the money we borrow to purchase the property. The expectation is that the value of the property will increase over a length of time, giving us a […]