masterclass webinar for first time property investors
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Master Class:Your first property investment
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1.75m Australians
1 Property
2-4 Properties
5+ Properties
• Pays shortfall for 5 years+.
• Eventually sells and pays down personal debt.
• No retirement income.
• Strategy & numbers.
• Self funding portfolio.
• $100-$250k+ passive income in retirement.
• Has high income or buys every few years.
• Freehold in retirement.
• Min. retirement income.
Source ATO/ABS
3 levels of Property Investment
1.75m Australians
1 Property1.266m
73%
2-4 Properties457,000
25%
5+ Properties28,3451.7%
• Pays shortfall for 5 years+.
• Eventually sells and pays down personal debt.
• No retirement income.
• Strategy & numbers.
• Self funding portfolio.
• End up freehold• $100-$250k+
passive income in retirement.
• Has high income or buys every few years.
• Freehold in retirement.
• Min. retirement income.
Source ATO/ABS
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• Owns 5.54 properties,• At an average value of
$335,120 each,• And a total portfolio value
of $1.85m.
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Todays 13 topics
1. How do you balance buying for cashflow and capital growth?
2. How to do a detailed investment property forecast in just 2 minutes.
3. Finance: Making sense of LVR’s and DSR’s – what do they mean?
4. 7 tips for increasing your borrowing ability.
5. How do you work out the maximum you should pay?
6. Why it's smart to buy at a $20k - $50k discount and create immediate equity.
7. 11 things you can do to boost your rental income by $1,000 to $10,000 per year.
Todays 13 topics
8. How to pick properties that generate both positive cashflow and tax refunds.
9. Negotiation tips – how to deal with agents and compete with other buyers and save thousands on every purchase.
10. Where do you invest first? It’s simpler than you realise to find great investment locations.
11. The truth and traps with most “hotspots”.
12. Setting up your team of experts and who to avoid.
13. How to find an A Grade property manager in an industry of full of average people.
Buying for cashflow and capital growth
Only property pays you up to 5 ways
1. Immediate equity – Buy below market value
2. Add value – Renovate, Develop, Subdivide
3. Positive cashflow – Get paid weekly
4. Tax credits – Reduce your tax to zero
5. Capital growth – as the property increases in value over time
When you’re getting paid 5 ways no one worries too much if one of the five ways is a little slow sometimes
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Cashflow vs. capital growth
Cashflow
Capital Growth
CBD Inner City Suburbs Country
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row
th 10% yield
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The impact of capital growth1. Purchase a $575k property
2. After 10 years at;• 4% growth p.a. Value: $851k Equity: $276k
• 7% growth p.a. Value: $1.31m Equity: $735k
• 10% growth p.a. Value: $1.49m Equity: $915k
• 13%growth p.a. Value: $1.95m Equity: $1.37m
• Consider the impact of 3% extra growth p.a. over 10 years…
How do you compare apples with pears?
$575,000 $405,000
Calculating a property’s total return: Using Internal Rate of Return IRR
• We need to consider 5 factors;
• Funds employed (deposit)
• Initial purchase price
• Value at end of period (e.g. 10 years)
• Surplus pre-tax cashflow for period
• Tax refunds for period
• We then divide total gains for period by the initial deposit to calculate the IRR.
• In plain english: On average, how much do we make each year as a % of how much cash we have invested.
Using IRR as an example
Detail Property 1 Property 2
Dwelling type House Unit
Age 10 years New
Purchase price $575k $405k
Deposit $57,500 $80,000
Annual growth rate 4% 7%
Rental yield 5.67% 4.92%
Pre-tax cashflow year 1 -$709 $-5,137
After-tax cashflow $5,792 $1,426
Which investment will deliver the best IRR over 10 years?
IRR example
Property 1
IRR example
Property 2
Using IRR as an example
Detail Property 1 Property 2
Dwelling type House Unit
Age 10 years New
Purchase price $575k $405k
Deposit $57,500 $80,000
Annual growth rate 4% 7%
Rental yield 5.67% 4.92%
Pre-tax cashflow year 1 -$709 $-5,137
After-tax cashflow $5,792 $1,426
IRR 57.7% 49.8%
Average annual return on deposit
$33,177 $39,840
Property 1 will deliver the best IRR over 10 years. Why?
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Making sense of LVR’s and DSR’s
1. The property
2. Equity (LVR)
3. Cash flow (DSR)
4. Credit record
5. Your character
5 barriers to finance
• Equity;
• Up to 80% LVR is easier to finance.
• Above 80% LVR requires Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI).
• *On $500k loan;• 85% LVR - Add 1% ($5k)• 90% LVR - Add 1.5% ($7.5k)• 95% LVR – Add 3% ($15k)
• LMI adds leverage and cost and risk.
*Source: Genworth Financial
Never run out of borrowing power again
• Income• Target a DSR (Debt Service
Ratio) of at least 1.3, e.g. $130 in rental income per $100 of mortgage payments for a self funding portfolio.
• Minimise consumer debt and credit card balances.
Never run out of borrowing power again
Balancing equity (LVR) with income (DSR)
+$3,200paCapital Growth
Positive Cash flow
Capital growth dealCost $500kRent $525 weekAfter tax -$5,600 p.a.
Cash flow deal summaryCost $430kRent $900 weekAfter tax +$8,800 p.a.
Cash flow deal #3Cost $220kRent $420 weekAfter tax +$3,800p.a.
Cash flow deal #2Cost $150kRent $330 weekAfter tax +$2,600p.a.
Cash flow deal #1Cost $60kRent $150 weekAfter tax +$2,400p.a.
Your portfolio KPI dashboard keeps track
1. Get yourself finance ready.
2. Find a broker who understands investors.
3. Structure your debt correctly.
4. Maximise cash flow, minimise interest and consumer debt.
5. Don’t over-gear, plan for a rainy day.
5 tips for investment finance
Tips for increasing your borrowing ability.
Increase your income
• Take in boarders or language students
• Get a part time job
• Start a part time business
• Teach a subject at night school
• Ask for a pay rise
• Change jobs to get a pay rise
• Buy a house with a self contained unit that produces income
• Convert a room to rental/B&B accommodation
• Convert property debt to interest only
• Annualise your household costs, are you getting value?
Eliminate consumer debt
Eliminate non income producing and high interest debt (credit cards, hire purchase, bank overdrafts, etc)
Credit Card$5000 / $120
Student Loan$3000 / $100
Fridge HP$300 / $25
Car HP$7000 / $180
Bank OD$1000 / $75
Charge card$700 / $80
Furniture$1200 / $40
Personal $900 / 50
Holiday Loan$2700 / $125
1. Complete a budget
2. Put extra $50 a week towards reducing your debts
3. Every time you eliminate a debt, add the surplus funds to the next debt
How do you work out the maximum you should pay?
Criteria for deciding purchase price
4 Options;
1. Minimum rental yield%
2. The net monthly cashflow you can afford
3. % below an estimated valuation
4. Analysing recent comparable suburb sales
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Option 1: Minimum rental yield%
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Option 2: The net cashflow you can afford
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Pre-tax cashflow is pre-calculated too
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Analyse investment financials
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Analyser opens and loads listing data
Enter Rent, Purchase Price & Valuation
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Option 3: % below estimated valuation
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Locate property
Estimate value
Price and market history
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1. Check mortgage & purchase costs
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2. Check rent & expenses
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3. Check depreciation & entity owner
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4. Review investment forecast
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Comprehensive 10-year analysis report
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Long term performance graphs
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Option 4: Analysing recent comparable suburb sales
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Check comparable sales
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Build a suburb sales profile
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Why it's smart to buy at a $20k - $50k discount and create immediate equity.
Discounted Property
• Buying at a discount creates additional profit at purchase.
• You can use this as equity later to buy additional property.
• 3% of all properties for sale are by motivated vendors with deadlines.
• You can easily find property $10k-$50k under market value.
Why buy at a discount?
Finding discounted property
• Goal: negotiate the deal 10-20% under market value.
• Find motivated sellers with deadlines.
• Look for poorly presented properties that need tidy up.
• You need access to sales and valuation data.
• Be careful of slow moving suburbs and declining populations.
Look for poor street appeal
A closer look at the same property
• Chainsaw
• Spade
• Paint
• Fence
• Pavers
• Plants
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• 34 filters.• Advanced data and analytics.• Watchlists, saved searches and
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Members focus on 8 key strategies
1. Capital growth
2. Discount
3. Renovation
4. Positive cash flow
5. Vendor finance
6. Strata titling
7. Subdividing
8. Development
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Boost your rental income by $1,000 to $10,000 p.a.
Boost your rental income
1. Burglar alarms & other security features.
2. Heating & cooling: relative to climate.
3. Fully fenced for children & pets. If you allow pets, charge a premium.
4. Car parking: especially in cities.
5. Low maintenance: exterior, gardens & lawns.
Boost your rental income
6. Outdoor living areas.
7. Handy to schools, transport, shops.
8. Handy to highways, employment, higher education & hospitals.
9. Sleep outs, granny flats, dual income, studios and bungalows.
10. Quiet private locations / something unique and desirable.
11. TV aerial, telephone and network points.
How to pick properties that generate both positive cashflow and tax refunds
Finding positive cashflow property
• Look in high yielding suburbs.
• Buy 20-40% under median.
• Multiple income properties.
• Regional areas.
• Reno to increase rents.
• Fix on low interest rates.
1. Buy newer dwellings.
2. Avoid pools/spas.
3. Avoid dampness.
4. Avoid gully’s.
5. Brick vs. timber.
6. Tiles vs. decking.
7. Tiles & drains in wet areas
8. Avoid large trees over gutters that drop leaves.
9. Avoid animals.
10. Stone fences & retaining walls last.
11. Avoid older units and apartments with deferred maintenance.
12. Thoroughly inspect older houses.
13. Select tenants carefully.
Buy to minimise ongoing repairs expenses
Buying rules
• Buy houses with 7%+ yields, to generate positive cashflow pre-tax
• Buy houses less than 10 years old, to maximise depreciation
• The higher the marginal tax rate, the better the after tax cashflow
Investar Search results: 7%+ suburb yields
Fine tune income & expenses
Year 1 results; Pre-tax cashflow positive:
$7,856 Depreciation:
$14,000 Negatively geared after-tax: -
$6144 Tax refund:
$2,135 Total cashflow after-tax:
$9,991
10 year forecast
Lessons• You make money
buying well, plus;• You don’t have to
buy negative cashflow to get tax benefits.
• You don’t have to subsidise your investments.
• You can get both capital growth and cashflow.
Agent negotiation tips
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Three crucial negotiation variables
In negotiating anything there are 3 key variables.
1. Power
2. Time
3. Information
Whether it’s property, politics or poker, if you understand how to apply these, you can set yourself up to win each time
Power in Negotiation
• Power of competition• When there is
competition for a product, and limited supply the power shifts to the seller.
• No competition and power shifts to the purchaser
• Avoid overheated markets.
Power in Negotiation
• Power of legitimacy• When you are well
informed and quote official numbers or use official looking forms you are not often challenged
• After all who can argue with the facts
• Use Real Estate Investar data to support your case.
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Power in Negotiation• Power of knowledge of needs
• The ability to research and understand the other parties needs, and structure a deal that meets theirs and your own is a valuable skill
• The more you see the world as shades of grey instead of black and white, the more creative you’ll become
Power in Negotiation
• Power of persistence• Most people are not
persistent enough when negotiating and give up at the first sign of resisitance
• No means no “today”• It could become “yes”
tomorrow or next week if you just stick around to find out
• Remember the power of competition or “lack of”
Time in Negotiation
• Time is your greatest asset in a negotiation if the other party has a deadline
• The biggest concessions on terms, and discounts on price usually occur close to or after a deadline has passed.
• Be patient
• Never reveal your deadline, and always find out the other parties.
• Be slow and persistent with your negotiating, to ensure the other party feels the pressure of the clock ticking, if you rush, you’ll apply no time pressure
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Information in negotiation
• Information is the heart of the negotiation
• Find out as much as you can from the agent, if he declines your questions, ask them again and again
• Ask the vendor directly if you get the chance, often they will open up to you
• Empathise with them always
• Look for the visual and verbal clues, body language, unkept property, bills piling up
Negotiating the deal
• Don’t get emotional. Stick to your rules and be prepared to walk away
• Don’t be afraid to start low, you can always come up and you never know how far a vendor will drop
Negotiating the deal
Ignore Agent Comments like:
“I sold 2 up the road last week for xyz price”
“Sales are booming we can’t get enough listings”
“This one won’t last long”
“I cannot present this offer to the vendor, you will have to increase it”
“I have another offer coming in today”
Negotiating to Win
• First offer: Double the discount. E.g. If the vendor is asking $240k and you want to pay $210k, offer $180k to start with.
• Move up as the vendor moves down
• NEVER make 2 offers in a row
• Always make sure the agent gets you a counter offer
• Use deposit amount, contract conditions and settlement date as extra levers.
• If the negotiation takes 3 weeks and you save 30k, it’s worth it – be patient, you are under no pressure at all.
Where do you invest first?
Where do you invest first?
1. Closer to capital city is better for land appreciation
2. Population & income growth
3. Buy in established suburbs, not greenfields
4. Ability to add value
5. Appeal to biggest rental audience
6. Least amount of rental competition
7. Do your research and buy on the numbers
The truth and traps with most “hotspots”.
• Some data published about future hotspots is flawed.
• Check the source to avoid getting burned.
• Build a picture, don’t just use 1 source of data.
• Greenfields with unlimited land: developers control supply and suppress price growth.
• Boom & bust – Avoid 1 industry towns
• Speculation drives prices beyond sensibility – e.g. Moranbah
• Blue chip real estate always wins long term
Not all hotspots are hotspots
• Be careful with boomtown predictions;• Top 100 growth predictions. • Boom town data driven by
property developers.• Land bankers selling on future
growth without control of land or re-zoning in place.
• Get legal advice.
Reports: what are they really selling?
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Setting up your team of experts and who to avoid.
Experts you may have on your Team
• Lawyer/conveyancer
• Accountant
• Valuer
• Property Manager
• Mortgage Broker
• Quantity Surveyor
• Property Mentors
• Property Maintenance Team
• Taxation Planner
• Architect
• Registered Surveyor
• Insurance Broker
• Research, data and tools providers
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Fire any one on your team that:
A. Is not an expert in the field of property investing
B. Does not meet deadlines or keep appointments
C. Is ethically questionable
D. Gives you bad advice that causes you to lose money
E. Is not moving forwards with their own investments
An accountant giving bad advice can be costing you thousands of dollars a year
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